Closed due to lack of interest

Frankie is Back

http://newyorkaddick.blogspot.com/

Good to see me old mate Fwankie back on the blogs. What a coup de gras for NYA I assume the weakness of the Dollar combined with a Defoe-esque greed on Mr Valley's part was the clincher. (Was the house NYA bought your Mum in Manhattan a factor Fwankie?) Charlton Plus Radio is ever hopeful of an appearance from the great man and I can't wait to get him on the show. Welcome back me old son and God Bless America (Choke)

Your Views Your Opinions

Well you're not going to believe this but. Due to the expanding audience figures we've moved Charlton plus onto a legitimate Internet radio station. Off the Chart radio broadcasts 24 hours a day with loads of great music and shows. Primarily aimed at younger listeners, rest assured us oldens are well catered for with music from what the teens would call the olden days bless 'em. Any way we are still on at 8pm every Sunday talking about everything CAFC and playing a bit of music as well so if you haven't already joined in the discussions or even logged on to listen then pay us a visit. The Charlton plus website is available here and you can listen live via the Off The Chart Radio website here. email can be sent to studio@charltonplus.com or you can phone the studio 24 hours a day on 020 8123 9377 (Rant/Message line when off air so leave us your views/opinions)

FA CUP in the hat for Mondays Draw

Well a home draw with Baggies in the FA Cup saw 12500 stalwarts show up to witness a much better Addicks display as we secured a replay at the Hawthorns with a 1-1 scoreline. ZZ scored the goal and we actually played quite well for long periods without looking like world beaters. Youga did well in the left back slot which was encouraging. If you've got any thoughts about the game or anything CAFC then listen in to Charlton Plus at 8pm on Sunday nights every week. You could even win a Charlton Plus T shirt as displayed above, Wooooooooooooo Hoooooo

2 chuffing months

Since I last wrote on this blog. Hope you enjoyed Christmas and New year and are not as fed up with CAFC as I am. The football at the Valley has been utter tosh of late culminating with a dire display against Colchester. If it wasn't for the away results we'd be in relegation danger and that's a fact. playing just one up front at home deserves to get beaten though. The sooner we have a look at Chris Dickson the better before he loses all the confidence he had gained at the Gills where he banged 'em in consistently whilst on loan. So half time report reads. ... Despite a lack of performances especially at home Charlton are still handily placed in 5Th spot. Could do a lot better though and must try harder. Charlton Plus is still on air every Sunday at 8pm so if you want to say something really interesting then drop us an email studio@charltonplus.com You can win a T Shirt in the competition as well details on the website

HIGHS AND LOWS

Well what a busy old time for the Addicks since my last post. 3 defeats and we are in despair and the moaners were out in force some even saying relegation was on the cards. 2 late winners at Southampton and Bristol respectively have got the boys back on track and people are now talking about Promotion again. I tend to think we will be in a low play off spot come May but, I will be more than happy if we go up automatically.

Charlton plus is now firmly back on air and picking up good vibes from the fans and indeed officials at the club. We hope to get a few more guests as the season goes on after Fans Director Ben Hayes made an appearance last Sunday.

If you are in the Rose of Denmark on Saturday come and say hello. I'm near the big telly near the garden doors 'till around 2pm. You might even get interviewed for Charlton Plus.

Charlton + is back

Our Internet based radio show, Charlton Plus is back on the internet airways this Sunday at 8pm. After a flood in our main studio we have lost the last few Sunday shows but we are now ready and raring to go once more. Details of how to give us your views and opinions on everything CAFC are available at http://www.charltonplus.com Comments from our worldwide fan base are more than welcome. studio@charltonplus.com

Charlton Plus-Your Views - Your Opinions

Gambling doesn't pay

CHARLTON 2 NARCH 0

5 minutes to go and we get a Penalty which will give us a deserved win against Norwich. My niece sitting next to me is overjoyed as it means she will win the pub prediction competition and £40 sovs. That's a lot to a college girl. She is devastated as Reidy fires home again 2 minutes later. This gets me interested now as I've got a 3-0 so I'm encouraging the lads to shoot and not fart about in the corner. My daughter on the other hand has a 2-1 win and is encouraging Norwich to pull back a late consolation to win it for her. In the end of course we all lose but the Addicks had put a smile on our faces as we move up to 3rd.

