After fifteen years in the league, it's back to non-league for Charlie

See link
www.uptheclarets.com/austin-moves-to-totton

Fantastic player for us, shame we couldn’t have kept him but financially at the time we had to sell. He’ll always be one of my favourite centre forwards that played in a Burnley shirt.

Brilliant striker for us and was gutted when he went to QPR which I think was roughly around this date. He’d looked excellent in pre season with Ings and it seemed to really deflate my expectations for the coming season (I needn’t have worried with the emergence of Vokes).

burnmark wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 12:19 pm

Brilliant striker for us and was gutted when he went to QPR which I think was roughly around this date. He’d looked excellent in pre season with Ings and it seemed to really deflate my expectations for the coming season (I needn’t have worried with the emergence of Vokes).

I've just checked and it was on this very date. And what did Dyche saY? "It's an opportunity for someone else," and how Ings & Vokes took that opportunity. But Charlie is right up there as one of the very few natural finishers I've seen at Burnley.

Good luck to him.
Superb goal machine for us.
Shame we needed the money soo much.
SD was right.
The way Sam came into his own was as brilliant as it was surprising.

has there been a better finisher for us in the last two decades?

Best finisher I’ve seen at the turf.

Papabendi wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 2:12 pm

has there been a better finisher for us in the last two decades?

I'd say an absolute no to that - at different levels, the best three natural goalscorers I've seen for us have been Willie Irvine, Andy Payton and Charlie.

Buxtonclaret wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 1:22 pm

The way Sam came into his own was as brilliant as it was surprising.

We kicked off that season with just two strikers

Ings had scored 6 in 47 league appearances
Vokes had scored 6 in 55 league appearancecs

Who on earth could have thought they would do what they did?

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 2:40 pm

We kicked off that season with just two strikers

Ings had scored 6 in 47 league appearances
Vokes had scored 6 in 55 league appearancecs

Who on earth could have thought they would do what they did?

Ings was a weird one. He kept showing glimmers of incredible talent but seemed to show no ruthlessness at all in front of goal. I suppose he was similar to Amdouni last season really. Let's hope Parker can do with Amdouni what Dyche did with Ings.

Also in terms of finishers I always like to add Chris Eagles into the mix, obviously a different player entirely but when he went one on one with the keeper, he never seemed to miss. Very underrated end product wise for me.

A brilliant finisher and excellent with his head.

I know he scored a top goal at Charlton from distance but my favourite goal (and I can't remember who it was against) was a header at the Jimmy Mc end from around the edge of the box.

Blimey, I'll be able to watch him if he lasts the season OK.

Just been putting in my diary the fixtures of my local club Basingstoke Town. We've got to wait until the penultimate game of the season 19th April to host Totton but playing them away early Sept. I like to watch Basingstoke home matches (1.5 mile walk, £8 entry) but not really keen enough to follow them away.
I'd expect him to bang in plenty at this level, Totton just missed out on promotion last season, coming 2nd to promoted Chesham U so he's in a decent team at this level (and one ambitious enough to sign Ch A).

claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 2:48 pm

A brilliant finisher and excellent with his head.

I know he scored a top goal at Charlton from distance but my favourite goal (and I can't remember who it was against) was a header at the Jimmy Mc end from around the edge of the box.

Millwall I think. Best headed goal I've ever seen live.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 2:40 pm

We kicked off that season with just two strikers

Ings had scored 6 in 47 league appearances
Vokes had scored 6 in 55 league appearancecs

Who on earth could have thought they would do what they did?

One of the best double acts we've had in years.
And their stuff as usually a quality watch.

distortiondave wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 3:58 pm

Millwall I think. Best headed goal I've ever seen live.

It was Millwall in 2012/13.

He was a great header of the ball, up there (literally) with Andy Lochead and Gareth Taylor.
That night match against Sheffield Wednesday when he bagged an hat trick and we still only got a 3-3 draw.
I bet he had some choice words with our defence in the dressing room afterwards.

Austin and Payton are the two best finishers I've seen in my 27 years of watching Burnley.
I was gutted when he left, I honestly thought we were going to get relegated that season. Promotion came completely out of the blue and it was all down to Sean Dyche building a tight knit group of players who all new their roles.
Pretty sure it was 8 out of the last 10 previous seasons, we would have gone up as champions

Claret86 wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 4:54 pm

Austin and Payton are the two best finishers I've seen in my 27 years of watching Burnley.
I was gutted when he left, I honestly thought we were going to get relegated that season. Promotion came completely out of the blue and it was all down to Sean Dyche building a tight knit group of players who all new their roles.
Pretty sure it was 8 out of the last 10 previous seasons, we would have gone up as champions

27 years? Absolutely no doubt they are the best finishers you will have seen.

