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Brain dead MUG SHEEP
They've done better than that - they've given him a job for life.
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Oatway retires
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Bob!
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Tooting Gull
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Not totally unexpected but still a great shame, an integral part of the first winning team for years.
We could do with a Cullip/Oatway type axis in the side now.
We could do with a Cullip/Oatway type axis in the side now.
cannedheat
Banned
British Bulldog
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southstandandy
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Thanks for the 3 promotions Charlie - they will live long in the memory. Good luck for the future.
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Djmiles
Barndoor Holroyd
Well said (If you can call it that!)
One of the few remaining players from the Micky Adams era, ok so he had some injury problems in the last few years but he was a gritty and determined player who helped us gain promotion to Division 1 of the first time in over a decade.
Good luck to him with his coaching job
Vlad the Impala
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- Jul 16, 2004
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From the Argus:
"It has been a nightmare over the past year and a half. Having come back from one major injury I was hopeful of making a full return to action but to suffer another just as serious left me facing a difficult decision.
"It is with an extremely heavy heart that I have made the decision to quit the professional game as I always felt I had a few more years left to offer but I have very little choice for the sake of my future health.
"The last 18 months or so have been very tough for me but I have been helped through it by my family, friend and the club's medical staff."
Gotta feel for the bloke, especially if he only has one friend as the Argus seems to suggest.
Good luck Charlie and thanks for the 110% effort.
"It has been a nightmare over the past year and a half. Having come back from one major injury I was hopeful of making a full return to action but to suffer another just as serious left me facing a difficult decision.
"It is with an extremely heavy heart that I have made the decision to quit the professional game as I always felt I had a few more years left to offer but I have very little choice for the sake of my future health.
"The last 18 months or so have been very tough for me but I have been helped through it by my family, friend and the club's medical staff."
Gotta feel for the bloke, especially if he only has one friend as the Argus seems to suggest.
Good luck Charlie and thanks for the 110% effort.
Tom Bombadil
Well-known member
Well thanks for everything Charlie, not really surprising news but a shame all the same.
I think the best thing about Oatway was the way he upped his game while with us. I remember him being written off during the season we won the second division, but by the play-off season he was integral to our succes and went on to be a vital part of our championship squad, so cheers and I hope he takes up a well deserved position at the club
I think the best thing about Oatway was the way he upped his game while with us. I remember him being written off during the season we won the second division, but by the play-off season he was integral to our succes and went on to be a vital part of our championship squad, so cheers and I hope he takes up a well deserved position at the club
Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
Thanks for giving us some amazing memories, back to back championships don't happen that often, you were an important part of that success, good luck in your new role with the club. Exciting times lie ahead for the Albion, hopefully you can be as an important part of the team that drives the club forward as you were to the footballing side during your playing days.
Some pretty insensitive remarks on this thread.
Regardless of what you may think of him as a player, it's pretty bastard luck to have this happen after working so hard to come back after his ankle injury.
Best wishes to him, he must be gutted.
Regardless of what you may think of him as a player, it's pretty bastard luck to have this happen after working so hard to come back after his ankle injury.
Best wishes to him, he must be gutted.
Woodchip
It's all about the bikes
Thanks for being a great servant to the team Charlie. All the best in your new role.
Ignore Kinks and Del Boy. One's a Spurs fan (what's he know about football) and the other is attention seeking.
Ignore Kinks and Del Boy. One's a Spurs fan (what's he know about football) and the other is attention seeking.
bhaexpress
New member
Great shame, a truly 100% player IMHO and I will miss him. Maybe he could do a coaching job with the youth set up for a start.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
From the Argus 26/7/07
Charlie Oatway was today told he could make a quick comeback from his latest injury setback.
The Albion midfielder is back at home after surgery on a torn cartilage in his left knee.
Oatway's injury, picked up in pre-season, is unrelated to the broken ankle from which he was on the comeback trail but will rule him out of training for at least three weeks.
Physio Malcolm Stuart said: "Charlie's knee became rather sore after one of the earlier friendlies, then settled down a little bit.
"He played at Billericay last Saturday and was in discomfort afterwards. He had a scan on Monday and discovered a torn cartilage.
"It's desperately bad timing. Normally you would be looking at four to six weeks until he could resume full training. It could be sooner but as yet I don't know how much cartilage was removed."
Malcolm then donned his butchers apron and hockey mask, picked up a chainsaw, and went back into the treatment room to continue some remedial work on Joel Lynch, who has picked up a slight ligament strain in training.
Charlie Oatway was today told he could make a quick comeback from his latest injury setback.
The Albion midfielder is back at home after surgery on a torn cartilage in his left knee.
Oatway's injury, picked up in pre-season, is unrelated to the broken ankle from which he was on the comeback trail but will rule him out of training for at least three weeks.
Physio Malcolm Stuart said: "Charlie's knee became rather sore after one of the earlier friendlies, then settled down a little bit.
"He played at Billericay last Saturday and was in discomfort afterwards. He had a scan on Monday and discovered a torn cartilage.
"It's desperately bad timing. Normally you would be looking at four to six weeks until he could resume full training. It could be sooner but as yet I don't know how much cartilage was removed."
Malcolm then donned his butchers apron and hockey mask, picked up a chainsaw, and went back into the treatment room to continue some remedial work on Joel Lynch, who has picked up a slight ligament strain in training.
SussexHoop
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- Dec 7, 2003
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It was the 1976 side, 15 minutes away from being Champions before the Dingles capitulated!
A sad irony that it was a QPR player that started the end of Oatway's career on the pitch.Those "thank f***" and "about f***ing time" wankers should thank f*** that their livelihood and doing something they love isn't taken from them in such a cruel fashion. As far as I am concerned Charlie always tried his bollocks off for us and the least he deserves now is sympathy from arseholes who are not fit to tie his boots.
Good luck in your new role Charlie and I hope you make a go of it.
Good luck in your new role Charlie and I hope you make a go of it.
cjd
Well-known member
I am stunned at this news. In fact....you could have knocked me down with a feather when I first read it...
Who would have believed it...?
Who would have believed it...?
Nemesis
SERIOUSLY!
Just look at where it came from.....