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Charlton Women to rebrand as "Charlton Ladies" - turned down by FA (p28)

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  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,796
    I would guess it came from the FA who are quiet intent on wanting to make a point 
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Scoham said:
    I asked the same question last season when she was responding on social media re the inflated attendance figures the club was giving out. Judging by the flack I got a large proportion of fans, at least on here are happy with her involvement and comments even though she is not an employee of the club.

    I got/get the feeling TS has asked her to run the women's side of things, possibly her idea re the name change hence the letter??
  • Kips
    Kips Posts: 689
    Swisdom said:
    Whilst I’m not particularly fussed about the name it is something Thomas was pushing for.
    Another thing I believe he is pushing for is to stop all the leaks from the club

    The fact this letter managed to get into the hands of a reporter, moreover the particular reporter it fell into the hands of, is potentially going to seriously piss him off.
    Anyone who writes lyrics about clean sheet wins, clearly has issues with leaks.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,804
    I think he would have got the change through if only he had gone for ‘Charlton Lahadies’
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,729
    Swisdom said:
    Whilst I’m not particularly fussed about the name it is something Thomas was pushing for.
    Another thing I believe he is pushing for is to stop all the leaks from the club

    The fact this letter managed to get into the hands of a reporter, moreover the particular reporter it fell into the hands of, is potentially going to seriously piss him off.
    I’m afraid that’s what we call in the business “hard luck”. 
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,343
    Swisdom said:
    Whilst I’m not particularly fussed about the name it is something Thomas was pushing for.
    Another thing I believe he is pushing for is to stop all the leaks from the club

    The fact this letter managed to get into the hands of a reporter, moreover the particular reporter it fell into the hands of, is potentially going to seriously piss him off.
    I’m afraid that’s what we call in the business “hard luck”.  
    'The business' LMAO
  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 4,876
    Fails the height test does Tom. 
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,203
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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,981
    Yes, but what about the ladies?
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,126
    Scoham said:
    Swisdom said:
    Whilst I’m not particularly fussed about the name it is something Thomas was pushing for.
    Another thing I believe he is pushing for is to stop all the leaks from the club

    The fact this letter managed to get into the hands of a reporter, moreover the particular reporter it fell into the hands of, is potentially going to seriously piss him off.
    Do you believe the theory that certain things have been leaked on purpose to identify who’s passing information on?

    In the last few months we’ve been about to sign Bostock and Marquis, the Spain trip was cancelled, TS hadn’t paid rent for months and he’s been looking to sell the club.
    It’s…Rebekah Vardy
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    edited July 2022
  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,592
    Jackson sorted it  :D
  • Crusty54
    Crusty54 Posts: 3,224
    There are only 10 players listed on the team page of the website. No goalkeeper and no real strikers. 

    Contract extensions are being drip fed to us at about one per week. 

    A cause for concern given the number of players released. 
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    edited July 2022
    Yes, but what about the ladies?
    Glass of White Wine or Fruit based drink.......
  • Crusty54
    Crusty54 Posts: 3,224
    Lois Heuchan has left Charlton to join London City Lionesses.

    A big loss. 

    Not enough effort seems to be going into getting a squad together.
  • There's a perception within the women's game that "Ladies" implies an amateur team and "Women" implies a professional one, There isn't a simple relationship, and there's certainly no rule about it, and it's easy enough to find exceptions, but that's how people see it. So it's understandable why there would be objections, even if you wouldn't be able to find anything in a rule book to say it's wrong.

    I do get what TS is trying to do underneath all this - "Charlton Athletic Women's FC" sounds like an independent club, which is what it used to be, and I can see why he'd want to make it clear that they're a full part of the club, not separate. And a change to "Charlton Athletic FC Women" is a bit too subtle for any sort of big announcement. It's just the name he chose has implications he may not have been aware of at the time, and there surely comes a time when the right thing to do is forget what the team's called and focus on the fact they're one of the top 20 women's teams in the country
    One way for TS to still come out on top and get some good PR for the women’s team (deliberately using small capitals if you read on) would be to rebrand them as Charlton Athletic FC making us truly one club.

    If they have to have a slightly different name to meet any rules for inclusion in their League then ‘Women’ on the end would be an improvement. Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea all changed from originally being … Ladies FC. On Sky Sports Man City are often just referred to by the club name without the Women part of their title. Chelsea seem always to be titled Chelsea Women.

    We are very good on here at bemoaning the FA and especially the EFL. In this instance all I can say is well played the FA.

    For the record I would greet any bunch of female players with the title ‘Ladies’. I would do the same to a bunch of male players as I wouldn’t presume some fake matey-ness* by calling them ‘Lads’ instead of ‘Gentlemen’. I would only ever refer to them as a Men’s team or a Women’s team when discussing them though.

