{"id":16314,"date":"2018-09-20T17:52:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T22:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=16314"},"modified":"2018-09-20T17:52:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T22:52:47","slug":"mark-abraham-bright-former-crystal-palace-player-of-the-year-recounts-his-footballing-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=16314","title":{"rendered":"Mark Abraham Bright, Former Crystal Palace Player of The Year, Recounts His Footballing Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\" Mark Bright was a part of one of the most iconic strike partnerships in Crystal Palace history, but his journey to becoming a Premier League striker wasn\u2019t an easy one.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The former Leek Town, Port Vale, Leicester City, Charlton Athletic, Sheffield Wednesday and Crystal Palace forward was born in Stoke and was in care from a young age. He grew up in several places and was only able to see his sisters \u2018two or three times a year.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bright said: \u201cWe had a good care family. We had some good people looking after us, we were very lucky. It wasn\u2019t easy, it was hard at school. It was hard because you are the newcomers, people didn\u2019t see many black people at all.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

With lots of change going on in his life, there was one thing that was <\/strong>a constant \u2013 his footballing ability.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIn my school <\/strong>report it said, \u2018a budding athlete if I\u2019ve ever seen one\u2019 and my brother can remember the school teacher saying to another school teacher when we just finished playing football, \u2018Did you see the little black kid playing for us? If he isn\u2019t going to be a professional footballer no one will be.\u2019 Everyone could see that I wanted to be a footballer and that was all I used to say in class.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI played in an F.A. Cup Final in 1990, and I got a letter off that teacher – \u2018Mark, well done.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cSo, all through school I think I was trying to prepare myself for what I saw was the next move. Every footballer will tell you the same story, how they used to just sit there and dream of being whoever was there at the time at the club you wanted to play for.<\/strong><\/p>\n

@Mark__Bright<\/b><\/span> <\/a><\/h2>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I wanted to prove anybody wrong I just wanted to prove myself right I suppose that I know what I want to do in life. You\u2019ve got to dream. You can\u2019t stop kids from dreaming, that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even though Bright\u2019s talent <\/strong>were clear for everyone to see, when he left <\/strong>school he didn\u2019t get the apprenticeship he dreamed of as he looked to progress into the professional ranks of football.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cGetting the disappointment of not getting an apprenticeship at Port Vale, was quite a shock to me and having to go get a job at an engineering factory.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI spent one year full-time at <\/strong>college, I couldn\u2019t stand it! I qualified as an engineer and played for Leek Town for two years and then got the opportunity to go back to Port Vale. So, it was a different route.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThen from Port Vale, one good season and I <\/strong>was off to Leicester. And then from Leicester, I went to <\/strong>Palace. The rest, as they say, is history.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Bright was moving to SE25 he had a meeting with the manager, Steve Coppell, who could already see the potential for a successful strike partnership with a player he had already signed at the club, Ian Wright.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cSteve Coppell said, \u2018I\u2019ve got a young player here, he\u2019s the best player I\u2019ve worked with in football.\u2019 \u2018He\u2019s just a bit <\/strong>loose, a loose cannon, he just needs reining in on the pitch, I think you can do it. Listen, if you hit it off, the press will have a field day with your names because he\u2019s a black kid from south London called Wright and obviously, Bright.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI saw him play, I went to watch them play and thought, \u2018oh my god there\u2019s not much he can\u2019t do!