Was at a wedding last year and sitting at the table, bloke i've never met before asked if i was into football and what team i support. When i said Charlton, he said "oh...... really.........great............................................................so what Premiership team do you cheer for now"
I can't imagine for the life of me what keeps people like that alive!! The very idea that we would all "cheer for a Premiership team" now we are out of the top flight makes me piss myself, for people like that the very essence of football is utterly lost and I genuinely feel sorry for them.
A mate of mine works for BP so goes to irag/afganistan/nigeria etc. Just before christmas he was being driven through Nigeria, by blokes with massive guns,to get back to the airport when he was playing count the Arsenal shirt. When all of a sudden a different name was on the back of one of the red shirts. Konchesky on the back of a Charlton shirt. He was in such a rush to get his phone out and take a picture that he dropped it and the screen broke
I was in the football museum at the national stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay, and the curator asked who I supported. When I said Charlton, he looked at me blankly for a few moments then said "I support Bolton Wanderers". I wasn't expecting that!
I travel a lot and in the UK Charlton are a very popular team with all supporters of Football I meet and that is very satisfying as it means we are geting most things right
In the wild west of the USA is a little place called Norman on the outskirts of Oklahoma city. I went in a sports store and the guy working there was English from Wolverhampton, we got talking football and his favourite away ground was the Valley, he knew all about our trials and triibulations and always looked for our results. Great bloke.
I run an Estate Agents on the Isle of Wight hence see a good number of tourists, surprising how many wander about in my little town or stand at the bus stop outside wearing a Charlton shirt, always grap them to explain my obsession with Charlton ..... probably scares the crap out of em ..... In fact met a bunch of Charlton fans in my local pub a year or so ago on a boys weekend away, seemed a nice bunch but never bumped into them since at my few matches i get too - Got to the stage where most of the local townsfolk actually tell Charlton fans they see that the bloke down the estate agents is a big fan lol
I run an Estate Agents on the Isle of Wight hence see a good number of tourists, surprising how many wander about in my little town or stand at the bus stop outside wearing a Charlton shirt, always grap them to explain my obsession with Charlton ..... probably scares the crap out of em ..... In fact met a bunch of Charlton fans in my local pub a year or so ago on a boys weekend away, seemed a nice bunch but never bumped into them since at my few matches i get too - Got to the stage where most of the local townsfolk actually tell Charlton fans they see that the bloke down the estate agents is a big fan lol
There are quite a few Addicks living on the island, including my Dad. Maybe you could get together and organise a Valley Express. He's always moaning about engineering works delaying trains on his way up!
Never had the Charlton/Chelsea thing, but always always take my CAFC towel on any holiday I go on. Always sparks a conversation on the beach about who you support, recent results etc.
when i went ibiza during the summer a man spotted my Charlton tattoo in my hotel and was also a Charlton supporter we ended up being best friends for the rest of the holiday!
I once had a conversation with my Spurs supporting boss and when I was speaking in general about how we've fallen from the Premier League he genuinely said:
"Charlton were in the Premier League?" "er yeah for about 6-7 years" "Don't remember that"
when i went ibiza during the summer a man spotted my Charlton tattoo in my hotel and was also a Charlton supporter we ended up being best friends for the rest of the holiday!
I was visiting my aunt in a place just north of Newcastle and saw a Charlton sticker in the back of a car parked at a neighbour's. Like a few other posters (am glad I'm not the only one), I feel strangley like I've seen a friend when I see anyone in a Charlton shirt etc! So I knocked on the door - not sure what I was gonna say if anyone answered to be honest, just hope they would have reacted like most of you! No one answered -maybe they saw me clock the sticker and hid?! Have posted this before, so apologies for repeating what I think is worth telling - when I went to Tehran I discovered the then British Ambassador supported Charlton. His wife & children do too. I've even kept his email response saying he was so glad the standard of staff had improved on my arrival - noone knows it's not about my work ability; something better! I also take my Charlton towel everywhere I travel.
