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Charlton revive New Year Loving Cup tradition

Henry IrvingHenry Irving
in General Charlton
https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5a4b8e6871281/charlton-revive-new-year-loving-cup-tradition

As it mentions in the article you can see the Loving Cup in the Museum

Ours is number 7 of only 30 made.

Pleased to see this tradition revived as part of the history of the club that should be preserved. History matters.

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  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    Great tradition... Shame it had to include Penfold!!
  • Six-a-bag-of-nutsSix-a-bag-of-nuts
    What the.......ah, not some Rolling Stones style euphemism then. :wink:

    Seriously, that is a beautiful artefact and a quaint tradition.
    Lovely!
  • StigStig
    Why has it got a couple of old bagels stuck on the side?
  • Dazzler21Dazzler21
    Pretzels not bagels.
  • SuedeAdidasSuedeAdidas
    I think you mean pretzels?
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    Stig said:

    Why has it got a couple of old bagels stuck on the side?

    They are Stafford Knots, the symbol of Staffordshire.

    Thought everyone knew that
  • SuedeAdidasSuedeAdidas
    That is a good idea.

    After all - we have bugger all interest in other cups by NY day lately.
  • Karim_myBagheriKarim_myBagheri
    didn't know about the stafford knot or the tradition of the loving cup. learn something new..
  • carly burncarly burn
    Praise the lord for the loving cup.

    The only cup competition we’re still involved in after December!
  • Davo55Davo55
    edited January 2018
    Think this is great, but can't help wondering.......

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  • GlassHalfFullGlassHalfFull

    How did the cup come into the Museum's possession?
  • Siv_in_NorfolkSiv_in_Norfolk
    Connected to that - why did CAFC stop honouring the tradition? (In the 90s?)
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    Davo55 said:

    Think this is great, but can't help wondering.......

  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    GlassHalfFull said:


    How did the cup come into the Museum's possession?

    The museum now has ownership of a lot of items no longer needed by the club and we're grateful for them.
  • GlassHalfFullGlassHalfFull

    Thanks, Ben

    Has anyone notified SCFC about yesterday's ceremony? They've clearly got weightier things on their mind at the moment, as indeed we have, but it would be good, in an old-school football sense, for them to know that tradition and heritage still play an important role in a "sport" increasingly unrecognisable.
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    GlassHalfFull said:


    Thanks, Ben

    Has anyone notified SCFC about yesterday's ceremony? They've clearly got weightier things on their mind at the moment, as indeed we have, but it would be good, in an old-school football sense, for them to know that tradition and heritage still play an important role in a "sport" increasingly unrecognisable.

    Let's ask @bobmunro our resident Stokie : - )
  • carly burncarly burn
    Henry Irving said:

    GlassHalfFull said:


    How did the cup come into the Museum's possession?

    The museum now has ownership of a lot of items no longer needed by the club and we're grateful for them.
    Seconded. Their collection of foreign’ No mark’ Football managers is something to behold!



  • FiiishFiiish
    edited January 2018
    Very apt it's the copy 7 out of 30.

    That's how many points we have in our last 10 league matches.
  • bobmunrobobmunro
    Henry Irving said:

    GlassHalfFull said:


    Thanks, Ben

    Has anyone notified SCFC about yesterday's ceremony? They've clearly got weightier things on their mind at the moment, as indeed we have, but it would be good, in an old-school football sense, for them to know that tradition and heritage still play an important role in a "sport" increasingly unrecognisable.

    Let's ask @bobmunro our resident Stokie : - )
    I’ve sent the OS link to Peter Coates. I know he will be chuffed at this and I’ll let you know what he says.

  • StigStig
    Henry Irving said:

    Stig said:

    Why has it got a couple of old bagels stuck on the side?

    They are Stafford Knots, the symbol of Staffordshire.

    Thought everyone knew that
    Knot I.
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  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    bobmunro said:

    Henry Irving said:

    GlassHalfFull said:


    Thanks, Ben

    Has anyone notified SCFC about yesterday's ceremony? They've clearly got weightier things on their mind at the moment, as indeed we have, but it would be good, in an old-school football sense, for them to know that tradition and heritage still play an important role in a "sport" increasingly unrecognisable.

    Let's ask @bobmunro our resident Stokie : - )
    I’ve sent the OS link to Peter Coates. I know he will be chuffed at this and I’ll let you know what he says.

    cheers @bobmunro
  • bobmunrobobmunro
    Henry Irving said:

    bobmunro said:

    Henry Irving said:

    GlassHalfFull said:


    Thanks, Ben

    Has anyone notified SCFC about yesterday's ceremony? They've clearly got weightier things on their mind at the moment, as indeed we have, but it would be good, in an old-school football sense, for them to know that tradition and heritage still play an important role in a "sport" increasingly unrecognisable.

    Let's ask @bobmunro our resident Stokie : - )
    I’ve sent the OS link to Peter Coates. I know he will be chuffed at this and I’ll let you know what he says.

    cheers @bobmunro
    Peter was very pleased to hear the tradition was being honoured and confirmed, and I’m sure you won’t be surprised, that the tradition was also celebrated in the SCFC boardroom yesterday.

  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    bobmunro said:

    Henry Irving said:

    bobmunro said:

    Henry Irving said:

    GlassHalfFull said:


    Thanks, Ben

    Has anyone notified SCFC about yesterday's ceremony? They've clearly got weightier things on their mind at the moment, as indeed we have, but it would be good, in an old-school football sense, for them to know that tradition and heritage still play an important role in a "sport" increasingly unrecognisable.

    Let's ask @bobmunro our resident Stokie : - )
    I’ve sent the OS link to Peter Coates. I know he will be chuffed at this and I’ll let you know what he says.

    cheers @bobmunro
    Peter was very pleased to hear the tradition was being honoured and confirmed, and I’m sure you won’t be surprised, that the tradition was also celebrated in the SCFC boardroom yesterday.

    good to hear. I did tag Stoke on twitter
  • Cardinal SinCardinal Sin
    A piece that size and quality in a limited edition of 30 and with it's history within English football must be valuable. Amazed Duchatelet hasn't purloined it. What's the chances that Meire was invited to the same ceremony at Hillsborough yesterday and was left wondering?
  • sillav nitramsillav nitram
    We’ve also revived the giving away of 3pts as part of the tradition.
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    Ashers said:

    Rummaging in the loft today I found a scrap book from my first season as an Addick - proof that the tradition was alive and well on 1st January 1975! We beat Colchester 4-1 -happy days!

    @Ashers we have been looking for that picture.

    @charltonnick remembered it but it wasn't in the Museum scrapbooks.

    Thanks for that
  • seth plumseth plum
    For some reason that Colchester game was the only one in London that New Year, from memory we had a bumper attendance as a result, and it was a rip roaring game too at our beautiful old Valley.
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    edited January 2018
    seth plum said:

    For some reason that Colchester game was the only one in London that New Year, from memory we had a bumper attendance as a result, and it was a rip roaring game too at our beautiful old Valley.

    15,000+. Won 4 - 1
  • AFKABartramAFKABartram
    Tell me what have you found

    “IVE FOUND LOVE”
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