MATCH THREAD : Bristol City V Charlton Athletic : Saturday 16th August 2025 : KO 15:00

eastterrace6168

Good afternoon fellow Addicks...

Today we have our first away day of The Championship season, with a reasonably long trip down West to Ashton Gate where Bristol City await, they are currently sitting, for what it's worth, as league leaders after their first match of the season away at Sheff United resulted in a 1-4 victory, but as we all know, league tables mean nothing this early in the season...unless we were top of course...😉
I feel we will be taking a good vocal support today, and will be giving them more of a game than it looks like Sheff United did, and feel we are more than capable of travelling back up the M4 with at the very least a point on the board, whilst we all hope for the three of course...🤞

The Addicks will be without Reece Burke and Matty Godden again this weekend, whist Joe Williams could return for the hosts, though Max O'Leary, Luke McNally and Cameron Pring are absentees.

We have gone toe-to-toe on 63 previous occasions winning 32, the Robins 19 and the remaining 12 clashes ending all square, the last meeting between us came at The Valley on Boxing Day in 2019, when we ran out 3-2 victors.

The Addicks will be wearing their new white and blue away kit in Bristol...

So, here we go

Team..

Nathan Jones has named an unchanged side from the last league outing for, following last weekend's season-opening victory over Watford at The Valley, Charlton will once again line up with a back three of Amari'i Bell, Kayne Ramsay and Lloyd Jones in front of Thomas Kaminski.

Rob Apter and Josh Edwards will operate as wing-backs with Sonny Carey joining Conor Coventry and skipper Greg Docherty in a midfield three, behind Charlie Kelman and Tyreece Campbell.

Joe Rankin-Costello, Harvey Knibbs and Tanto Olaofe are joined on the bench by Ashley Maynard-Brewer, Macaulay Gillesphey, Alex Mitchell, Luke Berry, Karoy Anderson and Miles Leaburn.

Charlton: Kaminski; Ramsay, Jones, Bell; Apter, Carey, Coventry, Docherty (c), Edwards; Kelman, Campbell

Subs: Maynard-Brewer, Gillesphey, A.Mitchell, Anderson, Rankin-Costello, Berry, Knibbs, Leaburn, Olaofe

ForeverAddickted

The boys are on their way... Its a bit windy reporting for duty from a windy Newquay... Shouldn't have had the Brussels Sprouts for dinner last night!!

satindoors

COYR 

Twizzle

I hope the team have more luck than I have.
Lovely sunny holiday in Perranporth last week, but I went down with shingles last Sunday.
Luckily I had the jab last year so I think I've got it quite mild so I've felt OK.
Drove home to Bristol yesterday. Got my ticket for my easiest away game and been really looking forward to it.
Then had a terrible night last night headache, nausea, sweating buckets and still feel rough today.
So I'm not going to make it. 
Gutted.

So if you're there cheer for me
COYR

Pelling1993

Feeling absolute dog rough today with a fluey thing. Hopefully the Addicks can lift the spirits!

SELR_addicks

Unchanged

fenaddick

Unchanged XI

stoneroses19

Kelman with the first goal today! 

sam3110

Interesting that we're unchanged, I guess Jones sticks by the old adage that you don't tinker with a winning side

ForeverAddickted

Fair enough... Stick with what "worked" against Watford, am surprised we've not gone for strength up top away from home though. Yet Campbell caused problems last week, so hopefully he will do similar again today.

Plus Tyreece Campbell scored against Bristol City last week, so hopefully he will be able to replicate that again today. 

fenaddick

ForeverAddickted said:

Fair enough... Stick with what "worked" against Watford, am surprised we've not gone for strength up top away from home though. Yet Campbell caused problems last week, so hopefully he will do similar again today. 

Should be plenty of space out wide for him to attack if we can get him the ball

ForeverAddickted

Main thing is the fact that Edwards wasn't injured (not surprised seeing he didn't go down the tunnel) last week

SELR_addicks

Personally would've changed Olaofe for Campbell but can't hate a decision to keep together a 'winning' side. 

AndyG

Can’t really argue with an unchanged winning side but I think Doc really needs a good game today or he could be under pressure for his spot

ForeverAddickted

SELR_addicks said:

Personally would've changed Olaofe for Campbell but can't hate a decision to keep together a 'winning' side. 

I wouldn't have begrudged Leaburn and Olaofe today, they looked good together on Tuesday, albeit against lower opposition, and could see us needing a bit more height and strength (They've equally got some pace) away from home. 

eastterrace6168

Must say, that bench of gamechangers is looking pretty solid...

SELR_addicks

ForeverAddickted said:

SELR_addicks said:

Personally would've changed Olaofe for Campbell but can't hate a decision to keep together a 'winning' side. 

I wouldn't have begrudged Leaburn and Olaofe today, they looked good together on Tuesday, albeit against lower opposition, and could see us needing a bit more height and strength (They've equally got some pace) away from home. 

Maybe thinking Kelman needs minutes to settle in and Campbell's pace on the counter attack could be useful? 

Either way, not sure Campbell/Kelman is a partnership that's going to complement well. 

Dugdaleclass

Hope Carry can get up into the City box a few times or it’s going to be a very lonely afternoon for Kelman.

Redrobo

Can you watch on an iPad with VPN?

Off_it

That shirt is just nasty - and not in a good way.

Chizz

Every player from the last starting XI has been summarily dropped. Jones laying down the law and demonstrating he's furious at conceding a goal against Stevenage. I like his style. 

JaShea99

That’s early team news.

SELR_addicks

JaShea99 said:

That’s early team news.

Believe this is the new norm this season. 

Pelling1993

Redrobo said:

Can you watch on an iPad with VPN?

Yeah I have done plenty of times

soapboxsam

JaShea99 said:

That’s early team news.

75 minutes before KO this season.

SELR_addicks

Dixon, Taylor and Ahadme on their benches this afternoon. 

Asiimwe starts for AFC Wimbledon. 

Garrymanilow

It's the right choice not to change the team. We beat a good side last week and everyone did their part. TC was hugely involved and Olaofe also looking good against a L1 side isn't a reason to make a change, especially as Olaofe's speed and strength is something that will have more effect against a tired out defence than TC's pure pace. Kelman needs minutes and a bit of faith, and Leaburn doesn't need to start a second game in a week while his fitness still needs building up. Being able to rotate the team when we want and bring good players off the bench is a strong position to be in

ForeverAddickted

SELR_addicks said:

Dixon, Taylor and Ahadme on their benches this afternoon. 

Asiimwe starts for AFC Wimbledon. 

Surprised that Taylor is fit already for Northampton, having had no Pre-season. I get in some way he would be fit to have gone out on loan, but didn't expect his involvement so soon. 

cafcnick1992

Garrymanilow said:

It's the right choice not to change the team. We beat a good side last week and everyone did their part. TC was hugely involved and Olaofe also looking good against a L1 side isn't a reason to make a change, especially as Olaofe's speed and strength is something that will have more effect against a tired out defence than TC's pure pace. Kelman needs minutes and a bit of faith, and Leaburn doesn't need to start a second game in a week while his fitness still needs building up. Being able to rotate the team when we want and bring good players off the bench is a strong position to be in

Spot on

cafcnick1992

I am convinced Doc will lose his place eventually but Jones is right not to change the team.

CAFC_boi

soapboxsam said:

JaShea99 said:

That’s early team news.

75 minutes before KO this season.

What’s the reasoning? What difference does that 15 minutes make?