Jul 10
Noah’s Ark or Sparrows Lane at least is back in business as two new signings joined the fray yesterday.
Ex-academy youngster Lawrie Wilson (who was the last Lawrie we had? Madden? Abrahams?) joined on the famous undisclosed fee, reported to be £500,000. Striker Jordan Cook joins from Sunderland I would think as more of ‘one for the future.’
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History tells us that there is nothing quite as formidable as Charlton Athletic fans all pulling in the same direction.
A supporters trust would give the club’s fans potential ownership and a vital say in the future of the club. It would keep the current and future majority owners of CAFC honest and would go a very long way to preserve our history and our future.
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Michael Slater: “I’ve heard about some gossip about the club, but for the last year and a half we have consistently said that we will operate the club on sound commercial principles, and I believe last season’s success vindicates our approach. Last summer Chris signed players to create a team that we believed would be able to compete in the Championship, so although he is looking to bring in a few new players, there is nothing like the urgency of last summer and we will not be rushed into decisions. We are not inactive in the transfer market, but the fact is that in League One we were a big fish in a small pond whereas in the Championship there are plenty of other big clubs vying for the players we are trying to sign”
Michael Slater is said to be giving a response to the boardroom rumours tomorrow in the South London Press. Slater, chairman and the acceptable face of the ownership conundrum, will address stories only circulating on Charlton Life but unquestionably with a lot of substance.
Ironically the local media have shown little interest nor knowledge of the recent challenges engulfing the CAFC owners. Equally bewildering is why Slater would pick the SLP, a newspaper that Richard Murray and the previous administration used to shun.
I’ve sat on this for a few days now, as like other Addicks I search around in the dark for clues. The euphoria of winning, sorry walking the League One title after many years of hurt, is suddenly becoming a distant statistic as once again the team we love enters into the murky world of boardroom mistrust and rumour.
For those of you that don’t follow Charlton Life, their forum is awash with scaremongering and unanswered questions. Yet amongst the thousands of comments a couple stand out. Three or four posters, each one I recognise as having some good connections within the club have sources they say, each one different, that suggest that all is not well behind the scenes.
The main source of rumour is that we offered a deal to a potential new signing (I believe a current Premiership player) but then we reneged on the deal. Others suggest that all is not well in the boardroom, with potentially Slater and Jimenez wanting the club to go in different directions and an unknown backer pulling out his investment.
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The biggest news of this pre-season is the impending departure of Peter Varney. He left once before and what followed wasn’t pretty. Peter’s place in Charlton’s history is already secured but I had wondered for a while how much of a function he played within the club nowadays, and knowing him a little bit I would have thought he would have been bored. In many ways his job was done smoothing the transition of the new owners. Frankly, I think Richard Murray may be next.
What has worried a lot of Addicks, and I will save my concerns until Richard Murray moves on, is that Varney is someone we know and trust and although Slater, Jimenez and whoever else is involved behind the scenes have been exemplary in their running of club so far, mostly we are a mistrustful lot, with good reason let me add, particularly if you look at some other clubs out there.
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My first reaction when I saw the fixtures this morning was how tough the games looked, a hangover I am sure from dealing in a much different market these past 3 years.
Birmingham kick us off at St Andrews and my favourite memory of the Blue Noses was when we went there for the last game of the 1992/3 season and Big Fat Pete hit the woodwork in the final minute.
While manager-less Birmingham are 5th in the promotion odds, Leicester City are the bookies favourites and the Foxes will be our first Valley opponents followed quickly by Steve Bruce’s Hull City.
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The Charlton club shop opens on Saturday with the new kit available to buy. It might have been hastily designed but it was sure quick to the shelves. I remember the days when you couldn’t even get it for Christmas. Other items are available as well.
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I met a mate of mine from the west country in the supermarket this morning and we both found ourselves nominating a back-up nation to follow after England either bravely or calamitously get sent home after 3 games.
We both picked the Dutch to follow, Le Oranje, everyone’s second favourite national football team but also since the 1970’s the world’s most frustrating team also.
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There is possibly only two things wrong with Andrews Air Conditioning being our latest shirt sponsor and that is the logo is anything but sexy and that it’s not Apple or Google adorning the beer bellies of grown men in tight Charlton football shirts.
But it never was going to be was it, and I am just thankful that it’s not a faceless shell of an online betting company or a here-one-minute-gone-the-next high street mortgage lender. What Andrew Sykes are is a local firm with a wealthy Charlton fan as owner, with a history of supporting the club, an international outlook and over £53.8m of turnover. They’ll a real company too, and actually make stuff, which looking around the league’s other principal sponsors is a rare partner.
