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South London Press is no more - but Richard Cawley has a Charlton Substack (p3)

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  • Latest long read is up on the site now - Lennie Lawrence.

    “Derek Ufton, a fantastic fella, was a director. He had been a player at Charlton way back in the 1950s. He was on the board. Once he said to me: ‘Well, whatever happens to you in your football career - it can’t be any harder than this. So it will stand you in good stead’. He was dead right, as well."

    https://www.southlondonsportcharltonathleticedition.com/p/i-was-the-cheap-option-i-got-told
  • Another very good read which makes you think. I loved Lennie, still do, but in the run-up to the BTTV campaign I started to resent his lack of enthusiasm for it, and especially when he cleared off when we were close to the return but stumbling a bit. Reading this, I see his side a bit better. He had worked wonders keeping us where we were, the players didn't have any relationship to the Valley, and now the best ones were being sold against his wishes. He was paid to deliver results on the pitch, and selling these players was making his task more difficult. 

    Although he doesn't quite match up to Curbs achievements, he can argue that without his own excellent work, we might not have survived or been able to return when we did. So after Curbs, he is the second best manager of my Charlton Life, which started in '62.
  • “It’s funny, I often talk to players now, especially midfield ones, about getting in the box and scoring goals. But I do think, looking back, that sometimes I went a little bit rogue. I don’t think I’d be my own manager’s dream player because I became a bit obsessed with scoring."

    Interview with Johnnie Jackson is up on Substack (this one about his playing days at CAFC) - also talks about being called into a meeting to discuss sacking Karel Fraeye...with Karel in the room!

    https://www.southlondonsportcharltonathleticedition.com/p/johnnie-jackson-scoring-goals-became
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 86,193
    Lovely donation to the museum yesterday

    Rich Cawlet's press pass from the play-off final in May.

     The South London Press had already closed so this was his last accreditation as a SLP writer 
  • _uptheaddicks
    _uptheaddicks Posts: 347
    edited March 11
    I don't seem to receive email notifications for the podcasts, like I do for the articles. 

    I subscribe to the following. Any idea? @richcawleySLP @LouisMend
  • LouisMend
    LouisMend Posts: 5,568
    I don't seem to receive email notifications for the podcasts, like I do for the articles. 

    I subscribe to the following. Any idea? @richcawleySLP @LouisMend
    That's odd mate. Hasn't gone through to your Junk Mail folder by any chance?

    Otherwise worth checking the Manage Your Subscription page to make sure audio emails are turned on.


  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,807
    Nice summary of the season from @Airman Brown on Rich Cawley’s Substack. Think it’s been a really good addition to the Charlton content available to fans this season. Well worth a subscribe if you haven’t already. 
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,789
    se9addick said:
    Nice summary of the season from @Airman Brown on Rich Cawley’s Substack. Think it’s been a really good addition to the Charlton content available to fans this season. Well worth a subscribe if you haven’t already. 
    Agreed. I think back to the days of club coverage being a tiny paragraph in the London Evening News on a Saturday night to what we have now. I wondered whether @richcawleySLP would be able to sustain his content when the Substack started but he has exceeded it in spades.

    Well done Richard and @meatballmendes for some great articles and interviews during the season and I look forward to the summers rumours and scoops as well as next season.

    Shame Rich is a Fulham supporter, I've never forgiven them for that throw in 😂
  • superdulvertonred
    superdulvertonred Posts: 1,230
    Couldn’t agree more about the great content on Riches Substack really interesting and varied throughly worth the subscription 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 18,563
    Absolutely fantastic interview with Scott Minto today

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  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,219
    Also subscribe.  Glad I chose to. I usually avoid as many subscriptions as I can... but this one has brought me a lot. Speedy post match reaction suited my lifestyle last season I.e. no nightlife on Saturday evenings 
  • Pavoren007
    Pavoren007 Posts: 2,624
    The best subscription I hold. Incredibly well written articles and interviews covering past and present, combined with excellent midweek and post match pods with Rich and Louis Mendez. Hope enough of us are making it worth it for Rich as a lot of effort must go into what he produces and delivers. Cheers Rich & Louis too!