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MATCH PREVIEW: Charlton Athletic vs Queens Park Rangers - Friday 6th February 2026 - 8:01pm KO
Charlton Athletic vs Queens Park Rangers Friday 6th February 2026 - 8:01pm Kick-Off Referee: James Bell Introduction Charlton returned to winning ways last Saturday after back to back defeats, a 2-0 win courtesy of goals from Sonny Carey and Lyndon Dykes secured all three points against ten man Leicester City. We return to…
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BEAT THE BOOKIE 2025/26 - Week 21 results & Week 22 fixtures
8 out of 64 lifers got a return in week 21. @Sonicstud85 extends their lead with picks of a win for Chelsea against West Ham United (1.5), a win for Manchester United against Fulham (1.57) and a win for Portsmouth against West Bromwich Albion (2.8) netting £65.94. Collectively we would have been down £185.85 for this week…
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2025-26 CL Prediction League Week 24 Fixtures
Four games kick off at 1501 this week, which gives you an extra minute to deliberate over the scores of those games. For traditionalists who like 3 pm kick-offs, I am afraid there are only three games to choose from this week. For those who like a pre-match beer at the Valley, there's an extra minute to finish it, although…
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Ben Jay 's Annual Fund Raiser - THIS FRIDAY
It doesn't seem possible that 4 years have passed since " Our Ben " lost his brave fight against cancer. Those of us who had followed those desperate months since his diagnosis, via Charlton Life, were bereft. Together, with Tracey Leaburn leading the way, generous Lifers raised a significant amount of money to ensure that…
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STATBANK: LEICESTER 0-2 CHARLTON
thanks to the 87 markers
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'The Lennie Lawrence Dinner'
On Sunday, April 26th, the Charlton Athletic Ex-Players' Association will be hosting the 'Lennie Lawrence Dinner' to pay tribute to a true icon. The Addicks legend, who managed the club between 1982 and 1991, will take part in an exclusive hour-long Q&A hosted by familiar faces from the club, and will be joined by fellow…
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THEATRE THREAD
We have Music, films, TV, stand up, books and all kinds. I thought I would start an occasionally used thread for Addicks who go to live theatre and musicals. Review, recommend, reminisce, react to plays you've seen, or intend to see. from school plays to Amdram to the Royal Shakespeare Company and beyond. Comment on new…
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What are the away pubs these days?
Hi, I have a mate who is QPR and he was asking for any of the away pubs. I haven't a scooby since they closed the Antigallican.
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ITV to screen in - game ad breaks
ITV will screen in-game commercials for the first time during Thursday’s Six Nations Championship opener between France and Ireland at Stade de France. The broadcaster’s new rights deal includes the option to air two split-screen adverts before a scrum is set in each half of every match of the Six Nations If the Six…
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Comedians that are just not funny
I've got a few but Russell Brand and the other one Jo
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Six Nations Rugby 26.
Éireann Abu! ( apologies for my poor Irish).
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Unusual or tenuous claim to fame
One of my earliest memories and still vivid to this day. I would've been 4 or 5 and was out with my Nan who lived in Peckham. We were out possibly shopping and I can remember an old Bedford ambulance constantly driving around the local streets at a fair pace with it's bell ringing ( no sirens or blue lights in those days…
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Leicester City deducted 6 points with immediate effect
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General things that Please you
Given the monumental popularity of the annoyances thread, what are the little things in life that please you? (Here's betting that this thread isn't a fraction as popular) Arriving home to find that a drink has been poured for you. Leaving a task at work for a while because you don't really fancy it, then just as you know…
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Sky Sports live tv selections [EFL] 25-26 - January and February (p4)
Sky Sports Selections Notification The notice periods for selections for the 2025/26 season are as follows: On the 2025/26 Fixture Release Day, selections shall be confirmed in respect of the opening weekends of the Championship and League One and League Two seasons. By 3 July 2025, selections shall be announced in respect…
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Charlton women news - (2025-26 fixtures are on page 106)
https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5a703fcf34b8b/gurr-nets-four-as-charlton-womens-team-thrash-swindon-town http://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/921903362?-11197:833
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Updated squad list - 5 February 2026
First Team Goalkeepers Tiernan Brooks 2028 (+1 year option) Thomas Kaminski 2028 Will Mannion 2027 (+1 year option) Right Wing Backs Harry Clarke 2026 (loaned from Ipswich Town) Nathan Asiimwe 2027 (+1 year option) (loaned to AFC Wimbledon) Centre Backs Amari’i Bell 2027 Reece Burke 2027 (+1 year option) Macaulay…
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Ademola Lookman - Gone to Atletico Madrid for roughly £30m (p10)
Another great trip to Italy this weekend , got 2 games in at Venezia & Udinese. Also got to see Ademola Lookman Score for Atalanta, made in charlton of course.
