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Charlton women news - Promotion decider v Birmingham Sat 2nd May 3pm (p174)

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  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 8,307
    BalladMan said:
    I’m not saying we are winning the league or mid table, I specifically said we need to come second bottom against at least 2 teams in our league and have already beaten this year and Brighton. 

    Much like the men’s team this year, enough to consolidate and then build. 
    I think that’s a bit naïve. Palace and Birmingham aren’t going to stand still.
    We can safely assume Birmingham will pump a lot of money in this summer. They’ve already invested heavily in their women’s team this year and they’ve been vocal about their future ambitions. Palace massively underperformed in the first half of the season. Their form recently is more like what you would’ve expected from them over the whole season. They’ll reinforce and regroup. They’ll be decent next year.

    We need to commit a large chunk of money to the women’s team if we want to be part of the elite. Whether the owners are willing to do that, I don’t know, but the women’s game is still the fastest growing sector of football and I think the club would be wise to grab the opportunity. Some won’t like it because there are quite a few fans who are only interested in the men’s team, but in my opinion, it’s really important to promote this part of the club.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 18,284
    edited April 6
    It's no surprise our form has tanked after the winter window where lots of teams strengthened and we bought a bench option and a defender who stayed on the bench yesterday while a right winger was brought on to play LB instead. To not assume similar would happen next season is incredibly naive
  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,958
    If we were in the WSL1 and were playing Liverpool at home in a league fixture, that would be a must-win for avoiding relegation. We'd need to be massively stronger to go into that sort of game trying to win it rather than the team playing out of their skins to just about grab a point over the 90 minutes.

    Having said which, the fact we competed with Liverpool suggests a one-off game against Leicester (or whoever) isn't completely hopeless. So that's a positive.
  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,958
    12 Apr: International break. England play Spain at Wembley (7pm ko) on 14 April.
    19 Apr: International break. England play Iceland in Reykjavik (5.30pm ko) on 18 April.
    26 Apr: Southampton, away, 2pm. At St Mary's. £10 adult, £4 under-18 if accompanied by an adult. Tickets from here.
    2 May: Birmingham City, home, 3pm. At the Valley. 
    £10 adult, £8 over-65, £2 under-18. Tickets from usual website

    Southampton seem not to have finished uploading their ticket page - it's showing the wrong kickoff time at present. No identified away area but there's a suspiciously square block of seats taken in block 3 rows Q to T which could be the seats booked by the club. Or it could be someone else.
  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,958
    edited April 7
    Looks like Sunderland have got some serious investment in ahead of next season. Let's hope that's not something we have to worry about immediately.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cd9vk84d927o
  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,958
    Obviously we're hoping that we don't need to care about the makeup of the second tier next season, but perhaps worth noting that Watford have won the southern division of the tier 3 league again, so they will be promoted. The second of the three slots goes to the winner of the north division, which looks like being Burnley but could also be Wolves. The third goes to a playoff on Monday 4 May when whichever club loses out in the northern division will play either Plymouth or Bournemouth.

    Those 3 promoted sides replace the 2 who get automatic promotion to WSL1 plus whoever finishes last in the very tight battle at the bottom, leaving WSL2 still with 12 clubs next season.
  • EpsomAddick
    EpsomAddick Posts: 2,725
    Our game at Southampton on 26 April has been moved to Eastleigh, with kick-off at 4pm
  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,958
    Our game at Southampton on 26 April has been moved to Eastleigh, with kick-off at 4pm
    That's annoying in terms of getting to watch the game, but our last visit there was the league cup game when we were 1-0 down in the 90th minute and won 2-1. So the players will have positive memories of it.
  • OhMyGodden
    OhMyGodden Posts: 366
    Eastleigh requires 3 changes and 2 rail replacement buses
  • sammy391
    sammy391 Posts: 4,049
    edited April 13


    good event on the last game of the season! 

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  • JustFloydRoad
    JustFloydRoad Posts: 2,590
    12 Apr: International break. England play Spain at Wembley (7pm ko) on 14 April.
    19 Apr: International break. England play Iceland in Reykjavik (5.30pm ko) on 18 April.
    26 Apr: Southampton, away, 2pm. At St Mary's. £10 adult, £4 under-18 if accompanied by an adult. Tickets from here.
    2 May: Birmingham City, home, 3pm. At the Valley. 
    £10 adult, £8 over-65, £2 under-18. Tickets from usual website

    Southampton seem not to have finished uploading their ticket page - it's showing the wrong kickoff time at present. No identified away area but there's a suspiciously square block of seats taken in block 3 rows Q to T which could be the seats booked by the club. Or it could be someone else.

    Our game at Southampton on 26 April has been moved to Eastleigh, with kick-off at 4pm
    New link (with updated details)
  • Crusty54
    Crusty54 Posts: 3,368
    Eastleigh requires 3 changes and 2 rail replacement buses
    The nearest station is Southampton Airport Parkway. Still requires one or two changes but no buses.

    25 minute walk to/from the ground.

