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2 DAYS AGO - Can’t believe it! We never show up for this game, even when no one shows up we still showed up Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Can’t believe it! We never show up for this game, even when no one shows up we still showed up bloody less than they did! The players entered onto the hallowed Valley turf six feet apart from each other to the tune of the Red Red Robin. The referee who officiated the game from home […] Collapse
Lull before the storm?
6 DAYS AGO - Given the fast-moving and at times scarcely believable events of recent weeks in the life of Expand
6 DAYS AGO - Given the fast-moving and at times scarcely believable events of recent weeks in the life of Charlton Athletic, a few days with no drama suddenly feels eerily quiet. In what looks like an attempt to 'keep the kettle boiling,' Nimer has today released a short statement from the Club's website.It tells us little and doesn't move us forward. The club is not for sale (apparently), he remains 100% behind the Club, the EFL are considering Florica and Mihail under the Owners and Directors Test and they continue to deal with the paperwork already submitted by Nimer to show "source and sufficiency of funds." It goes on to say that the EFL have "informed us what remains outstanding" and that Nimer is working at "providing the information required by the League as soon as possible." In other words, they aren't yet satisfied and more is required. In the background, the SLP's Rich Cawley revealed a document purporting to be an invoice to Charlton Athletic from Collapse
Seb Lewis
27/03/2020 - I don't feel that I can add anything to the numerous wonderful and heartfelt tributes to Seb. I Expand
27/03/2020 - I don't feel that I can add anything to the numerous wonderful and heartfelt tributes to Seb. I just wanted to acknowledge our Number 1 fan and his outstanding loyalty and dedication.I'd like to offer my condolences to his brother Ollie and the rest of the family.Like others, I can't see his achievements being surpassed. Seb will never be forgotten and there are several plans to arrange a memorial of some sort which is very fitting.RIP Seb. Collapse
Nimer also looking to cash in
25/03/2020 - The Evening Standard is reporting that they have sources claiming that Tahnoon Nimer is trying to Expand
25/03/2020 - The Evening Standard is reporting that they have sources claiming that Tahnoon Nimer is trying to sell Charlton for as much as £4,000,000. Quite a mark up on the £1 ESI acquired it from Roland Duchatelet. After on Monday telling fans that he’d “never let us down and that he was ready to inject money […] Collapse
Jury out on Nimer
22/03/2020 - As expected, majority ESI shareholder, Taynoon Nimer used the club's website and his own Instagram Expand
22/03/2020 - As expected, majority ESI shareholder, Taynoon Nimer used the club's website and his own Instagram account to present his version of events from last week's Board Meeting. He reiterated that Southall and Heller had been removed from the Board of Directors and that he was appointing two replacements. He also reconfirmed his commitment to getting the 'source of funds' issue resolved with the EFL and following through on the original plan to invest money in the club and make it successful. Charlton fans are clinging to Nimer's words and the promise that everything will be alright.He told us that all the necessary paperwork covering funding was submitted with the EFL on Thursday 12th March, so we should hopefully see some movement on that this week, if indeed, everything is now in order. However, given the tale of woe since the takeover was 'completed' there has to remain serious doubts that Nimer will be able to follow-through. Either because his paperwork doesn't Collapse
Another day, more confusion
20/03/2020 - Like a drunken and beaten heavyweight fighter slumped on the ropes, Matt Southall took to Twitter Expand
20/03/2020 - Like a drunken and beaten heavyweight fighter slumped on the ropes, Matt Southall took to Twitter today in an attempt to lay one last punch. Jonathan Heller, an apparent turncoat, in his corner dabbing Southall’s bruises co-signed the letter on Charlton Athletic headed paper. Not surprisingly the Official Site did not carry the statement. Southall […] Collapse
Nimer working on a new board
17/03/2020 - Happy Paddy’s Day. Drinking from home today. I need one. Already. HE Tahnoon Nimer went back to Expand
17/03/2020 - Happy Paddy’s Day. Drinking from home today. I need one. Already. HE Tahnoon Nimer went back to social media today, carefully written running through the extraordinary events of last week and attempting to reassure us that soon he will appoint a new board of directors once the removal of Matt Southall has been legally stamped. […] Collapse
Games suspended for 3 weeks
13/03/2020 - Unprecedented but not unexpected the Premier League and EFL have suspended all football down to Expand
13/03/2020 - Unprecedented but not unexpected the Premier League and EFL have suspended all football down to the National League until April 3rd.. at the earliest. Selfishly with all that has gone on with us this week, allowing the players to take a breather and the club to settle down a bit is much welcome, although I […] Collapse
CARD reforms as madness continues
12/03/2020 - The absolute senselessness continues in SE7 today. Firstly the absolute nonsense of a statement Expand
12/03/2020 - The absolute senselessness continues in SE7 today. Firstly the absolute nonsense of a statement from Matt Southall, who guess what, has given his full support to.. Matt Southall. “The Club wish to make it clear that Matt Southall has their full support in his role as Executive Chairman and are looking forward to working with […] Collapse
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RIP Sir Maurice Hatter
3 DAYS AGO - A long time quietly influential constant at Charlton has sadly left us. Sir Maurice Hatter passed Expand
3 DAYS AGO - A long time quietly influential constant at Charlton has sadly left us. Sir Maurice Hatter passed this week aged 90. A local boy done good, Sir Maurice was an electronics tycoon who built his business was scratch and was a long time philanthropist, leader and advocate at World ORT, a Jewish global network for education. […] Collapse
If You're Looking For Leadership........
