I started taking my nephew to watch Charlton when he was six years old some 13 years ago now. I took custody of him when he was only 2 years old after my sister died in a tragic accident. My golden egg was always to get that special day out at Wembley which we had last Sunday. I genuinely feel that I will never eclipse the feeling and enjoyment of the day we had and therefore have said that I will use this as my last ever attended game. I will always support and follow Charlton but would be interested in your thoughts please.
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the result on sunday may have just made sure that in 10 years time we all have a club to support
You may may never top that day, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have hundreds of enjoyable ones in the future.
Being fan of a football club is not a computer game or a Rubik cube. You can’t ‘complete it’. It’s a life journey filled with highs and lows.
There will be a lot of reverses at places like Barnsley or Port Vale to be suffered before we even consider an occasion like that again
Football is a funny game, enjoy the highs and try to forget the lows.
You might never surpass that again, but whos to say we wont eclipse its next season winning the playoffs... Just enjoy the moment hopefully there will be many more just as sweet memories. Also I would add it sounds like you have a bond with your nephew like no other, so keep going to Charlton as that will stick when he is old enough to do his own thing he will always likely come back to the Valley with you.
#remain
When you share a football club you share the highs and the lows. You are in it together. What does your nephew think of your plan? Also, although Sunday was indeed a high point, I don't think it's the limit to LB's ambitions. We have further to progress - you don't want to miss that, do you? You've made an emotional decision at an emotional time - at least wait until the dust has settled, and who knows, if new owners soon appear so much the better reason to continue what has been a major factor in your lives.
Good luck.
Following a team like Charlton and encouraging my children to do the same has helped me experience, learn, and pass on some great life lessons.
- Its worth sticking with stuff when the going gets tough. Things can turn around in the most dire of circumstances
- Supporting your local community is something of real and lasting value. CAFC do this now and have done for years.
- Happiness can be temporary , commitment means forever
- The highs never feel so high if one hasn't known what it feels like to be at rock bottom
- Understanding the importance of team is a fundamental of life's journey
- Passing on the baton matters- clubs like Charlton only survive if Dads and Mums and Uncles and Aunts and Grandparents pass on the baton. This is all of our responsibility
You should keep going regardless of how we do ....... your nephew deserves nothing lessBest Wishes as you ponder
Life is full of ups and downs, and sometimes it's the downs which make the ups even more special. When we're next back at Wembley in 10/20/30 years time it'll be just as glorious as Sunday was.
Thomas would beg to differ.
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Prematch drinks in The RHA
Its more than one glorious game ... its life
You’re so damned negative 😉
There are are still many great memories to be had along the way. I decided at 4pm to go to Wycombe back in April. It was a rush but we got there and what a great night in a pokey little ground. Not a great game by any standards but we got the win, great atmosphere and a memorable away day for me. I have great memories of games back in the 80’s. They stay with you forever.
You don’t have to go every game but don’t just call it a day. If we are in the Championship playoff final in two years time are you going to rock up as a glory hunter? Trust me, if we win that it will probably eclipse Sunday’s game. You might not get a ticket if you have no loyalty points.
What a wonderful game and we are lucky to support such a special team.
Keep going and I'm sure you will wish you had stopped............then another special day comes along and well, you get the picture.
That feeling - the one that eats away at you - is the feeling you get when you know there's something to look forward to. No matter what happened yesterday, last week, last month or last season, there's something better to look forward to.
It grabs you in the guts and it doesn't let go. It stays with you. Because, even on the morning after a spectacular day at Wembley for a Play-off final, you can't help but think what it might be like if we get there again.
If we get there in the League Cup. If we get there in the FA Cup. If we get there in the Premier League promotion game again. And you realise that, however good the build-up to this weekend's trip to Wembley was, there's always the possibility that there's another one around the corner.
My Dad went to the FA Cup Final in 1946. And he told me decades later that he couldn't wait for another chance. For him, that came around a year later. In March 1987, I got my first taste of Charlton at Wembley. But, for me - and thousands of others - it was a long, 12-year wait for the next trip. And 21 years until the next one.
But during every one of those years there was the nagging, gnawing knot and the question that accompanies it: what is it going to be like next time?
It started again for me on Monday morning. I am looking forward to the next trip - whenever that is. I hope you are. And I am absolutely certain your son is, too.