I remember seeing someone in a charlton shirt when I was in America I got so excited about it I felt the need to shout hello to him. Poor guy thought I was crazy though couldn't get away fast enough
Where abouts in the US? I gave my aunt's friend the Quaser white away top in the mid-90s
I was visiting my aunt in a place just north of Newcastle and saw a Charlton sticker in the back of a car parked at a neighbour's. Like a few other posters (am glad I'm not the only one), I feel strangley like I've seen a friend when I see anyone in a Charlton shirt etc! So I knocked on the door - not sure what I was gonna say if anyone answered to be honest, just hope they would have reacted like most of you! No one answered -maybe they saw me clock the sticker and hid?! Have posted this before, so apologies for repeating what I think is worth telling - when I went to Tehran I discovered the then British Ambassador supported Charlton. His wife & children do too. I've even kept his email response saying he was so glad the standard of staff had improved on my arrival - noone knows it's not about my work ability; something better! I also take my Charlton towel everywhere I travel.
when i went ibiza during the summer a man spotted my Charlton tattoo in my hotel and was also a Charlton supporter we ended up being best friends for the rest of the holiday!
To begin with I thought you were going to say you were walking around Ibiza in a Charlton shirt....glad to hear it was a tattoo that revealed your allegiances & not a crappy shirt!
That's where my mum lives. But my aunt lives in Darras Hall, Ponteland. I guess I didn't need to describe where it was but thought the person concerned might read my comments!
I run an Estate Agents on the Isle of Wight hence see a good number of tourists, surprising how many wander about in my little town or stand at the bus stop outside wearing a Charlton shirt, always grap them to explain my obsession with Charlton ..... probably scares the crap out of em ..... In fact met a bunch of Charlton fans in my local pub a year or so ago on a boys weekend away, seemed a nice bunch but never bumped into them since at my few matches i get too - Got to the stage where most of the local townsfolk actually tell Charlton fans they see that the bloke down the estate agents is a big fan lol
I was walking around the US over the summer, and no-one identified the badge. But a couple of birds did ask me why I had "Krabs" on the front of my shirt......
To the uninitiated, I've started describing Charlton as "the third best team in the country". That means the same thing as being the best team in the third league doesn't it?
I missed the last game of the 05/06 season as I was in Williamsburg Virginia (couldnt even find out the result as it was before mobile internet roaming was affordable for an 18 year old). I walked into a small grocery shop with my white CAFC shirt which was spotted by the clerk behind the till.
"wow you like EPL" "yeah" "oh youre English?" "yeah London" "wow Charlton Athletic... Alan Curbishley... how do you feel about the news?" "I havent seen it. Did we win?" "no you lost" "bummer" "and Curbishleys been fired..."
Comments
We didn't keep in touch
Just before christmas he was being driven through Nigeria, by blokes with massive guns,to get back to the airport when he was playing count the Arsenal shirt. When all of a sudden a different name was on the back of one of the red shirts. Konchesky on the back of a Charlton shirt. He was in such a rush to get his phone out and take a picture that he dropped it and the screen broke
"Where you from?"
"England"
"Oh very good. You like EPL"
"Yes"
"Oh, so you support Manchester United"
"No"
End of dialogue with taxi driver looking bemused as to why you do not support Manchester United.
Never had the Charlton/Chelsea thing, but always always take my CAFC towel on any holiday I go on. Always sparks a conversation on the beach about who you support, recent results etc.
"Charlton were in the Premier League?"
"er yeah for about 6-7 years"
"Don't remember that"
Well we beat you enough times mate.
Have posted this before, so apologies for repeating what I think is worth telling - when I went to Tehran I discovered the then British Ambassador supported Charlton. His wife & children do too. I've even kept his email response saying he was so glad the standard of staff had improved on my arrival - noone knows it's not about my work ability; something better!
I also take my Charlton towel everywhere I travel.
Isn't that called Scotland? :-)
Anyway, he was a "Post Italia '90" football fan and was - big shock - a Chelsea fan.
We drew them in the FA Cup away in about 1994 and I mentioned to him that I would be going to the game.
"I must say," he said to me, "I have never really heard of Carlton (sic) before."
"It's Charlton, Nick," I told him.
They stuffed us 3-0 and first thing Monday morning he collared me, "Bloody Hell, your team Carlton were rubbish weren't they?"
I tried to avoid football talk with him after that, especially after he said that "the lanky black chap" was "the worst player I have ever seen!"
"wow you like EPL"
"yeah"
"oh youre English?"
"yeah London"
"wow Charlton Athletic... Alan Curbishley... how do you feel about the news?"
"I havent seen it. Did we win?"
"no you lost"
"bummer"
"and Curbishleys been fired..."