Junior addicks Xmas party

GD78

Would be interested to know other people's thoughts that attended today.

Last years was great and I was looking forward to it again this year but I thought it was terrible.

It seemed to me as if this year it had been let 'open to the local' community as 3/4 of the people there looked to me as if they had never been to a game of football before in their lives, let alone actually supported Charlton.

Such a letdown after we had such a good time last year.

charlton4ever

Serious question - what do "people there looked to me as if they had never been to a game of football before in their lives" look like ?

cfgs

charlton4ever said:

Serious question - what do "people there looked to me as if they had never been to a game of football before in their lives" look like ?

They were scared of spherical objects?  Tbh it could be our midfield for most of this season.

se9addick

charlton4ever said:

Serious question - what do "people there looked to me as if they had never been to a game of football before in their lives" look like ?

I’m still trying to deduce what “let 'open to the local' community” means too. 

charlton4ever

... these must all be a target audience to sell tickets to though tbf.

Athletico Charlton

There were certainly a lot of non Charlton supporting families there whose kids were not Junior Reds as I spoke to a few.  

I arrived about 15 mins after it started as had gone to the club shop. By the time we got there all the food and drink had gone, there was no real entertainment and all the seats were taken. 

So my two stood around pretty bored until they got the players signatures, got a gift bag and left. 
I thought it was pretty poor and a long way from last year's one.  The gift bag was excellent to be fair though.

Covered End

Sounds more like a food bank.

GD78

Athletico Charlton said:

There were certainly a lot of non Charlton supporting families there whose kids were not Junior Reds as I spoke to a few.  

I arrived about 15 mins after it started as had gone to the club shop. By the time we got there all the food and drink had gone, there was no real entertainment and all the seats were taken. 

So my two stood around pretty bored until they got the players signatures, got a gift bag and left. 
I thought it was pretty poor and a long way from last year's one.  The gift bag was excellent to be fair though.

Worded a lot better than my original post, but I'm still very annoyed that this was supposed to be a party for the young Charlton fans, not people from the local area who fancied a free lunch.

eaststandmike

Probably another bright idea thought up by Charlie and the gang to get some people interested in the club 

shirty5

AllHailTheHen

I got to meet Carla Humphrey so I thought it was great. No idea what my kids thought about the day

Athletico Charlton

The players were all great with the kids and a special shout out to Alex Mitchell, Josh Edwards and Thierry Small who were all awesome and asked my kids questions and really engaged with them.

Ed.  Also Ramsey, Watson and Z Mitchell not there, but Aneke was.  Made me think he must be back from injury but I am probably wrong and didn't ask.

stop_shouting

Athletico Charlton said:

The players were all great with the kids and a special shout out to Alex Mitchell, Josh Edwards and Thierry Small who were all awesome and asked my kids questions and really engaged with them.

Thierry small is great. Always has time for the younger fans. 

clb74

GD78 said:

Athletico Charlton said:

There were certainly a lot of non Charlton supporting families there whose kids were not Junior Reds as I spoke to a few.  

I arrived about 15 mins after it started as had gone to the club shop. By the time we got there all the food and drink had gone, there was no real entertainment and all the seats were taken. 

So my two stood around pretty bored until they got the players signatures, got a gift bag and left. 
I thought it was pretty poor and a long way from last year's one.  The gift bag was excellent to be fair though.

Worded a lot better than my original post, but I'm still very annoyed that this was supposed to be a party for the young Charlton fans, not people from the local area who fancied a free lunch.

I get where your coming from , but a couple of them kids might go on to follow the team.
I remember a couple of years ago coming to the Valley on the bus.
I got talking to a mum and son , for some reason they has chosen Charlton for him to see his 1st football game.
Upon getting off the bus I bought and gave the son a match program.
All the teams they could of gone to, they chose Charlton.

LargeAddick

Don’t you have to pay membership to be a Junior Red? And is the Xmas party one of the perks of that?

shirty5

LargeAddick said:

Don’t you have to pay membership to be a Junior Red? And is the Xmas party one of the perks of that?

https://www.charltonafc.com/tickets/join-junior-addicks

oohaahmortimer

Probably was going to be lowly attended so as usual , like first team matches , we give a load of freebies away 

kidbrookeaddick

I was there with my boys and they all enjoyed it. 

The club hadn't thought out the amount of food that was required but did their best with what they had and did pop out to get some more. 

I couldn't make last year's one, but I was sat with someone who isn't a fan but always attends the junior addick events with their kid and they said it was better this year than last. I also know of a few non supporters who attended but they did have to pay to attend. They got emails inviting them due to going to the various fun days etc but they weren't freebies.

The gift bags were decent but I did notice a few families taking more bags than they had kids which I thought was a piss take. 

The players were all good and had time for the kids. A few of them were engaging with fans as they were leaving their signing duties and were starting 'snow ball' fights with some of the kids. Lloyd Jones took time to take some photos with my boys on the way out too. 

Kids had a great time so that's all that matters to me. 

Stu_of_Kunming

They let children attend a Xmas party? Not just any kids, but local kids, too.

The horror.

guinnessaddick

kidbrookeaddick said:

I was there with my boys and they all enjoyed it. 

The club hadn't thought out the amount of food that was required but did their best with what they had and did pop out to get some more.

Probably worked out the amount of food required on the calculation of 7 chips per child.

Covered End

I just spoke to a  neighbour who took their 10 yr old son.
They said it was great and had a really good time. 

Hal1x

guinnessaddick said:

kidbrookeaddick said:

I was there with my boys and they all enjoyed it. 

The club hadn't thought out the amount of food that was required but did their best with what they had and did pop out to get some more.

Probably worked out the amount of food required on the calculation of 7 chips per child.

thats the adult portion

clive

In addition to the Junior Addicks in attendance, we also invited several kids from our School's Partnership Scheme down for their first taste of Charlton Athletic!
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/2024-junior-addicks-christmas-party

cabbie8

clive said:

In addition to the Junior Addicks in attendance, we also invited several kids from our School's Partnership Scheme down for their first taste of Charlton Athletic!
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/2024-junior-addicks-christmas-party

But if your a season ticket holder you can’t go 🤣