Notice from the chairman 7th of September

Lewis Coaches

Fans were hit with the bombshell news,contained in a leaflet distributed before the match that Charlton had agreed to move home to share Selhurst Park with Crystal Palace. I for one remember the circumstances very well. The mood inside the ground that afternoon was something of hatred for some and astonishment for others. The opponents that day was Crystal Palace. Coincidence? I don't think so. Of course the year is 1985.

C.Walsh'sLoveChild

Bloody hell.

I opened it up expecting it to be news on the takeover released today


GGRRRRRRR

Oggy Red

[cite]Posted By: Lewis Coaches[/cite]Fans were hit with the bombshell news,contained in a leaflet distributed before the match that Charlton had agreed to move home to share Selhurst Park with Crystal Palace. I for one remember the circumstances very well. The mood inside the ground that afternoon was something of hatred for some and astonishment for others. The opponents that day was Crystal Palace. Coincidence? I don't think so. Of course the year is 1985.

The match where we were awarded 3 penalties.


We had no warning at all, until we were handed a leaflet as we came through the turnstiles.
People were gobsmacked.

Thank you John Sunley

Addickted

[cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]Thank you John Sunley

John Fryer of Bernard Sunley you old plastic.

Chaz Hill

Remember it well. Stunned is an understatement. The 'final' game v Stoke was the one that lives in my memory though. Guy climbing the floodlights, coffin on the pitch. Was the start of something great as it turned out. The true Charlton spirit! Something we hope to see a bit of this season.

Oggy Red

[cite]Posted By: Addickted[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]Thank you John Sunley

John Fryer of Bernard Sunley you old plastic.

Ha! Freudian slip ...... memory made a mess of that one - but old plastic?
How many matches do you have to have seen since 1964 before you're not regarded as a plastic ....?

;o)

Off_it

[cite]Posted By: Addickted[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]Thank you John Sunley

John Fryer of Bernard Sunley you old plastic.

Actually, I thought that John Fryer was the little fella with the glasses who became chairman but that there was also a John Sunley in the background. Might be wrong.

Off_it

Here you go, from the Sunley website (surprised they are still going actually!)

"The Group Chairman is John Sunley, the son of the late Bernard Sunley, who founded the Group as a landscaping design contract business in the 1920's."

Oggy Red

So was I right or wrong ....?

I remember the little Arthur Askey fella with thick black rimmed glasses - kicking a ball about on The Valley pitch in his suit.
Always told us he was a lifelong Charlton supporter.

Off_it

[cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]So was I right or wrong ....?

I remember the little Arthur Askey fella with thick black rimmed glasses - kicking a ball about on The Valley pitch in his suit.
Always told us he was a lifelong Charlton supporter.

I reckon you're right Oggy. John Sunley called the shots, but they stuck John Fryer into bat as he had some sort of affiliation for the club.

SilentAddick

[cite]Posted By: Off_it[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]So was I right or wrong ....?

I remember the little Arthur Askey fella with thick black rimmed glasses - kicking a ball about on The Valley pitch in his suit.
Always told us he was a lifelong Charlton supporter.

I reckon you're right Oggy. John Sunley called the shots, but they stuck John Fryer into bat as he had some sort of affiliation for the club.

Hang on there a moment, weren't there a Bernard Fryer?? ;-)

Stig

[quote][cite]Posted By: Chaz Hill[/cite]Remember it well. Stunned is an understatement. The 'final' game v Stoke was the one that lives in my memory though. Guy climbing the floodlights, coffin on the pitch. Was the start of something great as it turned out. The true Charlton spirit! Something we hope to see a bit of this season.[/quote]

Yeah I remeber that guy up there and the fans chanting at him "have a piss, have a piss, have a piss...."

C.Walsh'sLoveChild

I was -2 months at this time. My mum was on the pitch with me in her stomach

Steve Dowman

Remember it well. Was strange being handed the sheet of paper as knew nowt about it before that. Guess there is no way this would not of been known in advance now, the joys of the interweb! Though no doubt it would of been lost amongst a torrent of other FACTS so might of slipped by unnoticed.

Solidgone

Don't wanna read this...still bear the emotional scars..!

TEL

I thought it was a practical joke as someone thrust one at me outside the Covered End turnstyles......shock and horror is an understatement

DaveMehmet

[cite]Posted By: Steve Dowman[/cite]Remember it well. Was strange being handed the sheet of paper as knew nowt about it before that. Guess there is no way this would not of been known in advance now, the joys of the interweb! Though no doubt it would of been lost amongst a torrent of other FACTS so might of slipped by unnoticed.

There was an article in the previous weeks Sidcup Times rumouring the move but I just dismissed it at the time.

Addickted

[cite]Posted By: Off_it[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]So was I right or wrong ....?

I remember the little Arthur Askey fella with thick black rimmed glasses - kicking a ball about on The Valley pitch in his suit.
Always told us he was a lifelong Charlton supporter.

I reckon you're right Oggy. John Sunley called the shots, but they stuck John Fryer into bat as he had some sort of affiliation for the club.

The late John Fryer was the Chairman - and he was definitely a long time Charlton fan. John Sunley (also a Charlton fan) took over the family business from his dad and although provided the backing it was Fryer who called the shots.

