Charlton v Oldham – Fan Interview
Ahead of our home game with Oldham a fortnight ago, Latics fan Dave Butterworth gave us the lowdown on the Latics.
Dave, two out of two and a top of the table clash. Has the strong start to the season come as a surprise to Oldham fans ?
Before the start of pre-season the answer would...
Exeter v Charlton – Preview and Poll
WSS looks ahead to Saturday’s trip to Devon
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Although my predictions of new signings before the Huddersfield game proved incorrect, we are likely to see at least one of Parky’s hat-trick of signings in some capacity when we venture down to Oggy Land.
Exeter are yet to win this season in the league although they are still...
Home and Away……you still got to pay
RodneyCharltonTrotta looks in greater detail at why its more difficult nowadays following your club away from home.
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“Your support is f****** s**t”, “Your ground’s too big for you” and even the introspective “Where were you when we were s**t?” are some of the familiar songs belted out at grounds up and down the country every weekend...
Charlton 2010/11: We’ll Be There
On 9 June 1905, a group of boys held a meeting in South East London and proudly agreed to form a football club.
We know this, because we were there.
We stood there, in August 1921, proudly watching that club play its first ever Football League fixture. We were there for every subsequent relegation and promotion.
We were...
Charlton v Bournemouth – Interview with Bournemouth fan
New regular feature for 10/11, every week we’ll be chatting with an opposing fan to try and get a greater insight into their club. Starting the season is Cherries fan Mark Shergold. Our thanks to Mark for his time…
Q. Mark, its been an amazing rollercoaster for AFCB since going into administration in Feb 2008. Could...
Charlton v Bournemouth – Preview and poll
And so we start another season in League One on Saturday. Of course it’s not where any of us want to be, but strangely it seems there is a lot more optimism around the 2010/11 season than there was last year.
The loss of Bailey, Burton, Richardson and Sam from the starting XI is of course...
The Curious Case of Jonjo Shelvey
The soap opera that is Charlton Athletic threw up another episode this week to rival all the joy of an Eastenders’ Christmas Special, with the decision taken to cut short the season of our most talented youngster, Jonjo Shelvey, in favour of an immediate cash injection.
Not for the first time in recent years, the decision...
Result of the Lennie Lawrence book competition
Well, it didn’t grip the nation in an X-Factor style frenzy, but it certainly got a few of you thinking.
We asked Lennie Lawrence who, with hindsight, would be the first three names he would put on his teamsheet from his time as Charlton manager, and asked you to try and match it.
Of the 51 entries,...
Charlton Life Competition: Win a signed copy of Lennie Lawrence’s autobiography
Lennie Lawrence has been working in football for over 30 years, but it was his nine turbulent years in charge of Charlton, whilst dealing with the fall-out of the move from The Valley amid limited resources that ‘Houdini’ will ultimately be remembered.
Lennie has now penned the story of his rise from school teacher to football...
Lennie Lawrence – Book Review
With a plethora of football books about to hit the shops ahead of the Christmas season, Scotty Kingsley reviews the offerings of the man they called ‘Houdini’.
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Many years ago Lennie Lawrence threatened to write a book about his time a Charlton. There was certainly enough packed into his nine year spell at the club, including...
Initial thoughts on the Club Reorganisation and additional finance
In X-Factor terminology, the long-running Charlton potential takeover saga has been on ‘an amazing journey’ all summer. What at first prompted fervoured supporter interest, careered at one stage into hilarity at the range of nationalities linked, before finally slumping into chronic indifference at the lack of resolution.
But at last it appears that the speculation...
The Transfer Deadline: Day for the deluded or window of opportunity ?
There is something hugely entertaining about Transfer Deadline Day.
After nearly four months to assemble their squad, clubs scramble around like a panicking teenager on the day before a new term, desperately trying to source uniform, books and a geometry set at short notice, whilst starting the homework they have had six weeks to complete.
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