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  • charltonaddickedmatt
    charltonaddickedmatt Posts: 1,257
    Match day announcements will never be the same,
    Had the privileged to meet Dave once and he offered me the chance to take part in randomly selecting the VGD for that home game.
    Proper gentleman

    Hope to see you back on the sidelines sooner rather then later
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Leuth said:

    Aw shit. A great announcer. I'll miss him :(

    As for his replacement, I can think of an eloquent young chap called Louis...or two ;)

    As long as he brings his guitar and does Thinking Out Loud
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,006
    well done Dave and thanks
  • Norman_Smith
    Norman_Smith Posts: 338
    Is the statement on media watch yet?
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,936
    Fair play to him. Stuck to his principals and bearing in mind he has a family to support that is a very big gesture / statement.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,228
    LouisMend said:

    http://bit.ly/2a1xICb

    Full statement from Dave here.

    "For the record I wish Russell well and hope he can turn things around with no interference.

    Peter Varney is an honourable man, a man I trust and one who has the best interests of the club at heart, as he too is a fan. I do not trust the Chief Executive, her deputy or the owner.

    My final word is quite simple. The protests will go on. This time I will be joining them. Roland, you bought the wrong club. Go and go now. Get out of OUR club. You will not win."
  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    I think it will be more like this if they do try it:

    Announcer: Coming on for Charlton Athletic is Number Nine... Nicky?
    Fans: Roland Out! Roland Out!


  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    Thanks Dave, for your hard work and the final statement. Will miss you.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Good luck Dave. See you in Belgium.


    New bloke being lined up for the job...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v98HEQvtpgo
  • JohnnyH2
    JohnnyH2 Posts: 5,344
    Brilliant, well done Dave. I know it must have been hard but you have made the right call
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  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Classy sign off, another part of our history goes due to these owners.
  • HarryLime
    HarryLime Posts: 1,295
    Thanks BDL
  • WSA
    WSA Posts: 1,913
    Well done @BDL
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,638
    CAFCsayer said:

    Curb it 16/1

    Wouldn't need the mic.
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    Not true until it's on the OS...

    Not sure Dave is going to get the article thanking him for his services after that statement.
  • ken from bexley
    ken from bexley Posts: 5,084
    Thanks for all the hard work and effort Dave, you have been deeply loyal to Charlton, and the club, and thanks for all the work which covered 'Charlton Live' as well as other supporter events. Having to put up with 'awkward types' like myself and the phone in questions.
    Hope to see you around. Here are a couple of pics from shall we say 'better days' .
  • BowieAddick
    BowieAddick Posts: 1,192
    Now that is a quality statement!! Well done @BDL can't have been easy.
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,690
    Top statement there from @BDL. Best of luck with whatever you do next.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,027
    Well done Dave. I fully understand why that's the most difficult decision of your life, but I think you got it spot on.

    I hope that the first thing any new owner does is to pick up the phone and offer you your old job back.
  • Duncan270566
    Duncan270566 Posts: 402
    I went to school with Dave Lockwood. He had principles then and still has them now.

    Well done @BDL huge respect on this difficult decision. I for one hope to hear you back at the Valley once RD & KM have buggered off.
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  • twiggyaddick
    twiggyaddick Posts: 1,565
    Thanks Dave, would have been the voice I first heard on the tannot when I first walked into the valley in 1995.

    A legend, another piece of our Charlton gone from our now shell of a club
  • mistrollingin
    mistrollingin Posts: 3,868
    Well played Dave.

    Now stick that where the sun don't shine Pinocchio
  • lancashire lad
    lancashire lad Posts: 15,626
    Thanks Dave
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,410
    Good luck BDL, Well done and thanks.

    Next club announcer:

    6/1 Michael Gove
    8/1 Brian Cole
    10/1 David Cameron
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,955
    Top man, sad it's come to this though.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    Well Done Dave. Hat off to you. All the best.
  • legaladdick
    legaladdick Posts: 1,808
    There can of course only be one person big enough to step into BDL's shoes. Someone whose knowledge of Charlton is second to none, whose articulate postings have lit up this board for years.....Step forward Colin 1961
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,012
    Awaits statement from Target 20,000 ..........
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    It must have been a difficult decision for a top bloke. if you're going to depart, this is the way to do it and the statement to make.
    Class.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,022
    That is quite a statement!

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