6 DAYS AGO - then don’t expect to find any from the PL, the EFL or a majority of well paid footballers.We know Expand
6 DAYS AGO - then don’t expect to find any from the PL, the EFL or a majority of well paid footballers.We know from bitter recent experience just how inept the EFL are and indeed continue to be. Similarly the PL has a comparable track record.However, we are in unprecedented times and given that, one might think it’s not too much to hope that these particular leopards might change their spots! You fools! The one constant in the ever changing face of daily life is that it’s business as usual for them.Presented with a pandemic their immediate, short-sighted decision was to postpone football matches for a couple of weeks with their procrastination resulting in that decision only made the day before the vast majority of games were to be played.Only they could compound that decision by a couple of weeks later deciding to move on to another unrealistic deadline of 30thApril. As far as I’m aware this is still the deadline. God give me strength!Our nation is, save for the key workers, stuck indoors. Collapse
RIP Seb Lewis
26/03/2020 - Tahnoon Nimer and Matt Southall should be shifting uncomfortably today because our football club Expand
26/03/2020 - Tahnoon Nimer and Matt Southall should be shifting uncomfortably today because our football club has never been about them and their bogus duplicity. Really, no one cares about you. Players and managers come and go and they get paid handsomely to do so. Football is about it’s fans and this morning the country and our […] Collapse
Taynoon Nimer tries to cash in on Charlton Athletic as Southall's hole deepens.
25/03/2020 - It looks like Taynoon Nimer has finally shown his true colours. The Standard today reports that he Expand
25/03/2020 - It looks like Taynoon Nimer has finally shown his true colours. The Standard today reports that he has been hawking the club for a quick sale for several million pounds. They report two interested buyers although one may already have dropped out. We have to hope that no-one is stupid enough to give Nimer more than the £1 he reportedly paid to gain control of the football club. It would appear to bring to an end any remaining credibility that the 'fake Sheikh' may have had and reveals his most recent outpourings and promises of unending support for the club to be completely bogus. Yet another shark in the tank whose initial anger at Matt Southall for taking personal advantage of Charlton's bank account begins to look like jealously because Southall got there first. The urgency of the sale must also be linked with the imminent court hearing being brought by the former Directors, Derek Chappell, Bob Whitehand and David Sumners who are challenging Collapse
Marian Mihail Speaks
21/03/2020 - If you haven’t seen it click here for an interview that the good peeps at CAST had with new Expand
21/03/2020 - If you haven’t seen it click here for an interview that the good peeps at CAST had with new director Marian Mihail yesterday. Words as Addicks know only so well are easy. It’s actions and doing rather than words that we need right now. Still, Mihail’s interview provided some good feedback and it’s encouraging that […] Collapse
Southall and Heller dig-in for their pay-off
19/03/2020 - Mastt Southall has this afternoon published an open letter on Charlton Athletic headed paper on Expand
19/03/2020 - Mastt Southall has this afternoon published an open letter on Charlton Athletic headed paper on his Twitter account. It is signed off by him and Jonathan Heller in their erstwhile guises of "Executive Chairman" and "Director" respectively. You will note that this wasn't via the Club's website which he no longer has access to.It purports to tell us that there has been a Board Meeting of ESI today attended by three shareholder (them and Nimer) and their respective lawyers. Nimer apparently brought two others to the meeting (assume a conference call) who Nimer is now saying are on the Board. Southall claims there are "serious legal questions over the standing of one of these men" an suggest the EFL's Owners & Directors Test may be tough for them.He goes on to say that he and Heller were disappointed that "resolutions have been passed" which they believe are invalid and unlawful. He doesn't say what these were but I am sure Taynoon Nimer will be telling us shortly via Collapse
What a week. What happens next?
