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The Takeover Thread - Duchatelet Finally Sells (Jan 2020)
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So 17k home fans? I'm not so sure. Might be a bit more gradual I reckon.ElfsborgAddick said:
20k minimum.FANnotCUSTOMER said:Did we really lose several thousand season ticket holders under his dictatorship?
Naturally most of these will return now he has gone, compounded with the new influx of support generated during the playoffs the matchday support base should rise considerably, therefore leaving the overall fan base quite healthy indeed.
Be interesting to see the turnout next week1 -
We have been having gates of 17k plus recently so hopefully my figure is not too optimistic.Uboat said:
So 17k home fans? I'm not so sure. Might be a bit more gradual I reckon.ElfsborgAddick said:
20k minimum.FANnotCUSTOMER said:Did we really lose several thousand season ticket holders under his dictatorship?
Naturally most of these will return now he has gone, compounded with the new influx of support generated during the playoffs the matchday support base should rise considerably, therefore leaving the overall fan base quite healthy indeed.
Be interesting to see the turnout next week
I am more interested in how our gates pan out for the future.0 -
That is bloody good ... well-written and shows an understanding of the fans that are the heartbeat of a club.Scoham said:4 -
Yes, though some have since returned.FANnotCUSTOMER said:Did we really lose several thousand season ticket holders under his dictatorship?
Naturally most of these will return now he has gone, compounded with the new influx of support generated during the playoffs the matchday support base should rise considerably, therefore leaving the overall fan base quite healthy indeed.
Be interesting to see the turnout next week
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When you consider that most of the clubs above us have been in the Prem in recent years, its not bad!
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Not sure if this has been posted already, but an interesting thread I’ve seen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/prof_chadwick/status/12022777478900162564
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Our average home attendance in 1997/98 was 13,275 - and we got promoted! (I accept that the capacity then was around 16,000).
If we are averaging 17,322 so far this season then that would likely indicate our core support has grown in that time. Of course it probably follows that some of the new fans in the Premier League years have stayed with us (which is great of course) but I would expect us to now average 20k+ in the Championship with the returners taken into account, and should we get promotion to the Premier League then a sell-out most if not all games with likely less 'tourists' than we got in the prem years.
From a fan numbers perspective I believe we are as healthy as we've been for a long time.
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Got tickets last night. It’ll be the first league game I will have seen at the Valley since Feb 2015 watching Tony Watt tearing SCP’s Huddersfield apart. I’ve only been back for the playoffs semis. Six of us going, all not gone for at least a couple of years because of RD. I’ve been waiting for this day for so long and I’m sure there’s many more like us. 20k might not be that unrealistic.Uboat said:
So 17k home fans? I'm not so sure. Might be a bit more gradual I reckon.ElfsborgAddick said:
20k minimum.FANnotCUSTOMER said:Did we really lose several thousand season ticket holders under his dictatorship?
Naturally most of these will return now he has gone, compounded with the new influx of support generated during the playoffs the matchday support base should rise considerably, therefore leaving the overall fan base quite healthy indeed.
Be interesting to see the turnout next week15 -
Enjoy the day out!SouthLincsAddick said:
Got tickets last night. It’ll be the first league game I will have seen at the Valley since Feb 2015 watching Tony Watt tearing SCP’s Huddersfield apart. I’ve only been back for the playoffs semis. Six of us going, all not gone for at least a couple of years because of RD. I’ve been waiting for this day for so long and I’m sure there’s many more like us. 20k might not be that unrealistic.Uboat said:
So 17k home fans? I'm not so sure. Might be a bit more gradual I reckon.ElfsborgAddick said:
20k minimum.FANnotCUSTOMER said:Did we really lose several thousand season ticket holders under his dictatorship?
Naturally most of these will return now he has gone, compounded with the new influx of support generated during the playoffs the matchday support base should rise considerably, therefore leaving the overall fan base quite healthy indeed.
Be interesting to see the turnout next week1 - Sponsored links:
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Without trawling through the thread, do we Actually know what these guys net worth is etc?0
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Olli when you write the book please make sure there is a chapter dedicated to the club taking its own fans to court - ---- using its tame plod----- cut and splicing threads ----- adding in OFFICIAL CAFC headers and footers -------- and LOOSING.
Pitch PR ? My fecking arse!!!!20 -
ElfsborgAddick said:
We have been having gates of 17k plus recently so hopefully my figure is not too optimistic.Uboat said:
So 17k home fans? I'm not so sure. Might be a bit more gradual I reckon.ElfsborgAddick said:
20k minimum.FANnotCUSTOMER said:Did we really lose several thousand season ticket holders under his dictatorship?
Naturally most of these will return now he has gone, compounded with the new influx of support generated during the playoffs the matchday support base should rise considerably, therefore leaving the overall fan base quite healthy indeed.