Back in the small time.

COLCHESTER 2 CHARLTON 2

So off to Layer Road. A ground that defies time and the sterility of most Premier League 'Bowls'. The U's fans sang "welcome to Layer Road" after each of their goals and I am sure they were sarcasticly saying welcome big boys we might play in a dump but we are beating you fancy Dans. To be honest I thought it was great, standing on the 9 step deep terrace at the away end and experiencing the banter with around 100 voiciferous 12 year old Essex boys was great fun. The Colchester fans were lead by a little fat bloke in a pink top. Oh how we laughed at him as ZZ hit the equaliser.

On the pitch Iwelumo was totally flattened on his way to score. This was apparently a deliberate dive according to the hosts but TV pictures showed what we all knew and that was that the defender fully deserved the red card that followed.

What looked like calf strains meant Charlton lost both Iwelumo and the excellent Todorov but Luke Varney took the chance to impress the travelling Addicks in his cameo at the end. Charlton non entity Lisbie managed to score but this had more to do with a Weaver flap than any outstanding ability.

So 2 home games to come and a real chance to consolidate a promotion push. All we need to do is defend properly and there is every chance we could be nicely placed after next weekend.

RISING DAMP

During the summer the tank in our loft split and the upper part of the house was extensively damaged. During the last week we have had the builders in pulling down ceilings and re-plastering up new ones. Major disruption to the 100 miles household as I'm sure you can appreciate. I also work from home so my office is in my front room and our main bedroom which avoided the water is packed to the ceiling with everything from the damaged rooms.

Next week the decorators are in to re decorate all the rooms and even then nothing will get back to normal until the carpets arrive. Why am I telling you all this? Well Charlton Plus has been off air as my home studio has effectively been shoved in boxes and won't be coming back out until all the work is done. This is very annoying as our audience has grown enormously and in Internet radio terms, is very healthy. Hopefully we will be back on air on Sunday week or the week after at the latest.

Since my last post we have progressed into the 3rd round of the League Cup and beaten 'That Lot' at the glorifed shed in Norwood. Actually it's not even glorified. Poor old Simes has been a bit quiet on the subject since hasn't he - Shame. See some of you at Colchester on Saturday I hope. At least no one will be saying 'Si Darn' in our section.

Charlton come back and so do I

OK OK I know. A blog is supposed to be updated on a daily or at least regular basis otherwise there' no point. Well the fact is I can't be arsed most of the time to post. It's a simple as that. So just enjoy my ramblings when I can be arsed and we'll leave it at that. Frankie Valley is the place for daily musings and he is a proper blogger so visit him for that sort of thing.

Right, so what's happened so far. Well after the draw against Scunny we popped down to Swindon and beat them 0-2 in the league cup and then we threw away a 1 goal lead to lose 2-1 to Stoke. Then on Saturday we played the biggest pile of poo for years as we went into half time against Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 down and heading for an embarrassing defeat. Then Super Alan Pardew told Jerome Thomas he was playing like a bit of a tart and that the rest had made him look good. Galvanised and raring to go the Addicks produced a sparkling 2nd half performance to win 3-2 thanks to Reidy getting us back to 1-2 and Chris Iwelumo bagging a brace. So a 3-2 win secured and plenty to talk about on Sunday nights Charlton Plus with Brian Cole & Glynne Jones.

Stockport at home in the League cup Tuesday night and then Palarse away on Saturday. Have a good week, loyal reader. TTFN

Back in the real world

CHARLTON 1 SCUNTHORPE UTD 1

Scunthorpe came to the Valley in hope more than expectation. The Charlton fans were delighted that the newly promoted Iron were the first visitors and 3 points were therefore in the bag. I didn't see it like that. A reconstructed Addicks side showed signs that we will be a force to be reckoned with but without the team understanding and fluidity that will hopefully come with time. Make no mistake though, Charlton should have buried a poor Scunthorpe side who will struggle at this level. Great spirit and an ability to get away with niggly and persistent fouling in defence certainly help them earn a point.

