Jun 13
Chicago Addick becomes 21 today, which means it can drink legally in all 50 U.S. states. Cheers 🍺.
21 years ago today I penned my first post from my Chicago apartment after returning from the pub where Zinedine Zidane had just scored twice in injury time to beat England in their opening Euro 2004 Group match.
That was not the last time this Blog wrote of snatching defeat away from victory!
Please click for moreJust as I chose 20 Players I also chose 20 Places that have left an enduring mark on me in my life. All this to commemorate me writing this Blog for 20 years.
It was Benjamin Franklin that said “either write something worth reading or do something worth writing about” and I’ve lived by that since I penned my first Blog post in June 2004.
Please click for moreThe last piece of the jigsaw. The list of 20 Places that have left an indelible mark on me is complete, and at no. 20 it had to be Chicago.
I started all this, picking 20 Players and 20 Places to commemorate me writing this Blog, that began life one warm June evening in my apartment in Chicago, 20 years ago.
Please click for moreBack to my list of 20 Places as I round out 20 Players and Places that have stuck with me throughout my life. In no order, all equally meaningful in different ways.
All this to commemorate 20 years of penning this Blog, and at no. 19 is the Isle of Wight.
Please click for moreThis Blog became 20 years old in June of last year, and to pat myself on the back I decided to list 20 Players and 20 Places that I hold dear deep in my memory.
They are in no order, all important in different ways.
Please click for moreWe are coming close to the finish line, we are at 18 of my 20 Places to laud my 20 Years of writing this Blog.
I chose them in no particular order, but each one stands on its own as a place I hold dear. At no. 18 is Miami.
Please click for moreMy 20th year of writing this Blog that began life on dial-up internet in a rented apartment in Chicago, that didn’t feel like home. My move to Chicago was the genesis for this Blog as was my long-distance continued love affair with Charlton Athletic.
To observe my 20 years of writing I am selecting 20 Players and 20 Places, in no order, that have stuck with me throughout my lifetime, just like that balmy Chicago evening did in June 2004.
Please click for moreI wrote my first New Year’s Eve ‘message’ in 2004, and have done so for each of the 20 years since. It’s makes me immensely proud, and old, that I have kept these pages alive for all of that time.
One of my New Year’s resolutions, normally futile, is to convert at least the first six years into a book. We’ll see.
Please click for moreIn June of this year I reached the milestone of writing this Blog for 20 Years. If I say so myself, that is quite a feat.
To commemorate this I have been selecting, in no marked order, 20 Players and 20 Places that I hold dear in my memories. My next pick for Places, no. 16, is Oman.
Please click for moreAnother Place on my list as we wile our way to the 20 that gave me the most memories. All this to commemorate my 20 years of writing this Blog.
In no particular order, but each one memorable. No. 15 is The Grand Canyon in Arizona.
Plase click for moreAnother Place on my list of 20 to commemorate my 20 Years of writing this Blog.
In no particular order, but each one memorable. No. 14 is Iceland.
Please click for moreI am picking 20 Places and 20 Charlton Players to celebrate 20 years of this Blog. No pecking order, just those that were memorable.
Number 13 on my list of 20 Places, well it had to feature, is the tiny, often quirky but always idyllic island of Bermuda.
Please click for moreThe next Place of 20 to extol my 20 Years of writing this Blog.
In no particular order, or ranking but each one as memorable as the other. No. 12 is Beaver Creek in Colorado.
Please click for moreBack from a little break for the season’s kick off from my 20 Players and 20 Places list celebrating 20 Years of Blogging. No order, no ranking just those Players and Places that endure.
We had reached no. 10 for Places, and at No. 11 is Paphos in Cyprus.
Please click for moreI am halfway along my journey to list 20 Players and 20 Places to celebrate me writing this Blog for 20 years.
Next up on my list of 20 Places that are cemented in my psyche is where it all began. Catford.
Please click for more20 Players and 20 Places to celebrate my 20 years of writing this Blog. No order, no ranking, just those that left everlasting memories.
Next up on my 20 Places was one for the bucket list. No. 9 is Rio.
Please click for more20 Years of Blogging has compelled me to select and write briefly about my memories of Charlton players I have held in high esteem, and of Places that have stuck with me in my life.
My No.8 pick of 20 Places is Japan.
Please click for more20 Years I have been writing this Blog, and to celebrate my endurance I am selecting 20 Players and 20 Places, in no particular order, that I hold dear.
No.7 in Places is The City of London.
Please click for moreMoving on with my 20 Places to celebrate 20 Years of Blogging. No ranking just memorable.
Next up is the Queen of El Plata, the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires.
Please click for moreThe continuation of 20 Places and 20 Players to put a stamp on my 20 years of Blogging.
Back to the Places then, and one that will always bring back great memories…. Magaluf in Mallorca.
Please cick for moreThis Blog began life as a diary of my formative months living in Chicago on my own. 20 years later a lot of things have changed but this journal predominantly still chronicles my support of Charlton Athletic and my travels.
To commemorate 20 years in no particular order I will choose 20 Players and 20 Places that have left a mark on me. Next one of the Places is Los Cabos in Mexico.
Please click for more20 Players and 20 Places to celebrate my 20 years of writing this Blog. No order, no ranking, just those that were meaningful in my life.
This is the first Place of 20 that has stuck with me, the volcanic playground of the Caribbean island of St. Barts, or Saint Barthélemy in the French West Indies.
Please click for moreA month from today this Blog celebrates its 20th birthday, for which I have a binary sense of immense pride as well as complete amazement.
I was 30 something when I started penning these pages in June 2004, living on my own in an apartment in Chicago, and England were about to have another ignominious exit from a major championship on penalties.
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University of Texas, Austin.