Lewis Coaches

Bump this is Charltons History........Bump

Mike

anyone got a link for the vid where the fans are protesting on the Valley pitch about the move? I remember seeing it a while back

Valiantphil

Now that the club is owned by a single person, this can easily happen again.

The Chairman has already stated that the club is not viable in L1, and as we have only had 4 shots on target in the last 2 games, promotion is far from certain.

Don't be surprised one Saturday afternoon if you are handed a leaflet giving our new name/ground/division information.

RM has said that the key to profitability this year would be "walk-up" spectators, but to get these you have to be playing well.

A 1-0 defeat at Exeter and a home draw with Oldham hardly inspires anyone.

Sorry to be neg - but these are worrying times in football generally and we are not well placed.

nth_london_addick

[cite]Posted By: Valiantphil[/cite]Now that the club is owned by a single person, this can easily happen again.

The Chairman has already stated that the club is not viable in L1, and as we have only had 4 shots on target in the last 2 games, promotion is far from certain.

Don't be surprised one Saturday afternoon if you are handed a leaflet giving our new name/ground/division information.

RM has said that the key to profitability this year would be "walk-up" spectators, but to get these you have to be playing well.

A 1-0 defeat at Exeter and a home draw with Oldham hardly inspires anyone.

Sorry to be neg - but these are worrying times in football generally and we are not well placed.

thats not negative its down right horrible and not even funny

Sir Chrissy

[cite]Posted By: nth london addick[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: Valiantphil[/cite]Now that the club is owned by a single person, this can easily happen again.

The Chairman has already stated that the club is not viable in L1, and as we have only had 4 shots on target in the last 2 games, promotion is far from certain.

Don't be surprised one Saturday afternoon if you are handed a leaflet giving our new name/ground/division information.

RM has said that the key to profitability this year would be "walk-up" spectators, but to get these you have to be playing well.

A 1-0 defeat at Exeter and a home draw with Oldham hardly inspires anyone.

Sorry to be neg - but these are worrying times in football generally and we are not well placed.

thats not negative its down right horrible and not even funny

I beg to differ, I think Valiant is talking the truth and it seems with most Charlton fans, they can't take the truth. Realism over optimism sometimes.

Oggy Red

That negativity is no more 'realism', than airy fairy blind optimism.

Just a worst case scenario.

Paddy7

Why exactly would a Chairman who not only loves the club, but needs it to be successful again financially, sign its death warrant by moving it 3 weeks into the season? Strange idea. Not a time tom pretend nothing's wrong, but not on a par with playing in Croydon just yet.

nth_london_addick

[cite]Posted By: Sir Chrissy[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: nth london addick[/cite]

[cite]Posted By: Valiantphil[/cite]Now that the club is owned by a single person, this can easily happen again.

The Chairman has already stated that the club is not viable in L1, and as we have only had 4 shots on target in the last 2 games, promotion is far from certain.

Don't be surprised one Saturday afternoon if you are handed a leaflet giving our new name/ground/division information.

RM has said that the key to profitability this year would be "walk-up" spectators, but to get these you have to be playing well.

A 1-0 defeat at Exeter and a home draw with Oldham hardly inspires anyone.

Sorry to be neg - but these are worrying times in football generally and we are not well placed.

thats not negative its down right horrible and not even funny

I beg to differ, I think Valiant is talking the truth and it seems with most Charlton fans, they can't take the truth. Realism over optimism sometimes.

rubbish are you honestly telling me that you think we are close to ground sharing away from the valley again


i have heard some bollox on here and i am guilty to writing loads of it

but that is the biggest load of bollox i have ever read


dont mascarade opinion into truth and dont hide your negativity behind us losing our home again


if you were around when it happend before then more fool you for your opinion now

if you wernt then it is not a subject to be so flippant about

Sir Chrissy

Sorry but my point was about people facing the truth in this club. They can't seem to face it, yes I probably do agree with you that we aren't near that point, however, the point Valiant was trying to make was the fact that if we continue to struggle then Murray has said we will not be able to cope. His views on the future maybe are a little extreme, but the point I was trying to make is that Charlton fans can't seem to face the truth sometimes, can't take criticism.

nth_london_addick

No you said valiant is talking the truth and valiant says that we could well be facing loosing our home again

Your point about reality is lost when you attach it to a comment like that.

That will never happen again I would bet my house on it.

Read up on why we left what the ground was going to be developed into

And read how ridiculous the comment is

Find a better example for you to state that charlton fans are not being realistic

Sir Chrissy

Well my mistake then really eh. My point wasn't attached to the fact we could lose the Valley, my point was that we could find ourselves in trouble, which even Murray has admitted himself.

nth_london_addick

You won't find anyone on here denying that especially not me.

I think we are in a real pivotal point in our history.

I even likend the letter I received telling me my shares were gone to the letter I got in my Programe that day.

However I was careful not to liken the result of RM Taking over as sole owner to the dreadful fate that we faced bk in 85

And anyone taking or making flippant remarks about it happening again should be reminded that it was not and is not something to take litely

Sir Chrissy

Okay well, you speak well and seem to know what you are talking about and I respect that. Hope you understand slightly where I was coming from? Obviously not the right comment to make it with, but that was my mistake.