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A question chaps!

Does anybody know who our Captain was in the 1974-75 team that won promotion under manager Andy Nelson ?
It was just a little bit before my time.
I remember going to the Valley but I was only a nipper back then and such details have escaped me...

 

That was my first season, and I suspect that the captain was young Keith Peacock, but am not sure. I looked up my Colin Cameron, and although it gives the team and scorers for each game it doesn't give you the name of the captain.

 

No help on Captain but...
https://www.11v11.com/teams/charlton-athletic/tab/players/season/1976/

Look at our head-to-heads against Millwall and Palace …. awful ….. as we are often told..

 

That website is far more likely to give Lardi a semi than Elf's favourite site Redtube!

 

I'd hazard a guess at Richie Bowman or Phil Warman, but I was very yoing so ir's little more than a guess.

 

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Andy Nelson said after the first few games that the team contained "too many fairies", and he was going to change the style. It worked!

 

You couldn’t get away with a comment like that these days.

The police would bury you alive under a pile of unsold copies of the Guardian.

 

I bet Bowyer would approve though.

 

I think that David Young was the Captain.

 

I thought it was a centre half … they nearly always were in those days

 

David Young was a centre half. He captained Sunderland.

 

Don’t set @lardiman off

 

David Young
Personal information
Full name David Young[1]
Date of birth 12 November 1945 (age 72)
Place of birth Newcastle upon Tyne,[1] England
Playing position Central defender
Youth career
Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1973 Newcastle United 43 (2)
1972 → Vancouver Spartans (loan)
1973–1974 Sunderland 29 (1)
1974–1976 Charlton Athletic 77 (0)
1976–1978 Southend United

 

You could take Colin Cameron’s place as the club historian - I’m serious.

 

Along with the 1968 team, this was my favourite time as a Charlton supporter. We always looked to score a goal even though we left ourselves open at the back. Powell, Hales, Flanagan were an excellent forward combination. The Premiership years I enjoyed but we had a large amount of plastic fans.

 

My favourite Charlton team/ era was 1985-1990.

 

David Young was the captain of the 1974/1975 side

 

Good aren't I?

 

Very modest