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 moreI really enjoyed doing this and that was picking 20 Charlton Players that are firm fixtures in my memory from when I began watching these damn Addicks from the 1975/76 season.
They were selected in no order, just 20 Players from almost half of a century of a love affair.
Please click for moreWe made it. 20 Players that I chose to accompany me on my journey to celebrate my 20 years of Blogging. We are finally there.
Remember, no particular order or ranking but the man occupying the last spot of no. 20 is Paul Mortimer.
Please click for moreHere we are then just two to go to complete my list of 20 Players that I remember fondly over anyone else that has worn the Charlton shirt in my time as a supporter since 1975.
This has been becoming harder because after about 15, I could have chosen about another 15, but I vowed to name only 20, and therefore at no. 19 is Jim Melrose.
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 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 moreBack in June I celebrated 20 years of writing this Blog here initially and now on here.
To salute myself I decided to pick 20 Places and 20 Players (Addicks of course) to honour my anniversary. We are on Player number 18 in the series and next up I’ll give you Patrick Bauer.
Please click for moreA festive addition to my list of 20 Places and 20 Players that tell my story of memories from my life.
I’m doing this to celebrate 20 years of writing my Blog. They are in no order, but we have reached 17 of my 20 Players and wearing that number is John Robinson.
Please click for moreIn no order I am listing 20 Players that have left an enduring impression on me in my almost half a century of being an Addick.
20 Players to commemorate me writing this Blog for 20 years and at no. 16 is Darren Bent.
Please click for moreI am moving slowly through my 20 Places and 20 Players to help me celebrate 20 Years of writing this Blog. No order, no rankings.
We are back to Players, and my no. 15 is Claus Jensen.
Please click for moreBack to this to take my mind away from the waiting. This past June I celebrated 20 years writing my Blog and therefore decided to pick 20 Players and 20 Places that have left an enduring impression on me.
We are at number 14 on the catalogue of Players, which are in no particular order, and taking that spot is Johnnie Jackson.
Please click for moreBack onto my series of naming 20 Players. Picked in no order, but are all people that I hold in high esteem to help salute me writing this Blog for 20 Years.
We are on lucky number 13, and my pick is Steve Brown, who never let us down.
Please click for moreI am picking 20 Places and 20 Players from the ‘Valiant 988’ ranks to commemorate me writing this Blog for 20 years.
No ranking, no order and we are on Players currently, and next up at number 12 is Bob Bolder.
Please click for moreContinuing on with my selection of 20 Players that hold such great memories to me. All this to celebrate my 20th Blogging anniversary.
Next on my register a man who I think would appear on any Charlton fan from the 1970’s and 80’s list. No. 11 is Addicks’ legend Derek Hales.
Please click for moreIn no particular order I am listing 20 Players that left an enduring impression on me in my almost half a century of following the Addicks.
20 Players to commemorate me writing this Blog for 20 years, and we are at the halfway point. No. 10 is Colin Walsh.
Please click for moreIn no order or rank I am selecting 20 Players who I remember the most fondly in my almost 50 years as a Charlton fan.
I’m doing this to commemorate writing this Blog for 20 years. I’m picking Places too, but this is my Player No.9 – John Humphrey.
Please click for more20 Years of Blogging and almost 50 years of watching Charlton Athletic, so I am putting together 20 Players who will forever mean the most to me.
Very few lists of Addicks’ memories and moments would exclude my next pick. No.8 is Clive Mendonca.
Please click for moreNext in my series of naming 20 Players that I hold in high esteem to salute me writing this Blog for 20 Years.
That player is ex-turnstile operator Robert Lee.
Please click for moreIn no order I am listing 20 Players that left a enduring impression on me in my almost half a century of being an Addick.
20 Players to commemorate me writing this Blog for 20 years and at no. 6 is Yann Kermorgant.
Please click for moreThe continuation of my 20 Players to salute my 20 Years of Blogging.
No order, no preference, just 20 Charlton Players that I will remember with a smile on my face, and a knowing nod. No. 5 is Peter Shirtliff.
Please click for moreTo commemorate 20 years of the existence of this Blog I’m selecting 20 Players and 20 Places that mean the most to me. No order or ranking.
My next in line for my 20 Players is Mark Kinsella.
Please click for moreThe continuation of my 20 Players to salute my 20 Years of Blogging.
No ranking, no preference, just 20 Charlton Players that have left an indelible mark on me. No. 3 Alan Simonsen.
Please click for moreNo order to these, not even alphabetical but the next one of 20 players picked to commemorate my 20 years of Blogging is Chris Powell.
Loved by Southend fans, lauded by Derby County fans, he was signed by Curbs in the summer of 1998 after we won the play-off final for £850,000 and Powell was instrumental in helping us get back to the Premier League.
Please click for moreRemember these will be in no particular order, but for my first player pick to commemorate 20 years of Blogging, I had to begin with Colin Powell.
Colin ‘Paddy’ Powell was my first favourite player after I starting going to The Valley at the beginning of the 1975/76 season, a year after Powell, Hales and Horsfield had fired Andy Nelson’s attack-at-all-costs Charlton to promotion.
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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