Weren't it Kanchelskis (probably the wrong spelling) who hit the hat trick Kerpowell...? I was there and I was sure it was him not Hughes...?
Great post Super... I haven't got much memorabilia⦠Mainly due to Mrs Francoâs love of chucking out anything that belongs to me that aint bloody well bolted down⦠. Anyway, my favourite bit of memorabilia is the program and ticket stub of the first ever Charlton game I attended. I had a bit of a disaster recently where a piece of Charlton memorabiliaâs concerned⦠My neighbour works for Charlton doing the old community coaching. So I collared him one day to see if there was any chance of him getting a ball signed up for my boy (well for me really⦠). Anyway, a couple of weeks later he produced said ball, all nicely signed by the full first team squad⦠great I said Franco jnr will love it⦠only trouble is⦠It was last seasonâs first team squad and 99% of the buggers have been f****d off out of it⦠. Heâs been avoiding me since⦠reckon he knows Iâm in the market for a new ball⦠.
Hi Franco, I was also there that day sitting in line with the 18 yrd box, i remember there being over 10,000 addicks fans making more noise than the home bunch. I'm pretty sure it was Hughes that ruined our day with his goals. I can't think of who scored their other one. I'll have to look it up. Schmeichel was sent off for rushing out of the box and bringing down one of our lads, possibily Robbo I think. But even thiugh we lost that day, it felt like we had won, just cause of Leaburns last gasp goal. Oh the memories!!
Believe it was Kim Grant he took out... quite why I've never been sure! Never worked out whether he got sent off for the suicidal two footed lunge on Grant, or for the deliberate handball blocking the shot... reckon he could've got 2 reds...
I know Kanchelskis scored at least one that day (will have a butchers and check)... We had John Vaughn in goal who was a midget... remember him getting lobbed at least once. If memory serves (which it don't usually to be fair ) I'm sure it was Kim Grant who was wiped out by old red nose... What a great day out it was!!
Thinking back, the Old Trafford game was the 6th round, in 1994. I bought a scarf for the game, we lost that game and virtually every other game afterwards that season so have never worn it again! Schmeichel's taking out of Grant(?) was an amazing moment, he charged miles out of his goal and assaulted Grant with a rugby tackle. Do you remember singing along to D:ream's "Things can only get better" at half time (this was before New Labour nicked it)
Having the same discussion down the pub last night- one of the older guys claimed to have a recipe for Killer Hales pigeon pie, written by the man himself on a beer mat. Did he really kill pigeons in the Valley and take them home to cook????
I used to work for the investment banking arm of Barclays, and a few times they used to have the actual Premiership trophy on show in the staff canteen as part of a national tour they did each year. I entered this draw where you had to answer some Premiership related questions, select the Premiership team you supported, and you would be entered into a draw to win a signed shirt of your chosen team. I totally forgot about it and got a call a few months later to say that I had won the signed Charlton shirt (I assume the Charlton pool was smaller than the Man U pool!). I've seen a lot of signed shirts for from various teams, and I can honestly say none of them look quite as good as this. Maybe it was because they were doing it on behalf of the league sponsors, but I pretty much have a perfect signature of the whole squad from 2004/2005, including their squad number next to their signature. It's even got AC and KP with their names printed underneath. When it turned up in its frame, I was well chuffed to say the least.
If the tale is true then why the hell not!! Still waiting to find out if it's true- can't say I would ever want to entertain a pigeon pie.
Would make an interesting talking point if they started serving them at half-time... can't be worse quality meat than the hot-dogs...
Nothing worse than a weekday evening game and relying on the catering at The Valley to provide your diner..
Memoribilia.......CAFC or Women? 1. I had a piece of the centre circle from our "last game" at the Valley v Stoke....it was on my window sill for weeks until i came home from work and the wife had thrown it out, "because it looked rotten" ...........................now ex wife! 2. Before the FA cup visit to Old Trafford 1994, the girlfriend said the night before, "my parents are coming to visit tomorrow, if you go to see Charlton we have a major problem...................................ex girlfriend! 3. Current girlfriend is French, now Racon has gone....who knows??? lol (she doesnt know about Youga!!) My neighbour also gave me a cafc signed ball he got at a charity auction, because i put his fence up....top bloke! Also have a 1947 final programme and a signed team shirt from 2008-9.
I have a signed and framed 'Back to The Valley' shirt. Oddly enough it was framed by Garry Nelson and has one of his stickers on the back of the frame. I also used to collect player worn shirts (had a mate at CAfc) who go them for me. I have around 12 shirts all logo'd with names on etc. They are stuck up in my loft. I do have photos of them all so could post pics of these if anyone wants to see them. Just need to tell me how to post photos.
Garry Nelson had a picture framing business when he was playing with us, my team photo was signed by him too! It's a nice thought, that John Terry or Kieron Dyer might run similar businesses
... Love it Sir John! When i was twelve my brother and i were mucking about, having a bit of a play fight when he slapped me across the arse (so hard i must add that i had a perfect game print there for a whole day). Knowing that he was going to get some back with interest he dully legged it. I chased after him through the dining room into the lounge where my mum was doing her housework... and when in range i attempted to give him a proper boot up the arse... however... instead of making contact with my intended target i somehow managed to almost behead my mums 'Henry' hoover instead. The pain was instant and when i looked down at my foot my little toe was pointing to quarter past three. Whilst i was screaming my head off (not as bad as David Haye i bet), my mum having examined my wonkey digit had to have a sit down cos she felt faint and all i could hear in the background was my brother p*****g himself. Anyway, a trip to Greenwich hospital and a broken and dislocated little toe was diagnosed. The doc straightened it up (ouch is all i can say) and taped it to the neighbouring toe. In a few weeks time i was back to trying to kick my brothers arse. I have never forgiven 'Henry' though. No doubt about it they're a great hoover but... with that evil smile they've got on their faces it always feels like the little buggers are laughing at me whenever i see one...
I tried to do some keepy uppies underneath an open window with a wooden frame once. My head had to be glued.
