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This year's official Top 100 Charlton Christmas book list

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  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,915
    Solly i ll say that again

    Charlton central defenders recount their humurous memories of making themselves understood by their diminutive right back , a must by for any Reds Fan
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,915
    How Green was My Valley

    A heart rending tale of Colin Powells fight against cutbacks by the management ...not for the faint hearted
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,843
    Valley of the Dolls by Kathryn Moore; The story of how a large football club replaced it's fans with plastic toys as part of Open University course taken by the CEO, and how it successfully helped her overcome any doubts she had of lying incessantly.
  • cafc999
    cafc999 Posts: 4,971
    Valley of the Trolls Pretty much the same book as Valley of the Dolls but written by Colin
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,892
    Fifty Shades of Valley

    Story of an innocent football club abused and manipulated by a successful business magnate
  • The Adventures of Tintin - Roland Duchatelet finds Karel Fraeyes successor
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,849
    Thunderbolt and Lightfoot - Jay Bothroyd and Simon Church team up in a classic caper movie
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,849
    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Curbishley, Pardew and Dowie reflect on life in SE7
  • cafc999
    cafc999 Posts: 4,971
    Much Ado About Nothing - A sorry tale of a beleaguered club secretary set in the dying embers of the transfer window
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,144
    The Magnificent Seven - A brilliant Belgian aims to rewrite history at a South London football club by appointing the seven best and most sequentially successful managers (coaches) that it has ever seen - and all in only Two and a half years...

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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,102
    The Unbearable Lightness of Being: An unbearably light first team squad leads to a bottom half struggle.

    Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit: When cuts are made to the expenses budget, the traditional half time fruits are replaced with some scrumped apples.

    The Picture Of Dorian Dervite: A portrait of the central defender suddenly turns into a grotesque caricature when he transfers to Bolton and becomes a northerner.

    Scoop: Evelyn Waugh's acclaimed biography of Peter Burrows.

    Catcher in the Ryman: The story of goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov's loan to Canvey Island.

  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    My Leftie Foot
  • The Pursuit of happiness - A Belgian businessman tries to break even without winning promotion
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,102
    The Big Friendly Giant: The story of Simon Makienok.

    LA Confidential: All the things that Leroy Ambrose didn't want printed.

    Animal Farm: Envious of RD's talent farming model, the Millwall board set up an academy.

    The Postman Always Rings Twice: When the season tickets weren't printed in time, the postman had to come back to The Valley to collect them.

    Moby Dick: Tales from Cory Gibbs.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,892
    The Girl On the Train - Katrien Miere recollects with fondness her interactions with supporters on trains returning from away games
  • The Invisible Man ... No one can see Roland... But he's always there... watching!!
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    edited December 2015
    The Magnificent Seven - Memoirs of Charlton Athletic's 2016 head coaches...
    (just spotted that one's been done, sorry)

    To Kill a Mocking Bird - Airman Brown on his latest campaign.

    1984 - The vision of Roland Duchatelet

    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - More sex on the Valley Pitch

    The Colour Purple - Next year's home kit
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    Life of Pi £7.50 (with a pint)
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    A Christmas Karel - Possibly not a January one though...
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    Bugger, half of those done already. Ah well, I had fun :smiley:

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  • Nicholas
    Nicholas Posts: 7,640
    Everyone else can fill in the blanks :)

    Silence of the Belgiums -

    NightMeire on Floyd Road

    Puppet Master -
  • twiggyaddick
    twiggyaddick Posts: 1,565
    edited December 2015
    Strong Looks Better Naked - Katrien Meire takes a career Turn in a desperate bid to appease her clubs fans

    Rogue Lawyer - The Sequel to the above
  • Beaten to Pulp Non-Fiction ... A diary covering the Charlton 2015/16 season
  • HarryLime
    HarryLime Posts: 1,295
    Meireder on the Orient Express - A whodunnit set on the Central Line on the way to Leyton for a League One clash next season
  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid

    Johan Berg Gudmanson's journal of the terrifying life of a Charlton Athletic winger. Read all about the perils of tripping over black and white balloons, the mental scars of the 2% protest and his ongoing fears for the safety of the Sparrow's Lane Nursery School Kids
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    Some from Enid Blyton for you:

    Five Go Off In a Caravan Tales from Charlton Athletic's away following.

    Children of Other Lands The official brochure of the Charlton Athletic Academy

    Smuggler Ben 101 things you can sneak into a game under a cardigan.

    Come to the Circus The official CAFC managerial recruitment procedure.

    Bimbo and Topsy Answers on a postcard...
  • From Wembley To Welling - RD's blueprint for success
  • twiggyaddick
    twiggyaddick Posts: 1,565
    Laundry Service

    A story of a journey made from colchesteron a cold January day
  • Oakster
    Oakster Posts: 6,812
    Time to revive this with a 2016 flavour...

    Personally I am looking forward to The Girl on a Gravy Train by Katrine Meire - an amazing account of how to earn bucket loads of cash & be totally useless at your job at the same time
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,102
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