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Not being Flemish, I don't understand the article, but the pictures and the gist look pretty good.rikofold said:1 -
from Google translate:
Massive protest against Duchâtelet Charlton : boycott and anti - Duchâtelet scarves
Charlton, the English club of ex-Standard-president Roland Duchâtelet, currently taking place, a massive protest against the Belgian owner of the club. Supporters Movement CARD (Coalition Against Roland Duchatelet, Coalition Against Roland Duchâtelet, ed) has successfully seems so, called for a mass boycott of all products in the stadium and shares 750 anti-Duchâtelet scarves off.
3500 signatures, coasters 1000, 750 anti-Duchâtelet scarves, the hashtag #WeWantOurCharltonBack and asking fans to engage in a massive boycott of all food and beverage delights of the club. In addition, during the match Charlton this afternoon also "Stand up claustrophobia for them out" (Stand up if you want them out, edit) chanted, in which a large number of fans actually rose. This has CARD, the Coalition Against Roland Duchâtelet, today organized in an attempt to get rid of its Belgian owner.
CARD is a group of disgruntled supporters of the English team, which communicates via a Twitter account that in a week's time already has more than 1,800 Twitter Followers.6 -
@dannykellywords @chris_iwelumo Thank you for speaking about @CAFCofficial @CAFCBlackNWhite @CharltonCARD last night on your shows.4 -
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Full version:
http://m.hln.be/hln/m/nl/950/Buitenlands-Voetbal/article/detail/2594409/2016/01/23/Opnieuw-volksopstand-tegen-Roland-Duchatelet-Get-out-of-our-club.dhtml?originatingNavigationItemId=1
Comments are mostly interesting. There is one Cnut that calls us morons because Roland is a wealthy man who could just default to make a point that he's not to be messed with, but aside from that it looks like he's already seen as a joke outside of business...1 -
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.lavenir.net/cnt/dmf20160124_00769388&prev=search
Editions de l'Avenir, formerly called the group Vers l'Avenir, is a Belgian press company based in Namur. It is one of the largest media groups in Belgium. The group publishes nine regional newspapers in French, grouped since June 2010 under the brand name l'Avenir. [wiki]1 -
Did anybody get a video of the bit where Phil Thompson was speaking about us on Soccer Saturday? Or have seen a link to it? Thanks.0
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Perhaps we can help him go from a joke to a laughing stock ?Mackle said:Full version:
http://m.hln.be/hln/m/nl/950/Buitenlands-Voetbal/article/detail/2594409/2016/01/23/Opnieuw-volksopstand-tegen-Roland-Duchatelet-Get-out-of-our-club.dhtml?originatingNavigationItemId=1
Comments are mostly interesting. There is one Cnut that calls us morons because Roland is a wealthy man who could just default to make a point that he's not to be messed with, but aside from that it looks like he's already seen as a joke outside of business...
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One of the comments they call him "the European Donald trump" - I think that's pretty accurate4
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It's on the CARD Facebook page. Can't link as on my phoneNug said:Did anybody get a video of the bit where Phil Thompson was speaking about us on Soccer Saturday? Or have seen a link to it? Thanks.
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It's on the CARD Facebook page. Can't link as on my phoneNug said:Did anybody get a video of the bit where Phil Thompson was speaking about us on Soccer Saturday? Or have seen a link to it? Thanks.
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Unfortunately it is pretty much inaudible.kentaddick said:
It's on the CARD Facebook page. Can't link as on my phoneNug said:Did anybody get a video of the bit where Phil Thompson was speaking about us on Soccer Saturday? Or have seen a link to it? Thanks.
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Better quality here:Weegie Addick said:
Unfortunately it is pretty much inaudible.kentaddick said:
It's on the CARD Facebook page. Can't link as on my phoneNug said:Did anybody get a video of the bit where Phil Thompson was speaking about us on Soccer Saturday? Or have seen a link to it? Thanks.
https://www.facebook.com/jrandsam/videos/10207745028811356/1 -
More in McKenzie column in the Sun today. He did attend the protest and clearly wants RD out.
Does himself his usual no favours by asking what is the sofa chant about!0 -
I started that chantJohnnyH2 said:More in McKenzie column in the Sun today. He did attend the protest and clearly wants RD out.
Does himself his usual no favours by asking what is the sofa chant about!
