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The Miserable Decline of Charlton Athletic

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  • Another 7 weeks on and it’s 10years since Chris Powell said his good byes in the quarter final of the FA Cup against Division one Sheffield Utd.

    The newspaper article is a reminder of the times we have spent together fighting for our club against owners who didn’t understand our history.


  • A well written article.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,882
    I'll be honest, I got about halfway through and stopped reading. Good article, but it was just giving me the raging ump.
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,623
    It didn't give the impression there's much hope right now. Thoroughly depressing.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,833
    Such an apt title 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    JamesSeed said:
    Good read. Made it sound like Sandgaard got us into the Championship though. 

    If only there was a young Jimmy Seed out there in coaching land or even a young Eddie Howe who even outdid the legend that is Jimmy Seed by taking Bournemouth from League 2 to the Premier.( He did leave for a while to go to Burnley but soon went back and carried on the success.

    TBF to Jimmy not only did he take Cafc on the journey from third tier to First but I believe we finished 2nd in the top flight.

    All we want is a manager to achieve the 3rd tier to the 2nd tier in 18 months. 
    Is that really an impossible dream.

    Didn't get the i today as still reading the weekend version but many insightful articles about different clubs not just the red top quotes on manager speak after games.
  • JamesSeed said:
    Good read. Made it sound like Sandgaard got us into the Championship though. 
    Yes, that and saying Bowyer was sacked. Other than that, an accurate summary of the shit show.
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 26,303
    I particularly like this bit:
    "Once bitten, twice shy – Charlton supporters have bite marks all the way up their arms."
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,983
    edited January 2024
    Stig said:
    Thought this was the title of a new book. A good companion piece to the Rise and Rise.
    There was another book a while later, When The Robins Stopped Bobbing.


    I’m waiting for the sequel to this. Perhaps titled “…..and back again!”
    This seasons edition: "Welling to Wankers"