The Charlton Athletic Gazette
Squad2 Apr 2029
A falling-out at Charlton Athletic
Yago De Vito and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout2 Apr 2029
Ibrahim Fullah gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market2 Apr 2029
One of our own: Nathan Reid joins the Charlton Athletic first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nathan Reid is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Apr 2029
Charlton Athletic promote Samuel Harris from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Samuel Harris 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.
Market2 Apr 2029
Charles Marshall steps up from the Charlton Athletic academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Charles Marshall 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.
Market2 Apr 2029
One of our own: Nathan Bailey joins the Charlton Athletic first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nathan Bailey is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad2 Apr 2029
A row about effort at Charlton Athletic
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Josh Laqeretabua was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout2 Apr 2029
The manager has not finished forgetting Grégoire Coudert's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Squad2 Apr 2029
9 new faces, and Charlton Athletic are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Loan watch Keenan Gough wants to come home
- Looking ahead A test against the best for Charlton Athletic
- The dugout Yago De Vito knocks on the manager’s door