My Sammy's It's a pretty quiet time here in the office, so I thought I would make my nominations for winners of the Centenary Sammy's which will be presented before the game on Sunday.

Greatest Goalkeeper
I never had the pleasure of watching Sam Bartram or Willie Duff unfortunately and I would argue that Bobby Bolder was a better goalkeeper than Dean Kiely. However on reputation alone and because it would be pretty ridiculous if a statuette of Sam wasn't won by the legend himself, I choose Bartram.

Greatest Defender
Tough one. Again I never saw Ufton (in his playing days anyhow) or John Hewie. Richard Rufus and Paul Elliot are the two best defenders I have seen in a Charlton shirt in 30 years with Peter Shirtliff a very close 3rd. Unfortunately both players' career's were ended cruelly by injury but even more sadly The Roof's while in his prime and still wearing the red shirt. It's got to be Rufus, the man is a living legend in SE7.

Greatest Midfielder
Captain Peacock epitomises Charlton Athletic and equally Mark Kinsella was the heartbeat of the side that became a 'small club in London' to what we are today. If Scott Parker had stayed he may have walked away with this award. He was one of the best, albeit developing players, I have ever seen wear the shirt. Bastard. I remember Mike Bailey more for his promotion manager year than a player so it has to be Peacock.

Greatest Striker
I think this award will be solely down to generation. Are you in the Leary generation, Hales generation or the Mendonca generation? Oh, how we are crying out for a 2005 model of one of these legendary players. For me I was a 70's /80's boy smitten by Hales' quick turns, a one track eye for goal and the famous raised fist to the Covered End.

Greatest Manager
Very, very tough and impossible to compare. Jimmy Seed turned us from a Third Division (South) side to FA Cup winners pushing for the league title. He was never relegated in his 23 years at the Valley. Curbs has turned us from a mid-table side in the old Second Division with no ground to a fixture in the Premiership on the edge(?) of European qualification. The record books show that both men won two trophies (ex war football), Curbs in 10 less years. I would argue that football management at the top level is a hundred times harder now than it was in the 40's and 50's so I'll stick my neck out a plunge for Curbishley.

Greatest Overseas Player
I'm surprised that Jorge Costa made the final 3, although he has had a wonderful career. Jeppson and Firmani I never saw play and although I suspect the South African will take the gong, I would choose Alan Simonsen. Signing him in 1991 was an absolute bolt out of the blue and even made the headlines on News at Ten. He was a fantastic player who was light years away from the other 10 red-shirted players around him. In 17 games he did things with a ball that I had never seen a Charlton player do before and it was pleasure to see him wear the famous red shirt even though those days of Ken Craggs and Mark Hulyer were the prelude to years of pain.

Greatest Match
Only 12,535 people were present to witness the amazing comeback from 5-1 down to beat Huddersfield 7-6 in 1957, although it is said that almost half of that number were already making their way home before Johnny Summers did a one-man rescue act. A lesson there surely? Many more people were at Wembley of course, including me and it was one of the truly greatest ever games and touted as one of the best ever in front of the old twin towers. I was at the Chelsea game too - Leaburn being knocked out, Millers deflected goal and being convinced I was going to get my head-kicked in! No competition though for this one, Wembley 1998.

Cult Hero
Hales, Gritt, Di Canio, Peacock, Shirtliff, Walsh, Kiely, Illic, Humphrey, Melrose, Leaburn, Lee, Warman, Curtis, Berry, Pearson, Bolder, Costa, Aizlewood, Kinsella, Balmer, Giles, Bumstead, Stuart, Tydeman, Brown, Horsfield, Simonsen, Naylor, Thompson, Flanagan, Webster, Mortimer, Nelson It's bloody hard this. Not many players in my time have had their name sung as much as Super Clive Mendonca and Steve Brown and John Robinson would be fully deserving but my favourite as a kid was Paddy Powell. He used to speak to the kids on the touchline before kick-off, he liked a little flutter and a pint and now he tends that pitch with the pride he used to have when he wore the red shirt and with the same cheeky grin.

Lifetime Achievement Award
It has to be the one and only Derek Ufton. Peacock runner-up with Gritt third. These like many, many fans bleed Charlton Athletic blood.  ¶ 14:03