The Charlton Athletic Gazette
Match22 Aug 2026
Charlton Athletic taken apart
0‑4 to Southampton, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad24 Aug 2026
7 saves: Will Mannion was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Market24 Aug 2026
Nicolás Castagno says no to APOEL
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Nicolás Castagno had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Market24 Aug 2026
Macaulay Gillesphey 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 The request is on a desk at Charlton Athletic, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Door shut on Kian Spence
Charlton Athletic asked and Rotherham United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Alejo Sarco is a medical away from Charlton Athletic
The deal with Gijón is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Charlton Athletic
Lloyd Jones 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Charlton Athletic
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Miles Leaburn was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Amari'i Bell
“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.
In brief
- Market Talks stall between Charlton Athletic and Anselmo García Mac Nulty
- Boardroom Doors closed at Charlton Athletic
- The dugout The view from the dugout