Maybe he never really had an ambition to own an English football club, but instead saw an opportunity to create a platform for his ego.
Credit for defeating ESI, no credit for anything else.
Please put it into the archive (next to the Farage stickers ?)
It was COVID, we were absolutely leaking money and were owned by crooks. We were an absolute mess. He has to get massive credit for saving the club. His ego and strange ideas meant he was destined to fail but he passed us on to better owners. I find it a bit of a shame the abuse he gets tbh. Would always be welcome back for me.
Maybe he never really had an ambition to own an English football club, but instead saw an opportunity to create a platform for his ego.
Credit for defeating ESI, no credit for anything else.
Please put it into the archive (next to the Farage stickers ?)
It was COVID, we were absolutely leaking money and were owned by crooks. We were an absolute mess. He has to get massive credit for saving the club. His ego and strange ideas meant he was destined to fail but he passed us on to better owners. I find it a bit of a shame the abuse he gets tbh. Would always be welcome back for me.
I’m not sure many that worked for the club during his tenure would offer such a welcome.
For all his faults and aberrations, where would we be if Tommy had not unravelled all the issues with ESI. Cost him a lot of money for a vanity project.
For all his faults and abberations, where would we be if Tommy had not unravelled all the issues with ESI. Cost him a lot of money for a vanity project.
For all his faults and abberations, where would we be if Tommy had not unravelled all the issues with ESI. Cost him a lot of money for a vanity project.
£19m was TS's own figure of his losses.
Undoubtedly saved us from the ESI crooks but then refused to listen to anyone, hired his own incompetent family while firing good Charlton people.
Much prefer the low profile being kept by our current owners.
1950s OS map / current Open Street map from National Library of Scotland collection here.
Google Satellite View (here) doesn't show any obvious traces.
Along from the Stadium on the left hand side towards Shooter hill road was an Army camp for women in the days before they were integrated with the male soldiers. About where the buses park now.
Not really a new item but something that was donated a while ago by the family of John Rooke that we were looking at again recently.
Scrapbooks like these are an invaluable source of information and photos but unusually John's aren't in chronoligical order or dated so we have, we think, a 1965 Valley fire, a 1955 thrashing of Man City and an as yet undated reserve team triumph on the same page.
The museum has a fairly extensive programme collection post-WWII but there are still gaps before then so we were happy to pick up some rarities at auction recently. Thanks to all our donors and buyers of items on eBay and in our shop for making that possible.
First of the newly acquired programmes is from 1925. Aberdare Athletic joined the @EFL in 1921 alongside @CAFCofficial but left the league in 1927 and folded in 1928. They would have been Nathan Jones' local league club had they survived.
The museum has a fairly extensive programme collection post-WWII but there are still gaps before then so we were happy to pick up some rarities at auction recently. Thanks to all our donors and buyers of items on eBay and in our shop for making that possible.
First of the newly acquired programmes is from 1925. Aberdare Athletic joined the @EFL in 1921 alongside @CAFCofficial but left the league in 1927 and folded in 1928. They would have been Nathan Jones' local league club had they survived.
Coach ticket from Chesterfield away 1975. A big following of 1500 travelled hoping to see Charlton promoted.
We lost 2-0 but got the job done three days later.
In an ugly echo of recent events a car ploughed into the away fans being escorted to the game.
There was also a pitch invasion pre-game by our fans.
Remember it well. … we ran up to and in the home end, then the police forced us out after a few minutes and back to our end where a few more scuffles erupted.
Coach ticket from Chesterfield away 1975. A big following of 1500 travelled hoping to see Charlton promoted.
We lost 2-0 but got the job done three days later.
In an ugly echo of recent events a car ploughed into the away fans being escorted to the game.
There was also a pitch invasion pre-game by our fans.
Remember it well. … we ran up to and in the home end, then the police forced us out after a few minutes and back to our end where a few more scuffles erupted.
If you can provide your full name and address I can pass the details onto our safety officer so a ban can be enforced.
Coach ticket from Chesterfield away 1975. A big following of 1500 travelled hoping to see Charlton promoted.
We lost 2-0 but got the job done three days later.
In an ugly echo of recent events a car ploughed into the away fans being escorted to the game.
There was also a pitch invasion pre-game by our fans.
Remember it well. … we ran up to and in the home end, then the police forced us out after a few minutes and back to our end where a few more scuffles erupted.
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Maybe he never really had an ambition to own an English football club, but instead saw an opportunity to create a platform for his ego.
Credit for defeating ESI, no credit for anything else.
Please put it into the archive (next to the Farage stickers
It was COVID, we were absolutely leaking money and were owned by crooks. We were an absolute mess. He has to get massive credit for saving the club. His ego and strange ideas meant he was destined to fail but he passed us on to better owners. I find it a bit of a shame the abuse he gets tbh. Would always be welcome back for me.
edit: except perhaps Tony.
Undoubtedly saved us from the ESI crooks but then refused to listen to anyone, hired his own incompetent family while firing good Charlton people.
Much prefer the low profile being kept by our current owners.
Scrapbooks like these are an invaluable source of information and photos but unusually John's aren't in chronoligical order or dated so we have, we think, a 1965 Valley fire, a 1955 thrashing of Man City and an as yet undated reserve team triumph on the same page.
Early 90s but undated.
Sorting a big donation from a lifer.
Coach ticket from Chesterfield away 1975. A big following of 1500 travelled hoping to see Charlton promoted.
We lost 2-0 but got the job done three days later.
In an ugly echo of recent events a car ploughed into the away fans being escorted to the game.
There was also a pitch invasion pre-game by our fans.
https://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/79204/my-away-day-at-gillingham-on-saturday/p9
We all got the coach that day from the Lewis pick up point in Greenwich.
The museum has a fairly extensive programme collection post-WWII but there are still gaps before then so we were happy to pick up some rarities at auction recently. Thanks to all our donors and buyers of items on eBay and in our shop for making that possible.
First of the newly acquired programmes is from 1925. Aberdare Athletic joined the @EFL in 1921 alongside @CAFCofficial but left the league in 1927 and folded in 1928. They would have been Nathan Jones' local league club had they survived.
4,000 saw #cafc win 5 - 1.
I'm sure I've asked before but can't remember, but why did Bostall Heath (what would have now been my local club) play at the Valley ?
Not in perfect condition but you take what you can get when you can.
Then called Clapton Orient, the O's were playing at their Lea Bridge Road stadium, a now demolished speedway track.
Jimmy Seed was making his first return to his previous club as Charlton boss. Charlton won 3 - 1