     * not sure if that’s a word but spelling it with an ‘I’ instead of the ‘et’ I opted for makes it sound like early afternoon cinéma / theatre
  • Essex_Al
    Essex_Al Posts: 3,582
    Beat Glasgow Rangers 1-0 in a pre-season friendly. Winner scored by a trialist!
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited July 2022
    swordfish said:
    swordfish said:
    It's a shame that the achievement of incorporating the women's team into the club and turning them professional has been tarnished to some degree by this episode.

    Hopefully TS will not now contest the decision, although he'd have to write off any cost already incurred in the rebranding, money which would have been better used for less misguided initiatives.

    If he does contest it, he will have chosen the wrong issue to make a stand on imo due to the negative messaging surrounding it.

    That said, tbh, I wasn't aware that the term was considered outdated  before this came up, and have always begun my speeches "Ladies & Gentlemen," not realizing some might take offence. Not all though and my wife says she doesn't have an issue with it.

    Perhaps it's more a generational thing. As one of my favourite characters from Heartbeat, Claude Jeremiah Greengrass used to say often, "I'm nearly an old age pensioner now you know!"

    Doh, apologies for that. it's Senior Citizen now isn't it, or is that now 'so last year' too. I give up. It's all so confusing nowadays 🤔
    Did you refer to the male players as “gentlemen” and wouldn’t it feel absurd to do so? I think it’s as simple as that.
    To answer your questions, no and yes, but I never would have in the first place and nothing has changed for them. For the womens teams though, many have changed their monicas to reflect the times we live in.
    It was so much simpler when the FA had banned them. 

    The Preston woman footballers of the 1920's who were banned as the crowds were too big will be looking down with pride when they see the England woman being allowed to express their skills on a big stage as Professional players.

    Thomas Sandgaard and his partner were out of kilter with the concensus.
    It's talking in the vernacular to say Woman footballers. 

    When your at the Matches, you hear Girls said whether it's a 17 year old young player or a 37 year old veteran player the male and female crowd are talking about. When you write it down as a group name you say Women.
    I don't think it's that complicated.

    I still feel the majority of CL who are men who don't have sporting competitive daughters, sister, wives etc really understand what the fuss is about.

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  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,158
    Crusty54 said:
    Lois Heuchan has left Charlton to join London City Lionesses.

    A big loss. 

    Not enough effort seems to be going into getting a squad together.
    I think we've signed 8 players since this post. Do you think it might have been a bit premature?
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited July 2022
    Yes, but what about the ladies?

    Always makes me picture Little Britain 🤦🏻‍♂️   

    This was said to me by a female friend:

    Women footballers when written down.
    Girls when spoken about regardless of age.
    Ladies on a night out when dressed to kill.

    Don't shoot the messenger.
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,970
    Yes, but what about the ladies?

    Always makes me picture Little Britain 🤦🏻‍♂️   

    This was said to me by a female friend:

    Women footballers when written down.
    Girls when spoken about regardless of age.
    Ladies on a night out when dressed to kill.

    Don't shoot the messenger.
    For some reason the image of Viz’s ‘fat slags’ has popped into my mind. 
  • Crusty54
    Crusty54 Posts: 3,224
    Crusty54 said:
    Lois Heuchan has left Charlton to join London City Lionesses.

    A big loss. 

    Not enough effort seems to be going into getting a squad together.
    I think we've signed 8 players since this post. Do you think it might have been a bit premature?
    Definitely not. We need a team and substitutes. Only one goalkeeper signed. No cover in the backs. 
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,729
    edited July 2022
    swordfish said:
    It's a shame that the achievement of incorporating the women's team into the club and turning them professional has been tarnished to some degree by this episode.

    Hopefully TS will not now contest the decision, although he'd have to write off any cost already incurred in the rebranding, money which would have been better used for less misguided initiatives.

    If he does contest it, he will have chosen the wrong issue to make a stand on imo due to the negative messaging surrounding it.

    That said, tbh, I wasn't aware that the term was considered outdated  before this came up, and have always begun my speeches "Ladies & Gentlemen," not realizing some might take offence. Not all though and my wife says she doesn't have an issue with it.

    Perhaps it's more a generational thing. As one of my favourite characters from Heartbeat, Claude Jeremiah Greengrass used to say often, "I'm nearly an old age pensioner now you know!"

    Doh, apologies for that. it's Senior Citizen now isn't it, or is that now 'so last year' too. I give up. It's all so confusing nowadays 🤔
    Did you refer to the male players as “gentlemen” and wouldn’t it feel absurd to do so? I think it’s as simple as that.
    Cricket used to have Gentlemen v Players.

    I think our team last season were Gentlemen.  Not many were players if performance is anything  to go by.
    It did - and it finished in 1962 (50 years ago!).

