Summer Window 2026 - Rumours and Discussion

Henry Irving said:

ElfsborgAddick said:

blackpool72 said:

Gisappointed said:

Personally I'd rather be relegated than have abetting leech logo on our shirt. 

Possibly the worse take on anything I've ever read

You need to read his/her post on the Ken Bates thread mate.

Think it must have been deleted

I have seen it has been.

Well done on the mods for acting immediately.

2121 said:

Rothko said:

And betting sponsors means kids can’t get the same shirts as the players, and that’s never liked 

What do they put pm the kids shirts? 

Either blank or some secondary sponsor gets on the front 

Could put the museum logo on the kids shirts

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Valiantdreamer said:

Any rumours ?

Yeah, apparently Jude Bellingham is a good footballer 

DennisBooth said:

cabbles said:

Hopefully things will pick up this week and we might see some movement now Slovenia’s done 

Don’t hold your breath.

Sure you’re not Reams in disguise? 

Steven81 said:

Crispy said:

DennisBooth said:

cabbles said:

Hopefully things will pick up this week and we might see some movement now Slovenia’s done 

Don’t hold your breath.

Sure you’re not Reams in disguise? 

That forum makes me laugh constantly digging this place out with hardly any provocation, lots of back slapping and nob gobbling to the high chief  with the adage that it's the best Charlton forum when it gets about 10 posts a day and they can't even finish the England match thread stuck at 1-1 🤣 ...... Fannies : )

I thought you weren’t allowed to mention that forum on here? I am not Reams.

My thing with betting sponsorship is a mixed one 

Part of me, probably the bigger part of me says "let people have agency of their own lives, be adults and make their own decisions" if someone is so weak of mind they start drinking Stella or smoking embassy because it is on a football shirt then I don't hold much hope for them full stop 

The rest is probably more in line with the consenus and based more on a dislike of hypocrisy than anything else 

Gambling, online gambling is scuzzy. With valid reason booze and cigarettes aren't allowed to be advertised on shirts due to the harm they can cause so the use of them shouldn't be promoted. Yet the damage caused by gambling addiction is at least as bad for people and lives. 

Ultimately, I can only speak for myself. If us being sponsored by some hawkish online betting firm means we can sign a good midfielder then I don't really care 

Carter said:

My thing with betting sponsorship is a mixed one 

Part of me, probably the bigger part of me says "let people have agency of their own lives, be adults and make their own decisions" if someone is so weak of mind they start drinking Stella or smoking embassy because it is on a football shirt then I don't hold much hope for them full stop 

The rest is probably more in line with the consenus and based more on a dislike of hypocrisy than anything else 

Gambling, online gambling is scuzzy. With valid reason booze and cigarettes aren't allowed to be advertised on shirts due to the harm they can cause so the use of them shouldn't be promoted. Yet the damage caused by gambling addiction is at least as bad for people and lives. 

Ultimately, I can only speak for myself. If us being sponsored by some hawkish online betting firm means we can sign a good midfielder then I don't really care 

But going by Damo’s numbers I don’t think it does mean that. Good midfielders are costing £2/3m and he said that front of shirt sponsorships are hitting £1m. Now we aren’t starting at a base of £0 so we’re not talking budget changing money here 

DennisBooth said:

Steven81 said:

Crispy said:

DennisBooth said:

cabbles said:

Hopefully things will pick up this week and we might see some movement now Slovenia’s done 

Don’t hold your breath.

Sure you’re not Reams in disguise? 

That forum makes me laugh constantly digging this place out with hardly any provocation, lots of back slapping and nob gobbling to the high chief  with the adage that it's the best Charlton forum when it gets about 10 posts a day and they can't even finish the England match thread stuck at 1-1 🤣 ...... Fannies : )

I thought you weren’t allowed to mention that forum on here? I am not Reams.

Theres another forum?!

Carter said:

My thing with betting sponsorship is a mixed one 

Part of me, probably the bigger part of me says "let people have agency of their own lives, be adults and make their own decisions" if someone is so weak of mind they start drinking Stella or smoking embassy because it is on a football shirt then I don't hold much hope for them full stop 

The rest is probably more in line with the consenus and based more on a dislike of hypocrisy than anything else 

Gambling, online gambling is scuzzy. With valid reason booze and cigarettes aren't allowed to be advertised on shirts due to the harm they can cause so the use of them shouldn't be promoted. Yet the damage caused by gambling addiction is at least as bad for people and lives. 

Ultimately, I can only speak for myself. If us being sponsored by some hawkish online betting firm means we can sign a good midfielder then I don't really care 

Unequivocally betting damages and in some cases wrecks people’s lives. That’s not even up for discussion. I understand the argument that people should take responsibility for their own lives but in reality it’s not always realistic. Betting isn’t illegal but as you say online stuff is pretty scuzzy. I don’t think it’s moral to support or encourage it. If we can’t sign that midfielder then so be it.