Charlton Athletic fans are still pinching themselves after their side secured promotion to the Championship on Sunday with victory against Leyton Orient at Wembley. Macaulay Gillesphey’s 31st-minute free kick was enough to separate the two London sides in a closely contested League One play-off final, with nearly 40,000 watching from the Charlton end of the […]
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Ticket scramble begins as Charlton Athletic fans prepare for play-offs
Charlton Athletic fans scrambled to get tickets on Sunday morning after seats for the club’s play-off semi-final against Wycombe Wanderers went on sale. Fans were initially greeted with waiting times of more than an hour on the club’s website, although this dropped quickly as the wait went on. However, many faced problems reserving their season-ticket […]
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Sticker show reveals stories behind Charlton Athletic’s diverse fanbase
It’s been a thrilling season so far on the pitch for Charlton Athletic – and fans are celebrating the diversity in the stands with a new exhibition at The Valley on Saturday. Photographer Rhea Spencer-Newell – who is more usually seen on the sidelines of matches or training sessions – has been taking pictures of […]
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Charlton Athletic match reporter Kevin Nolan dies aged 87
We’re very sad to report that our Charlton Athletic match reporter, Kevin Nolan, has died at the age of 87. Kevin spent much of his career as a youth worker, and came to writing later in life. He was best known for writing in the SE London Mercury, which in its day was the leading […]
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Kevin Nolan’s Valley View: Charlton Athletic 2-2 Wrexham
Plenty of people at The Valley on Saturday may have been there to see if Wrexham’s owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney were in the directors’ box. But for everyone else, there was a game of football to watch, as KEVIN NOLAN reports. As hospitable as usual, Charlton went out of their way to make Wrexham […]
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Kevin Nolan’s Valley View: Charlton Athletic 1-1 Stockport County
Stockport County were Saturday’s visitors at The Valley, but they didn’t endear themselves to our match reporter KEVIN NOLAN. Both Stockport County and Charlton Athletic have been around the block a few times, but have made it almost their business to avoid each other, like ships passing in the night. They have met on ten […]
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Kevin Nolan’s Valley View: Charlton Athletic 1-0 Birmingham City
Few people expected the Addicks to beat big-spending Birmingham City at The Valley – but they came away with all three points on Saturday, reports KEVIN NOLAN. Showing commendable determination to turn their form around, Charlton put their recent slump behind them and saw off unbeaten League One pacesetters Birmingham City with a textbook display of […]
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Kevin Nolan’s Valley View: Charlton Athletic 1-2 Blackpool
A poor Charlton performance led to the Addicks conceding two goals in the first half, before a farcical second half. KEVIN NOLAN is still fuming. Blackpool were the better of two moderate sides and did enough to win this game which disintegrated during a stop-start second half. In the interests of fairness and accuracy, that […]
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