    I only know this because I recently read David Kynaston's book On The Cusp, about Britain in 1962, although he's also written one about the fixture.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,991
    swordfish said:
    It's a shame that the achievement of incorporating the women's team into the club and turning them professional has been tarnished to some degree by this episode.

    Hopefully TS will not now contest the decision, although he'd have to write off any cost already incurred in the rebranding, money which would have been better used for less misguided initiatives.

    If he does contest it, he will have chosen the wrong issue to make a stand on imo due to the negative messaging surrounding it.

    That said, tbh, I wasn't aware that the term was considered outdated  before this came up, and have always begun my speeches "Ladies & Gentlemen," not realizing some might take offence. Not all though and my wife says she doesn't have an issue with it.

    Perhaps it's more a generational thing. As one of my favourite characters from Heartbeat, Claude Jeremiah Greengrass used to say often, "I'm nearly an old age pensioner now you know!"

    Doh, apologies for that. it's Senior Citizen now isn't it, or is that now 'so last year' too. I give up. It's all so confusing nowadays 🤔
    Did you refer to the male players as “gentlemen” and wouldn’t it feel absurd to do so? I think it’s as simple as that.
    Cricket used to have Gentlemen v Players.

    I think our team last season were Gentlemen.  Not many were players if performance is anything  to go by.
    It did - and it finished in 1962 (50 years ago!).

    I only know this because I recently read David Kynaston's book On The Cusp, about Britain in 1962, although he's also written one about the fixture.
    He’s written a few excellent books 
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,981
    swordfish said:
    It's a shame that the achievement of incorporating the women's team into the club and turning them professional has been tarnished to some degree by this episode.

    Hopefully TS will not now contest the decision, although he'd have to write off any cost already incurred in the rebranding, money which would have been better used for less misguided initiatives.

    If he does contest it, he will have chosen the wrong issue to make a stand on imo due to the negative messaging surrounding it.

    That said, tbh, I wasn't aware that the term was considered outdated  before this came up, and have always begun my speeches "Ladies & Gentlemen," not realizing some might take offence. Not all though and my wife says she doesn't have an issue with it.

    Perhaps it's more a generational thing. As one of my favourite characters from Heartbeat, Claude Jeremiah Greengrass used to say often, "I'm nearly an old age pensioner now you know!"

    Doh, apologies for that. it's Senior Citizen now isn't it, or is that now 'so last year' too. I give up. It's all so confusing nowadays 🤔
    Did you refer to the male players as “gentlemen” and wouldn’t it feel absurd to do so? I think it’s as simple as that.
    Cricket used to have Gentlemen v Players.

    I think our team last season were Gentlemen.  Not many were players if performance is anything  to go by.
    It did - and it finished in 1962 (50 years ago!).

    I only know this because I recently read David Kynaston's book On The Cusp, about Britain in 1962, although he's also written one about the fixture.
    60 years ago.
  • I note following a call on Women's Hour there has been heated talk of re-branding the Lionesses as Lions. 







    ......... Runs for cover. 
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,729
    swordfish said:
    It's a shame that the achievement of incorporating the women's team into the club and turning them professional has been tarnished to some degree by this episode.

    Hopefully TS will not now contest the decision, although he'd have to write off any cost already incurred in the rebranding, money which would have been better used for less misguided initiatives.

    If he does contest it, he will have chosen the wrong issue to make a stand on imo due to the negative messaging surrounding it.

    That said, tbh, I wasn't aware that the term was considered outdated  before this came up, and have always begun my speeches "Ladies & Gentlemen," not realizing some might take offence. Not all though and my wife says she doesn't have an issue with it.

    Perhaps it's more a generational thing. As one of my favourite characters from Heartbeat, Claude Jeremiah Greengrass used to say often, "I'm nearly an old age pensioner now you know!"

    Doh, apologies for that. it's Senior Citizen now isn't it, or is that now 'so last year' too. I give up. It's all so confusing nowadays 🤔
    Did you refer to the male players as “gentlemen” and wouldn’t it feel absurd to do so? I think it’s as simple as that.
    Cricket used to have Gentlemen v Players.

    I think our team last season were Gentlemen.  Not many were players if performance is anything  to go by.
    It did - and it finished in 1962 (50 years ago!).

    I only know this because I recently read David Kynaston's book On The Cusp, about Britain in 1962, although he's also written one about the fixture.
    60 years ago.
    Even more pertinent!
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    I note following a call on Women's Hour there has been heated talk of re-branding the Lionesses as Lions. 







    ......... Runs for cover. 

    The Lions are a nickname for a small club In Sarf London and the name of the best of British, when the Rugby team go traveling.

    The lionesses are a great name for an English woman's football team. 

    The Matilda's are a cracking name for the Aussie cricket team even though I prefer the Sheila's.