Pre-season

Charlton added Southend United to the pre-season schedule today. That looks like it will be the final friendly before we kick off The Championship season.

That leaves possibly another game on July 29th or 30th between the trips to Cambridge and Southend, but as it stands our pre-season line up looks neither exciting nor uber challenging.

I think it would be wrong to play a team from the same division, a little trip to one of our nearby Premier League clubs or an overnight in Scotland or Ireland could work too for that free weekday. We’ll see what that additional fixture announcement brings.

I’d have thought we’d want a greater challenge than what we have but Nathan Jones’ pre-season philosophy is more around fitness and esprit de corps but the team need to be tested too in a game environment.

Pre-season line up

Sat, July 12th: Dartford v Charlton (KO 3pm BST), Princes Park

Sat, July 19th: HNK Gorica v Charlton (KO 11am BST), Slovenia (behind closed doors)

Wed, July 23rd: Wealdstone v Charlton (KO 6.30pm BST), Grosvenor Vale

Sat, July 26th: Cambridge United v Charlton (KO 3pm BST), Cledara Abbey Stadium

Sat, August 2nd: Southend United v Charlton (KO 3pm BST), Roots Hall