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Charlton revive New Year Loving Cup tradition

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
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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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    Great tradition... Shame it had to include Penfold!!
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    What the.......ah, not some Rolling Stones style euphemism then. :wink:

    Seriously, that is a beautiful artefact and a quaint tradition.
    Lovely!
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,026
    Why has it got a couple of old bagels stuck on the side?
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    Pretzels not bagels.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    I think you mean pretzels?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    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
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    That is a good idea.

    After all - we have bugger all interest in other cups by NY day lately.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,720
    didn't know about the stafford knot or the tradition of the loving cup. learn something new..
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    Praise the lord for the loving cup.

    The only cup competition we’re still involved in after December!
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,836
    edited January 2018
    Think this is great, but can't help wondering.......

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  • GlassHalfFull
    GlassHalfFull Posts: 2,351

    How did the cup come into the Museum's possession?
  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,057
    Connected to that - why did CAFC stop honouring the tradition? (In the 90s?)
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    Davo55 said:

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

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    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.
  • GlassHalfFull
    GlassHalfFull Posts: 2,351

    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 Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    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 burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    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!



  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998
    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.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,846
    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.

  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,026
    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 Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    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
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,846
    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 Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    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 Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    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 nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    We’ve also revived the giving away of 3pts as part of the tradition.
  • Ashers
    Ashers Posts: 418
    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!
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    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 plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    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 Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,225
    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
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    Tell me what have you found

    “IVE FOUND LOVE”

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