title: Derek Hales
text: # Derek Hales
  
  Derek David Hales (born 15 December 1951) is an English former footballer who played as a striker.
  
  He is the all-time leading goalscorer for Charlton Athletic, with his most prolific season being 1975–76, when he scored 28 league goals and was leading scorer in the Football League Second Division. He is also famous for an on-field fight with teammate Mike Flanagan during an FA Cup tie against Maidstone in 1979. After running a pub in his native village Lower Halstow, he was employed at the Howard School in Gillingham.
  
  