Marcus Bent had a good game by his normal standards and was a bit unlucky not to score in the first half. Scunny's keeper had an excellent game and made a few outstanding saves but even he was well beaten as Andy Reid crashed an effort against the bar via a slight deflection. Charlton took the lead through Bent after the ball rebounded to him all on his own 8 yards out. The ball flew into the roof of the covered end net as a strangely incompetent linesman stood to signal offside. Referee Kettle soon corrected the ridiculous decision and confirmed the goal.

The Iron equalised as the new boys won a corner on the right and having lost his marker completely (Bent?)the Richard Rufus lookalike in the 5 shirt was jubilantly crashed a header past the former figure of fun, Nicky Weaver, into the back of the net.

Referee Kettle was by now losing the plot along with both linesmen giving baffling decisions and allowing time wasting in abundance. The 5 minutes added was frugal seeing as the Scunthorpe goalkeeper lay in 'agony' for that long alone without anything else being added.

I predicted a defeat today so I suppose a point is better than I thought. I am only expecting mid table come May but there were signs as I say, that we could mount a challenge for the top flight places.

Charlton Loyal ?

'You are scum'

Some little oik called Charlton Loyal or something similar posted that gem on my comments yesterday. I removed it but maybe I shouldn't have. Obviously my post yesterday annoyed this young upstart and that brilliantly witty remark has really stabbed me in the heart. He's right of course. Charlton Athletic FC has never been that important to me over the last 47 years other than seeing most games home and away, setting up West Sussex CASC and running for the fans Director. You're quite right Loyal old chap I am scum.

Is it safe to come out yet?

Lots of activity in the transfer market has meant Charlton will have a new look team in the Championship. Best news came on Friday when I got a text from CAFC telling me that Denis had gone to Ajax. Good riddance Romm - despite that goal in the last minute you were a waste of space. Shame Dazza went to Spurs. I want him to succeed at WHL but that means Spurs might be successful too and no one wants that surely. The other Bent is still here though so that's good news?

The players coming in could give us an entertaining season but to be honest I haven't missed football one little bit during the summer and I'm finding it hard to get pumped up for the visit of Scunthorpe for our first game. It wouldn't have made much difference if ManU had been the first game, I am getting more disillusioned with our game each season. The season ticket has arrived and will be used but football is dropping down my list of priorities as each season goes by.

Thank goodness that's over

To be honest I'm glad the season has finished. The trip to Anfield on Sunday was one I have made many times and is definitely one of the best days out in the Premiership. However the drive home was really draining because of the weather and I won't miss the motorways at the weekend during the next few months. I'm really looking forward to no football getting in the way of my weekends and doing a few other things. Taking in the odd game of Cricket maybe with my good friend Frankie Valley. Or a game or 2 of golf on a Saturday afternoon. You see Charlton do tend to rule my life for 9 months of the year so I think I deserve a break. No Charlton Plus Radio no long away trips and no 200 mile round trips to the Valley, that's it Closed for business 'till August. The missus is the same. No Portsmouth FC to clog up the summer for her. Bank accounts in the black instead of the red - Bliss. Have a good Summer everyone, I'll be back in August (Unless something riveting happens I want to mention of course.) Bye for now.

NO FLOWERS PLEASE

Que se ra se ra

Whatever will be will be

We're going to To COVENTRY

Que se ra se ra

That was the song sung by my daughter last night as the coffin lid was finally firmly screwed shut on Charlton's Premiership season.

Palace fans gloated although they still finished 1/2 a league lower than us so they can Piss off straight away.

Up to Liverpool Sunday to say ta ra chuck to the Scousers before they head off to Athens to play in the Champs league Final and we head off to Scunthorpe and Hull.

Regrets? We've had a few, but then again to vast to mention,

But through it all, when there was doubt, we hired Les Reed, then Chucked him out.

The record shows, we took the blows, And then blamed DOWwwwwwwwIE.

( And JFH and Talal and HH and Lisbie and and and and and .........................)