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One for the CVguinnessaddick said:
I started that chantJohnnyH2 said:More in McKenzie column in the Sun today. He did attend the protest and clearly wants RD out.
Does himself his usual no favours by asking what is the sofa chant about!4 -
CARD, Charlton Live and @LouisMend all with mentions on Guardian's Football Weekly podcast today (towards the end).
"Producer Pete" is a Charlton fan it seems.4 - Sponsored links:
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Yup, Peter Sale, also a Charlton Live listener as well. Charlton have been mentioned on the podcast a few times recently, first time Charlton Live have been though which was exciting!WSS said:CARD, Charlton Live and @LouisMend all with mentions on Guardian's Football Weekly podcast today (towards the end).
"Producer Pete" is a Charlton fan it seems.0 -
@LouisMend it was great to hear the dulcet tones of Terry on air. Not seen him in years, but still view him as Mr Charlton.2
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I don't know if this has been reported separately elsewhere, but this statement by our local MP, as released to local press, would be mortifying to any normal owners:
"While the club does have a positive vision for the future, including but not limited to its commitment to affordable football, investment in the academy and its community programme, there is a widespread perception that it is being poorly executed.
"The manner in which decisions appear to be made about the choice of managers exacerbates the feeling among fans that the owner Roland Duchatelet is remote from the day-to-day running of the club and that the management is chaotic.
"Roland Duchatelet is perceived by many fans as not being emotionally invested in the club.
"If the relationship with supporters is to be rebuilt, the club’s owner and its senior management team should think again about how they can engage meaningfully with supporters and supporters’ representatives in ways that go beyond the current quarterly meeting of the fans forum."
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/14229933.Greenwich_and_Woolwich_MP_reveals_four_concerns_raised_in_meeting_with_Charlton_Athletic_CEO__/2 -
Is that Pennycook? It's quite well worded, the club should speak to his people. Or any people.0
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That sounds completely different from the OS article0
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Yes, it is him.Alwaysneil said:Is that Pennycook? It's quite well worded, the club should speak to his people. Or any people.
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The presentation is a bit misleading, but those are the fans' concerns as put forward by the MPs, not their own view necessarily.0
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Thanks for sharing MountsfieldPark.0
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Martin Samuel (Mail) mentions it in his column today. Ends it by getting a dig in about the Olympic Stadium
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-england-charlton-idUKKCN0V505L
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3418489/Network-failure-prompts-Charlton-fans-rebel.html
* Be aware that this article is not written from a perspective critical of the regime. * I have snipped some of it, mostly about Meire and Riga.
Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:05am GMT
Network failure prompts Charlton fans to rebel
LONDON | By Steve Tongue
It might have seemed an attractive idea to own a network of clubs all over Europe, moving players and coaches between them, while cutting out fees for transfers and agents, but Charlton Athletic fans are rebelling against the whole concept.
In January 2014, Belgian entrepreneur Roland Duchatelet, 69, added the English second tier side to a stable that already included teams in Hungary (Ujpest), Germany (Carl Zeiss Jena), Spain (AD Alcorcon) and Belgium (Standard Liege and St Truiden, both subsequently sold).
The attraction of Charlton to Duchatelet was clear -- they were a former Premier League club based in London with a fine stadium at The Valley, crowds of 15,000 and obvious potential.
Yet the south London club have fallen into decline. They are heading towards the third tier of English football, prompting a rebellion by some supporters like the one that forced Duchatelet out of Standard.
Fans have been gathering outside the club’s offices following every home game to demonstrate against Duchatelet, accusing him of poor managerial appointments, bringing in sub-standard players from the network clubs and refusing to talk to potential investors.
Reported not to have attended a home game for some 15 months, the owner has not witnessed these scenes.
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Charlton fought in vain against what Meire calls a “ridiculous” relaxation of the Football League’s financial fair play rules.
This allowed Championship clubs to make losses of up to 30 million pounds a year and encouraged them, she believes, to spend beyond their means in the madcap dash for Premier League money -- estimated to be worth 100 million pounds to the team finishing bottom next season.
One such club, Bolton Wanderers, last year reported debts of 172.9 million pounds.
As Duchatelet struggles to win over Charlton followers with his network concept, it is little consolation that Bolton sit below them in the Championship table because they are the only team who do.
(Editing by Toby Davis)0
