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ChizzChizz
edited February 2020 in General Charlton
Charlton have a London-born Chairman (Southall), a London-born Manager (Bowyer) and a London-born captain (Pearce).  I don't think there are many other teams in our division - or elsewhere - where the Chairman, Manager and Captain are from the same town or city as the club.  

Or is it more common than I think? 

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  • Covered_End_LadCovered_End_Lad
    Think Sheffield united might also be
  • Ormiston_AddickOrmiston_Addick
    Chizz said:
    Covered_End_Lad said:
    Think Sheffield united might also be
    The Chairman of Sheffield United is Musa’ad bin Khalid bin Musa’ad bin Abdulrahman Al Saud. It's not a conspicuously Yorkshire name, so I just googled him. It appears he was born just outside Sheffield. In Riyadh. 
    Well, to be fair, Sheffield and Riyadh are both complete shit holes.
  • seth plumseth plum
    I would go as far as to say Jacko is probably one of the most 'London' Londoners in football ever. I believe he was born in Soho or Covent Garden and his dad was/is a black cab driver.
  • se9addickse9addick
    seth plum said:
    I would go as far as to say Jacko is probably one of the most 'London' Londoners in football ever. I believe he was born in Soho or Covent Garden and his dad was/is a black cab driver.
    He’s the only person I’ve ever heard of that’s actually from Covent Garden, I didn’t even realise that was a possibility! 
  • Rossman92Rossman92
    seth plum said:
    I would go as far as to say Jacko is probably one of the most 'London' Londoners in football ever. I believe he was born in Soho or Covent Garden and his dad was/is a black cab driver.
    Born in Camden, still touristy, counts
  • RodneyCharltonTrottaRodneyCharltonTrotta
    edited February 2020
    se9addick said:
    seth plum said:
    I would go as far as to say Jacko is probably one of the most 'London' Londoners in football ever. I believe he was born in Soho or Covent Garden and his dad was/is a black cab driver.
    He’s the only person I’ve ever heard of that’s actually from Covent Garden, I didn’t even realise that was a possibility! 
    Went to uni with a bloke who grew up on the estate there. Think jacko lived on it too. If they were private flats they'd be worth silly money given their  location. 

    Just off long acre 
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  • RodneyCharltonTrottaRodneyCharltonTrotta
    edited February 2020
    Rossman92 said:
    seth plum said:
    I would go as far as to say Jacko is probably one of the most 'London' Londoners in football ever. I believe he was born in Soho or Covent Garden and his dad was/is a black cab driver.
    Born in Camden, still touristy, counts

    That part of Camden borough is bang central just north of Covent garden 
  • SoundAsa£SoundAsa£
    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:
    se9addick said:
    seth plum said:
    I would go as far as to say Jacko is probably one of the most 'London' Londoners in football ever. I believe he was born in Soho or Covent Garden and his dad was/is a black cab driver.
    He’s the only person I’ve ever heard of that’s actually from Covent Garden, I didn’t even realise that was a possibility! 
    Went to uni with a bloke who grew up on the estate there. Think jacko lived on it too. If they were private flats they'd be worth silly money given their  location. 

    Just off long acre 
    My uncle Fred and auntie Elsie lived there and I can vaguely remember visiting them on a couple of occasions in the mid 50’s.
    He was a tailor.
  • se9addickse9addick
    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:
    se9addick said:
    seth plum said:
    I would go as far as to say Jacko is probably one of the most 'London' Londoners in football ever. I believe he was born in Soho or Covent Garden and his dad was/is a black cab driver.
    He’s the only person I’ve ever heard of that’s actually from Covent Garden, I didn’t even realise that was a possibility! 
    Went to uni with a bloke who grew up on the estate there. Think jacko lived on it too. If they were private flats they'd be worth silly money given their  location. 

    Just off long acre 
    SoundAsa£ said:
    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:
    se9addick said:
    seth plum said:
    I would go as far as to say Jacko is probably one of the most 'London' Londoners in football ever. I believe he was born in Soho or Covent Garden and his dad was/is a black cab driver.
    He’s the only person I’ve ever heard of that’s actually from Covent Garden, I didn’t even realise that was a possibility! 
    Went to uni with a bloke who grew up on the estate there. Think jacko lived on it too. If they were private flats they'd be worth silly money given their  location. 

    Just off long acre 
    My uncle Fred and auntie Elsie lived there and I can vaguely remember visiting them on a couple of occasions in the mid 50’s.
    He was a tailor.
    Interesting, had no idea there was an estate there, probably all private now.
  • AcabAcab
    se9addick said:
    seth plum said:
    I would go as far as to say Jacko is probably one of the most 'London' Londoners in football ever. I believe he was born in Soho or Covent Garden and his dad was/is a black cab driver.
    He’s the only person I’ve ever heard of that’s actually from Covent Garden, I didn’t even realise that was a possibility! 
    Cat Stevens born in Soho.
  • RodneyCharltonTrottaRodneyCharltonTrotta
    edited February 2020
    se9addick said:
    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:
    se9addick said:
    seth plum said:
    I would go as far as to say Jacko is probably one of the most 'London' Londoners in football ever. I believe he was born in Soho or Covent Garden and his dad was/is a black cab driver.
    He’s the only person I’ve ever heard of that’s actually from Covent Garden, I didn’t even realise that was a possibility! 
    Went to uni with a bloke who grew up on the estate there. Think jacko lived on it too. If they were private flats they'd be worth silly money given their  location. 

