It may just be coincidence but from my perspective it all appeared to start going pear shaped when he emerged from wherever he came.
Does anybody know who he is? According to publicity blurb I've read on him he has been a season ticket holder since 1967.
There are a few old gits here dating back to then or earlier. as one of those old gits I can state unequivocally that i don't know him and never have.
I would have thought that if he genuinely has been around as long as has been stated a few on here would know him or of him before he emerged as a major shareholder and director.
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His actual name is David La Sssshapell.
But the 'i'd never heard of him' bit doesnt make sense.
How many lifers had you heard of or met before CL started? does that mean they werent fans or is it more likely that most of us know a few dozen other fans at most.
think Len has a point. For example, if Steve Clarke or Craig Norris suddenly invested 5m in the Club then a lot of us would have previously heard of him or known him. Can anyone say the same of Chappell ?
And about ten lifers (at least) that I've known before CL started (not including Golfie and jimmymelrose).
Does it matter whether you have heard of him before or not ?
what difference would it make if he is someone who travelled for 20 years on Betty's coach, or went once in a blue moon ?
He is someone who as far as i can see has invested £5m-£10m into Charlton. Question the decision-making process of which he has been part of, but i don't see one iota of difference of what his background is, or how 'Charlton' he may be
but its sources are entirely Club press releases.
I think Len has a point too. Those I know who have met him, find it difficult to know what to make of him.
I think his interventions on CL were pretty odd. I wasn't the only one to doubt at first whether it wasn't a wind up, and for me it was the pretty illiterate way he wrote, which made me doubtful. I wondered whether he thought he should 'write down to our level'.
And Richard Murray was supposedly a Wolves fan (or someone like that), wasn't he ?
painting by numbers you mean ?
so on that basis fair play to chapple no matter how mad you are pissing your money up the wall on our club at least you wanted to have a punt and stop us from relegation rather than just sit there and let it happen
He "marketed himself" (if that is the correct phrase) as a fan. A season ticket holder since 1967 I believe. That is why it is relevant in my view.
I wouldn't expect Sheikh Hippy Hippy (one for the oldies in their swinging blue jeans) to be a Charlton fan but if somebody has been around 40 years or more as a season ticket holder and has told the world as much then I would expect other long term regular fans to recognise the face even if they couldn't necessarily put a name to it.
Hence the question. I didn't know the face or name before he became a director so did anybody else?
That's my point.
The attendances back in the day were pretty small at times after all!
That's my point.
I thought it was the other way round ooh Aah !
For god sake the only people that knows what is going on are the board and the buyers. This board is turning into a lynch mob.
Is it unreasonable to ask whether anybody knew or knew of a season ticket holder of 40 years standing prior to his joining the Board?
Me, cynical? No just well and truly pissed off.
From recollection, Martin Simons didn't support the team continuously when he was younger because he played on Saturdays; Kevin Nolan spent some years in the USA - does anyone question their credentials because of that?
Derek Chappell is a leading member of the board and deserves his share of any stick that is flying about on that basis, but I have met him and can vouch that he is a fan. It's just that some people don't prioritise CAFC above everything else for their entire life.
In the same way some (not me) might decide to go to Edgbaston instead of Hartlepool on August 15th for example (and I was at Canterbury last night). Presumably they'll still be allowed to post here if they do . . .
You talking about Scoop ? :-)
On the other hand though, i don't expect to see him at too many away games next season...
He may have been a supporter since 1967, but, he may not have attended a lot of games, who knows. I've missed a handful of home games since 1975, but, I doubt anyone would know me from adam. Until we know what has been going on lets leave the blame game alone.
I don't think we need worry about Scoop mastering the technology to post on here . . .
so that puts him with the huge majority of us charlton fans who only go to home games ...
...."Although unable to recall his first Charlton match - "it was my older brother, who now lives in Vancouver, who brought me to a game” - Chappell himself has been a season-ticket holder since the late 1960s.
"There were many games I came to when there were only about 3,000 or so of us in an 80,000-standing stadium,” he recalled.
"There were lots of good times and lots of bad times, as Charlton fans know well.”.........
From the Official Site therefore it must be true so we are constantly told!:-)
I must have read 1967 elsewhere but the overall point remains valid.
I take the point about other interests. I played rugby for many years so only got to mid week and friday night games for much of that time, sometimes not even then if I was working away in Wales or the West Country for example. However I still think longterm regular fans would know him or know of him from the old days that is all I am saying.
The good Airman and I may not be political soulmates but i'll happily accept his word as to who is or is not a genuine Charlton fan. If he backs Derek then that is good enough for me and answers the question i raised.
So now that you accept that he is a supporter, was it just a coincidence or not ?
That I don't know. What do you think?
Lest anyone should be confused................. that is not a picture of Derek Chappel.
Yep thats what I heard as well