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I’m old enough to remember when there was just one sub, although not quite grey enough to remember the very first substitute in the English game, who I don’t need to remind you was one Keith Peacock on 21 August 1965, when Pee-Wee replaced injured goalkeeper Mike Rose 11 minutes into the away match against Bolton Wanderers.
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Anyone else having withdrawal symptoms?
Despite being ultra busy at work, as usual I steal the odd minute to trawl t’internet for football news, especially Addick related and…. nothing. What’s going on? We had signed 15 players by now a year ago. Powell out!
I have just written all of the Euro 2012 kick-off times on my calendar. Nope, still not feeling it. That England squad, and there is not an awful lot different Roy could have done, is one of the most uninspiring I have known for a very long time.
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That’s why we’re Champions! I thought to myself as I followed the fortunes of the League One Play-Off’s this weekend. I had a strong feeling for both Stevenage and MK Dons but at the halfway stage the stronger sides, on paper at least, hold the aces.
Even though I feel only enmity to MK, I would prefer a lesser team to join us and Wednesday in the next level up. The quicker we get to 50 points etc…. Joking, jo-king!
In fact I don’t know about you but I am still wallowing in last Saturday’s events. Indeed about this time last week we were all still raising glasses. It was quite a season wasn’t it?
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Just champion!
What a momentous day at The Valley it was yesterday, and how we milked it! The whole day will live long in the memory and in my mind it was a far more enjoyable day than the Ipswich game in 2000, even discarding the result.
That day though we began an exciting journey under Curbs, and yesterday a bigger crowd joined together to witness another exciting pilgrimage under a beloved leader.
Two more sleeps, then let’s get it on.
I fly home Friday night, land Saturday morning, will grab a large Costa Coffee at Gatwick, change into fancy dress and will make my way after picking my son up to the promised land of The Valley SE7. Or maybe, just maybe we will pop in the pub first.
This is the most games I have seen in a season for many years, encouraged mostly by the spirit the team have shown under Chris Powell, and I wouldn’t miss this one for the world. It is not every day you see a Charlton team climb a podium in the middle of the pitch and lift a trophy.
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The Sponsors Dinner last night sounded a blast. Last year the players were putting a brave face on it unsure of their futures, and with their pride in tatters. Meanwhile a certain Chris Powell was in big planning mode. Fast forward 12 months and the atmosphere couldn’t have been any different.
The overwhelming message I got from phone calls from my two mates who sat with Danny Hollands and Matt Taylor was one of real team spirit. Players, men, who clearly get on and like each other’s company. I was sad I missed it but even their animated texts and calls gave me a feel good glow.
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In a not very well kept secret Charlton announced today that they will have a new shirt manufacturer next season after agreeing with Macron to end the 4-year deal half way through. I think most people agree that this season’s two kits have been the best for a while so I think Macron are unfortunate to lose our business.
I think the article on the club’s website has changed during the day because I am sure it said that we will begin the search for a new one, but it now says that “the club will announce details of it’s new kit supplier in due course.”.
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Tonight two of my mates will take my place at the Shirt Sponsors Dinner at The Valley. Unfortunately I couldn’t get ‘management approval’ to return home a few days earlier this week and instead will fly Friday night instead.
A couple of years back I felt inclined to support the club in some small financial way as I was no longer a season ticket holder so I made the decision to enter into a bit of shirt sponsorship. I went for Semedo last season and for this Champion year I sponsored Danny Hollands.
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Don’t know why I was so disappointed. It was pretty obvious that Graham Alexander was going to have his Roy Race moment but hey it was a decent point on the road for our reserves.
It didn’t matter of course but I think Powell surprised a lot of us with his team selection but it was a chance for players such as Evina and Sullivan to have their patience rewarded and allowed Powell to watch some of his squad players again before he makes some post season decisions.
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I’ll never get bored of looking at that. 97 points, that’s pretty awesome isn’t it? The last team to finish the season with more than 97 were Luton, who got 98 in 2004/5. Wigan hit 100 points in 2002/3. As the Gaffer says…. 44 games gone, 2 to play.
I was wondering about medals the other day, and a poster on Charlton Life answered all of my questions. Back in the day I thought that a player had to make a certain number of appearances, a third if I remember, to claim a league winners medal, but that was pre-big squads. In the 1980/81 season I think we used just 17 players.