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Collins Sichenje Signs On A Three And A Half Year Deal
Charlton Athletic are delighted to announce the signing of Kenyan international Collins Sichenje from Serbian SuperLiga side FK Vojvodina. The 22-year-old defender has put pen to paper on a three-and-a-half year deal with the club. Sichenje becomes the Addicks' seventh signing of the window following the arrivals of Harry…
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Woolwich Ferry Roundabout
Just a heads up to those who travel via the Woolwich ferry roundabout either for match days or general travel. Apparently there is going to be major road works on the roundabout starting in mid September for approximately 10 months. The highways people have advised the Ambulance Station staff to be warned of potentially…
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Today I will mostly be listening to .... (Vol 2)
We've had a repeat of the fake new page problem on the Today I will mostly be listening to .... thread, so I'm closing that one and starting a new one here. The last post that you may or may not have seen is this one:
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NFL 2025/26
Thought I’d open up for new season
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Old Charlton related photos
I couldn't find another general Charlton photo thread. I have loads more to post up at some time in the future. I hope that you find some of them interesting. @Henry Irving , you can copy any, just let me know which ones. Edit @LargeAddick you might find these of interest. You might note the recently deceased Craig Norris…
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Miles Leaburn - Signs New 3 Year Contract (p77)
Deserves his own thread at this point doesn't he? Some very promising performances in pre season, doesn't look at all out of place in the men's game. He's come on a long way since the turn of the year but is he ready?
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Jones' press conference
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/watch-nathan-jones-first-press-conference
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*** Harvey Knibbs signs - 4 year deal ***
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/harvey-knibbs-addick Charlton Athletic are delighted to announce the signing of midfielder Harvey Knibbs from Reading for an undisclosed fee. The 26-year-old has put pen-to-paper on a four-year deal with the Addicks following an outstanding two-year spell with the Royals, where he scored 32…
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Championship Games 25/26
They just led into Birmingham Vs Ipswich with "Ipswich down a division, Birmingham up a division, it's Tom Brady against Ed Sheeran" 🤮🤮🤮 Anyway, who's your money on tonight?
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So who are our new owners then? Board looking for new investors p14
According to the OS, our new owners are Global Football Partners via its UK subsidiary SE7 Partners, and GFP is made up of seven shareholders with 5%+ each, namely: Gabriel Brener and family Private investor and former majority shareholder of a Major League Soccer team Joshua Friedman and family Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and…
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+++ Luke Chambers Signs On Loan From Liverpool+++
Charlton Athletic are delighted to announce the signing of Luke Chambers on loan from Premier League side Liverpool. The 21-year-old, left-sided defender, who joins for the remainder of the 2025/26 campaign, becomes the Addicks’ third signing of the window following the arrivals of Harry Clarke and Lyndon Dykes. Managing…
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Lifers' Cancer Updates - Some hopeful news from Palarsehater & redman (p75)
I have just received the devastating news that I have a large tumor on my pancreas. For the last year I have been losing weight and have had Diabetes but have had absolutely no other symptoms. In fact I feel fit as a fiddle but I’m obviously not . I had a CT scan a week ago and was told there was an abnormality and I had…
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Winter Olympics 2026
Opening Ceremony on Friday. Mixed Curling has started today tho on iPlayer, GB currently 7-4 up against Norway
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Kaheim Dixon - recalled from Crawley (p34)
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/kaheim-dixon-addick
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Southampton [A] Tickets to go on restricted sale
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Club shop
Does anyone know if the club shop is open for mail orders? I placed a order on 1st April and not heard anything. thx
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It all started here
Although our first dog Bailey had qualified in early 2011 visits were few and far between, that was until 2013 when a group from this forum in its previous incarnation were invited to Sparrows lane to meet the Upbeats. It escapes my memory but whatever reason we were asked to bring our dog to meet the guys, this we did and…
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Ongoing British Tennis…
We have a specific Andy Murray thread somewhere we have Tennis Grand Slam threads but since the emergence of Raducanu as well as other Brit hopefuls in both men’s and women’s tennis, I thought it might be a good idea to track the players flying the U.K. flag across the world…
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Under 21s (Match updates and news)
On a personal level it is extremely disappointing that our Under 23's are seeking permission to play their matches at Beckenham Town this season. Although 5 matches will be played at the Valley, that is too far for me to travel. Of course Beckenham is far from being "Charlton heartland", but of course the regime are…
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Matchday Ticket prices 25/26
In setting match-to-match pricing for the 2025/26 campaign the club have benchmarked against other clubs and consulted supporter representatives and below are key components of the club’s pricing for the 2025/26 campaign: * The club are operating gold, silver and bronze category games this season * The majority of games…
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Savings and Investments thread
I hope that like many other fine threads on CL this one will be a place where Lifers can share both knowledge and experience to help others. It isn't for "rich" Lifers. It's the way of the modern world that all of us have to try and save for old age. And it is not the place for politics, even though politics affects our…
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How big are we?