15/03/2020 - What an extraordinary week, unprecedented since the war years, or possibly 9/11 and 7/7, in my Expand
15/03/2020 - What an extraordinary week, unprecedented since the war years, or possibly 9/11 and 7/7, in my lifetime. The week moved quickly didn’t it. The Coronavirus moving across the world like a tidal wave, changing the way we live our lives almost instantly. Then we just shake our heads at the farcical but possibly ruinous saga […] Collapse
Unbelievable scenes tonight
13/03/2020 - Just when you think it safe to go out.. For me tonight, I had a client dinner – probably the Expand
13/03/2020 - Just when you think it safe to go out.. For me tonight, I had a client dinner – probably the last for a while as COVID-19 almost entirely shuts down travel between Europe and North America and Bermuda – but I noticed my phone flashing texts and messages as the situation developed tonight at The […] Collapse
Shameful
11/03/2020 - The public spat being carried out between Matt Southall and HE Tahnoon Nimer puts them both in a Expand
11/03/2020 - The public spat being carried out between Matt Southall and HE Tahnoon Nimer puts them both in a terrible and embarrassing light. Neither of them will come out of this well, and whilst the two individuals will have reputations damaged, perhaps infinitely, the biggest damage of all is to those that love the club, and […] Collapse
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On this day
4 DAYS AGO - I hope we are all staying healthy and strong. Life at the moment is confounding, distressing and Expand
4 DAYS AGO - I hope we are all staying healthy and strong. Life at the moment is confounding, distressing and unfathomable, but my waking up trawl through my phone’s various medium’s brought up a couple of Tweets that did bring a smile to my face this morning. The always reliable CAFC Facts and Stats dropped on Twitter three […] Collapse
Kicking the can down the road
6 DAYS AGO - It’s all a little bit of a despairing side show at the moment, but today the board of Expand
6 DAYS AGO - It’s all a little bit of a despairing side show at the moment, but today the board of directors, at least those listed currently, namely Tahnoon Nimer, Claudiu Florica and Marian Mihail, issued a statement on the Official Site. A novel idea over the recent tiresome social media rants. The club has been fast tracked […] Collapse
Coronavirus and Bermuda
26/03/2020 - The biggest adversity the world has seen in many a generation. I truly hope that you are all Expand
26/03/2020 - The biggest adversity the world has seen in many a generation. I truly hope that you are all staying safe and healthy. A crazy and worrying time, harrowing for some, as the Coronavirus or COVID-19 sweeps every little corner of our world taking no prisoners. A global pandemic, only previously in the deep imaginative minds […] Collapse
Social media spats continue
25/03/2020 - First of all, and importantly, how are we all doing? We all have a lot to think and worry about Expand
25/03/2020 - First of all, and importantly, how are we all doing? We all have a lot to think and worry about and depending on your frame of mind the childish social media spats between Matt Southall and Tahnoon Nimer have either been a welcome comedy gold distraction or a distasteful embarrassing side-show, especially when the world […] Collapse
Turn for the worse
20/03/2020 - If at all possible! Looks as if Tahnoon Nimer has got the access to the Official Site, and Expand
20/03/2020 - If at all possible! Looks as if Tahnoon Nimer has got the access to the Official Site, and following on from last night’s virtual ‘board meeting’ the Syrian has told us he’s removed Southall and Heller and appointed two Romanians to the ESI board. One name we have heard before in recent days Claudiu Florica, […] Collapse
Another Fine Mess!
17/03/2020 - The past couple of months have certainly been different both for our society as a whole and also Expand
17/03/2020 - The past couple of months have certainly been different both for our society as a whole and also our club. Though one would be tempted to argue that for our club events have not been that unusual given our history over the last 40 years or so.Charlton are never far from a crisis and thus, to an extent perhaps, we oughtn’t to be that surprised by the latest happenings in S.E.7.It seems that for us, bad owners / chairmen are like buses but even they are red at heart!Naturally, we hold our time in the Premiership in close affection for what was achieved, enthralling matches, winning against the odds, players that made you proud etc.More than anything now though we reflect on those days when the only remarkable things were happening on the pitch.The chairman ( then at least ) was good and saw eye to eye with the management team which was supported. He genuinely cared and wanted the best for the club.Sadly, it all unravelled like a house of cards following Dowie and relegation and it’s Collapse
Welling United 2 v Billericay 0
15/03/2020 - First Wings match in months. First game I have seen under new manager Bradley Quinton and half the Expand
15/03/2020 - First Wings match in months. First game I have seen under new manager Bradley Quinton and half the players have changed. That's probably just the rate of player turnover at Welling as opposed to Quinton-lead changes although he's no doubt had an input.I wasn't sure to what to expect in terms of the gate in these Covid-obsessed times but the verdict was unanimous - local fans weren't being denied their fix and the gate was 80% up on normal with just under a thousand present. It was clear from the Charlton, Millwall and even Palace emblems on display just where many of the additional fans came from.The game itself was good to watch. Welling took it to the visitors in the first-half and it was evident that there was a shoot-on-sight policy. Billericay's big and mobile defence played very well but Welling had more movement and their quicker passing created opportunities, albeit most were snapshots from distance. Alan Julian in the visitors goal made six Collapse
Fans turn on Southall
12/03/2020 - It's been hard to keep up this week with the unfolding drama of Southall v Nimer. The tit-for-tat Expand
12/03/2020 - It's been hard to keep up this week with the unfolding drama of Southall v Nimer. The tit-for-tat continues as does the leaking of documentation and emails as well as move and counter-move. The heat on Southall has ratcheted up following the leaking of extremely damaging expense details that show ESI employees taking advantage of Charlton funds for their own benefit. Southall's immediate defence was to say Nimer was at it as well, which probably wasn't the smartest approach as it was akin to throwing chum into shark-invested waters. What Nimer may have done isn't yet clear but we do know he has gone ballistic having discovered what Matt Southall and Lee Amiss have taken, although two of Taynoon's own 'consultants' have been well rewarded thus far. Indeed, Naynoon responded with a statement of his own accusing Southall even more directly of using Club money to further his own lifestyle and making it clear he was now taking legal steps to Collapse
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