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Whilst last Saturday night I celebrated pretty much on my lonesome (although my passive-other-half did say she was pleased for me), this weekend I partied like it was 1998 along with my brother and fellow Addicks including the groom long into the night in an Irish bar off Las Ramblas in Barcelona and I tell you what, we out sung the very disappointed Barca fans as well!
We had Estrella on draft and Jeff Stelling for company as we sat under the television awaiting updates from The Valley and when it was all over and MK Dons had also done the business, we hugged it out and drank for a very long time.
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Or as they say in Barcelona. Championes, championes ole, ole, ole, ole!
For this Addick, it is not to SE7 on Saturday to party but to Barcelona.
Some while ago my mate, a fellow Addick, was planning his stag weekend. The dates bounced about a bit and every time he proposed a weekend I would take a quick glance, as I am sure he did, at the fixture list.
Blackpool was toyed with to coincide with the Preston game, I seriously proposed a good old knees up in Blackheath for this weekend and varying other European destinations were deliberated. Football was central to the outcome so Lisbon, Belgrade, Rome and even Dortmund were considered.
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48 hours on and the party is still going on in my head. I have watched every available video clip, read every report and smiled over every photograph. How kind it was of our friends at Carlisle to host another one of our promotion parties!
I have stared at that ‘P’ next to our highlighted name in the table and watched the pitch invasion from every camera phone of a Charlton fan who took time to post it on the internet and I have proudly worn the only pair of Charlton cuff links I own to work today (thanks Chris).
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Some sad news after the joys of yesterday. Eddie May died suddenly yesterday aged 68, his son Paul who is a massive Charlton fan was at Carlisle yesterday I am led to believe.
Eddie joined Lennie Lawrence as assistant manager at Charlton in 1983 during a tumultuous, but against all odds successful period of our history. He has legendary status at Cardiff where he won the Division 3 title as their manager in 1983, and despite being born in Essex, Eddie spent almost his entire playing career in Wales.
I am not embarrassed to say that I had tears on my cheeks this afternoon when the final whistle had finally blown at Colchester and our promotion to the Championship had sunken in. This football club can put you through the ringer but these golden moments are to be treasured.
When I watched on Sky Sports News Charlton fans spilling onto the pitch at the final whistle I was so chuffed for those that took the gamble to travel the length of the country to give the players the encouragement. Brunton Park has further still become a massive part of the club’s history. Incredible isn’t it?
I was at Carlisle in 1986 (photo), a little too young in 1981 but I remember that day just as vividly. Heaven knows I wish I was going Saturday. The Addick corners of t’internet are in a cold sweat, the anxiety and apprehension is palpable and I am doing my utmost to ignore it.
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6 Easter points…. as tasty as a large handful of Cadbury’s Mini Eggs.
Listening in on the radio was again a nerve-racking experience. Whilst our two hosts talked about what they did the weekend, the crowd ooh and aared, and a young Walsall player from Argentina got all the plaudits the game never came to life however like my Mini Eggs, you can serve Charlton wins as you like.
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Nerves of steel. No not me I was once again pressing the refresh button on my phone like a demented one, but those wearing the red shirts yesterday. Finally men we can be proud to support.
We may have won nothing yet but I think Powell will look back at yesterday as an afternoon when all is said and done and point to a performance that summed up everything about this group of strangers he put together last summer. Powell may well be learning the coaching game but his man management abilities match him with almost anyone with decades more experience in the game. Those players will run through walls for him, it is all there for us to see.
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Charlton are due a home kit change next season, and there are rumours out there that we might take on Nike as the kit manufacturer, which would be disappointing as for ‘lesser clubs’ they only ever seem to put out generic kits.
We did sign a 4-year deal with Macron though two summers ago and I have been pleased with what they have produced for us, especially the current home kit. The more red the better.
So, it was with interest that I read today of the NFL’s new Nike jersey release (via Facebook). The NFL control all things to do with whoring themselves out for the most dollars and they replaced Reebok with Nike on a 10-year deal starting next season.
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Today, Miami International Airport, the Car Rental Center (sic). 11.45am local time. An anxious looking man spotted acting irrationally walking around vast car park pretending to find a child car seat whilst pressing the refresh button on his Blackberry every 5 seconds.
Having fun yet?
