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"Oh Ive got a mate who supports Charlton"

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  • Stuart_the_Red
    Stuart_the_Red Posts: 1,996
    AFKABartram said:
    But who is your Premier League team?
    This is the one I get the most often.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,868
    I hate that the fact that i said that I support Charlton to this Indian girl i'm with who has no knowledge of football and she says "who? chelsea??" nearly left her after that.. 
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,918
    edited April 10
    ladywell_addick said:
    "Who is your football team?"
    "Charlton"
    "yes my friend, Jorge Costa!"
    Granted that was in a bar in Porto so that was a bit of a cheat code 
    Had similar in Milan

    ”Who you guys support in England?”
    ”Charlton”
    ”Ah, Paolo di Canio!”.

    Admittedly this was around 2004, we had a bit of a higher profile then.

    About ten years ago two fellas come into work to fix some equipment, one was Pompey, the other Aston Villa. We had a long debate about whose club was in the most chaos, I think Pompey edged it, against strong competition. I came out with the old chestnut about them finding the only Arab without any money, the guy said that better than that they found the only Arab that didn’t exist! Some mythical figure who was waiting in the wings to bail them out, but was never identified or introduced. Probably on the boat full of rubber/bananas we’ve been waiting for since 1984.
  • aitchyaddick
    aitchyaddick Posts: 206
    They answer: Sam Bartram. You don't remember him do you? (I do). Then they say  "they used to get 70 thousand at the Valley every week!
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 27,538
    A new one today in response: “Have you been to The Den?”
  • flyingkiwiDK
    flyingkiwiDK Posts: 5,778
    Living in Denmark I usually get a response along the lines of “oh yeah Claus Jensen. Great player back in the day” 
  • twiggyaddick
    twiggyaddick Posts: 1,644
    "well, I suppose someone has to" 
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 17,147
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    I hate that the fact that i said that I support Charlton to this Indian girl i'm with who has no knowledge of football and she says "who? chelsea??" nearly left her after that.. 
    Sounds like it’s still going well? Delighted to hear it! 
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 16,270
    SporadicAddick said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Cheltenham?
    I get this a lot. How unintelligible must the south London accent be that it can be confused. And why the fuck would anyone with a south London accent support Cheltenham. And why, If anyone wasn’t sure what they heard,  would they assume Cheltenham before Charlton?
    Exactly. Sorting out the Middle East is child’s play compared to that. 
  • CharltonManor1966
    CharltonManor1966 Posts: 572
    "Oh yeah - I went there once to watch the Who in the 70's"

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  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 10,166
    charltonkeston said:
    From my "friends"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCs9WdZfU8w&t=87s
    I watched with amusement until 2:48 when he said ’my girlfriend and I’. How is that possible?
  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,759
    Oh I remember them...they were in the EPL once.
  • up_the_valley
    up_the_valley Posts: 4,545
    edited April 12
    "Ohh, what, Charlton Heston?"
  • YTS1978
    YTS1978 Posts: 1,774
    sunbury-addick said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Cheltenham?
    Yep, always add Athletic now.
    When people ask who I support I always respond with "The Mighty Charlton Athletic" lol
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 22,028
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    I hate that the fact that i said that I support Charlton to this Indian girl i'm with who has no knowledge of football and she says "who? chelsea??" nearly left her after that.. 
    You should tikka to a match sometime 
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,906
    “Listen, this is a club whose players strive to be the best version of themselves”.
  • SE10Addick
    SE10Addick Posts: 2,982
    I had one once in Serbia, and they said like Rodney's mum.

    They all love Only Fools and Horses over there....
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,967
    "Oh yeah, what division are you in now".
  • LennyLowrent
    LennyLowrent Posts: 2,738
    Bobby or Jack..?
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,570
    "Oh you're the one." 

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  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,570
    MikeBaileysFanClub said:
    My dad used to go to Charlton.
    This is the one that gets me. How come every Liverpool/Man Utd/Arsenal/Chelsea etc fan who hails from miles from the place I have ever met tells you they support them because their dad (who also comes from miles from the place) did, and they would have been thrown out of the house if they didn't support them too, but Charlton dads seem perfectly happy for their offspring to "support" Liverpool/Man Utd/Arsenal/Chelsea etc... ? 
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,262
    AFKABartram said:
    But who is your Premier League team?
    Not sure how I'll answer that question next season...
  • Gillis
    Gillis Posts: 1,013
    JohnBoyUK said:
    AFKABartram said:
    But who is your Premier League team?
    Not sure how I'll answer that question next season...
    Arsenal?

  • fadgadget
    fadgadget Posts: 1,451
    JohnBoyUK said:
    AFKABartram said:
    But who is your Premier League team?
    Not sure how I'll answer that question next season...
    Millwall of course . ;)
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,259
    fadgadget said:
    JohnBoyUK said:
    AFKABartram said:
    But who is your Premier League team?
    Not sure how I'll answer that question next season...
    Millwall of course . ;)
    STOP!
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,627
    Since I moved up North, the most common response I get is: 'good away day, that', followed by 'thank fuck for that, I just assumed you'd be a gooner' 
  • Lewis Coaches
    Lewis Coaches Posts: 5,561
    EugenesAxe said:
    Must admit here in Plymouth there seems to be a quiet respect, which seems to stem from the 5-0 and 6-1 wins.
    Quiet respect in Plymouth. Surely not.

    Remember the 5-0 and the paint on the goal Posts .🤣🤣 Charlton lost that weekend.

    Home Park love it.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 45,121
    EugenesAxe said:
    Must admit here in Plymouth there seems to be a quiet respect, which seems to stem from the 5-0 and 6-1 wins.
    Plymmuff!

    Definition of a Janner:
    "Born within the sound of the Dockyard siren"
    :)

  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 45,121
    edited April 16
    I remember about 35 years ago travelling by train from Narvik, in the Arctic Circle to Helsinki, when passing through Lapland, a local fella got on the train and tried to talk to me in his local patois - sorry, I said, I'm British. And so he spoke to me in very broken English and offered me whiskey from his inside jacket pocket.

    Inevitably, we talked about football and I mentioned that I supported Charlton.

    "Ah, yes", he said, "Bobby Charlton!"
  • Bod
    Bod Posts: 262
    "I know you support Charlton but what Premier League team do you support?"

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