The Charlton Athletic Gazette
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Charlton Athletic bid $21.4M for Relebohile Mofokeng
The offer went to Orlando Pirates this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Too dear: Charlton Athletic walk away from Ephron Mason-Clark
$8.0M was the most the club would pay and Coventry City were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ammar Ramadan
Charlton Athletic asked and DAC Dunajska Streda said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Up for the corner, and Joe Rankin-Costello delivers — 7.72
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Joe Rankin-Costello scored, was marked 7.72, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Charlton Athletic
Luke Chambers was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match15 Aug 2026
Joe Rankin-Costello the difference as Charlton Athletic beat Swansea City
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Joe Rankin-Costello. 2‑1 against Swansea City, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Miles Leaburn
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market17 Aug 2026
Charlton Athletic promote Steven Spencer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Steven Spencer 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
- Market Charlton Athletic promote Charles Richardson from within
- Market One of our own: Andrew Hunter joins the Charlton Athletic first team
- Market One of our own: Robert Grant joins the Charlton Athletic first team