Our illustrious but decidedly eccentric owner reaches his 70th birthday next week, on Monday 14th November. And CARD will be helping to mark the occasion.
Every day this week, we will be unveiling a birthday gift and then a special surprise next Sunday.
Today, it’s BDAY -7, and we are delighted to present M. Duchâtelet with a ticket for the home match versus Sheffield United at the Valley on 26th November. North Stand Upper, of course, so he can sing along to some of his favourite tunes.
Look, we know times are hard even for a billionaire. It’s difficult to make ends meet. But we are sure that Uncle Roly has been just itching to come along to the Valley if only he could, so .........
Hey Presto! There you go Roland, beggar the expense, you’re in!
What? You don’t remember the way? That's understandable given your failure to attend a home match in over 2 years. Ok, never mind. We can get around that. We’ll even throw in a map of the local area so you can find the Valley.
No excuses now.
We look forward to seeing you there. Come and say hello, you are assured of a warm South East London welcome and you might even learn something about how great Charlton fans are.
Watch out for another gift to be unveiled tomorrow.
Meanwhile, let’s have some of your ideas, Charlton fans. What would you like to give Roland for his birthday, if you could? But best keep it fairly polite. You never know who is following every word on here.......
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Three score and ten, sounds ominous Roly!
Don't bother coming over to take in a game, time to put your duck taped feet up and call it a day, me and the vast majority of Charlton fans thinks. You know it makes sense.
Yes, it seems like a lot of money. But it's easy to arrange. All he'd have to do is give away Charlton to a new owner. (Perhaps, if he's getting into the spirit, he could give Charlton to its customers).
The average life expectancy for Belgians is 80.38 years. Which means he's got 10.38 years left. Or 124.56 months. And, as ownership of Charlton is costing him a million quid a month, simply giving away the football club would make him £124.56m.
How about it Roland? Give Charlton back to the weird people who think they already have some kind of "ownership". After all, it's better to give than receive.
Some new shoes.
New rose tinted glasses.
A new shag so he loses intrest in current lady.
Just to clarify should this be misconstrued - this is simply to take the guy out for a meal to discuss all things Charlton, nothing more.
I remember pretty much throwing that half term revision week away in May after we'd beaten Sunderland because I was so buzzing at the future and excitement surrounding my club.
I'm also happy to run a short presentation on any all footage from the 88/89 season onwards which was when I first remember going properly.
I'll give him an authentic talk on the John Aldridge hat trick that I remember seeing the opening day of that season as we got beat 3-0 at Selhurst, through to surviving the penultimate game of the season when we beat Derby at Selhurst and why these memories and many others are ingrained in my psyche now and until I die, whereas I won't remember anything associated with his reign 25 years from now.
So I think CARD should see about maybe organising a trip down memory lane through the medium of film, and a select number of us get up and share our past memories