    Just off long acre 
    SoundAsa£ said:
    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:
    se9addick said:
    seth plum said:
    I would go as far as to say Jacko is probably one of the most 'London' Londoners in football ever. I believe he was born in Soho or Covent Garden and his dad was/is a black cab driver.
    He’s the only person I’ve ever heard of that’s actually from Covent Garden, I didn’t even realise that was a possibility! 
    Went to uni with a bloke who grew up on the estate there. Think jacko lived on it too. If they were private flats they'd be worth silly money given their  location. 

    Just off long acre 
    My uncle Fred and auntie Elsie lived there and I can vaguely remember visiting them on a couple of occasions in the mid 50’s.
    He was a tailor.
    Interesting, had no idea there was an estate there, probably all private now.
    Yeah it's nuts. There's loads of little estates dotted around those areas of Westminster and south camden borough. Big one in bloomsbury and one bang in Chinatown for example that aren't obvious.

    Many still council. The one in barbican in the city is notable...check out the prices of the private flats there and you'll see why it's unlikely the council tenants will still be in central London in 50 years but shipped out to margate or milton Keynes.
  • PringlePringle
    We'll have a good old knees up. 
  • AcabAcab
    I believe there are over 5000 residents in the central area.
  • seth plumseth plum
    Acab said:
    se9addick said:
    seth plum said:
    I would go as far as to say Jacko is probably one of the most 'London' Londoners in football ever. I believe he was born in Soho or Covent Garden and his dad was/is a black cab driver.
    He’s the only person I’ve ever heard of that’s actually from Covent Garden, I didn’t even realise that was a possibility! 
    Cat Stevens born in Soho.
    Yeah but who did he play for?
    Wild World Wanderers?
  • Chris_from_SidcupChris_from_Sidcup
    Chizz said:
    Charlton have a London-born Chairman (Southall), a London-born Manager (Bowyer) and a London-born captain (Pearce).  I don't think there are many other teams in our division - or elsewhere - where the Chairman, Manager and Captain are from the same town or city as the club.  

    Or is it more common than I think? 
    Who is the Palace captain as both Steve Parish and Hodgson are from London.

    Middlesbrough have Steve Gibson and Woodgate, again i have no idea who the captain is though.
  • SantaClausSantaClaus
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Chizz said:
    Charlton have a London-born Chairman (Southall), a London-born Manager (Bowyer) and a London-born captain (Pearce).  I don't think there are many other teams in our division - or elsewhere - where the Chairman, Manager and Captain are from the same town or city as the club.  

    Or is it more common than I think? 
    Who is the Palace captain as both Steve Parish and Hodgson are from London.

    Middlesbrough have Steve Gibson and Woodgate, again i have no idea who the captain is though.
    The Palace captain is Luka Milivojevic (Serbia).
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  • SimonsenSimonsen
    RodneyCharltonTrotta said:
    se9addick said:
    seth plum said:
    I would go as far as to say Jacko is probably one of the most 'London' Londoners in football ever. I believe he was born in Soho or Covent Garden and his dad was/is a black cab driver.
    He’s the only person I’ve ever heard of that’s actually from Covent Garden, I didn’t even realise that was a possibility! 
    Went to uni with a bloke who grew up on the estate there. Think jacko lived on it too. If they were private flats they'd be worth silly money given their  location. 

    Just off long acre 
    Yep, the Peabody Estate near Long Acre and Drury Lane. 
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    CAFC is like far too many 'British' companies and entities nowadays .. employs local people but is owned lock stock and inventory by foreigners 
  • seth plumseth plum
    It seems everybody is a foreigner to somebody.
  • SolidgoneSolidgone
    se9addick said:
    seth plum said:
    I would go as far as to say Jacko is probably one of the most 'London' Londoners in football ever. I believe he was born in Soho or Covent Garden and his dad was/is a black cab driver.
    He’s the only person I’ve ever heard of that’s actually from Covent Garden, I didn’t even realise that was a possibility! 
    He still lives in Covent Garden. 
  • RodneyCharltonTrottaRodneyCharltonTrotta
    Lincsaddick said:
    CAFC is like far too many 'British' companies and entities nowadays .. employs local people but is owned lock stock and inventory by foreigners 
    Considering historical ownership abroad of the Btirish empire I think it's always been that way. Shell, BP now etc.

    Globalisation 
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    Solidgone said:
    se9addick said:
    seth plum said:
    I would go as far as to say Jacko is probably one of the most 'London' Londoners in football ever. I believe he was born in Soho or Covent Garden and his dad was/is a black cab driver.
    He’s the only person I’ve ever heard of that’s actually from Covent Garden, I didn’t even realise that was a possibility! 
    He still lives in Covent Garden. 
    all 'is life 'e wanted to be a barrer boy ((:>)
  • HuskarisHuskaris
    If anyone else had made this thread....
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    https://youtu.be/z5UQh-nMJsE
  • ChizzChizz
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Chizz said:
    Charlton have a London-born Chairman (Southall), a London-born Manager (Bowyer) and a London-born captain (Pearce).  I don't think there are many other teams in our division - or elsewhere - where the Chairman, Manager and Captain are from the same town or city as the club.  

    Or is it more common than I think? 
    Who is the Palace captain as both Steve Parish and Hodgson are from London.

    Middlesbrough have Steve Gibson and Woodgate, again i have no idea who the captain is though.
    Officially their Captain is George Friend (born in Devon) but he's not been playing much this season. More recently it's been Jonny Howson (born in Leeds). 
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