Mark Murray

Left Forward - Charlton Athletic U18
24 Jan 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Mark Murray

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The Charlton Athletic Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nothing got past Lloyd Jones

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 29 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

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.

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 Sonny Carey

“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.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Harry Clarke

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 20 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Market

Charlton Athletic promote Anthony Martin from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Anthony Martin 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

Charlton Athletic promote Mark Murray from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mark Murray 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

Charlton Athletic promote Adam Fisher from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Adam Fisher 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

Christopher Roberts steps up from the Charlton Athletic academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Christopher Roberts 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.

In brief