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play off legend retires

Kap10
Kap10 Posts: 15,642
edited May 2010 in General Charlton
sunderland play off legend michael gray has retired sfter sheff wed relegation. For our younger viewers michael grays penalty was saved by illic to send us into the premiership and the rest is history

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  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,120
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  • ChrisWhytesBaldhead
    ChrisWhytesBaldhead Posts: 239
    Charlton Legend ;)
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    "One Michael Gray, theres only Michael Gray"

    I suppose he is to us what Christian Dailey is to Millwall
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,782
    How many of the play off final players are still playing? Kevin Phillips could be the only one left?
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,120
    Jody Craddock?
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 8,016
    Shaun Newton hasn't retired yet - Wikipedia says he's without a club and training with Bournemouth.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,782
    I had a look for Newton as well, his wikipedia page might not have been updated in a while. Wouldn't be surprised if that was from last summer or maybe even further back than that.
  • agim
    agim Posts: 1,141
    Mark Bright is still going (not in a footballing sense) he's just boring the arse out of everyone on the bbc
  • Stebo
    Stebo Posts: 790
    what about danny mills? is he still playing?
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,782
    Retired just before the start of this season.

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  • ISawLeaburnScore
    ISawLeaburnScore Posts: 9,780
    Chris Makin and Darren Williams are down in the Northern Lower Leagues
  • Sussex_Addick
    Sussex_Addick Posts: 741
    And what a truly awful penalty it was, the guy's a legend.

    I owe him one of the great memories of my young life in what was only my 3rd ever Charlton match. Who knows if I'd have been hooked on football and Charlton in the same way if not for that game
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    [cite]Posted By: Stebo[/cite]what about danny mills? is he still playing?
    dannymillswheelchair215.jpg

    He'd still get in our side.......
  • pilchard
    pilchard Posts: 3,763
    Michael Gray we love you!
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,990
    God, in the photo Michael Gray looks like he knows he's about to be blindfolded and shot.

    But as Susex says above, Charlton Legend.

    Thank you, Michael Gray!
  • Sussex_Addick
    Sussex_Addick Posts: 741
    Just rewatched the highlights yet again, still get goosebumps.

    Watching the penalty again he really did just bottle it. No pace or disguise on the shot at all

    In case anyone else is as obsessive as me:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5C4PEFIyW4
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,990
    [cite]Posted By: Sussex_Addick[/cite]Just rewatched the highlights yet again, still get goosebumps.

    Watching the penalty again he really did just bottle it. No pace or disguise on the shot at all

    In case anyone else is as obsessive as me:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5C4PEFIyW4

    I'm as obsessive as you, Sussex.

    I just watched the whole 6 minutes clip - not that I've never seen it before, lol

    Being at Wembley that day, my whole heart stopping defining moment as a Charlton fan.
    My greatest match!
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,303
    "It would seem that the notion of defeat is quite beyond Charlton's sensibilities".

    I'll settle for that again please lads over the next couple of weeks.
  • ISawLeaburnScore
    ISawLeaburnScore Posts: 9,780
    That first touch is still the best I've ever ever seen in football, it was as if he had a magnet in his boot. Sheer class.
  • Sussex_Addick
    Sussex_Addick Posts: 741
    "The lows were missing the penalty for Sunderland against Charlton in 1998 in the then First Division play-off final against Charlton at Wembley. It was 6-6 and I had the penalty to keep us in the competition and, being a local boy, the pain of missing that was huge. But I would like to think I came back a better person because of that."

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/michaelgray/2010/05/knowing_when_to_hang_up_your_b.html

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  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,642
    Rumour has it that he had the windows of his home smashed in by disgruntled fans after the play off,was later denied but that was years later.
  • cafcinperth
    cafcinperth Posts: 1,688
    I flew back from oz for that game worth every penny still brings a smile to my face

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