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MATCH THREAD Cheltenham Town V Charlton Athletic: Carabao Cup 1 : Sat 8th August 2026 : KO 17: 30

eastterrace6168
eastterrace6168 Posts: 27,552
edited August 8 in General Charlton

Hi everybody, and welcome to the 2026/27 season, tonight we find ourselves in a rather strange situation imo, where we are involved in the Carabao Cup before we have even kicked our first ball in anger in the new season, not a great situation but there you are, we are stuck with it…maybe another "warm up" game, but a game we need to win at the same time

So we find ourselves with a trip to the West Country and a visit to The EV Charger Points Stadium and a Carabao Cup first round match with League Two opposition Cheltenham Town, a club from whom Alfie May joined us in 2023.

HEAD-TO-HEAD…We've played a total of 7 matches, winning 2, Cheltenham 3, and 2 draws, with a total of 9 goals each scored, Cheltenham did the double over us last time we met in the league 23/24 season, should the tie finish all square after 90 minutes, the winner will be decided by penalties with no extra time…

We will be sporting the brand-new purple third kit for the first time, so here we go…

Team news …Will Mannion starts in goal, with McNamara, Lloyd Jones, Koumetio and Amari’i Bell making up the back four. Chalobah joins Conor Coventry in central midfield with Tyreece Campbell, Sonny Garey and Grant playing behind Matty Godden.

Alli and Mesík are joined on the bench by Tiernan Brooks, Collins Sichenje, Greg Docherty, Alan Mwamba, Joe Rankin-Costello, Harvey Knibbs and Miles Leaburn.

Charlton: Mannion; McNamara, Jones (c), Koumetio, Bell; Coventry, Chalobah; Campbell, Carey, Grant; Godden

Subs: Brooks, Sichenje, Mesík, Docherty, Mwamba, Rankin-Costello- Knibbs, Alli, Leaburn

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  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 27,552

    EFL broadcast rules dictate that the club is unable to live stream the tie, meaning audio commentary via CharltonTV is the best way to follow all of the action if you're not in Cheltenham.

    Supporters in the UK and Ireland can watch all of the action live on Sky Sports+.

  • ForeverAddickted
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    No Kayne Ramsay. The #cafc defender is set to be out for a few weeks with an ankle injury.

    Will ask Nathan Jones after the match about him.

    — Richard Cawley (@RichSCawley) August 8, 2026
  • Dizzle
    Dizzle Posts: 5,214
    Ramsay out for a few weeks with an ankle injury according to Cawley
  • ForeverAddickted
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  • ForeverAddickted
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    #cafc debuts for Koumetio, Chalobah and McNamara.

    Karlan Grant moves to 99 appearances for the Addicks.

    — Richard Cawley (@RichSCawley) August 8, 2026
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 36,413
    Seems the rumour re Ramsay being injured is true 

    Kaminski dropped  ??  

    Bell LB when Mesik is on the bench ?
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 100,642
    golfaddick said:
    Kaminski dropped  ??  
    Wouldn't read into it... He wasn't in the squad vs. Cambridge this time last season
  • CafcSteve
    CafcSteve Posts: 1,167
    But @RonnieMoore said that Ramsay wasn’t injured and was starting?
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 27,552
    edited August 8
    CafcSteve said:
    But @RonnieMoore said that Ramsay wasn’t injured and was starting?
    Shock horror!!, this can never be...

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  • Arthur_Trudgill
    Arthur_Trudgill Posts: 599
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Exciting lineup. Looking forward to watching it on Sky.
  • DDOUBLEE
    DDOUBLEE Posts: 2,305
    Would have started Knibbs and Mesik, but Bell won't have to go forward as much with Grant in front of him, and I suppose Carey does deserve to keep his spot 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 39,193
    edited August 8
    Was interesting to hear on Charlton Live that Cheltenham have only played 3 friendlies and want to sign a few attacking players, so their fan couldn’t name many players that might cause us problems.

    Should be no excuses with the team and subs we’ve gone with… but that’s never stopped us losing games like this before.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 14,661
    Probably means their centre backs will score 30 yard screamers. Although Kaminski isnt playing so thats quite a bit less likely
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 27,552
    Just stay fit for the season Godden, would rather he was starting next week than today...
  • RonnieMoore
    RonnieMoore Posts: 5,422
    Disappointing for Knibbs who been one of the shine lights in pre season … 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 100,642
    RonnieMoore said:
    Disappointing for Knibbs who been one of the shine lights in pre season … 
    As Sage said on the Preview; Carey hasn't played since Colchester so makes sense to give him minutes
    Especially as this is just another Pre-Season game... Eh?
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 48,424
    edited August 8
    I would imagine they are all going to get good minutes. Really hope I am wrong but I feel we will be a bit undercooked based on our pre-season.
  • LittleAddick
    LittleAddick Posts: 844
    Big fan of the league cup being the first game of the season... just to add
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 14,816
    Shame Apter is still out, would have been a good game for him to come on and show something. Shows how much we need another RW in asap

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  • crookester
    crookester Posts: 1,593
    I don't necessarily think this means Carey is ahead of Knibbs, more that he needs the minutes having been out ill. 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 39,193
    There seems to be this growing view (and not just from Ronnie) that Knibbs should play ahead of Carey. Why is that? Knibbs had some good moments vs Colchester, and I've not been able to watch some of the other friendlies. I hadn't got the impression he's done really well, is this more about Carey not being rated as his goals dried up towards the end of the season?
  • ns9
    ns9 Posts: 113
    Scoham said:
    There seems to be this growing view (and not just from Ronnie) that Knibbs should play ahead of Carey. Why is that? Knibbs had some good moments vs Colchester, and I've not been able to watch some of the other friendlies. I hadn't got the impression he's done really well, is this more about Carey not being rated as his goals dried up towards the end of the season?
    Agree. Carey basically kept us up last season - those goals were unbelievably important 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 24,671
    CafcSteve said:
    But @RonnieMoore said that Ramsay wasn’t injured and was starting?
    That pretty much confirmed the exact opposite 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 36,413
    Should be playing our first 11 & treating it as a warm up to next week. Players need to be playing as a team & working on getting to know how they work together. No point Carey playing today & then Knibbs taking his place next week. 
  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,966
    Mistake re Jones surely as he's at West Ham today getting ready to sign. Could it be Nathan himself stepping in as captain?

    @Cafc451 - can you shed any light?
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,905
    Any streams kicking around for this? Thanks to the EFL’s daft rules I can’t watch on CharltonTV despite my local Carabao Cup rights holder deciding not to show this match. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 100,642
    http://www.fawanews.sc/Cheltenham vs Charlton.html
  • Bejam
    Bejam Posts: 1
    eastterrace6168 said:

    EFL broadcast rules dictate that the club is unable to live stream the tie, meaning audio commentary via CharltonTV is the best way to follow all of the action if you're not in Cheltenham.

    Supporters in the UK and Ireland can watch all of the action live on Sky Sports+.

    As I can't see it on the schedule, I'm guessing it's not available on Sky Go.   Can anyone confirm? 
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 17,448
    Has anyone got Sky Sports + working yet? I eventually found our match but it says starts 5.15 and nothing yet? 
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