I’d like to add my best wishes to Richard Murray on a speedy recovery after suffering a mini stroke. Charlton and The Valley without Richard Murray’s influence and investment these past two decades would be a very different place and not a better one for sure. Please click for more
Did anyone else spot that all of the officials were from the north of England including referee Carl Boyeson who lives just a short journey along the M62 in the east of Yorkshire! Is that really allowed to happen?
Yes Darel Russell was an idiot for retaliating and getting sent off for the 2nd time in 5 appearances, but it was clear Anthony Kay was a bigger culprit and should have walked at the same time.
The popular Paul Hayes packed his bags up and moved back to SE7 today as Chris Powell took advantage of the 28-day recall clause to end his loan period at Wycombe. A move that could feasibly send the poor old Chairboys down remembering that the loan window is now shut.
There is no point and it would be tough on Hayes, if he was brought back to play third fiddle and Powell himself said as much. Therefore one would have to assume that Hayes will be at least on the bench tomorrow at Huddersfield.
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It was all about the result last night, the performance was secondary, as to be fair they pretty will all be now until the fat lady starts singing, but to score 3 and to get a clean sheet was a lovely bonus.
As the Sheffield clubs continue to eat themselves, and I listened to a podcast this morning to both Danny Wilson and Dave Jones talk about their rivals and the pressure that that entails. We were not given as much as a mention.
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We have been down around 1,500 to 2,000 home fans for midweek games this season. I was one of 13,300 Addicks at the Colchester game and there were similar home numbers for Sheffield Wednesday, although that was on the box with the Bury game proving the least attractive with less than 13,000 Charlton.
However on Saturdays the Preston, Carlisle, Oldham and Notts County crowds were far better despite a similar number of visitors.
A new loan player joined the promotion push at Sparrows Lane this morning. With Danny Haynes injured and Leon Clarke unceremoniously packed off to Crawley on Friday night, there wasn’t a striker on the bench on Saturday, although Adebayo Azeez did travel with the squad.
Paul Hayes scored another goal for loan club Wycombe on Saturday, and can return later this week and Jason Euell is back at Sparrows, but it is unclear to his future.
The wrist slashers were out in force tonight across SE7 and t’internet. You have to laugh. If your glass if always that half empty then please don’t come out with me to get pissed.
Stopping the rot (two defeats in 12 games) was the most important thing today and that we did. I listened in and it didn’t sound a great performance and often Scunny were in the ascendency but I was chuffed to see BWP score what sounded like a fine finish from a Waggy cross and I will take a point all day long.
Scunthorpe is one of the few English footballing towns I have never been to, never for football, nor work or even a dirty weekend. The 600 or so Addicks who will be in the Industrial Garden Town tomorrow have my respect.
It is tomorrow up on the east coast of Lincolnshire that Charlton will attempt to take the hearts out of a few mouths and put them back proudly pumping in chests. I don’t know what Powell will do with the team selection, it’s unlikely to be too radical, but one would have to think if now is not the time for some minor changes then when is?
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…. And breath.
I’ve spent a lot of this week pouring though record books to see when was the last time we were 0-4 down at half-time at The Valley, well that and having a few bets on the Cheltenham Races. Overall both exercises have been quite depressing.
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Jesus H Christ. We’re not even into the last 10 games yet! Get me the Samaritans and quick. If that wasn’t a massive kick up the backside then I don’t know what is. Focus, focus, bloody focus Charlton. There’s still a long way to go.
Thankfully there is no midweek game and a trip up north is probably what we need. And perhaps Powell should reverse his team talks and give the 2nd half one before the game!
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It had to happen sometime, even to me who hadn’t even seen us let a goal in during the 5 live games I’ve been witness to this season. This recent 3 week run of Saturday/midweek games was always going to be difficult to stay unbeaten.
I told my son on the way up that this had all the makings of a classic Charlton hiccup. We haven’t often impressed under The Valley lights this season and I have a long memory. This is Charlton after all and I vaguely remember Colchester beating us at home the last time we won promotion from this division.
We wobbled a bit then 30-odd years ago but this team is better than that and there wasn’t as much room for slippage then. Lying in bed last night I couldn’t help think (and I hadn’t been drinking) that this might not have been a bad game to lose. With the chasing pack taking it in turn to fall at a hurdle, a defeat to an inconsequential rival (no disrespect) is a timely reminder to us all that there is still a job to be done.
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A rare treat for me tonight with back to back Charlton games. I’ll drive up this afternoon from my parents and hope to grab a pint in the Rose of Denmark pre-match.
