That would just be a total and complete surrender. I don't remember people giving up and surrendering everything when we left The Valley. I remember the fans getting organised and serious in their objectives and fighting for the very survival of Charlton and fighting tooth and nail for the right to come home. That's what we have to do now.
I'll assist manager tutt tutt and be first team coach. Done my level one, youth module one and two (for bringing the young guns through) and currently doing my level two
If it all goes wrong I'm a dab hand at hiding in laundry baskets
Cheers northstandsteve. Just aborted a thread asking the same question. This was it:
Is the creation of a new, supporters-owned "CAFC" - a la FC United of Manchester created by the anti-Glazer Man Utd supporters - a consideration? We are clearly well past the point where a substantial part of CAFC supporters have been irrevocably disaffected with the Club's current regime. Permanent alienation of supporter base is a distinct possibility if there is no change in the foreseeable future. What is a football club? We all know that its not players and owners who come and go. The location of ground is important, as we particularly appreciate, but is still not the be all and end all. Ultimately a football club is its supporters, rooted in a community and whose passion is handed down from generation to generation. I appreciate that the main aim of the protests is to "persuade" RD to sell CAFC but, given his financial resources, he cannot be forced to do so and, given his idiosyncratic business objectives, if the "asset" CAFC that he owns ceases to be attractive to him, in considering his best exit route, we cannot assume that its survival as a professional football club in the hands of other owners will be any kind of priority for him. I appreciate also that some of us hope for a change in the law that would force all football club ownership to include some form of fan representation but waiting for MPs may be a very long wait indeed. The Do-It-Yourself option is daunting. Starting completely from scratch, massive practical issues would need to be addressed but, 10 years on, FC United of Manchester appears to be an interesting and, to date, successful model. As they say, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Oh, but serious comment, no - not yet. Charlton Athletic is still our club (even if that makes me "weird") and I'm not willing to throw the baby out with the bath water.
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Or are we just going to throw it all away?
If it all goes wrong I'm a dab hand at hiding in laundry baskets
Just aborted a thread asking the same question.
This was it:
Is the creation of a new, supporters-owned "CAFC" - a la FC United of Manchester created by the anti-Glazer Man Utd supporters - a consideration?
We are clearly well past the point where a substantial part of CAFC supporters have been irrevocably disaffected with the Club's current regime. Permanent alienation of supporter base is a distinct possibility if there is no change in the foreseeable future.
What is a football club? We all know that its not players and owners who come and go. The location of ground is important, as we particularly appreciate, but is still not the be all and end all. Ultimately a football club is its supporters, rooted in a community and whose passion is handed down from generation to generation.
I appreciate that the main aim of the protests is to "persuade" RD to sell CAFC but, given his financial resources, he cannot be forced to do so and, given his idiosyncratic business objectives, if the "asset" CAFC that he owns ceases to be attractive to him, in considering his best exit route, we cannot assume that its survival as a professional football club in the hands of other owners will be any kind of priority for him.
I appreciate also that some of us hope for a change in the law that would force all football club ownership to include some form of fan representation but waiting for MPs may be a very long wait indeed.
The Do-It-Yourself option is daunting. Starting completely from scratch, massive practical issues would need to be addressed but, 10 years on, FC United of Manchester appears to be an interesting and, to date, successful model.
As they say, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.C._United_of_Manchester
http://www.fc-utd.co.uk/
Not giving up on Charlton Athletic and I never will.
And if it does need to happen, surely it should be FC Athletic of Charlton?
If any of you are good enough, it's off to the premier league you go!