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s difficult to say it just clicked because we worked at it and we had several coaches who were at the club who helped us at the time. First of all, Coppell believed in us.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe got plenty of <\/strong>service as well. I think you have to look at it all, yes, we scored goals, but we had great service and the team benefitted from it by promotion, an FA Cup Final, third in the old league just before we started the Premier League. But a consecutive three great years for Palace. It put us on the map.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Bright has now returned to Palace as a member of staff, the director of the under-23 development squad, a job he wasn\u2019t sure he would take when he was offered it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI went down and had a look and I thought, I owe this club something because this club made me. It\u2019s like being a loan manager. In the Premier <\/strong>League you have players who are not quite ready so they go out on loan. I\u2019m part of that process of trying to help.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou just take great pleasure in seeing someone from your academy playing in the first team because that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about. I enjoy it, I really do, but there\u2019s nothing that beats playing. Nothing comes even close.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m happy I achieved what I achieved. I would have loved to win something, of course, because that\u2019s why you\u2019re in the game. The game\u2019s about glory. I have a look at my career and I wouldn\u2019t swap it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was in an engineering factory before I became a footballer. So, if you ask me which one would I rather do, I know which one it would be.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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MORE ON MARK ABRAHAM BRIGHT<\/span><\/span>Mark Abraham Bright (born 6 June 1962) is an English former footballer<\/a> who is now a sports pundit<\/a> on BBC<\/a>, British Eurosport<\/a> and Al Jazeera<\/a>, as well as a coach at Crystal Palace<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He made the move from non-league Leek Town<\/a> to Port Vale<\/a> in 1981, where he remained for three years before he signed with Leicester City<\/a>. In 1986, he transferred to Crystal Palace<\/a>, where he would score 92 league goals over the next six years. Joining Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> in 1992, he stayed with the club for five years before moving to Swiss side FC Sion<\/a> in 1997, following a short loan stay at Millwall<\/a>. He returned to England later in 1997 to play for Charlton Athletic<\/a>, before he announced his retirement in 1999. A forward<\/a>, he scored 166 goals in 461 league games throughout an 18-year career in the Football League<\/a>. He played in one League Cup<\/a> and two FA Cup<\/a> finals, all of which ended in defeat. He helped Crystal Palace and Charlton Athletic to win promotion to the top-flight via the <\/strong>play-offs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"After a spell working in a factory and playing part-time at Cheshire County League<\/a> outfit Leek Town<\/a>, Bright moved to John McGrath<\/a>‘s Port Vale<\/a> in October 1981, a club that had previously released him from their youth team at the age of 16.[3]<\/a><\/sup> He made his full debut on the last day of the 1981\u201382<\/a> season, in a 2\u20130 win over Torquay United<\/a> at Vale Park<\/a>, two weeks after coming on as a substitute<\/a> in a goalless home draw with York City<\/a> on 1 May 1982.[1]<\/a><\/sup> He played just once in the 1982\u201383<\/a> Fourth Division<\/a> promotion campaign, scoring Vale’s second goal in a 2\u20130 home win over Hereford United<\/a> on 9 October.[1]<\/a><\/sup> Bright came to prominence for the “Valiants” under the stewardship of new boss John Rudge<\/a> towards the end of the 1983\u201384<\/a> season, scoring ten goals in 31 games, though this was not enough to save the club from relegation out of the Third Division<\/a>.[1]<\/a><\/sup> Graham Barnett<\/a> advised him to reject John Rudge’s offer of a two-year contract, and in June 1984 Bright was sold to Leicester City<\/a> for \u00a333,333.[4]<\/a><\/sup> This fee was later doubled due to a top-up clause.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

