The Palace Fan 3,025 Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/charlton-take-the-crisp-member-of-staff-had-to-seek-permission-to-eat-at-their-desk-amid-roland-a3918616.html You literally couldn't make this shit up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,649 Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I mean, how true is any of that? I’m not disputing that Duchatelet is a bad owner, he’s an utter disgrace and should be removed from ownership at Charlton and banned from going near a Football Club again, but some of the things within that article are illegal. Stopping people taking a lunch break, for example, surely a contractual right, is breaking contract law, I imagine. The stuff about plastic bottles (something that seems to be big now) and paper towels seems less of a move from a terrible owner and more of a cost and environmental thing, which isn’t a bad thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 1,880 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 I miss seeing Charlton in the Prem because it reminded me of a time before football became completely bastardised, and also that van Persie goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 4,044 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 16 minutes ago, Danny said: I miss seeing Charlton in the Prem because it reminded me of a time before football became completely bastardised, and also that van Persie goal. Nah, it was bastardised then, you were just a kid so you didnt' realise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 1,880 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 37 minutes ago, Spike said: Nah, it was bastardised then, you were just a kid so you didnt' realise. Key word = "completely". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc 570 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Our hierarchy often referred to charlton as the ‘model club’ in the early 2000s when they were comfortably mid table every season and not spending much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,649 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Marc said: Our hierarchy often referred to charlton as the ‘model club’ in the early 2000s when they were comfortably mid table every season and not spending much. They were. It has all gone downhill since Curbishley left and they’re probably at one of their lowest now because of the ownership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,557 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 If they are losing £10m a year then not hoovering the office or turning the light on is barely going to make any difference at all. Well done you've saved £2.46 a week and destroyed employee morale in the process. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc 570 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Smiley Culture said: They were. It has all gone downhill since Curbishley left and they’re probably at one of their lowest now because of the ownership. I know it’s a running joke about him being linked with jobs but it is surprising that his only ever gigs are Charlton and West Ham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,025 Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 A planned protest at The Valley caused play to be briefly suspended shortly after the start of Charlton’s home game with Fleetwood on Saturday. The supporters' group Charlton's Coalition Against Roland Duchatelet (CARD) distributed packets of crisps ahead of kick-off, some of which were thrown onto the pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True Blue 902 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I read it Crips, i was like they are red surely they have to be Bloods. Love early Mondays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Liquidator 256 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Sad what is happening at Charlton. Along with Orient they are the two London clubs who have suffered badly through selling up to the wrong new owners. Alas there does not seem to be any light at the end of the tunnel for them. I was listening to Love Sport Radio no more than ten days ago and one of their supporters was painting a terrible picture of the owner not being seen for a couple of years and nobody interested in buying the club from him. Plastic Pigs and now Crisp packets, the fans are making their point, question is, will it attract a buyer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,649 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 37 minutes ago, The Liquidator said: Sad what is happening at Charlton. Along with Orient they are the two London clubs who have suffered badly through selling up to the wrong new owners. Alas there does not seem to be any light at the end of the tunnel for them. I was listening to Love Sport Radio no more than ten days ago and one of their supporters was painting a terrible picture of the owner not being seen for a couple of years and nobody interested in buying the club from him. Plastic Pigs and now Crisp packets, the fans are making their point, question is, will it attract a buyer? They’ve got one...apparently. They’re in talks to sell to an Australian consortium and have been for six months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Liquidator 256 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 38 minutes ago, Smiley Culture said: They’ve got one...apparently. They’re in talks to sell to an Australian consortium and have been for six months. Oh, well I hope they get to take over soon. Cheers for the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,025 Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 Charlton fans have set up a political party in the hometown of Belgium-based owner Roland Duchatelet in an effort to put pressure on him to sell the club. The party, named 'Roland Out Today' (ROT), plans to stand in municipal elections in Sint-Truiden where Duchatelet has lived and run companies for many years. ROT aim to highlight Duchatelet's past record as a local politician, as well as some of his business activities with the aim of causing embarrassment to him locally. The party has sent out flyers to local households in Sint-Truiden, which is home to a high proportion of fans of Standard Liege, where Duchatelet spent a troubled spell as owner until he sold the club in early 2015. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,649 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 The CARD (Charlton Against Roland Duchatelet) campaign have been superb and unique in their protests, this another masterstroke of theirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 1,880 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Fair play to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo 6,926 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 On 25/08/2018 at 03:20, Marc said: I know it’s a running joke about him being linked with jobs but it is surprising that his only ever gigs are Charlton and West Ham It really is - his record with Charlton was very good all things considered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,025 Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 If I remember he was the director of football at Fulham for a January transfer window only to be given no power over transfers and then removed shortly after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaaC (John) 4,349 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 The Abu Dhabi consortium set to take over at Charlton Athletic was questioned by the English Football League over the extent of its links with the owners of Manchester City. (Telegraph) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss 766 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss 766 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Not sure if it relates to this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,025 Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 I was slightly happy for them when they got rid of Duchatalet because I think it's rather admirable how Lee Bowyer has managed to assemble a pretty good squad in absolutely dire circumstances. Then after the takeover was announced there fans would randomly start abusing ours thinking that we are rivals. Now I'm back to not caring what happens to them. Sooner they languish to playing Gillingham and AFC Wimbledon again the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,649 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Takeover confirmed. Delighted that Duchatelet has gone. He was a proper wrong’un and really did his best at ruining Charlton. That said, lessons haven’t been learnt by the Football League, as proven by Bury being allowed to be owned by Steve Dale and subsequently booted out of the Football League, Bolton’s situation and the ongoing situation at Macclesfield, so I suppose there’s always some scepticism around the change of owners at clubs and the “fitness” of the new beneficiary to run the clubs competently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss 766 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Honeymoon period well and truly over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,649 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 It’s not very clear what’s gone on. You’ve got the above statement from the chairman, who comes across exactly as you’d expect an agent to come across, saying that there’s no money and there’s been broken promises in response to the actual money man, who took to Instagram to send voice messages and react to people’s comments on his pictures saying he is pulling his money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan 15,570 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Their owner has now resigned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,649 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, Stan said: Their owner has now resigned. He’s claimed the chairman has spent a load of money on expensive flats and cars and not on the playing squad, as promised. His resignation seems bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Culture 1,649 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 The police were called as Charlton staff served new chairman Matt Southall with papers suspending him. He wouldn’t leave, the police were called and they’ve finally got Southall out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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