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East Stand to be renamed after Sir Alan Curbishley

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  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,242
    Absolutely deserved 


  • Absolutely brilliant idea. It’s fantastic to have an owner who makes great decisions. 
    Just a week before we get told the Valley is now called the Zynex Arena.



    Joke before anyone asks
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,410
    Great news and a well deserved gesture. 
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    I always have mixed feelings about this sort of thing - Hopefully Charlton will be around for many hundreds of years yet to come

    Yet what if four Managers in that time dwarf the achievements of Curbishley and Seed etc.

    Should they take their respective stand names, as the only advantage Curbs and Seed have is they came before them
    I don’t actually think we (or any other club) will end up having a manager for more than 5 years nowadays. Long gone are the days of managers being somewhere for the time the likes of Curbs, Ferguson, Wenger etc etc stayed with a club. Even when managers win multiple trophies it’s seems they leave their club. I have no doubt Pep will leave Man City as soon as they win the Champions league. 
  • Love this. But, did the owner of the Valley approve this? Just wondering...
  • I always have mixed feelings about this sort of thing - Hopefully Charlton will be around for many hundreds of years yet to come

    Yet what if four Managers in that time dwarf the achievements of Curbishley and Seed etc.

    Should they take their respective stand names, as the only advantage Curbs and Seed have is they came before them
    Think that's the definition of a good headache!
  • How great is it having an owner that not only listens and takes onboard fans opinions but swiftly acts on those learnings. Love the picture of Alan and Thomas, two names who will live long in the memory of Charlton Athletic for generations to come.
  • MattF
    MattF Posts: 3,797
    I always have mixed feelings about this sort of thing - Hopefully Charlton will be around for many hundreds of years yet to come

    Yet what if four Managers in that time dwarf the achievements of Curbishley and Seed etc.

    Should they take their respective stand names, as the only advantage Curbs and Seed have is they came before them
    Then the myth that we all wanted Curbs to go will have to start again (not that it ever went away)
  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,824
    I always have mixed feelings about this sort of thing - Hopefully Charlton will be around for many hundreds of years yet to come

    Yet what if four Managers in that time dwarf the achievements of Curbishley and Seed etc.

    Should they take their respective stand names, as the only advantage Curbs and Seed have is they came before them
    Is there something beyond a “lol” that one can give ?
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    IdleHans said:
    Praps
    Aren't you supposed to say "Pardon me" after doing that?
    Praps.
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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,843
    I always have mixed feelings about this sort of thing - Hopefully Charlton will be around for many hundreds of years yet to come

    Yet what if four Managers in that time dwarf the achievements of Curbishley and Seed etc.

    Should they take their respective stand names, as the only advantage Curbs and Seed have is they came before them
    That's optimistic thinking!

    I can imagine our manager in 2050 being really pissed off that despite winning the PL 3 times and the Champions League twice, he won't get a stand named after him because Adkins and Albie Morgan nabbed the other 2  :D
    Will it not be possible to have a 5-sided ground in your fantasy world?
    By then the ground will home 80000 and have a sliding roof, so the manager can have the roof named after him
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    I am completely in favour.
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,418
    Great news.......

  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,669
    I always have mixed feelings about this sort of thing - Hopefully Charlton will be around for many hundreds of years yet to come

    Yet what if four Managers in that time dwarf the achievements of Curbishley and Seed etc.

    Should they take their respective stand names, as the only advantage Curbs and Seed have is they came before them
    I don’t actually think we (or any other club) will end up having a manager for more than 5 years nowadays. Long gone are the days of managers being somewhere for the time the likes of Curbs, Ferguson, Wenger etc etc stayed with a club. Even when managers win multiple trophies it’s seems they leave their club. I have no doubt Pep will leave Man City as soon as they win the Champions league. 
    As will Adkins when we win it
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,621
    West Stand rename to the Derek Hales stand surely ?
  • Fantastic news...CAFC Legend !
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,697
    should of been the west stand but anyway well deserved. 
  • NM18
    NM18 Posts: 71
    Well deserved.....we can also re-name the Toilets after Lyle Taylor. The Taylor shitter
  • Addictedoldgit
    Addictedoldgit Posts: 1,825
    Richly deserved, well done Curbs.


    Yep should have been the West stand.

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  • Hartleypete
    Hartleypete Posts: 4,699
    NM18 said:
    Well deserved.....we can also re-name the Toilets after Lyle Taylor. The Taylor shitter
    Prefer the southall shit hole.
  • Well deserved
  • up_the_valley
    up_the_valley Posts: 4,186
    Definitely need a Lennie Lawrence bar or something. God knows he deserves it.
    The Lennie Lawrence Covered End
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    I always have mixed feelings about this sort of thing - Hopefully Charlton will be around for many hundreds of years yet to come

    Yet what if four Managers in that time dwarf the achievements of Curbishley and Seed etc.

    Should they take their respective stand names, as the only advantage Curbs and Seed have is they came before them
    "... And now, as the players stand to have their photographs taken with the trophy, the Champagne corks pop and the confetti dances through the air, Valley Pass viewers can watch as the new 300-metre high cover over the entire stadium is officially unveiled. And, for the first time, we can see what it will be called, because the OLED display blinks into life and we can see the name, in all its glory: THE RICHARD ROOF" 
  • ct_addick
    ct_addick Posts: 4,333
    RM won't be happy ! No stand named after him
  • king addick
    king addick Posts: 3,699
    No Joe Ledley struggles to stand?

    Fixed it!
  • CatAddick
    CatAddick Posts: 2,385
    I heard Donny were going to put another level on the Keepmoat and call it the Marquis Tier
  • boggzy
    boggzy Posts: 3,595
    A Charlton legend will have the stand named after them - why not him?
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,866
    Great news

    It's well deserved and glad he's chuffed.

    Sat in the east stand quite a lot. Nearest block to the covered end.

    I will be enthusiastically getting a good round of praps beers in the curbs stand when attending the valley next becomes possible
  • Nice one. Not before time. Let's hope there's an Adkins Stand in 25 years time.