The Charlton Athletic Gazette
Market15 May 2028
Benjamin Bell steps up from the Charlton Athletic academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamin Bell 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.
Market15 May 2028
Charlton Athletic promote John Ross from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. John Ross 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.
Market15 May 2028
One of our own: Alexander Mitchell joins the Charlton Athletic first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alexander Mitchell is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market15 May 2028
Charlton Athletic promote Liam Murray from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liam 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.
Squad15 May 2028
A row about effort at Charlton Athletic
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Spyros Vlachos was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout15 May 2028
Macaulay Gillesphey back under a manager who knows him
The new man at Charlton Athletic has worked with Macaulay Gillesphey before and it went well. He arrives with a view of the player already formed, which is worth more than any pre-season.
The dugout15 May 2028
Gassan Ahadme asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad15 May 2028
Thomas Kaminski remains an outsider
A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Charlton Athletic would admit. It shows on Saturdays.
Loan watch15 May 2028
Ibrahim Fullah would rather not come back
“For the first time in years I am picked because somebody wants me in the team.” Northampton Town suits him; the awkward conversation belongs to Charlton Athletic, and the summer will force it.
In brief
- The dugout Nicholas Cook has become a man the manager trusts
- Squad Thomas Kaminski wants to know why he earns less
- Squad Amari'i Bell can feel the drop