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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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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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STATBANK: LEICESTER 0-2 CHARLTON
thanks to the 87 markers
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Carabao Cup 25-26 (no longer our concern, but QF draw & TV schedule p13)
This season’s Carabao Cup will require a Preliminary Round to be introduced ahead of Round One due to nine Premier League teams being involved in European competition in 2025/26. The format of the Carabao Cup will be amended to introduce a four-team preliminary qualifying round, to reduce the number of Clubs in Round One…
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Winter-January 2026 Transfer Window Rumours ...(Final Day p213)
Thought i'd take the opportunity to open up the thread with the International break about to happen…no idea myself, but assume there are a few well meant or informed ITK's out there, so over to you…anyone have some input to share…
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Charlton Live - Look ahead to QPR - Live here 7pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUXJ5IMFuAs
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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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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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photos only, no discussion
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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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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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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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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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Our support may make the difference on whether or not we stay up
When the season's predictions were made nearly all of our fans thought we would be bottom half. Most of us thought we would be in a scrap with 6 or 7 teams to stay up. So we are positioned where most of us thought we would be. Ok, we may improve and end up in a comfortable position, but it's not looking the most likely…
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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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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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Roofer/velux repair?
Any Velux window installers/ Repairs on here???
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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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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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Southampton [A] Tickets to go on restricted sale
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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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John Virgo RIP
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/articles/c0q4kkpedw4o Snooker legend and BBC commentator John Virgo has died aged 79. Virgo enjoyed an 18-year professional career, winning the 1979 UK Championship among four non-ranking titles, and reaching the semi-finals of the World Championship in 1979. He is perhaps best known for…
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It's time to predict where Charlton will finish & let's chuck in Millwall as well
Charlton 18th Millwall 16th
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Southampton [A] -21/2/26 - Train disruption
Advance warning Due to planned engineering work the lines in the Southampton Central area will be closed. So this means people travelling to Southampton from Waterloo will have to use a rail replacement bus service between Eastleigh & Southampton.…
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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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Jesurun Rak-Sakyi - Feb 2026 on loan to Stoke til end of season (p27)
https://twitter.com/CAFCofficial/status/1557770065684086786?t=ENaON6j_kwfq6_wnge5_ig&s=19 https://twitter.com/CAFCofficial/status/1557770534007586818?t=2wemZz1Am9EigYauBFi6HQ&s=19
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Conor Coady Signs On Loan From Wrexham
Charlton Athletic are delighted to announce the signing of Conor Coady on loan from Wrexham AFC. The 32-year-old defender, who joins until the end of the 2025/26 season, brings a wealth of experience to the Addicks' ranks having represented England at international level and spent the majority of his playing career in…
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This week I have been reading
As I have been working nights this week , well I say working but it's supervising really which means telling the fellas what to do at the start of the night and making sure they are there all night. This has meant I have had a chance to do some reading and that means the rather hardcore Scar tissue , the Anthony Kiedis…
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February 2026- How Many Points
So a nice way to finish January with a win against Leicester City, so February is nearly upon us, so how many points- we are 25 points away from the magic 50 points. Fri 3rd 20:01: Charlton vs QPR Wed 11th 19:45: Charlton vs Stoke Tues 17th 19:45: Charlton vs Portsmouth Sat 21st 15:00: Southampton vs Charlton Wed 11th…
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Residents Parking Expansion for SE7 - UPDATE PAGE 3
I spoke to a friend of mine yesterday who told me that there is going to be a massive expansion of residents only / 2 hour max parking around the Valley from sometime in October. Can anybody living the the area confirm/post a map of the area?, as I understand residents have been informed. This could possibly mean a 30 min…
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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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Car Number Plate Cloned
My car number plate has been cloned - LY69 OJR, it is driving around Bexley, Eltham A2. The car the plates are on is a red Toyota Corolla, my car is a two-tone - red and black Toyota Corolla. I first knew of this when local Police came with complaints about a car being driven erratically by a man ( i am a 58-year-old…
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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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Kent Cricket 2025
Time for a new thread and how better than with an article from the CEO. It's the hope that kills but here's to 2025 being our year in all formats of the game:…
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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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England Cricket 2026
With the Ashes now a distant memory (we wish), it is time to look forward. So, what do we have coming up for England? Well, the real highlights are likely to be the two T20 World Cups – the men have theirs in we taking place in February/March in India and Sri Lanka and the Women’s competition is on home soil during…
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Under 18's updates - 25/26 FA Youth Cup R5 v Burnley (in Preston!) Fri 20th Feb 7pm (p82)
Charlton’s U18s began their season in winning fashion, claiming all three points from a 2-1 victory at Leeds United on Saturday. https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5d53dd194a499/u18s-report-leeds-united-1-charlton-2
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Troubadour Greenwich Theatre
Greenwich Council has granted Troubadour Theatres planning permission for the scheme, which will be built on the eastern side of the Greenwich Peninsula in south-east London. Split across two 1,500-seat auditoriums (3,000 in total), it will become the capital's biggest theatre by capacity, overtaking the 2,359-seat London…
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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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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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2024 interview with Headphones Norm
https://youtu.be/krcH2uH-gVw?si=ZNWXgGxPNJVIQpyz Best wishes to everyone attending Headphones Norm's funeral today. May his memory be a blessing. A short edited, by @bobk , interview with Norm from Boxing Day 2024
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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.…
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I am going to say it!! Yes I am, Nathan Jones......................
Out!!!! yes I said it and I don't care. Shit negative football, making 4-6 changes every game tell us he is desperate and has no clue. Dropping decent players who have played well for no reason. Horrible little manager with no clue whatsoever. How have we come into the season with no attacking midfielders and no wingers.…
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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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So, is he to be known as?
Collins or Sichenje, seems like there’s still confusion by some of our fan base.🤔
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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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Has the Jokes thread disappeared?
I've looked at the first 7 pages and can't see it anywhere.
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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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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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Holocaust Memorial Day – 27th January
Holocaust Memorial Day is commemorated internationally on 27th January each year. This date was chosen as it is the anniversary of the day in 1945 on which the Soviet Army liberated the largest Nazi concentration camp – Auschwitz-Birkenau. Never Forget, Never Again.
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Who will be the new Charlton coach? - p103. Nathan Jones confirmed
Michael Duff, Nathan Jones and John Eustace must be the front runners.
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Portsmouth [H] 17/2/26- Train disruption
Line closure through Dartford over the February half-term 2026 No Southeastern or Thameslink trains will run between Slade Green, Barnehurst, Crayford, and Gravesend via Dartford during this period. Accessible replacement buses will serve these stations, as well as Northfleet, Swanscombe, Greenhithe, and Stone Crossing,…
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General Things that Amuse You
Gotta be done When people chat on the phone.. One person whispers because they dont want someone near them to hear so the person on the other end of the phone whispers too My wife has just done it and left me chuckling; Why do it, people in the background wont be able to hear you anyway unless the volume is turned right up
