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First reaction when you tell ppl you support Charlton....

CAFCTrev
CAFCTrev Posts: 6,074
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  • Sollied
    Sollied Posts: 145
    Yeah me too, what do you think about signing fabregas?

  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,502
    "Oh I remember Charlton from when they were in the premier league".
  • Mike
    Mike Posts: 6,183
    'Cheltenham?'
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 21,073
    Cheltenham??
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,174
    edited August 2014
    Oh, but who's your premier league team?

    'Kin Tools!
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,332
    What league are they in now?
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,819
    bobmunro said:

    Cheltenham??

    Aussie bloke I worked with always thought I supported Cheltenham. If only.......
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 6,074
    Mendonca?
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,880
    "ohhh Charlton (sighs).. thats alright i guess (little laugh)"

    "that curbishley fella"
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 11,091
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  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,589
    "yeah but you watch the big teams on telly?"
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 6,074
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  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,565
    Great taste
  • GretnaGreenAddick
    GretnaGreenAddick Posts: 3,085
    What league are they in, is the usual patronising response i get.

    Often from "fans" who have never stepped foot in the ground of the team they support.
  • Jarman
    Jarman Posts: 1,851
    'somebody has to support them I guess'
  • 000__Jaaaaay__000
    000__Jaaaaay__000 Posts: 2,348
    Who?
  • iainambler
    iainambler Posts: 967
    I have a Charlton mug at work.
    This ensures I never find someone else has nicked my mug leaving me unable to make a brew.
    'Nuf said.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,045
    How the conversation usually goes...

    Me - I support Charlton
    Them - Chelsea?
    Me - No Charlton
    Them - Cheltenham
    Me - Char-LTON

    Ohhhh... What League they in!!
  • moutuakilla
    moutuakilla Posts: 7,607
    Cheltenham is one of the most common ones. Usually from people that don't follow football and haven't heard of a place called Charlton, but know of Cheltenham from horse racing...
  • Gumbo
    Gumbo Posts: 957
    "So your the other supporter!!?"

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  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,512
    In Malaysia - "Oh, you don't support Manchester United?"
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 6,074
    Ill be honest when I was 12 and had the football league 95 sticker album in my pre-London days, I thought Charlton was somewhere up north. For some reason Charlton doesnt sound very Laaandan to me...
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,880
    Sounds like the conversation gets started with people that know nothing about football.

    So many Charlton fans in Dartford for some reason.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,045
    Cant remember where in the Far East it was one year (Thailand or Indonesia) but never forget SkySportsNews showing the impact of Man Utd v Arsenal out there.

    Was this restaurant with "fans" of both clubs hugging each other celebrating when either team scored... Was just a total WTF moment (i.e. Dont expect them to be at each others throats)
  • DeeBee
    DeeBee Posts: 1,033
    "Ah.....right"
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    People just feel sorry for me.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,194
    Normally - "I remember when you used to be in the Premier League, what happened" at which point either a) you respond by giving a lecture on the spiral nature of football and how one bad decision normally leads to another, which leads to another and before you know it you've developed a pathological hatred of Alan McCormack based on where he goes for dinner, or b) you just shrug and say "that's football".

    If it's overseas then the above happens too, but first I seem to spend about two minutes showing them how to pronounce the name properly - particularly in northern Europe (Switzerland, Scandinavia) - there seems to be something about the first syllable of our name that northern Europeans find very hard to pronounce.
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,799
    I find it easier these days to just say I don't follow football.......
  • cafcsinger
    cafcsinger Posts: 5,604
    Often...
    " Yeah Charlton "
    " Chelsea "
    " No, no, Charlton "
    " You mean Chelsea? "
    " Fuck it, yeah Chelsea you twat "
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 6,074
    se9addick said:

    Normally - "I remember when you used to be in the Premier League, what happened" at which point either a) you respond by giving a lecture on the spiral nature of football and how one bad decision normally leads to another, which leads to another and before you know it you've developed a pathological hatred of Alan McCormack based on where he goes for dinner, or b) you just shrug and say "that's football".

    If it's overseas then the above happens too, but first I seem to spend about two minutes showing them how to pronounce the name properly - particularly in northern Europe (Switzerland, Scandinavia) - there seems to be something about the first syllable of our name that northern Europeans find very hard to pronounce.

    Sharlton?

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