I would say the best, he was the keeper when I first started watching Town.
Although Wainman and Batch were also very good.
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"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its students." ..Hector Berlioz, 1856. “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" ...Voltaire, 1694-1778
Charlie was a great keeper, agile, gymnastic at times and very brave. The nearest physical comparison would be Nigel Batch but I would rate Charlie higher as a shot stopper. He was not very tall and that probably stopped him from having a really top career but he could jump and stretch remarkably to reach shots and crosses that looked beyond him. His arms seems to be telescopic and he could bend backwards in mid air to change direction. Charlie was by far the best keeper I have seen at BP and that includes Sherwood, Beasant, Coyne and some other good keepers. If I ever needed a keeper to save my life it would be Charlie. And he must have been a good bloke because Matt Tees married his sister!
"There are places I'll remember All my life, though some have changed Some forever, not for better Some have gone, and some remain All these places had their moments With lovers and friends, I still can recall Some are dead, and some are living In my life, I've loved them all."
Did he not play in Hong Kong,great keeper,mad as a hatter,was on a train coming back from Wembley (schoolboy international) Town were on the same train as they had been playing Orient,him and Matt Tees ate my egg sandwiches,they were heroes as an 8 year old boy,still are. Broke my heart when he went to Charlton.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day,teach a man to fish and you give him an excuse for him to escape from the wife and kids for the weekend and drink lots of beer.
Did he not play in Hong Kong,great keeper,mad as a hatter,was on a train coming back from Wembley (schoolboy international) Town were on the same train as they had been playing Orient,him and Matt Tees ate my egg sandwiches,they were heroes as an 8 year old boy,still are. Broke my heart when he went to Charlton.
I think he played for Hong Kong in an "international" although he was a Scot and started at Rangers before going to Workington. No-one had heard of him before Town signed him. He did well at Charlton and Bolton but I think he depended so much on agility that an injury (knee?) really finished him as the Charlie we knew at Grimsby.
"There are places I'll remember All my life, though some have changed Some forever, not for better Some have gone, and some remain All these places had their moments With lovers and friends, I still can recall Some are dead, and some are living In my life, I've loved them all."
He was a bit crazy, wonderful character and an excellent goalkeeper. We don't seem to get the "characters" in the game nowadays. Few seem to play with a smile on their face.
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