The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)

Henry Irving

Now on OS

Selling club still the priority says Duchatelet.

https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5d6e810296312/steve-gallen-appointed-to-board-of-directors

Henry Irving

Still leaves a lot of questions.

Why now?

Why is SG a director but LDT, the supposed CEO, not

Is SG director of football?

Is SG now LBs boss?

T_C_E

Henry Irving said:

Now on OS

Selling club still the priority says Duchatelet.

https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5d6e810296312/steve-gallen-appointed-to-board-of-directors

Struth, hopefully now he can afford a new shirt. He’s had that one on since the playoffs.

_MrDick

Henry Irving said:

Still leaves a lot of questions.

Why now?

Why is SG a director but LDT, the supposed CEO, not

Is SG director of football?

Is SG now LBs boss?

What’s the exit strategy? 

timken

Same shirt since september 2018 no less

bobmunro

Addickted said:

ElliotCAFC said:

DOUCHER said:

heard its going to be J.A Waldegrave - what a coup this will be - knows the game inside out and a local lad, spending his early years in the academy that is Alderwood School

??

Ackworth

Nah - Colin.

Solidgone

It’s happening 

happyvalley

1987, The Great Storm, 23 people were killed & millions of pounds worth of property was damaged as hurricane force winds ravaged the South East.

stonemuse

happyvalley said:

1987, The Great Storm, 23 people were killed & millions of pounds worth of property was damaged as hurricane force winds ravaged the South East.

and we lost part of our roof 

Cafc43v3r

stonemuse said:

happyvalley said:

1987, The Great Storm, 23 people were killed & millions of pounds worth of property was damaged as hurricane force winds ravaged the South East.

and we lost part of our roof 

And I had the day off school!  Drew a picture of a fallen tree on the Shirley (sp?) bye pass, for a school project the following Monday. 

Weegie Addick

DOUCHER said:

heard its going to be J.A Waldegrave - what a coup this will be - knows the game inside out and a local lad, spending his early years in the academy that is Alderwood School

Acworth?!

Fumbluff

happyvalley said:

1987, The Great Storm, 23 people were killed & millions of pounds worth of property was damaged as hurricane force winds ravaged the South East.

And my parents still drove me and my younger sister up to Sidcup for school (as all the buses had blown away) just to find that half the school had (unsurprisingly) blown away...
It meant I didn’t even get a lie in ffs

CatAddick

1987  My first trip to St Andrew's.  And we weren't even playing Birmingham

JiMMy 85

Cafc43v3r said:

stonemuse said:

happyvalley said:

1987, The Great Storm, 23 people were killed & millions of pounds worth of property was damaged as hurricane force winds ravaged the South East.

and we lost part of our roof 

And I had the day off school!  Drew a picture of a fallen tree on the Shirley (sp?) bye pass, for a school project the following Monday. 

We had a power cut for two weeks! 

Addickted

JiMMy 85 said:

Cafc43v3r said:

stonemuse said:

happyvalley said:

1987, The Great Storm, 23 people were killed & millions of pounds worth of property was damaged as hurricane force winds ravaged the South East.

and we lost part of our roof 

And I had the day off school!  Drew a picture of a fallen tree on the Shirley (sp?) bye pass, for a school project the following Monday. 

We had a power cut for two weeks! 

The night @Live by the sword was born.

KBslittlesis

happyvalley said:

1987, The Great Storm, 23 people were killed & millions of pounds worth of property was damaged as hurricane force winds ravaged the South East.

And I earned a fortune working in Homebase that day as my school was shut & they were desperate for staff. Kerching!

The Red Robin

happyvalley said:

1987, The Great Storm, 23 people were killed & millions of pounds worth of property was damaged as hurricane force winds ravaged the South East.

1987 - I was born...and slept through the hurricane.

BR7_addick

1987 - Your favourite lifer is born 😎

Scoham

BR7_addick said:

1987 - Your favourite lifer is born 😎

Thanks, but I’m sure how you know my birthday.

MartinCAFC

happyvalley said:

1987, The Great Storm, 23 people were killed & millions of pounds worth of property was damaged as hurricane force winds ravaged the South East.

We had a tree fall down into the front garden narrowly missing the house.

Pelling1993

BR7_addick said:

1987 - Your favourite lifer is born 😎

6 pages too early for that! 

Six-a-bag-of-nuts

MartinCAFC said:

happyvalley said:

1987, The Great Storm, 23 people were killed & millions of pounds worth of property was damaged as hurricane force winds ravaged the South East.

We had a tree fall down into the front garden narrowly missing the house.

And famously, Sevenoaks lost 6 of the 7 oaks that gave it it's name!

The Red Robin

The Red Robin said:

happyvalley said:

1987, The Great Storm, 23 people were killed & millions of pounds worth of property was damaged as hurricane force winds ravaged the South East.

1987 - I was born...and slept through the hurricane.

BR7_addick said:

1987 - Your favourite lifer is born 😎

Thanks

Oggy Red

Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

MartinCAFC said:

happyvalley said:

1987, The Great Storm, 23 people were killed & millions of pounds worth of property was damaged as hurricane force winds ravaged the South East.

We had a tree fall down into the front garden narrowly missing the house.

And famously, Sevenoaks lost 6 of the 7 oaks that gave it it's name!

Yeah, Sevenoaks became Singleoaks, as people at the time started calling it.

Then the council planted 7 new oak trees alongside, the surviving tree ..... and Singleoaks became Eightoaks.

Or something like that.

Chizz

Oggy Red said:

Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

MartinCAFC said:

happyvalley said:

1987, The Great Storm, 23 people were killed & millions of pounds worth of property was damaged as hurricane force winds ravaged the South East.

We had a tree fall down into the front garden narrowly missing the house.

And famously, Sevenoaks lost 6 of the 7 oaks that gave it it's name!

Yeah, Sevenoaks became Singleoaks, as people at the time started calling it.

Then the council planted 7 new oak trees alongside, the surviving tree ..... and Singleoaks became Eightoaks.

Or something like that.

And this year, to commemorate England's Ashes win, it's going to be renamed Benstoaks

killerandflash

happyvalley said:

1987, The Great Storm, 23 people were killed & millions of pounds worth of property was damaged as hurricane force winds ravaged the South East.

My first year at Uni. A massive tree fell over and blocked the entrance .

Didn't pay much attention to football that season until the following year when I dragged 2 friends along to "battle of the bridge "!

ross1

Started work at 5am, no trouble driving there although things like dustbins blowing about. First I realised how bad it was when the rest of the staff turned up late and I was told that just after I had driven down the tree lined road to my firm, one of the trees blew down across the whole of the road. When your lucks in 

BR7_addick

What will be the last “the year I was born!” page?  I’m guessing page 1998, surely anyone under 21 thinks they’re too hip for this thread?

charltonkeston

1987- I got married. 

jacob_CAFC

BR7_addick said:

What will be the last “the year I was born!” page?  I’m guessing page 1998, surely anyone under 21 thinks they’re too hip for this thread?

1996 here. I am too hip for this site I think. Jk love it