Simon Jackson

Left Midfielder - Charlton Athletic U18
10 Oct 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Simon Jackson

3 Edition

The Charlton Athletic Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Tyreece Campbell

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Lloyd Jones in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Charlton Athletic this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Nobody could stop scoring

6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Charlton Athletic and Swansea City in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Boardroom

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Charlton Athletic

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Will Mannion

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

Charlton Athletic promote John Young from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. John Young has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Joseph Barnes steps up from the Charlton Athletic academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joseph Barnes has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

One of our own: Timothy Turner joins the Charlton Athletic first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Timothy Turner is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Charlton Athletic promote Simon Jackson from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simon Jackson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

In brief