Reclaim The Valley
The Valley, Floyd Road, London SE7. Our spiritual home. A home that I first made my own in 1975, and this year for the first season in 42 years, a home that will not have been to, nor to a final home game that I have nearly always made it back for since leaving the UK in 2003.
However this Sunday CARD have plans to get as many of us there as possible, even if you don’t want to part with your money and enter the ground.
The Coalition Against Roland Duchatelet (CARD) is calling on Charlton fans opposed to the club’s current ownership to assemble at The Valley one hour before the midday kick-off of this season’s final game at home to Swindon Town on Sunday, April 30th.
CARD wants as many protestors as possible to meet at 11am by the big Charlton badge at the rear of the north stand to join a major demonstration, details of which it will reveal on the day. And it is urging fans to turn up there in black and white, even if they plan to boycott the match itself.
Protestors who intend to go in are being encouraged to buy seats in the lower west stand
A CARD spokesperson said: “At the end of yet another season of failure from this dishonest and incompetent regime, we are urging Charlton fans to send the owner and chief executive Katrien Meire the clearest possible message that they will never be accepted at The Valley.
“A poll carried out this month by the Charlton Athletic Supporters’ Trust among nearly 1,500 fans, 43% of whom are current season-ticket holders, showed that 94% now feel negative about Charlton’s future under Duchatelet and 89% want protests to continue.
“These are overwhelming and irretrievable numbers. Far from learning lessons and building bridges, Duchatelet and Meire are inflicting ever greater damage on the club by wasting more money and systematically destroying Charlton’s supporter base. They must go now.” (More).
Please go if you can, please fill the lower west and make life as uncomfortable for Meire as possible. The game is irrelevant, Charlton Atheltic’s future is most definitely not.
Chicago Addick 
I found Robinson’s lauding of Steve Gallen’s qualifications and experience interesting, it’s like he’s saying, look at this bloke he’s no amateur like Thomas Driesden. Who’s been inflicted on all the managers since RD took over. Maybe the level of RD’s interference is changing, if so it’s too little too late for most of us.
Dave – I agree and missed out on writing my thoughts but Gallen has little scouting experience and KR mostly lauded him for his coaching ability. We have more coaches than National Express, and now he is talking of adding Jacko. I expect, sadly because I think he is the best qualified, that we will be saying farewell to Simon Clark soon.
Interesting these continuous accusations of xenophobia, I for one would be happy for any other Belgians to own the club if they were competent people, unlike this present shower.
They are only from one narrow minded dim wit Dave. And of course, the owner could be from Mars if they had any care, custody and control of how to run a football club.
Yeah and we’re top of the Premier league, youse a very funny fella matey!
I got rid of his comment Dave 🙂