Your list of 'Proper Charlton' players

Mine go back to when I started going in 1977, interested to see any additions from others from any generation (as long as you actually saw them play for us).

Killer
Mike Flanagan
Keith Peacock
Colin Powell
Lawrie Madden
Les Berry
Robert Lee
Paul Elliot
Paul Walsh
Nicky Johns
Alan Curbishley
Mark Aizlewood
Bob Bolder
Mark Reid
John Humphery
Peter Shirtliff
Steve Thompson
Jim Melrose
Gritty
John Bumstead
Colin Walsh
Scott Minto
Garry Nelson
Carl Leaburn
Clive Mendonca
Chris Powell
Paul Konchesky
Richard Rufus
Mark Kinsella
Keith Jones
Lee Bowyer
Scott Parker
Jonjo Shelvey
Johnnie Jackson

Edit:
Chris Solly


Strangely, it gets harder to come up with players from about 2006 onwards. Doesn't that say something?

 

No John Robinson? Newton, Mortimer, Webster, Balmer

If your having some of those I would say Pitcher

5 foot 3 must also be worth an inclusion?

 

Terry Naylor, he was proper naughty. Marcus Bent was a proper twat. Alan Pardew has got a proper big nose.I could go on. The players I admired the most from my time watching Charlton are Charlie Wright, Bob Curtis, Phil Warman, Alan Campbell, Paul Went, Harry Gregory, Ray Treacy, Matt Tees, Graham Moore, Keith Peacock, John Hewie, Eddie Firmani, Derek Hales, Mark Kinsella, Clive Mendonca, Scott Parker, King Arthur Horsfield, Nicky Johns, Alan Simonson, Darren Bent, John Humphrey, Paul Walsh, Mike Flanagan, Robert Lee, Bob Bolder, Brian Kinsey, Len Glover, Andy Hunt, Claus Jensen.

 

Good list, Dick.

One omission that immediately sprang to mind was John Sewell, although on checking Wikipedia I was surprised to find he played more times for Palace than for us. Also never knew he became NASL "Coach of the Year" in 1975.

From more recent times, I would add Richard Rufus, Stuart Balmer ("he has the distinction of being the first outfield player in the English league to be allocated the squad number 1" says Wiki), John Robinson, and Garry Nelson, who also wrote one of the most genuine footballing autoboigraphies. "Left Foot Forward".

 

Some good names in there, although not sure Allan Simonsen always gave 100% for us

He reminded me of a Royal Opera House ballerina performing alongside 10 hod carriers.

 

Am beyond shocked that no one has mentioned Steve Brown... that save at Aston Villa ensured that for one more week we had a fighting chance of survival

Would add Yann Kermorgant and Michael Morrison from recent seasons

 

Wasn't it Curbs who talked about only signing someone who was a "Charlton Player"? I don't remember anyone asking him what exactly he meant, the expression spoke for itself. SCP used the same term. There were an awful lot of them at The Valley in Curbs' time!
Players I'd add to those already mentioned:

Graham Tutt
Dean Kiely
Peter Hunt
Jordan Cousins
Lawrie Wilson
Scott Wagstaff

A special mention for Steve Gritt who still turns up sometimes at Sparrows Lane to see how the kids are coming on, even though the club severed links with him.

 

Graham Stuart...

 

John Sewell was just coming to the end of his career with us when i first went to the Valley.

There are a lot of other players i really liked like Rufus, Ritchie Bowman, Billy Bonds, Paul Elliott, Roy Matthews, Brian Tocknell, Mike Kenning, Mike Bailey, Peter Shirtlifter, Mark Reid, Steve Thompson, Paul Williams

 

Good shout, eddie. For me, Left Foot Forward is the finest football memoir ever written.

And a jolly decent fellow, too.

 

I always appreciated Steve Jones' endeavour.

One day he was mixing paints for a living, the next he was playing a pivotal role in our play-off final win at Wembley.

 

http://richardrufusponzi.com/

What's it all about?

 

He allegedly had problems with his souvenir business. The problem being that he didn't have any souvenirs to sell, but sold them anyway.

 

I shouldn't have posted that publicly could one of the moderators delete.

 

Well said on Gritty. Despite getting a rough deal off Murray at the time, he is a lovely bloke who literally bleeds Charlton. Never wants the headlines or hogs the limelight for his own ego either, unlike some of our recent managers. A real proper Charlton man is Gritty.

 

Apologies if there are any repeat names here from other people's posts, but I'm too tired to check through all the lists.

Mike Rose
John Hewie
Cliff Durandt
Roy Matthews
Mike Bailey
John Snedden
Billy Bonds
Vic Halom
Cliff Holton
Charlie Wright
Brian Kinsey
Alan Campbell
Colin Appleton
John Kiers
Cliff Myers
Kieth Peacock
Lenny Glover
Ron Saunders
Matt Tees
Barry Endean
Ray Treacy
Mike Kenning
Ray Crawford
Arthur Horsfield
John Dunn
Paul Went
Dietmar Bruck
David Young
Killer (no list is complete without Killer)
Mike Flanagan
Graham Tutt
Ray Tumbridge
Mark Penfold
Phil Warman
Richie Bowman
Harry Cripps
Jim Giles
Dave Shipperley
Colin Powell

I've only covered an approximately ten year period in the 60's and 70's..... and these are just names off the top of my head. If I really thought about it I could name many more. All these players I can recall doing something good in a Charlton shirt. It's a shame some moved on too soon.

Only one player I really wish we'd never signed and I was glad to see leave not soon enough: Paul Hince. He didn't want to come to Charlton, he wasn't happy here, he didn't try and when he was a radio DJ back in his beloved Manchester, the only time he ever spoke of Charlton was to slag us off. Not liked and certainly not missed.

 

Why do you want it deleted if it is true, Dick?

 

I did just think of some from 2006 onwards (Daily, Bailey, Yann, Morro) but when you compare them against the 'proper' players of yesteryear I would look stupid.

 

Peter Shaw
Martin Robinson