From the KM:
Gillingham chairman Paul Scally admits that he still has bitter memories of his dealings with Charlton ahead of the clubs’ first league meeting in almost 30 years.
The Addicks enjoyed the high-life in the Premier League for several years and in that time they crossed swords with Mr Scally on several occasions.
Charlton’s decision to try and raise their profile in Kent is one policy that Mr Scally couldn’t abide.
"I think their behaviour has been poor over the last few years," said Mr Scally.
"As a club they’ve shown little humility and a great deal of arrogance. There is no place in football for that.
"A good club should be magnanimous in defeat and humble in victory. I’ve got no problem with the fans and the players but there have been some individuals who have made poor decisions.
"It wasn’t the buses so much, it was the way they went into the schools of Medway with their Football in the Community."
He added: "My point is that Charlton isn’t in Kent. I went to school in south east London and used to hang around near The Valley.
"I used to hang around SE7 and know where that is and it’s not in Kent.
"They were working well outside of their remit with the Football in the Community.
"When they were in administration not so long ago other clubs around them like Millwall, Crystal Palace and Gillingham didn’t go stomping in and stealing the minds and souls of the kids."
There have been a number of fall-outs over the years between the clubs, most recently after the on-off transfer saga involving striker Chris Dickson.
But Mr Scally is pragmatic when looking back at the clubs’ differences.
He said: "There always will be (issues) as they are a local team to us and what they do affects us and what we do affects them. It’s nothing personal."
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Enough said really what a Bell end !
We need to get a Question time set up with Scally.
Other than leave their away end uncovered so we'll get f*cking wet tomorrow!
And would that be the Football in the Community scheme that Gills couldn't run properly or were even very interested in that Charlton were begged by Kent County Council to takeover as we know what we are doing.
Charlton are a regional team based in SE London.
Gillingham's catchment area is shown on the back of their tickets.
LOL. Love it
Football is a competition and a business - kil or be killed. Unless you are Utd or Arsenal etc, there will always be bigger fish out there ready to pinch supporters off you and 20 years ago we had no ground and sub 5000 gates whilst palying top flight football. What did we do about it? Got of our arses and people who loved the club fought tooth and nail to save it and then worked long and hard on innovative ideas to grow it.
Think it's about time Scally stopped moaning about what we did and maybe started trying to copy it if he's really got any ambitions for Gillingham.
Odious little twat.
But I love it all the same, because it helps to make tomorrow's game a cracker.
Just hope Parky's efforts to up the ante and increase the competitive edge gets through to our squad, because the likes of Racon, Semedo and Youga can be totally forgiven if they've never even heard of Gillingham!!!
Amd bizarre as it may seem to SE Londoners, Gillingham is no more in the Kent County Council area than Charlton is.
Indeed. Scally is clearly oblivious to this
Indeed. Scally is clearly oblivious to this.''
Well as it seems that he never pays his bills, he probably has no idea that he's meant to pay his council tax to the Medway Council unitary authority rather than KCC !
Not that I wish to add credence to anything he says.
Pretty sure that wasn't administration. The company went out of business and a new company was formed.
That's how close we were to being expelled from the League and that's when CAFC (1984) Ltd was born.
The distinction between administration and receivership is a fine one, and one assumes it is these events that Scally was refering to...
sorry but there is a huge, huge difference between administration and receivership.
Well here's the BBC business news desk's explanation of the technical difference, not today because it has changed, but as it pertained to us at the time in 1984 :
''What is the difference between going into administration and going into receivership?
In the UK, the banks that have lent money on a secured basis have the right to call in a receiver to sort out the assets and look after their interests.
Many Commonwealth countries, including New Zealand, Australia and India, also follow this model.
In other countries, such as France, a court will appoint an administrator to act in everyone's interests, including the employees, although special regard is paid to the banks.''
Good point, Medders.
Scally is the new Simon Jordan.
is a wanker
is a wanker
Pauuuuuul Scally....
For tomorrow...