Gordon Milne<\/a>‘s “Foxes” struggled in the lower half of the First Division<\/a> table in the 1984\u201385<\/a> and 1985\u201386<\/a> seasons. Bright scored six goals in 42 league games in his two seasons on Filbert Street<\/a>. He was sold on by new manager Bryan Hamilton<\/a> early in the 1986\u201387<\/a> season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bright was signed to Crystal Palace<\/a> by manager Steve Coppell<\/a> for a \u00a375,000 fee in November 1986. The “Eagles” were pressing for promotion out of the Second Division<\/a><\/strong>, but finished two points outside the <\/strong>play-offs in 1986\u201387<\/a>. He earned the Golden Boot for the highest scorer in the division in 1987\u201388<\/a> with 24 goals, though again the club finished one place and two points outside of the <\/strong>play-offs.[5]<\/a><\/sup> A third-place finish in 1988\u201389<\/a> secured them a play-off place. In the play-offs<\/a>, he scored in the semi-final victory over Swindon Town<\/a>, which helped Palace to reach the play-off final<\/a>; Palace then beat Blackburn Rovers<\/a> 4\u20133 on aggregate, to win promotion to the top-flight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

His 12 goals in the First Division<\/a> in 1989\u201390<\/a> were an important part of Palace’s creditable showing, and it was Bright’s crashing drive at the start of the <\/strong>second-half that began Palace’s recovery against Liverpool<\/a> in the FA Cup<\/a> semi-final and ultimately helped them to get to the final<\/a> at Wembley<\/a>. Their victory over Liverpool was particularly remarkable as they had lost 9\u20130<\/a> at Anfield<\/a> at the start of the season. After a 3\u20133 draw in the original tie, Palace lost 1\u20130 to Manchester United<\/a> in the replay of the final.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As Palace impressed in the First Division throughout 1990\u201391<\/a>, Bright proved his predatory skills at the highest level with a sequence of seven top-flight goals in just ten midwinter games as the “Eagles” secured their highest ever league finish of third. The potency of Bright and Ian Wright<\/a>‘s partnership was demonstrated on 25 September 1990, when both players scored hat-tricks in an 8\u20130 win over Southend United<\/a> at Selhurst Park<\/a> in the League Cup<\/a>. Even after Wright had left the club Bright continued his great form for Palace, and his 17 First Division goals in 1991\u201392<\/a> was, at the time, a record return for a Palace striker in the top-flight; he was also the division’s seventh highest scorer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bright left Palace for Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> in September 1992 in a cash plus player exchange deal involving fellow striker Paul Williams<\/a>. He finished as the club’s top-scorer<\/a> for three consecutive seasons, taking pressure off club stalwart David Hirst<\/a>. He eventually became the “Owls” highest goalscorer in the Premier League<\/a> to date, scoring 48 goals between 1992 and 1996. After scoring six goals in the League Cup<\/a>, Bright played in the League Cup Final<\/a>, which ended in a 2\u20131 defeat to Arsenal<\/a>. One of Bright’s notable goals came in the All-Sheffield<\/a> FA Cup semi-final in 1993<\/a>, Bright’s extra-time header sealing a place in the final<\/a>. He fared far less well in the final itself, controversially elbowing Arsenal defender Andy Linighan<\/a> in the face, causing a broken nose. Later, with the scores level in the last minute of extra time, a heavily bandaged Linighan out-jumped Bright from a corner to score the winning goal.<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

With 19 goals, he was Wednesday’s highest scorer and the Premier League’s seventh highest scorer in 1993\u201394<\/a>. He then hit 13 goals in the 1994\u201395<\/a> season, in manager Trevor Francis<\/a>‘s last season in charge. Bright played in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup<\/a>, scoring goals against Polish<\/a> club G\u00f3rnik Zabrze<\/a>, German side Karlsruher SC<\/a>, and Danish<\/a> side AGF<\/a>. The Hillsborough<\/a> outfit then finished 15th in the league in 1995\u201396<\/a> under the stewardship of David Pleat<\/a>. Bright then fell out of the <\/strong>first team picture in 1996\u201397<\/a><\/strong>, and was loaned to Second Division side Millwall<\/a>, before joining Swiss club FC Sion<\/a> in January 1997. He left soon after due to unpaid wages and issues with his transfer fee with Sheffield Wednesday.<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bright joined Alan Curbishley<\/a>‘s Charlton Athletic<\/a> towards the end of the 1996\u201397<\/a> season. He helped the “Addicks” to finish fourth in the second tier in 1997\u201398<\/a><\/strong>, and played in their dramatic win over Sunderland<\/a> in the 1998 play off final<\/a>,<\/sup> which was won 7\u20136 on penalties<\/a> after a 4\u20134 draw. He left The Valley<\/a> and retired from professional football at the end of the 1998\u201399<\/a> season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Media career<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

After retiring, Bright became a football correspondent on The Big Breakfast<\/a><\/i>. He currently works on the BBC<\/a> show Football Focus<\/a><\/i>. He also commentates on some international matches, often alongside Jonathan Pearce<\/a> and Steve Wilson<\/a> on Match of the Day<\/a><\/i>. He is also the sports correspondent for BBC London News<\/a>.<\/sup> He has also written for Match<\/a><\/i> magazine, appeared on 606<\/a><\/i> phone-in show, Fighting Talk<\/a><\/i> radio show, 5 live Sport<\/a><\/i> radio show, and on television programme Final Score<\/a><\/i>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2013, Bright agreed to join the British Eurosport team to commentate on the live African Cup of Nations<\/a> matches.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bright featured as himself in a television advert for Prostate Cancer UK<\/a> in January 2013 alongside impressionist Jon Culshaw<\/a>, who featured as Tiziano Crudeli<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the 2013\/14 season, Bright joined Al Jazeera<\/a> as a pundit<\/a> on their Premier League<\/a> coverage.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coaching career<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

In summer 2009 he joined the Crystal Palace academy set-up, along with his former teammate John Salako<\/a>.<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

Personal life<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Bright’s father was Gambian<\/a> and his mother was English, he was raised in his mother’s hometown of Stoke-on-Trent<\/a>.<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

