'I fitted Charlton and Charlton fitted me - it was a golden era for the club'
Hall of Fame goalkeeper Dean Kiely on scaling the heights with the Addicks, painful wrench of his move away and the secrets behind his consistency in the Premier League
“When people say football is a game of opinions I would slightly disagree. I would say: ‘Listen, you can have your opinion, but let me present the evidence’. And the evidence is my stats. If people say: ‘Well, he wasn’t this and he wasn’t that’ then I’ll just stand by the evidence.”
Dean Kiely is talking about his record during his 21-year playing career which started when he debuted for York City in 1990.
Some footballers are shaky when it comes to their numbers or decidely hazy on the details.
Not Kiely.
He has talked previously about being puzzled why players do not have instant recall.
Picture: Alamy
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to South London Sport: Charlton Athletic Edition to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.