Ladies and Gentlemen. Free season ticket stage one completed, Stage 2 anyone?

WILEY FOX it up and a point is all we get

Hold on luv not yet.

After just missing out on my 100 comments target in my last post by only 80 I thought I'd throw in the towel and post again so that you can ignore this one instead.

Yesterday Charlton only drew with Sheffield United. The referee A.Wiley lowered himself to the standards we have come to expect of a Premiership ref' and the game became a personal crusade for him to get noticed. I like Alan Wiley and think he is a good official but yesterday he seemed to referee with a bias towards the Blades as though he feared the wrath of the best moaner in the league Mr Neil Warnock. Would we have won if Wiley had actually refereed the game more evenly ? probably not but it would have been nice to see the cards that were given to Charlton players given to United players who made similar 'errors'. The main reason we drew yesterday was the woeful performance of Thomas and Ambrose, 2 of my favourite players, who seemed to get lost in the importance of the game and made too many wrong decisions. Dennis was OK but still hasn't convinced me he is any good. We will get out of it? Yes I think we will. Spurs at home will probably give us the best chance of a win and our support at Blackburn may encourage the boys to give us a win at Ewood park. Look out Fulham. Don't relax Wigan and Sheff Utd. The Fat lady ain't even warmed up yet.

See you all at Ewood

I've been a bit quiet on this blog lately so apologies to both of the regular readers. Lots of time spent working to pay for season tickets etc so hopefully you will forgive the lack of comments since the City game. Reading saw us get a draw and Everton really twisted the knife to deny us a point with that late winner. I've been rather pissed off at the amount of negativity that I've heard since that defeat with some people saying that we are doomed. That is total cobblers and a win against Sheffield United on Saturday could see us go 15Th if results over the next few days go our way. Roehampton Addick has the right idea as well as the facts and figures so have a butchers now.

SHOW YOU CARE :-)

As I said I've only got 2 readers so this next bit might be a bit ambitious: I need to know that this blog is appreciated as much as I want it to be so I am aiming to get 100 comments on today's entry. It doesn't matter what the comment is and it doesn't even have to be relevant so, hit the comment link and help me hit 100 comments and show how much you care.

Man City Massives 0 Charlton Athletics 0 also

Left home 7.40am Friday arrived Worthing via Littlehampton 8.30am. Departed on coach to Manchester via Hove and Pease Pottage . Left Manchester 7.36pm to Worthing via Pease Pottage & Hove. Got back into car at Worthing at 1.30am Saturday. Direct to 100 miles from home HQ and in bed at 2.10 pm. 18 1/2 hours to see a 0-0 draw but were we miffed? Oh no siree a point had taken us out of the relegation zone albeit possibly, only temporarily and apart from being totally cream crackered we were all smiling as we waved our fellow travellers on their way. Reading next on Monday and a chance to hear all about the Man City game and look forward to Reading on CHARLTON PLUS on Sunday night at 8 via Charltonplus.com

C'mon you Reds.

Frankie's Angle - Go and read what the Blogmeister has to say today

Wigan pay the Penalty

CHARLTON 1 WIGAN 0

Well he played like a muppet for 85 minutes but in the end Dazza Bent did the business and walloped the penalty home that secured another 3 point for the Addicks. In a game that produced so little for the relegation threatened side, the opportunity presented to Charlton's leading scorer was a gift from the Premiership survival gods. HH was bundled over and just in case the ref missed that one Marcus Bent then also got flattened. Wigan boss Paul Jewell had a right old Scouser moan about it but we are used to that now. The inspiration for the pen came after a massive crowd roar greeted the big screen announcement that Sheffield United had gone a goal down at Bolton. Huge well done to the PA box team for doing that and I have a feeling that it would have been my mate Big Dave Lockwood that was responsible. That lifted the team to throw the extra effort in and it could make all the difference come May.

CHARLTON PLUS RETURNS

Yep it's back tonight. Charlton plus returns to the internet tonight at 8pm BST The special guest on the new show will be Fans Director Ben Hayes and you can send in your questions right now or during the show. Details are available at http://www.charltonplus.com and you can also find out out how to listen in.