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East Stand to be renamed after Sir Alan Curbishley

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  • There was a plan to name a stand after Mark Fish but he was standoffish.
  • Cracking news. 
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,866
    Nice one. Not before time. Let's hope there's an Adkins Stand in 25 years time.

    More likely to be a Johnnie jackson stand.

    Next in line would obviously be guy Luzon
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    Good news, fully deserved.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    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?
    We already have five stands. We have two northern quadrants, not strictly North stand areas.

    In 2050 I hope we have: 

    The Jimmy Seed Stand (South)
    The Alan Curbishley Stand (East)
    The Cupboard End (yes Covered End/North)
    The Adkin's Stand (West)
    The Jason Euell NE Quadrant 
    The Johnnie Jackson NW Quadrant
    The Osei Sankofa SW Quadrant 

    and of course, the Reza Ghoochannejhad SE quadrant. 
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    edited April 2021
    EastStand said:
    Well this is awkward. 
    You can change your user name.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    EastStand said:
    Well this is awkward. 
    I've been waiting for you to chime in :D
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    edited April 2021
    EastStand said:
    Well this is awkward. 
    ?🤔

    It's because their name is East Stand and it will no longer be accurate. 
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    His? Dazzler, update your CL files!
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  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    edited April 2021
    Leuth said:
    His? Dazzler, update your CL files!
    Doh You're quite right and I vaguely remember now! @EastStand apologies lad. M'lady.

  • EastStand
    EastStand Posts: 4,109
    Dazzler21 said:
    Leuth said:
    His? Dazzler, update your CL files!
    Doh You're quite right and I vaguely remember now! @EastStand apologies lad. M'lady.

    No offence taken fine sir. 
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,854
    EastStand said:
    Well this is awkward. 
    You can change your user name.
    He was there first, why should he - Curbs needs to back down on this one.
  • YTS1978
    YTS1978 Posts: 1,701
    This is cool, but can't help thinking that without Lennie then none of what came after would have been possible. All good though COYA!
  • Valleysarr
    Valleysarr Posts: 1,097
    Great news! And he’s proper chuffed and I think Thomas must have seen the legendary status Curbs is held in. I asked him to get him involved when Bow was struggling and then sacked but a stand is a nice second! 
  • jonseventyfive
    jonseventyfive Posts: 3,353
    Very happy with this news and richly deserved. 
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    Excellent.  Does the stand close after we get 40 points in a season?
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    ct_addick said:
    RM won't be happy ! No stand named after him
    No, I’m ok about it.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    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 would let the future sort out that little conundrum.

    In the years to come, after we've won the Prem title and Champions League in successive years (we won't mention that seasons FA Cup 3rd Round defeat to League 2 Millwall),
    no doubt we'll be playing at The New Valley, in front of 100,000 crowds and some of us will be sitting in the Thomas Sandgaard stand.

    And Match of the Day will be on Valley Pass.  :smile:


  • bellz2002
    bellz2002 Posts: 1,361
    Fantastic. Delighted that Sir Alan Curbishley is getting a stand named after him. Sums up our new ownership too.
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  • JohnnyH2
    JohnnyH2 Posts: 5,342
    Long overdue, really pleased it has happened 
  • C_A_F_C
    C_A_F_C Posts: 3,866
    Great news.

    Now rename Makro’s car park after Hales and Flanagan.
  • paulsturgess
    paulsturgess Posts: 3,800
    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’d leave that for the aliens to worry about mate
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
    Will just call it the East Stand regardless 😉
  • StrikerFirmani
    StrikerFirmani Posts: 2,742
    Pleased we have honoured Curbs for all the success he brought to the club.  Glad it hasn't been left to long as it was with Jimmy Seed.  
  • Great Stuff...well done the club & congratulations Curbs,your Legacy will live long...👍
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,898
    good stuff - he turned us from a joke club back to a proper respected football club - jimmy seed was before my time so as far as i am concerned, Alan Curbishley is the most influential figure in charlton's history - massive respect for the man and what he did for us - he also smashed the millwall hoodoo - there is no greater legend in this club's history and i would love him to get involved again.   
  • RaplhMilne
    RaplhMilne Posts: 4,601
    Excellent.  Does the stand close after we get 40 points in a season?
    Hmm... now now people choose to forget anything negative about Curbs time. 
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,380
    DOUCHER said:
    good stuff - he turned us from a joke club back to a proper respected football club - jimmy seed was before my time so as far as i am concerned, Alan Curbishley is the most influential figure in charlton's history - massive respect for the man and what he did for us - he also smashed the millwall hoodoo - there is no greater legend in this club's history and i would love him to get involved again.   
    I know what you mean but you’ll be doing historians out of a job ;-)
  • MartinCAFC
    MartinCAFC Posts: 3,219
    EastStand said:
    Well this is awkward. 
    @eaststandmike will have to get creative with a new name too!