It seems to me that a lot of our supporters still see us as a Premier League club that happens to have fallen on hard times and currently find ourselves languishing in the 3rd tier. I personally have always seen us as a top-half Championship club that had a good spell in the top flight and currently finding ourselves…
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3D Map of Charlton (or anywhere for that matter.)
So, there's this German firm that'll make a 3-D map of, well, anywhere really, either framed or not. Pretty cool I thought and not too expensive.…
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Lennie Lawrence Dinner - 26th April - The Valley
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/club-celebrate-lennie-lawrence-exclusive-dinner On Sunday, April 26th, the Charlton Athletic Ex-Players' Association will be hosting the 'Lennie Lawrence Dinner' to pay tribute to a true icon. The Addicks legend, who managed the club between 1982 and 1991, will take part in an exclusive…
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Wordle and other daily puzzles thread
As we're having technical issues with some of the bigger threads, I'm closing the old wordle thread, and starting a new one here. As ever, post your results, but don't spoil the solution for other posters.
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Goal of the Month
Some great goals in September but for me it's got to be Bree. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blbKofsxjnI
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Holidays 2026
What are your holiday plans for 2026? January - Gran Canaria (2 weeks) February/April - South/North India and Nepal (2 months) April/May - Morocco (2 weeks) May - Wembley (1 day)🤓 June/July - South of France (5 weeks) October - Spain (1 month) November - Egypt (2 weeks)
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Charlton Live - Look ahead to QPR - Live here 7pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUXJ5IMFuAs
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General Things That Annoy You thread - part 2
Continued from the original thread which we've closed due to technical problems.I'm going with vacuum sealed food packaging that is supposed to peel open from one corner but doesn't.
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Grand National 2026
Eyes down, it’s that time again. Entries for this season's Big One due in just over a week (weights allocated mid-Feb, as usual) but there's reason right now to begin serious evaluation of likely entries and, if the fancy takes, nab some early prices. Next Thursday sees the 2026 Thyestes at Gowran Park and there’s a few…
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My first Sunday game at the valley
3rd feb 1974 at home to Shrewsbury in the 3rd division . my first Sunday game at the valley this was due to the 3 day week .I think idea was to save electricity by not having the floodlights on .Admission was by programme due to Sunday trading laws.I don’t remember the score of this one but I do remember we played the…
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How Many points for Championship Survival? and How do we get them?
Looking at the last 10 Championship seasons -you need 50 points on average for the 22nd team to displace the 21st team -you need 48 points if you just beat 22nd place team by 1 point So after 25 games played, we need about 21 points to make 50, so a point a game BUT Sheffield Weds have been so poor (competitively) that we…
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Football facts that don't sound true (but are)
Inspired by the Aguero not being a PotY conversation, what other facts do you know that sound like they shouldn't be true but are? I'll start with a couple. Jens Lehmann went a whole season in the Champions League without conceding a goal, and got all the way to the final. Sergio Ramos has scored more goals than Andres…
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POST-MATCH THREAD: Leicester City v Charlton Athletic: Saturday 31st January 2026: KO 12:30
Conor Coady came directly into the side against his former side to replace Conor Coventry, making his Addicks debut alongside Greg Docherty, who returns after a spell in the wilderness. Thankfully, Amari’i Bell is also back to anchor that left side, with Luke Chambers ahead of him. Harry Clarke started on the opposite side…
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Vote for your Charlton player of the month
The Addicks' first Player of the Month poll of the 2025/26 campaign is now live. Rob Apter, Conor Coventry, Lloyd Jones and Kayne Ramsay are the four players on the shortlist, vying for the first award of the new season. You can cast your vote below now, with the winner set to be announced on Monday.…
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Micah Mbick - 20/1/2026 The Athletic reporting Brighton have had 2 bids for him rejected (p12)
Mbick, who joined the club’s esteemed academy as an U10, recently scored just three minutes into his senior debut, completing the scoring in the Addicks’ 6-1 win at Cray Valley PM in the Emirates FA Cup. The 17-year-old forward has netted 12 goals in 13 games for Charlton’s U18s and U21s so far this season.…
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Amari'i Bell
Charlton Athletic are delighted to announce the signing of Jamaican international Amari'i Bell following the expiry of his contract at Luton Town. The versatile left-sided defender, who has been capped 28 times by his country, arrives with plenty of experience having featured 216 times in English football’s top two tiers.…