After the euphoric scenes in Bournemouth on Saturday we return home for two games in four days with Essex boys Colchester United up first.
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Back from a great weekend in Bournemouth where the match, if not the end result and pre and post game, has been consigned to memory.
It was a pretty dismal affair if I’m honest with Bournemouth edging it but a goalless draw probably the right result. This Charlton team however does not know when it is over.
This time tomorrow I hope to be supping a pint of decent beer in Bournemouth with Dave and a few others, well about 2,000 others in fact. My son will be on the J2o’s.
I fly back to Gatwick on the BA flight tonight landing at around 6am and will do a drive-by to pick my son up en route to the south coast. Anticipating a long day, and a few pints, I have a hotel booked and we will stay in Bournemouth Saturday night and then cruise around a bit on Sunday before heading back to his later in the day.
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Milan Mandaric has sacked Gary Megson this evening. Megson who has legend status at Hillsborough and I thought had bought some time with the Wendnesday-ites lasted just a year in this massive job. It is not true however that his severance pay will be put in a Monaco bank account in the name of Megson’s pet whippet.
The only real surprise is that it came on the back of beating city rivals United on Sunday but watching these Yorkshire teams self-combust at thought of chasing us southern softie shandy drinkers is bloody hilarious.
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A performance of champions tonight. The Spireites had won their last two games at home (Wednesday and Bournemouth), defensively they have been very sound at the B2Net and of course they are scrapping. To run out 4-0 winners was, well, a performance to warm the soul.
I think we all deep down hoped that BWP would run a little wild tonight, and he did. Although (I haven’t seen the goals) his first and third might be appealed to the dubious goals committee, but whatever, we have our Bradley back….. and with a little luck he might have had 9 goals these last few days!!
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Ye of little faith. A massive result for the Addicks today against Stevenage who were well and truly put back in their box.
Not just 3 points but it sounded a very positive display, notably so in the 2nd half and all in front of an excellent crowd of 26,546. The biggest 3rd tier attendance at The Valley since World War II. It was also the biggest ever league crowd to watch Stevenage in their history!
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Both have signed for Wycombe Wanderers until the end of the season. Both are ineligible to play against us in April.
Now The Doc is not a surprise but Hayes is. With Danny Haynes injured it leaves us rather short up front. Clarke has yet to make his mark and beyond him we only have the untried, albeit exciting prospects of Tobi Sho-Silva and Adebayo Azeez. I wonder if Powell will make a move himself into the loan market?
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Will he, won’t he? Chrissy Powell talked about not rushing Jackson back midweek and I don’t think he’ll be risked tomorrow against one of the division’s known cloggers.
Question is who will play on the left side and what is Hogan Ephraim up to these days? Anyone have his number?
We miss the skipper don’t we? His leadership, his desire to win, his goals. It was no coincidence that last year’s collapse coincided with a Jackson injury but anyway, we’ve moved on. 15 games left, deep breath. Buckle up.
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Even standing on the sidelines here I could see that there were so many players out of position last night, the game was already flawed before it even started. I have to think that Solly pulled out sick so close to kick off that Andy Hughes was sat at home with a cuppa in front of The Brits.
Mind you earlier in the day on Twitter Cedric Evina hinted that he might feature, so maybe it was known for some time that Solly was a doubt.
Powell talks of balance but with right footed Green on the left, left footed Wiggins on the right and the central midfielder Pritchard in right midfield the side was as balanced as a one legged tightrope walker.
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A bit of a free pass this week as the Sheffield clubs don’t meet until Sunday lunchtime, MK Dons do play tonight but there are a huge 6 points up for grabs these next four days.
The games come thick and fast now, no time to dwell on past performances that have caused a little anxiety amongst Addicks, but also include wins against three of our rivals.
We were due a poor run, no one can play for 9 months and beat everyone in sight convincingly. If this is our bad run, then I’ll bite your hand off.
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Hey, a point at Tranmere is not a bad point, we aren’t going to win every game and as February moves into it’s second half we are still unbeaten in 2012. That incredibly is the fifth successive 1-1 draw against Tranny and ignoring the 4-0 thrashing we gave them a few years back we haven’t won there since 1975, although there has been a lot of draws.
I had a bad feeling about today so personally I’m happy to take a point and psychologically it’s always more desirable to have a better 2nd half than 1st half and judging by the radio we were oodles better after the break and created a number of chances.