He met British singer and actress Michelle Gayle<\/a> in 1995, the couple later married in Las Vegas<\/a> and in 2000 had a son they named Isaiah. They separated in 2007, though remain on good terms.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In his spare <\/strong>time he enjoys playing golf<\/a> and riding motorbikes<\/a>.<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bright has completed six half marathons<\/a> since his retirement in 1999, all of them in the Great North Run<\/a>. He is also a regular competitor in the London Marathon<\/a>, raising funds for cancer research<\/a> in 2000, the Willow Foundation<\/a> in 2005 and The Rhys Daniels Trust in 2006. In 2006, he starred in Cirque de Celebrit\u00e9<\/a>, only to be the first person to be voted off. In March 2007, he scored the first goal at the new Wembley Stadium<\/a> for a “Geoff Thomas Foundation Charity XI”, in aid of his captain at Palace, Geoff Thomas<\/a>; his team won 2\u20130 (Simon Jordan<\/a> scoring the second goal).<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Apps<\/strong><\/th>\nGoals<\/strong><\/th>\nApps<\/strong><\/th>\nGoals<\/strong><\/th>\nApps<\/strong><\/th>\nGoals<\/strong><\/th>\nApps<\/strong><\/th>\nGoals<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Port Vale<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n1981\u201382<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nFourth Division<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982\u201383<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nFourth Division<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983\u201384<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nThird Division<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n26<\/strong><\/td>\n9<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n31<\/strong><\/td>\n10<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/th>\n29<\/strong><\/th>\n10<\/strong><\/th>\n1<\/strong><\/th>\n1<\/strong><\/th>\n4<\/strong><\/th>\n0<\/strong><\/th>\n34<\/strong><\/th>\n11<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Leicester City<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n1984\u201385<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nFirst Division<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n16<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n18<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985\u201386<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nFirst Division<\/strong><\/td>\n24<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n27<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986\u201387<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nFirst Division<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/th>\n42<\/strong><\/th>\n16<\/strong><\/th>\n1<\/strong><\/th>\n0<\/strong><\/th>\n4<\/strong><\/th>\n0<\/strong><\/th>\n47<\/strong><\/th>\n16<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Crystal Palace<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n1986\u201387<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nSecond Division<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n28<\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n30<\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987\u201388<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nSecond Division<\/strong><\/td>\n38<\/strong><\/td>\n25<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n42<\/strong><\/td>\n26<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988\u201389<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nSecond Division<\/strong><\/td>\n46<\/strong><\/td>\n20<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n12<\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/strong><\/td>\n59<\/strong><\/td>\n25<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989\u201390<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nFirst Division<\/strong><\/td>\n36<\/strong><\/td>\n12<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n8<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n50<\/strong><\/td>\n18<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990\u201391<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nFirst Division<\/strong><\/td>\n32<\/strong><\/td>\n9<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n11<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\n46<\/strong><\/td>\n15<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991\u201392<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nFirst Division<\/strong><\/td>\n42<\/strong><\/td>\n17<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n11<\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/strong><\/td>\n54<\/strong><\/td>\n22<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992\u201393<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nPremier League<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/th>\n227<\/strong><\/th>\n91<\/strong><\/th>\n14<\/strong><\/th>\n3<\/strong><\/th>\n45<\/strong><\/th>\n20<\/strong><\/th>\n186<\/strong><\/th>\n114<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Millwall<\/a> (loan)<\/strong><\/td>\n1996\u201397<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nSecond Division<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sheffield Wednesday<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n1992\u201393<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nPremier League<\/strong><\/td>\n30<\/strong><\/td>\n11<\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\n44<\/strong><\/td>\n20<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993\u201394<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nPremier League<\/strong><\/td>\n40<\/strong><\/td>\n19<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n50<\/strong><\/td>\n23<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994\u201395<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nPremier League<\/strong><\/td>\n37<\/strong><\/td>\n11<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n43<\/strong><\/td>\n13<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995\u201396<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nPremier League<\/strong><\/td>\n25<\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\n32<\/strong><\/td>\n14<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996\u201397<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nPremier League<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/th>\n133<\/strong><\/th>\n48<\/strong><\/th>\n13<\/strong><\/th>\n7<\/strong><\/th>\n24<\/strong><\/th>\n15<\/strong><\/th>\n170<\/strong><\/th>\n70<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Charlton Athletic<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n1996\u201397<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nFirst Division<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997\u201398<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nFirst Division<\/strong><\/td>\n16<\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n24<\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998\u201399<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\nPremier League<\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/th>\n27<\/strong><\/th>\n10<\/strong><\/th>\n4<\/strong><\/th>\n0<\/strong><\/th>\n6<\/strong><\/th>\n0<\/strong><\/th>\n37<\/strong><\/th>\n10<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Career total<\/strong><\/th>\n461<\/strong><\/th>\n166<\/strong><\/th>\n33<\/strong><\/th>\n11<\/strong><\/th>\n84<\/strong><\/th>\n35<\/strong><\/th>\n529<\/strong><\/th>\n212<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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