Again different level but Ron Futcher was a great finisher something like 30 in 70 games but CA was just so much better.

The best out and out striker I've seen play for us, he had the finishing of Payton and the aerial prowess of Taylor. Nobody attacked the ball quite like Austin.

claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 2:48 pm

A brilliant finisher and excellent with his head.

I know he scored a top goal at Charlton from distance but my favourite goal (and I can't remember who it was against) was a header at the Jimmy Mc end from around the edge of the box.

Unbelievable goal. The ball came from behind him and he still managed to get the power and accuracy to beat the keeper from the edge of the box.

I can't remember who we were playing either!

Only place I can find the goal is here

https://youtu.be/YNdCZ1uWhV8?si=mQXHOIGHCxTgtOeu

He must be on the verges of packing it in, if he has gone to Totton. My village team got the better of them last season.

Austin and Payton best natural finishers I've seen

Eagles mentioned in another post re one on ones. You could throw John Deary into that mix as well.

Probably our best striker in terms of being a 'natural finisher' since Willie Irvine.

Also responsible for Tom Heaton's greatest ever save.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 5:10 pm

27 years? Absolutely no doubt they are the best finishers you will have seen.

Danny Ings and Andre Gray had good promotion seasons. Andy Cooke was knocking them in when I first started watching Burnley but Payton and Austin were natural born finishers. Payton is an absolute hero, saved us in the Waddle season and then banged the goals in to get us promoted under Stan

quoonbeatz wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 5:27 pm

The best out and out striker I've seen play for us, he had the finishing of Payton and the aerial prowess of Taylor. Nobody attacked the ball quite like Austin.

Completely agree

Claret86 wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 7:10 pm

Danny Ings and Andre Gray had good promotion seasons. Andy Cooke was knocking them in when I first started watching Burnley but Payton and Austin were natural born finishers. Payton is an absolute hero, saved us in the Waddle season and then banged the goals in to get us promoted under Stan

His goals also saved us in Stan’s first season.

But in the Waddle season we played Grimsby, Northampton, Bristol City and Fulham on consecutive Saturdays. Those four finished 3rd, 4th, 2nd & 6th. He scored the winning goal in all four.

Here's the new look Charlie.

Having lived just outside Southampton during 18 years, the period when we had players like Sam and Danny who come from the area was both strange but pleasant. It was weird when Jay signed for Southampton. Totton is on the other side of Southampton to the one I lived in but it still seems like home.

They have a fairly good history with a few famous names (this from Wiki) such as Ted McDougall and Ian Turner who played for Southampton when they won the FA Cup in 1976.

The last time I saw a Burnley match was at Derby in 2011 (yes, I'm a plastic) and Charlie got a brace to help us win 2-1.

His presence at Totton will hopefully attract some additional spectators.

One of my favourite ever Clarets over the last 40 years.

I will tell my grandchildren about the time I saw him take a headed shot just inside the oppositions half.

I probably don’t remember this perfectly but didn’t he score a hat trick and we lost 3-4. Seem to remember him going nuts about it- a good summary of the Howe era.

Burnleyareback2 wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 8:22 pm

One of my favourite ever Clarets over the last 40 years.

I will tell my grandchildren about the time I saw him take a headed shot just inside the oppositions half.

I probably don’t remember this perfectly but didn’t he score a hat trick and we lost 3-4. Seem to remember him going nuts about it- a good summary of the Howe era.

He scored a hat trick in a 3-3 draw against Sheffield Wednesday when in truth we were very fortunate to get a point. He scored twice in a 2-1 win at Derby in the previous away game when we were dreadful.

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 6:01 pm

He must be on the verges of packing it in, if he has gone to Totton. My village team got the better of them last season.

Which village team was that? Totton finished 2nd in the league last year and lost only 7 games (of 42). Got 89 goals, 45 against; the winners (Chesham United) had 83 goals, 46 against so Totton did pretty well overall and, with CA, must be one of the favourites to go up this time round.

Not many village teams in that league.

LeadBelly wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:46 pm

Which village team was that? Totton finished 2nd in the league last year and lost only 7 games (of 42). Got 89 goals, 45 against; the winners (Chesham United) had 83 goals, 46 against so Totton did pretty well overall and, with CA, must be one of the favourites to go up this time round.

