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The Sint Truiden-ification of Charlton?
Weegie Addick
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Sint Truiden is the team both RD and KM support - a small, local club at the heart of its community.
In a recent interview, KM said she was not too concerned re WHU move to OS, as Charlton have a very different proposition -to paraphrase, we are a family club, the fans feel part of the club, the players and manager are accessible, whereas at WHU/ in the Premier League, 'you are just one of the thousands of people and you do not feel as part of the community'.
So is the master plan to turn us into the English equivalent of Sint Truiden?
In a recent interview, KM said she was not too concerned re WHU move to OS, as Charlton have a very different proposition -to paraphrase, we are a family club, the fans feel part of the club, the players and manager are accessible, whereas at WHU/ in the Premier League, 'you are just one of the thousands of people and you do not feel as part of the community'.
So is the master plan to turn us into the English equivalent of Sint Truiden?
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Didnt St. Truiden go up to the top flight this season...0
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And currently 8th from 16.ForeverAddickted said:Didnt St. Truiden go up to the top flight this season...
Didn't realise RD was a St Truiden fan. Knew it was the first club he bought. Isn't he from Antwerp?0 -
Fixed it for ya!Henry Irving said:
And currently 8th from 16.ForeverAddickted said:Didnt St. Truiden go up to the top flight this season...
Didn't realise RD was a St Truiden fan. Knew it was the first club he bought. Isn't he A twerp?
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And the club he sold are bottom... Wonder if Liege fans now think that the grass is greener without him?Henry Irving said:
And currently 8th from 16.ForeverAddickted said:Didnt St. Truiden go up to the top flight this season...
Didn't realise RD was a St Truiden fan. Knew it was the first club he bought. Isn't he from Antwerp?5 -
I read the article as a statement of complete lack of ambition. There was a time not very long ago when West Ham were equals with us.0
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I was not passing comment on whether it is a good or bad thing -just hypothesising.Henry Irving said:
And currently 8th from 16.ForeverAddickted said:Didnt St. Truiden go up to the top flight this season...
Didn't realise RD was a St Truiden fan. Knew it was the first club he bought. Isn't he from Antwerp?
As to whether he supports them, this is a quote from CP when asked if RD has any passion for football: "He’s very fond of Sint Truiden. He’s very proud of them, I think that’s his team."0 -
And we did the double over Chelsea two seasons in a row.Leuth said:
There was a time not so very long ago when Oldham Athletic and Manchester City were keen local rivalsSouthbank said:I read the article as a statement of complete lack of ambition. There was a time not very long ago when West Ham were equals with us.
(God, that's not helped me)2 -
He is from Antwerp but shows no affiliation with the city or region. For that matter: Royal Antwerp FC, after the European Cup Winner's Final at Wembley (against Parma in 1993) got into a downspin. A couple of years later they got relegated and were in trouble ever since. Different owners, 123 managers, not a nice story ...Henry Irving said:
And currently 8th from 16.ForeverAddickted said:Didnt St. Truiden go up to the top flight this season...
Didn't realise RD was a St Truiden fan. Knew it was the first club he bought. Isn't he from Antwerp?
However, half a year ago they got an new owner ... with money. And they bought an almost complete new team consisting of talented and/or 1st tier experienced players. They started as a favourite for promotion immediately and lead the ranking as we speak. For the cup they managed to beat the No 1 of the 1st tier Jupiler league (Ostend- unbeaten untill then). When promotion will happen ... they plan to build a new stadion (we desperately need one in Belgium's biggest city). Fans who didn't fancy attending miserable games during the last decade again flock to the club , resulting in almost sold out home games !
Just to say ... RD now sees this is possible on a short term ... and it only takes a bit of money. He stated he was in owning football clubs for a limited amount of years : what's he waiting for ?1 -
Anagram truiden:
Ruend it.
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Weren't we already that kind of club anyway?0
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We were. We're now just a club of thuggish milkshake throwers.Exiled_Addick said:Weren't we already that kind of club anyway?
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Create apathy, get rid of the fans that care and will take action and then use the club as a window for crap players. That's the real Duchatelet model.3
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Give it another season and Leeds will beat that!!skywalker said:
He is from Antwerp but shows no affiliation with the city or region. For that matter: Royal Antwerp FC, after the European Cup Winner's Final at Wembley (against Parma in 1993) got into a downspin. A couple of years later they got relegated and were in trouble ever since. Different owners, 123 managers, not a nice story ...Henry Irving said:
And currently 8th from 16.ForeverAddickted said:Didnt St. Truiden go up to the top flight this season...
