The Charlton Athletic Gazette
Market4 Dec 2034
Bernard Eide puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Charlton Athletic, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout4 Dec 2034
Robert Morgan says Charlton Athletic went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad4 Dec 2034
Glenn van Dijen 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.
Squad4 Dec 2034
Words at Charlton Athletic training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Michael Golding is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad4 Dec 2034
Home is on Máximo Guzmán's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Charlton Athletic are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Market4 Dec 2034
Talks stall between Charlton Athletic and Glenn van Dijen
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Player ratings4 Dec 2034
Vítor Conceição stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.51 on the card, and the Charlton Athletic support went home talking about one name.
Squad4 Dec 2034
Simon Walker makes the team of the month
Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
Boardroom4 Dec 2034
85% of the income goes out in wages at Charlton Athletic
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
In brief
- The dugout Michael Reindorf gets it from the manager
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Jon Camacho on the draw
- The dugout Marco Rivas knocks on the manager’s door