Ben Amos came through the ranks at Manchester United and was a professional at Old Trafford for seven years.

He made the odd appearance for the Red Devils – mainly in the Leagus Cup – but gained experience with a series of loan moves.

His last loan stint was with Bolton, and when he was released by United in the summer of 2015, he joined the Trotters on a permanent basis.

The Macclesfield born stopper signed a four year deal at the Macron. After an indifferent first season, he was on his travels again, spending last season on loan at Cardiff.

Amos has a lucrative contract with Bolton, and with the club’s well documented financial difficulties, it has been a problem for the Trotters.

Amos was again made available for a loan move in the summer, as Bolton needed to shift some of his wages from the books.

With Charlton’s bid to bring in former MK Dons stopper David Martin appearing to stall, Karl Robinson made his move to bring Amos to The Valley.

The keeper has been an ever present in League One this season, and had his best game‎ for the Addicks at Bradford on Saturday.

Here is what he said to the club’s website after the game:

“We knew how Bradford would approach the game but we aren’t worried about any team. We know that if we approach games correctly and we do what we can do then we can come to places like this and get results.

“Bradford had some changes to their team but they played really well and probably handled the conditions a bit better than we did.

“Second half, the wind was blowing towards my goal, which made it very hard for us to get out and get in behind them.

“It’s always a great feeling to grind a win out when maybe you don’t deserve it. In previous games, we have only tended to get results when we have played well.

“If you are going to do anything special in the league you can’t afford to do that. You need to grind results out and win games when you don’t deserve it.”

Amos made some costly errors after leaving Old Trafford, but has turned in consistently good performances at The Valley.

‎Charlton’s goalkeeping coach, Lee Turner, joined the club from Bolton in the summer of 2015.

Turner transformed Nick Pope from a hesitant, nervous keeper to one who is now playing regularly in the Premier League.

Pope had slipped down the pecking order at The Valley, but under Turner’s tutelage he finished the 2015/16 season strongly, and earned a big money transfer to Burnley.

He was the Clarets cup keeper last season, but Tom Heaton’s injury has opened the door to the Premier League this time around. Pope has grabbed his opportunity with both hands.

Turner has worked hard with Amos, and part of the pre-match warm up involves crosses being put into the box. Turner jostles Amos and the keeper has to punch the ball clear.

Keepers need to have punching in their armoury for the hurly-burly world of League One, and Amos is proficient in the art. He gets good distances on his punches, and as well as the high profile saves at Bradford, he punched clear on several occasions.

Amos had this to say about those saves:

‎”The save from header was my favourite. The other two were pleasing and it’s not so much the save but the decision to go and close the angle.

“It’s nice to contribute and it was a big win for us to come here and take all three points. Not many teams will do it.

“I try to stay very balanced. Life in football has so many peaks and troughs – I won’t get too carried away with Saturday.

“Obviously, it was nice and I savoured the moment but I’ll try and stay pretty level headed.”

If he continues in this vein, Amos will be a major player in the club’s promotion bid.