Didn't realise RD was a St Truiden fan. Knew it was the first club he bought. Isn't he from Antwerp?2 -
Will be playing in at least the Europa League next season. Quite remarkable really.5
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The steak frites was pretty good at the restaurant iirc, which is about all Duchatelet owns round there any more, sold the club many years ago which is probably why they are now having some success.7
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Owned by Japanese investors, I think? Certainly half their team is Japanese, including a 6'3 striker as their top scorer1
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He could work well with 6'10" Leaburnsam3110 said:Owned by Japanese investors, I think? Certainly half their team is Japanese, including a 6'3 striker as their top scorer3 -
Does Duchâtelet still own the ground?0
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Is this the same club we had a pre season friendly with 15 -20 years ago?0
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Pretty sure it was in 2014. Was a decent weekend that.m_2 said:Is this the same club we had a pre season friendly with 15 -20 years ago?1 -
Not sure if that’s right, I think it was between 2004-2012?
Memorable for me because I met my then German lady partner on the coast, drove over to the ground through some very dark Turkish areas and was stopped by an army APC with the officer’s head out the top (mainly because of my large Charlton car sticker) and he asked me if I was going to the football ground? Yes, ok so he said follow me. He led me through the most deprived areas I’ve seen since going to Millwall, into a car park next to the ground.
There was a group of what looked like a mix of army and police in the car park and they waved for me to come over. One asked me ‘How many Charlton supporters are coming’
I said between 3 and 4,000.
His face was a picture . . .Anyway, I counted 76 Charlton in our pen!7 -
Well you were nearer the 3 than 4000.1
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Have you been to Gillingham before?m_2 said:Not sure if that’s right, I think it was between 2004-2012?
Memorable for me because I met my then German lady partner on the coast, drove over to the ground through some very dark Turkish areas and was stopped by an army APC with the officer’s head out the top (mainly because of my large Charlton car sticker) and he asked me if I was going to the football ground? Yes, ok so he said follow me. He led me through the most deprived areas I've seen since going to Millwall, into a car park next to the ground.
There was a group of what looked like a mix of army and police in the car park and they waved for me to come over. One asked me ‘How many Charlton supporters are coming’
I said between 3 and 4,000.
His face was a picture . . .Anyway, I counted 76 Charlton in our pen!1 -
10 out of 10 boys!0
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Yes I have……and Redcar as well, unfortunately.😩CaptainRobbo said:
Have you been to Gillingham before?Num_2 said:Not sure if that’s right, I think it was between 2004-2012?
Memorable for me because I met my then German lady partner on the coast, drove over to the ground through some very dark Turkish areas and was stopped by an army APC with the officer’s head out the top (mainly because of my large Charlton car sticker) and he asked me if I was going to the football ground? Yes, ok so he said follow me. He led me through the most deprived areas I've seen since going to Millwall, into a car park next to the ground.
There was a group of what looked like a mix of army and police in the car park and they waved for me to come over. One asked me ‘How many Charlton supporters are coming’
I said between 3 and 4,000.
His face was a picture . . .Anyway, I counted 76 Charlton in our pen!0 -
I don’t think this is right about a pre-season friendly with Sint-Truiden. Aren’t people thinking of Roda Kerkrade ( who are Dutch) ? AFAIK we didnt play S-T ever, however loads of Charlton went there one weekend to protest Duchatelet, and some of us took in the match there in the evening. The description @m-2 gives doesn’t fit anything we saw in Sint-Truiden which AFAIK is a prosperous place, albeit they say Douchebag owns too much of it. It was a cracking weekend though. Another unique Charlton fan initiative for the ages.@Lewis Coaches can probably sort it out, he lives somewhere in benelux as I recall, and was in the same B&B as me for the invasion weekend.1
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I was there with Addicked.👊PragueAddick said:I don’t think this is right about a pre-season friendly with Sint-Truiden. Aren’t people thinking of Roda Kerkrade ( who are Dutch) ? AFAIK we didnt play S-T ever, however loads of Charlton went there one weekend to protest Duchatelet, and some of us took in the match there in the evening. The description @m-2 gives doesn’t fit anything we saw in Sint-Truiden which AFAIK is a prosperous place, albeit they say Douchebag owns too much of it. It was a cracking weekend though. Another unique Charlton fan initiative for the ages.@Lewis Coaches can probably sort it out, he lives somewhere in benelux as I recall, and was in the same B&B as me for the invasion weekend.1 -
The only pre~season I went to in Belgium was Germinal Beershot, 7/8/06. This was between the game between Hibs away, 25/7/06, and Utrecht, 11/8/06.
Great times....
Only been back to Belgium once since, February 2016.
F**k. Just realised, 10 years ago already.......
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