Charlie Hurley

[Mounts Kipper]

Passed away, never saw him play, think there was a song about him I heard in the lever end. Any older fans have any tales.. was top player in his pomp. 

Edited April 25, 2024 by Mounts Kipper

[Dr. Feelgood]

We got him toward the end of his career & before our Armfield improvement. We got a couple of seasons out of him.

He was a class act, hard as nails.

A lad in our class liked him so much he took the nickname 'Charlie'. He still had it a decade later.

Edited April 26, 2024 by Dr. Feelgood

[passmosster]

Think that he was a folk hero at Sunderland. He could head a ball.

Seem to remember that he had a good partnership with Marsh?

Our problem in his time was scoring.

[RUREADY2ROLL]

Oh as I was walking down Bradshawgate

i saw king Charlie Hurley

and he said to me, are you going to see the famous Bolton Wanderers

and cry was no surrender 

surrender or you’ll die

 

well it went something like that

[bolty58]

Big, uncompromising centre back. Took no prisoners. A bit like Dave McKay. Apparently none of the squad did any fucking about when he was around.

What we need in a PM these days.

RIP Charlie.

[Wanderlust]

I remember him as being a proper old school centre half, good in the tackle and good in the air but very little in the way of skill on the ball and a million miles away from the modern CBs like Van Dijk who can distribute and pass - but in his time he was effective as the ball was lumped into the box a lot more.

[Mounts Kipper]

8 hours ago, RUREADY2ROLL said:

Oh as I was walking down Bradshawgate

i saw king Charlie Hurley

and he said to me, are you going to see the famous Bolton Wanderers

and cry was no surrender 

surrender or you’ll die

 

well it went something like that

That’s the one.👍

[noxid]

I once played a round of golf at Bolton municipal and I'm sure he was in a group of four players teeing off just before us. If I remember rightly he said hello to our group before driving his first ball into some trees. We had to wait ages for him to find his ball before we could start.

[Hoppy]

Good old fashioned center half would not survive in today's game I'm sure I remember him having fisticuffs with Trevor Hockey when we played Sheffield utd

[SatanGreavsie]

5 hours ago, Hoppy said:

Good old fashioned center half would not survive in today's game I'm sure I remember him having fisticuffs with Trevor Hockey when we played Sheffield utd

Ah that's a name from the past. I remember the only thing anyone ever mentioned him for was having a beard 😀

[Zico]

What's an "inside forward"?

[Whitesince63]

6 minutes ago, Zico said:

What's an "inside forward"?

No8 or No10. Inside right No8, Inside Left No 10 with Centre forward No 9.

Edited April 26, 2024 by Whitesince63

[Mounts Kipper]

9 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said:

No8 or No10. Inside right No8, Inside Left No 10 with Centre forward No 9.

What numbers were wing half’s?

Edited April 26, 2024 by Mounts Kipper

[MancWanderer]

11 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

What numbers were wing half’s?

8 and 10 same as inside forwards I reckon. Or maybe 4? What was Roy Greaves? Half back or inside forward?

Wingers were 7 and 11. Morgan and Thompson

Phone Pep. He’ll know. He knows this modern day stuff

[Zulu]

51 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

What numbers were wing half’s?

4 and 6. 
 

 I saw Charlie Hurley play for Bolton. As mentioned earlier in this thread, we bought him towards the end of his career. There were flashes of what a great player he had been previously. Worshipped at Sunderland. I think that he started his career at Millwall.

Edited April 26, 2024 by Zulu

[Hoppy]

17 hours ago, SatanGreavsie said:

Ah that's a name from the past. I remember the only thing anyone ever mentioned him for was having a beard 😀

Youngest player at the time to have played at all 92 grounds