    Travelling into Southampton is cheaper and faster but requires a bus to the ground.
  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,958
    12 Apr: International break. England play Spain at Wembley (7pm ko) on 14 April.
    19 Apr: International break. England play Iceland in Reykjavik (5.30pm ko) on 18 April.
    26 Apr: Southampton, away, 2pm. At St Mary's. £10 adult, £4 under-18 if accompanied by an adult. Tickets from here.
    2 May: Birmingham City, home, 3pm. At the Valley. £10 adult, £8 over-65, £2 under-18. Tickets from usual website

    Southampton seem not to have finished uploading their ticket page - it's showing the wrong kickoff time at present. No identified away area but there's a suspiciously square block of seats taken in block 3 rows Q to T which could be the seats booked by the club. Or it could be someone else.

    Our game at Southampton on 26 April has been moved to Eastleigh, with kick-off at 4pm
    New link (with updated details)
    Southampton haven't finished updating their ticket page yet - it's still offering reserved seats but Eastleigh is unreserved, sit or stand where you like, turn up early if you need a seat. They've said that all tickets for the St Marys version of the fixture will be accepted at Eastleigh, so no need to delay buying just pick a random seating area. You can buy without having the app but you'll need it to download the ticket.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 17,154
    edited April 14
    WSL Football have released a fan survey as they develop their Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Strategy. It takes about 5 minutes and it’s anonymous. Please complete if you can spare a few minutes:

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdMRvXA155nXVTUG0PgLjzQN7dZpVaD2sZkWxGanna30jO7UQ/viewform

    Also great if you can share further with any other groups / friends who attend women’s matches. 
  • EpsomAddick
    EpsomAddick Posts: 2,725
    Mason starts for Northern Ireland at home to Malta

    Ross is on the bench for Wales v Albania and Newsham is on the bench for Scotland v Belgium

    Whitehouse was an unused sub for Republic of Ireland, who beat Poland 3-2 away
  • BalladMan
    BalladMan Posts: 1,386
    shirty5 said:
    The seem confident of not playing a play off in this article

    "This massive game between the top two teams in the league is your last chance to catch the Women in action this season. Come on down Addicks, and bring the noise!!
  • EpsomAddick
    EpsomAddick Posts: 2,725
    Ellie Mason has scored for Northern Ireland - her first international goal!

    A header from a corner - watch here https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cpwj0w8492vt#player
  • EpsomAddick
    EpsomAddick Posts: 2,725
    Mason has another! A great low strike from outside the box, in off the post
  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,958
    26 Apr: Southampton, away, 4pm. At Eastleigh. £10 adult, £4 under-18 if accompanied by an adult. Tickets from here.
    Sat 2 May: Birmingham City, home, 3pm. At the Valley. 
    £10 adult, £8 over-65, £2 under-18. Tickets from usual website
    10 May: week off
    17 May: week off
    Sat 23 May: 
    Charlton, Birmingham or Palace v (probably) Leicester City. Home if we are involved. 12.30 pm. Prices TBC. Tickets from usual website if we are involved, otherwise from whichever WSL2 club is playing.

    If you're going to Southampton you need to install their app on your phone as well as buying a ticket. Don't worry about the website saying it's selling you a ticket for St Mary's, tickets are valid at Eastleigh and you can sit or stand where you want.

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  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,958
    At the weekend there was a handy reminder of how much we owe to the players, coaches and financial backers who saved the women's team back in 2007 when the club pulled its funding. Blackburn Rovers were relegated from tier 4 and will play next season in the North West Regional League at tier 5, a level where most teams are fully amateur.
  • EpsomAddick
    EpsomAddick Posts: 2,725
    Fans will be allowed to drink alcohol in the stands at the Birmingham game as part of a WSL/WSL2 pilot
    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/charlton-athletic-join-wsl-alcohol-choice-pilot
  • BalladMan
    BalladMan Posts: 1,386
    Fans will be allowed to drink alcohol in the stands at the Birmingham game as part of a WSL/WSL2 pilot
    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/charlton-athletic-join-wsl-alcohol-choice-pilot
    Might need it if Palace keep winning and its tense if we get autos
  • Crusty54
    Crusty54 Posts: 3,368
    If you're going by train to watch the game on Sunday the nearest station to the Eastleigh ground is Southampton Airport Parkway. 
  • EpsomAddick
    EpsomAddick Posts: 2,725
    About to set off for the game. We could win promotion today, if we better Palace's result away at Sunderland.

    COYA!
  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,395
    About to set off for the game. We could win promotion today, if we better Palace's result away at Sunderland.

    COYA!
    Don't think that is right. It would still go down to the final day. Goal difference if we lost to Brum and they win. 
  • EpsomAddick
    EpsomAddick Posts: 2,725
    redman said:
    Don't think that is right. It would still go down to the final day. Goal difference if we lost to Brum and they win. 
    That's true if both we and Palace win today and we win by more goals than them – I meant if we get more points than them today. 
  • BalladMan
    BalladMan Posts: 1,386
    Birmingham losing early on vs Ipswich 
  • BalladMan
    BalladMan Posts: 1,386
    2-0 Ipswich.  COME ON CHARLTON. 
  • BalladMan
    BalladMan Posts: 1,386
    What’s going on.  3-0 Ipswich.