Not many village teams in that league.

It was some cup. Laverstock and Ford.

Just noticed that a very good work friend from years ago (I replaced him twice) is their Life President. He used to play for them donkeys years ago.

HONORARY LIFE PRESIDENT: Paul Maiden

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:06 pm

It was some cup. Laverstock and Ford.

L & F results last season (scroll down a bit) listing https://www.besoccer.com/team/matches/laverstock-ford
Totton results last season https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/afc- ... /2023-2024

No sign that they played each other that I can see. Did you dream that game?

LeadBelly wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:08 pm

L & F results last season (scroll down a bit) listing https://www.besoccer.com/team/matches/laverstock-ford
Totton results last season https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/afc- ... /2023-2024

No sign that they played each other that I can see. Did you dream that game?

You can't read this board that often if you haven't realised that IanMcL talks utter bull crap.

LeadBelly wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:46 pm

Which village team was that? Totton finished 2nd in the league last year and lost only 7 games (of 42). Got 89 goals, 45 against; the winners (Chesham United) had 83 goals, 46 against so Totton did pretty well overall and, with CA, must be one of the favourites to go up this time round.

Not many village teams in that league.

Totton we're a well organised team, but never really looked like they'd go up. There didn't seem to be anything that noteworthy about them, but then there was no obvious weakness. This signing may make a big difference (unfortunately).

I always remember Sky showing a graphic of the top 4 goal scorers in European football one season… in November or December as I recall. They were Ronaldo, Messi, Charlie Austin of Burnley and Tom Pope of Port Vale !!

Stalbansclaret wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 02, 2024 11:43 am

I always remember Sky showing a graphic of the top 4 goal scorers in European football one season… in November or December as I recall. They were Ronaldo, Messi, Charlie Austin of Burnley and Tom Pope of Port Vale !!

Tom Pope has just left Witton Albion and gone back to his first club Hanley Town

LeadBelly wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 01, 2024 11:08 pm

L & F results last season (scroll down a bit) listing https://www.besoccer.com/team/matches/laverstock-ford
Totton results last season https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/afc- ... /2023-2024

No sign that they played each other that I can see. Did you dream that game?

Perhaps it was the previous season!

Update: Even earlier! How time flies! But we did win!

https://totton-elingfc.co.uk/laverstock ... g-3-10-20/

fidelcastro wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 02, 2024 1:55 am

You can't read this board that often if you haven't realised that IanMcL talks utter bull crap.

Hello Fidel. Egg on your face!

https://totton-elingfc.co.uk/laverstock ... g-3-10-20/

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 02, 2024 12:49 pm

Perhaps it was the previous season!

Update: Even earlier! How time flies! But we did win!

https://totton-elingfc.co.uk/laverstock ... g-3-10-20/

Regular occurrence it seems:
FA Cup
27/02/19 19:45 Totton & Eling
Totton & Eling 4 - 5 Laverstock & Ford

So Austin will be playing at level 8 in the pyramid. The same level as Bradford [Park Avenue], since Avenue's relegation last season. He will rip defences apart. I don't suppose any centre half fancies marking him. I'd hate to see him against Avenue.

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 02, 2024 12:52 pm

Hello Fidel. Egg on your face!

https://totton-elingfc.co.uk/laverstock ... g-3-10-20/

Hardly, when the year/season was completely wrong.

fidelcastro wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 02, 2024 2:23 pm

Hardly, when the year/season was completely wrong.

I think it sticks!

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 02, 2024 2:57 pm

I think it sticks!

Not even remotely.

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 02, 2024 1:00 pm

Regular occurrence it seems:
FA Cup
27/02/19 19:45 Totton & Eling
Totton & Eling 4 - 5 Laverstock & Ford

Totton and Eling is not the same club as AFC Totton- the club that CA has signed for (though their grounds are fairly close)

Your "village team" has not beaten AFC Totton on any recent year.
You've given misinformation, seemingly to imply C A's career is finished; "He must be on the verges of packing it in, if he has gone to Totton. My village team got the better of them last season"

LeadBelly wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 02, 2024 4:18 pm

Totton and Eling is not the same club as AFC Totton- the club that CA has signed for (though their grounds are fairly close)

Your "village team" has not beaten AFC Totton on any recent year.
You've given misinformation, seemingly to imply C A's career is finished; "He must be on the verges of packing it in, if he has gone to Totton. My village team got the better of them last season"

I told you!