Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Champagne moments
Plenty of Charlton news already this week, and not just because we are top of the Premiership:
Darren Bent is in line for his first full England cap tonight, with Denmark as the hosts. Young Dazza thought it was a wind up when first told to report to the full squad rather than the Under 21's...and ignored the message! Sven was in a press conference yesterday answering a question from ex-Addick Garth Crooks about Dazza's strengths, and he was very positive. Hopefully, when Rooney and (yet another ex-Addick) Defoe are replaced in the second half, our Dazza will get a run out and his first full cap alongside Michael Owen. He could also come up against Dennis Rommerdahl, who looks to be in the Danish starting eleven. The last time I remember a Charlton player lining up against England was back in the 2002 World Cup, when Claus Jensen featured as a second half sub, also for Denmark, and hit the bar with Seamen beaten.
Darren Ambrose has had a fun week! Sent off on his Charlton debut on Saturday, he didn't get the "wind-up" message about the full England squad and played for the U21's last night. He then scored the only goal of the game in the last minute! He is suspended for the next three Charlton games, so can now have a long rest!
Mark Fish has retired. "Feeesh" joined Charlton in 2000 from Bolton, and was a mainstay in our defence during most of the next few seasons. Injuries started to take their toll however, and the South African looked in poor form last season, possibly due to the bad fall he'd had at home the previous April, which left him with a broken glass table and plenty of stitches in his very nasty chest wound! Mark, who lives, with his glamourous wife, just down the road from me in Chislehurst, will probably return to South Africa at some future stage, and could be set for a career in politics. I wish him all the best, and thank him for his service to Charlton over the last five seasons.
Darren Bent is in line for his first full England cap tonight, with Denmark as the hosts. Young Dazza thought it was a wind up when first told to report to the full squad rather than the Under 21's...and ignored the message! Sven was in a press conference yesterday answering a question from ex-Addick Garth Crooks about Dazza's strengths, and he was very positive. Hopefully, when Rooney and (yet another ex-Addick) Defoe are replaced in the second half, our Dazza will get a run out and his first full cap alongside Michael Owen. He could also come up against Dennis Rommerdahl, who looks to be in the Danish starting eleven. The last time I remember a Charlton player lining up against England was back in the 2002 World Cup, when Claus Jensen featured as a second half sub, also for Denmark, and hit the bar with Seamen beaten.
Darren Ambrose has had a fun week! Sent off on his Charlton debut on Saturday, he didn't get the "wind-up" message about the full England squad and played for the U21's last night. He then scored the only goal of the game in the last minute! He is suspended for the next three Charlton games, so can now have a long rest!
Mark Fish has retired. "Feeesh" joined Charlton in 2000 from Bolton, and was a mainstay in our defence during most of the next few seasons. Injuries started to take their toll however, and the South African looked in poor form last season, possibly due to the bad fall he'd had at home the previous April, which left him with a broken glass table and plenty of stitches in his very nasty chest wound! Mark, who lives, with his glamourous wife, just down the road from me in Chislehurst, will probably return to South Africa at some future stage, and could be set for a career in politics. I wish him all the best, and thank him for his service to Charlton over the last five seasons.
