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CARD: a final word and free red-and-white scarves on Saturday (11.30am)
Airman Brown
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A message from a friend...
The Coalition Against Roland Duchatelet (CARD) warmly welcomes the news that Charlton Athletic will have new owners, East Street Investments, and the commitment they have made to manager Lee Bowyer and promise to engage with fans’ groups.
The Coalition Against Roland Duchatelet (CARD) warmly welcomes the news that Charlton Athletic will have new owners, East Street Investments, and the commitment they have made to manager Lee Bowyer and promise to engage with fans’ groups.
Over the last 18 months Bowyer has restored much of the credibility of the club and enabled many supporters, previously alienated by the disrespect, ineptitude and sheer stupidity of the Duchatelet regime, to re-engage with the team.
As a result, the club is well placed to move forward under new owners, subject of course to their approval by the EFL. We hope that all supporters will now get firmly behind the new administration so that Charlton can advance again.
CARD was formed in January 2016 as an umbrella group bringing together a variety of organisations, groups, platforms and individuals, because it had become clear to all of them that Duchatelet’s ownership was beyond redemption.
We are deeply grateful to all the volunteers who helped us deliver the protests that followed and which helped cement the national and international media’s understanding of the issues at our club, as well as push Duchatelet to a point where he was willing to sell.
It has been a long and frustrating wait, but with the sale of the club CARD’s job is done. It is for the elements that made up the coalition, particularly the Charlton Athletic Supporters’ Trust, to take matters forward and build relationships with the new owners.
As with the Valley Party in the 1990s, we should all be proud to say that Charlton fans did not stand idly by when the future of their club was under threat.
We do, however, have one final task to perform. For almost two years we have been holding 1,000 red-and-white scarves ready for this moment to symbolically replace the black-and-white protest ones we previously distributed.
These will be available, free of charge, from 11.30am on Saturday by the big Charlton badge at the back of the Covered End.
CARD thanks you for your ideas, support and resilience over the last four years and encourages everyone to join us at The Valley tomorrow for one hell of a celebration.
Come on, you Reds!
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great statement, have a farewell Promote :-)
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Well done CARD now we can sing we got Roland out , instead of we want Roland out.8
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Bet the wife of whoever had those scarfs cant wait to get them out of the spare bedroom!!
Great job CARD - Been excellent with what you've done these last couple of years along with the Belgian20 and everyone else who protested and did their bit20 -
Try and get a few more...1
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Thank you to everyone who organised and executed the protests against Roland, your efforts will never be forgotten.8
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WE
GOT
OUR
CHARLTON
BACK
!!!!!!
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Superb statement - thank you.
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will be picking one of these up.1
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Just walked past the stadium and took this of the queue forming by the big Charlton badge:
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COYRs. And well done CARD and other protest groups over the years. Roland deciding to sell has been important and the protests can only have helped that. Detaching ourselves from the impact, it is clear that the protests have been imaginative and unique and it is interesting to see others take on ideas that have clearly influenced them.
I know some people don't believe in protests, but I think we would still be sending kids up chimneys if people didn't stand up to wrong. But we are all Charlton fans and whatever our differences, we can now come together and enjoy this new chapter.10 -
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Love this. Yessssss!!!!!!1
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I love this club so much - the history, the community, the fairness, the tolerance and most importantly the family that is Charlton fans.
CARD and all who supported them - take a bow.23 -
Cheers.
For info, CASSBTAN won't have the same ring to it!
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Thank you CARD.0
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haha! (I've just been down there and it's really quiet....)Macronate said:Just walked past the stadium and took this of the queue forming by the big Charlton badge:0 -
Congratulations, well done and thank you to all those at @CARD.
Of all the odd things I've done in my life, delivering a box of plastic squeezy pigs to a pub full of Coventry City fans is up there among the top ones.
When's the victory party in De Kanarie in Sint-Truiden, then?12 -
Guys are we 100% sure this is not a scam / hoax?
I've had an email 'purporting' to be from Charlton re the takeover and they've spelt it East Stand Investements!4 -
You should hold off on the scarfs until the EFL agree.0
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Farewell, CARD. Walk proudly into the sunset. All who contributed, no matter how much or how little, can hold their heads high.
Right, who's ready for CAESI?3 -
Save one for me @Airman Brown, pretty please!0
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Inept til the very last breathMendonca In Asdas said:Guys are we 100% sure this is not a scam / hoax?
I've had an email 'purporting' to be from Charlton re the takeover and they've spelt it East Stand Investements!1 -
Well done CARD, been happy to contribute in my small way.3
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Sincere thanks to everyone involved.
(and a large helping of humble pie for me, as I always denied that he was willing to sell)1 -
so, whens that party?0
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Yes I noticed that and thought the same!Mendonca In Asdas said:Guys are we 100% sure this is not a scam / hoax?
I've had an email 'purporting' to be from Charlton re the takeover and they've spelt it East Stand Investements!
Typical Charlton fans!
Let's hope it's out of the frying pan and a long way from the fire.0 -
Not the final word I hope. I'm looking forward to Airman's book revealing all on the Roland years!
But seriously, I have been massively impressed with how ordinary Charlton fans have pooled their skills and consistently outwitted the club in the media battlefield. In today's attention deficit disorder era of news reporting a League One club having some trouble with its fans is of absolutely no interest to anybody, but CARD et al have kept the spotlight firmly on Charlton. They've shamed and embarrassed our former owner and the incompetent, complacent football authorities in their spare time, making professional PR and media people look like total morons. You all deserve medals!18 -
I hope our relationship with the sheikh goes well...
CASSBTBMAN doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
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During the whole protest era, one song resounded around my thoughts more than any other.
"We''ll be here when you have gone"
I always thought that would come true.
AND IT HAS !!!!!
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Hats off to all who got involved, I didn’t always agree with some of the methods employed, but credit where it’s due.5
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we should have a symbolic hand back of our Black and White scarves and then donate them to a non league club somewhere who wear B & W
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