Be interesting to see the turnout next week
17,000? Hmmm, not too many of those to be fair.0 -
I’d like to understand the players more for this to be true. If it’s a political play, then someone other than HE would be the ultimate backer. HE doesn’t, at least on the surface, appear to fit the bill for this. If this is the case, then someone higher up is driving this, even if they have no direct link to either the ownership or funding.ElliotCAFC said:Not sure if this has been posted already, but an interesting thread I’ve seen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/prof_chadwick/status/12022777478900162563 -
That is a fascinating concept ... and makes a lot of sense.ElliotCAFC said:Not sure if this has been posted already, but an interesting thread I’ve seen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/prof_chadwick/status/12022777478900162560 -
Apologies if this has been posted already. I’ve not got through the last 509 posts. Good read in the Independent.0
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It has been posted. On this and the last pageSillybilly said:Apologies if this has been posted already. I’ve not got through the last 509 posts. Good read in the Independent.
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So when does Baton 2010 change hands? Still showing as owned by the Belgium cancer0
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Start trawling now and at least you will find out the Net value of fish.2121 said:Without trawling through the thread, do we Actually know what these guys net worth is etc?3 - Sponsored links:
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Perhaps the beneficial owner behind MS (there has got to be one, surely ?) is a Chinese interest in Thames Gateway ?stonemuse said:
That is a fascinating concept ... and makes a lot of sense.ElliotCAFC said:Not sure if this has been posted already, but an interesting thread I’ve seen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/prof_chadwick/status/12022777478900162561 -
From the Twitter feed:
http://www.ejinsight.com/20191125-the-rentier-states-ruling-football/
Interesting.
I'm trying to find the video from a few years ago of Matt Syed talking on sky about why these states get involved in major sports, another fascinating insight.0 -
https://youtu.be/6XgvIXeRS9Q
Interview with tahnoon nimer, about 1.40 in he mentions that they only invests in unique opportunities, if they are qualified enough
As my mum says, it will all come out in the wash in the end.
Interested to know what is so unique about the mighty CAFC.
This is serious business for them so very exciting being a charlton fan right now9 -
As I mentioned above, this is fascinating ... and very intriguing ... could very well make sense of the entire takeover.carly burn said:From the Twitter feed:
http://www.ejinsight.com/20191125-the-rentier-states-ruling-football/
Interesting.
I'm trying to find the video from a few years ago of Matt Syed talking on sky about why these states get involved in major sports, another fascinating insight.
A club in Royal Greenwich with all the Peninsula development, growing infrastructure and housing ... definitely an all-round good ‘rentier’ investment ... Manchester has certainly done well out of their Middle East connections.5 -
It (sort of) makes sense. Why else take a risk on buying Charlton, of all football clubs?stonemuse said:
As I mentioned above, this is fascinating ... and very intriguing ... could very well make sense of the entire takeover.carly burn said:From the Twitter feed:
http://www.ejinsight.com/20191125-the-rentier-states-ruling-football/
Interesting.
I'm trying to find the video from a few years ago of Matt Syed talking on sky about why these states get involved in major sports, another fascinating insight.
A club in Royal Greenwich with all the Peninsula development, growing infrastructure and housing ... definitely an all-round good ‘rentier’ investment ... Manchester has certainly done well out of their Middle East connections.1 -
I remember when this first came out someone saying it'll all be a property play - seems to be the case. Very interesting, thanks for sharing.
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Maybe it was a former CEO who explained Charlton's "uniqueness"FANnotCUSTOMER said:https://youtu.be/6XgvIXeRS9Q
Interview with tahnoon nimer, about 1.40 in he mentions that they only invests in unique opportunities, if they are qualified enough
As my mum says, it will all come out in the wash in the end.
Interested to know what is so unique about the mighty CAFC.
This is serious business for them so very exciting being a charlton fan right now5 -
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I think we'll hit the bottom three before getting out of it.soapboxsam said:No time for a honeymoon for ESI as we has until the end of the month to have a squad that can garner enough points to keep us in this division. I personally think it will be more difficult than many imagine with new owners as this is a injury hit squad and with Taylor and Bonne out I can't see where the next goal is coming from unless two strikers of proven Championship quality come in this window. We are the Bournemouth of the Championship and it's difficult to stop the rot when you get more injuries every game.sam3110 said:
They have to read all of Grapevines posts before beginning, so another 3-4 months at leastStu_of_Kunming said:
What is the average length of time it takes the EFL to ratify a deal like this?carly burn said:As a fan base go, Charlton fans really don't need this kind of nonsense and uncertainty. We've had a gutfull.
I'm getting the sense now of what Bowyer was on about with his strange comment the other week
Matt Southall swanning around the place like he owns the gaff when the reality appears to be he is far from it, is really not helping.
It's been well over a month now. It's not stacking up as it should for me0
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