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Charlton’s youth team had a fantastic win tonight at home to Spurs in the FA Youth Cup 5th Round. Oliver Muldoon, Johnnie Jackson style, smacking in a free-kick deep into injury time to warm the 1,371 crowd. Now Old Trafford and Manchester United await in the Quarter Finals. The date is set for February 29th.
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After listening to the first half commentary I had to shoot off at half-time for a Valentines evening (consisting mostly of chocolate) with my two girls and had forgotten to take my phone to work, so I was oblivious to the goings on 2nd half. Obviously I was chuffed to bits that we won but I knew the score was always going to be more likely 2-1 than 4-0.
As I always do I deferred to Dave’s Drinking During the Game match report, and he was bitterly disappointed that we didn’t come out 2nd half and put on a show and I agree there are still many ‘half-convereted’ at home games who need to be persuaded to come back regularly and part with dough they could better use on other leisure activities.
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Minus 10 temperatures overnight in Derbyshire on Saturday so it was no surprise that our game at Chesterfield was postponed. Just a shame the official who inspected the pitch on Friday had Michael Fish as his weather advisor. Thousands of Addicks keeping Little Chefs in business then as the majority had already set off by the time the game was finally called off.
Elsewhere Sheffield Wednesday came a cropper at Exeter with Gary Megson not best pleased. Their cross town rivals United beat Wycombe 3-0 and in the only other game Bournemouth missed out on climbing into the play-offs after being held to a goalless draw at Hartlepool.
The rearranged Chesterfield game has been slated for February 28th. This means we play Tuesday, Saturday for the next four weeks, so six games before this short month ends. Talk about the business end of the season.
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After today’s pitch inspection at Chesterfield was declared inconclusive, another inspection will take place in the morning as once again the UK struggles with another dash of snow. The games at Brentford, MK Dons, Stevenage, Rochdale and Walsall have already succumbed. Sadly the 1,300 or so travelling Addicks will already be en route tomorrow when the pitch inspection takes place and many might have to end up at Bramall Lane to cheer on Wycombe.
An interesting titbit of news today tucked away on the Official Site was the announcement of new board member Alex Newall.
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Deadline day was one of the quietest and saw 70% less money spent than last January. Of course many Premier League clubs have one eye on the new UEFA rules on financial sustainability.
Below the top tier West Ham were the busiest signing the obstreperous Ravel Morrison and strikers Nicky Maynard and Ricardo Vaz Te.
In our division Bournemouth were the surprising big spenders paying a reported £800,000 for Crawley striker Matt Tubbs. The Cherries also snapped up Donal McDermott from Huddersfield, who was on loan there last season. Meanwhile striker Michael Symes left Dean Court and was reunited with new Rochdale boss John Coleman.
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At work sat with my earphones in listening to the radio commentary – I feel like I know Jason Euell so much better now, I know little about the game, but a lot about Jase. You won’t have a clue what I’m talking about if you were at the game.
Anyway, I was sat listening to the game as frustrated as the next man, willing the clock to slow down when my phone rang. It was home, I was going out last night and it was a call for me to say goodnight to the little ‘un.
I hung the right earphone over my ear and listened to my daughter excitedly tell me that she had just wee’d on the potty and was a proud owner of a smily face sticker. Then all hell let loose on the radio. We had scored, at least judging by the noise it had to be us because 200 people would struggle to sound that loud.
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Exeter had come of the back of three clean sheets so today was always going to be tight but we came through another test in Devon today to go 9 points clear.
Danny Green’s goal sounded fortunate and I can assure you (I haven’t looked) the Sheffield forums will be proclaiming that we are the luckiest side alive. A bit like Birmingham City I guess.
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Chris Powell has talked this week about his central midfielders and coincidentally Blackheath Addick summed up perfectly the different midfield partnerships available to him.
Powell talked highly of Dale Stephens, a player I was very impressed with early season. “He’s a creative player, a player I do like and I just want him to be right and ready so that when he is called upon he does himself justice and adds to what we already have.” said Powell.
He was less gushing over Mikel Alonso. “We’ve got a long list of midfielders and there are plenty in front of him.” Alonso has been the forgotten man and he may now be fit but he still didn’t feature in the Kent Senior Cup tie the other night when Stephens, Waggy, Hayes and Ruben Bover did.
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I’ve not seen any other blogger mention this, but it was widely reported this week that nine so called Charlton followers were arrested by police in dawn raids on Wednesday morning investigating suspected racist chanting on a train into Waterloo Station following our cup tie at Fulham on 7th January.
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