I know I've mentioned this before, but I have reached out to the club on numerous occasions including to Jemma White when she took over. I'm responsible for the girls football setup at my local club. We have 5 teams (growing to 7/8 next season) and a 3-6 year olds kickers program. I reached out to how we might build the clubs profile in Medway, and other things we could potentially do to collaborate. I have had zero response in the last 2 years. In fact the only person who ever replied was Sandgaard who referred me to someone else who promised a link up in pushing players down to run some training sessions, then went quiet when I tried to organise it.
Meanwhile LCL are pushing in our area and their profile continues to build. Plus we have Chatham Town who whilst lower divisions still do a much better job of promotion round here (appreciate it's more local).
Charlton seem to have a scouting network, which is probably a little easier given there is only one girls league in Kent, and it's quite easy to track the girls teams who play in boys leagues. One of my girls has since signed academy terms with the club. But they seem to have no interest in exploring ways to grow their support out here, even when I've given them myself as a good contact in the area to help with this.
No surprise they're still getting such poor attendances.
Made heavy weather of that in the end didn't we! Only two games left for us now and with Not Millwall winning today we need Birmingham and them to lose their next two and then either draw on the last day or have Birmingham win, all while we overtake them both on goal difference along the way. That miserable Autumn of ours really did kill us, we haven't actually lost since November.
Made heavy weather of that in the end didn't we! Only two games left for us now and with Not Millwall winning today we need Birmingham and them to lose their next two and then either draw on the last day or have Birmingham win, all while we overtake them both on goal difference along the way. That miserable Autumn of ours really did kill us, we haven't actually lost since November.
Not conceding late to LCL would really have helped too
6 Apr: international week. England play Belgium at Ashton Gate on 4/4 and away on 8/4. Both sold out for England fans. 13 Apr: week off 20 Apr: Newcastle United, home, 2pm. At the Valley. £10 adult, £7 over-65, £6 under-25, £5 under-18. 27 Apr: week off (would have been our turn to play Reading) 4 May: Southampton away, 2pm. At St Mary's. Not on sale yet; usually £10 adult, £4 under-18.
Most we can get is 39. With London City Lionesses* playing Birmingham on the Final day I would call it and say it is mathematical now.
*- Please don't call them Millwall. They play at Hayes Lane so closer to being Bromley Women than Millwall. Millwall have their own team that play at the den (that is thankfully much worse).
Somehow missed that the club posted this injury update on the website a week ago, mainly because they only shared it on social media today. Comms around the women's team have generally been poor this season. Post match interviews with Karen Hills going up weirdly late, no pre match interviews, no interviews with any of the team, randomly announcing signings with no fanfare, inconsistent style, someones using #cafc and sometimes not (I get why they sometimes don't but at least be consistent), match previews going up really late and now waiting 8 days to share something posted on the website. The injury update also mentions "the last two games of the season" but was apparently posted before the weekends game?
Some of this might seem trivial but it makes it really hard to grow the profile of the women's team and make them look like the professional operation they are
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13 Apr: week off
20 Apr: Newcastle United, home, 2pm. At the Valley. £10 adult, £7 over-65, £6 under-25, £5 under-18.
27 Apr: week off (would have been our turn to play Reading)
4 May: Southampton away, 2pm. At St Mary's. Not on sale yet; usually £10 adult, £4 under-18.
Most we can get is 39. With London City Lionesses* playing Birmingham on the Final day I would call it and say it is mathematical now.
*- Please don't call them Millwall. They play at Hayes Lane so closer to being Bromley Women than Millwall. Millwall have their own team that play at the den (that is thankfully much worse).
I can live with LCL going up not ML.
Some of this might seem trivial but it makes it really hard to grow the profile of the women's team and make them look like the professional operation they are
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/charlton-athletic-women-injury-update