The Charlton Athletic Gazette
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
Nobody could get near Patrick Dorgu
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Real improvement from Tommy Reid at Charlton Athletic
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Tommy Reid is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Ryan Fredericks falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match26 Dec 2026
Charlton Athletic get the job done against Derby County
A 1‑0 win over Derby County, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
Ninety minutes of Sonny Carey at his very best
Marked 8.03. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Charlton Athletic.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Charlton Athletic
Greg Docherty 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.
Loan watch28 Dec 2026
Micah Mbick keeps scoring at Colchester United
19 appearances away from home and 11 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Steven Benda
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
No hiding place for Will Mannion
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Will Mannion, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout Christopher Matthews has his say
- The dugout Matty Godden has become a man the manager trusts
- Market No place for Ivan Mesik in the plan