Thanks and Good Luck Chris

Thanks for everything Chris. Your love for this football club, our football club, was for all to see. Those emotional moments, the highs and the lows, you went through them with us, including that emotional time when we won promotion at Carlisle and it was your mum's birthday.

Everything done on a budget, a record breaking season when we won the league and a fantastic finish last season. If only MS and TJ could have backed you further we may not be in this mess now.

Good luck wherever you go next, and let's hope that you are appreciated more by their owners.

You always have been and always will be one of us.

Dear Chris - you simply gave me back my old Charlton after our post Premier League wilderness. The record points championship season will live long in my memory and I will miss your tunnel jumps. I hope one day you can return to Charlton but good luck in your next role. I know you will be a success and I hope wherever that is you will get the full backing of that board. You are an honourable gentleman and you can leave with your head held high. Thanks for everything you did for us, God knows you tried.

Absolutely gutted it ended like this.


Thanks for everything SCP.

Thank you Chris, you made being part of this club more than a job. We as the supporters felt that with you. You've given me some of the happiest memories supporting this team and have been my one shining light in a dark football world. I'm gutted at your treatment and sincerely hope all the best for you.

Thank you so much Chris, an absolute privilege to have met, known and worked with and just an absolute gentleman. At the time of Carlisle I was a pretty low ebb but that and our subsequent title genuinely provided the impetus to move on. The bond you immediately formed with fans, even if you were our record signing for only one day:), was and remains truly unique. Never forget the England debut, including the nutmeg on Mendieta and where you donated your shirt on Christmas Day, still have the newspaper cutting on the wall saying not all footballers are bad. So many happy memories, the Coventry goal, the victory celebrations, the passion, spirit and desire for OUR club as you said from day one. Good luck mate and thanks for so many great memories. And if we ever do play in Timbuktu, more than welcome to join us:).

All the best Chris many thanks for all you have done, you probably won't have the same affection for the club after recent events, but many will always welcome you back as a true addick.

Thanks Chris. We will never forget Charlton means as much to you as it does for us

Thanks Chris,

Brought our Charlton back.

The Valley will miss you, I look forward to you returning with a new club to a hero's welcome, I'm sure they'll treat you with the respect you deserve.

Thanks for 2 good seasons and good luck

Thanks Chris.

Your record at the club as a player, as a manager and as a person will ensure you always remain a legend.

Due to your achievements as a manager you had my support. In all honesty, sometimes I wondered about your tactics & style of play but accepted whatever decisions you made were done with the best intentions. I also realise that finances and the state of the pitch had a big impact on what you were able to do.

The promotion season was great. Not just the winning but also the never say die attitude, epitomised by the win at Oldham. And Carlisle away and Hartlepool at home were brilliant days. It should also be acknowledged that based on finances, you over performed last season. Whilst this season has been difficult, given time I think you would have turned it round, and thanks for that night at Hillsborough.

Leaving a club is part of life for a football manager and hope this parting of the ways does not change the way you feel about Charlton Athletic in general and its fans. It's also worth noting both Brian Clough and Alex Ferguson were both removed from jobs at stages of their careers and went on to do ok.

Good luck and I look forward to welcoming you back to The Valley in the future.

Chris, you were a true gent, an inspiration and an excellent manager. Well done for sticking to your guns over team selection and best of luck in your new role (as long as it's not Palace or millwall)

All the very, very best to you.

Cheers Chris, you brought some joy back to supporting Charlton. I could have taken going down with you in charge but not with some handpicked 'yes man' from the network.

Good luck