Sofa RIP

mistrollingin

I hear the sofa will be buried at Charlton Cemetery next Saturday with full military honours.

Pinocchio will lead the congregation with a rousing rendition of Otis Redding's "Down in the Valley", followed by Richard Murray leading on an acapella version of "My Old Man's a Dustman".

Su Parkes will then lead an all female choir with "Jump Up and Down and Wave Your Knickers in the Air"

And, to bring proceedings to an emotional close, representatives from DFS will be on hand, giving everyone a copy of their latest sale catalogue.

razil

WestCountryAddick

Henry Irving said:

WestCountryAddick said:

What actually happened? Did the fans invade the pitch and some took it upon themselves to grab it and rip it to shreds? Was it a pre-planned thing?

Unfortunately I've been travelling most of the day (work related) so haven't really kept up with all the events.

Seemed a spontaneous action by some fans from my perspective.

Stewards desparate to protect it and rough up some people.

Lifer who instigated action was escorted off pitch by police but not arrested as some have rumoured.

Body of sofa survived but cushions are no more. RIP.

A gesture of course but a highly symbolic one that cheered a lot of people.

Thanks Henry. It's fitting that the thing was destroyed by fans rather than just quietly being retired.

JorgeC

wait ... what if there are two sofas !! and it's twin will reappear next season. I feel another invasion coming on.

soapy_jones

There you go you Belgian twats, don't say I never do anything for you...

http://www.jdupholsterers.co.uk/

NOW DO ONE!

AFKABartram

https://twitter.com/charltonlife/status/729014320907096064

man_at_milletts

You might think you were clever destroying that sofa, but we'll probably end up with an interim couch now.

C_A_F_C

JorgeC said:

wait ... what if there are two sofas !! and it's twin will reappear next season. I feel another invasion coming on.

There was a white one at some point during the season.

North Lower Neil

man_at_milletts said:

You might think you were clever destroying that sofa, but we'll probably end up with an interim couch now.

Genius.

Valley11

man_at_milletts said:

IMO that was a fitting end to something which has become symbolic with our current ineffective CEO who hopefully will take that very personally.

The destruction of that created one of the biggest cheers of the afternoon, and I just hope she was witnessing it. More than likely not, as if her goons had any nous they would have whisked her away quickly.

Totally agree. That fucking sofa is symbolic of how out of touch they are with us.

Valley11

AFKABartram said:

https://twitter.com/charltonlife/status/729014320907096064

But mean to get KAG and Sarr to clean it up

NornIrishAddick

Stig said:

olster said:

Highlight of the season.

I can't be the only one to have taken some home. One for the museum.

Yeah, I stuffed a bit into my back pocket. Got to say, it was a very comfortable journey home.

Was it a unique fan experience?

Raith_C_Chattonell

Take a lot of duct tape to repair that.

SheffieldRed

uie2 said:

Peter couch coming on seasons loan ;-)

RD will probably save money and buy Shane Long's cousin Chaise

c4fcdenmark

sofa so good, keep these puns coming. The destruction of the sofa was so inspired, huge respect to all of the protagonists.

se9addick

Halix said:

Gonna be a bit of a bugger getting a refund back now from DFS.

That deposit's gone mate.

Vincenzo

Had to laugh at the bloke in the White Swan selling 'a bit of the sofa' for 50 quid.

JorgeC

Vincenzo said:

Had to laugh at the bloke in the White Swan selling 'a bit of the sofa' for 50 quid.

more expensive than the Berlin wall

happyvalley

Burnley are sponsored by a sofa company perhaps they'll send us a new one for next season.

Alwaysneil

Katrien (or emergency comms man) said recently that they were considering what to replace the reviled sofa with.

At least now they won't need to pay for the tipping costs.

ladywell_addick

Alwaysneil said:

Katrien (or emergency comms man) said recently that they were considering what to replace the reviled sofa with.

At least now they won't need to pay for the tipping costs.

What about replacing it with a new owner for the club?

ross1

C_A_F_C said:

JorgeC said:

wait ... what if there are two sofas !! and it's twin will reappear next season. I feel another invasion coming on.

There was a white one at some point during the season.

I thought the sofa was white, how long did we have the red one for, or did KM switch them so her favourite white one would not get hurt

JorgeC

omg ... she played the old double sofa bluff routine

MountsfieldPark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyxXssnVZUw


RIP her to shreds

JorgeC

did anyone check it conformed to EU health and safety standards before it was ripped to shreds? I would hate to think it wasn't flame retardent...

IA

JorgeC said:

Vincenzo said:

Had to laugh at the bloke in the White Swan selling 'a bit of the sofa' for 50 quid.

more expensive significant than the Berlin wall

Mendonca In Asdas

In the annals of Charlton folklore, this shall be known as the 'sofa relegation''.

SpicedAddick

This is the funniest thread I've EVER read on CharltonLife.

Thanks for the laughs everyone. I needed it.

cafcfan

It will be fighting fit again once it's been given some castors oil.

Bangkokaddick

Henry Irving said:

WestCountryAddick said:

What actually happened? Did the fans invade the pitch and some took it upon themselves to grab it and rip it to shreds? Was it a pre-planned thing?

Unfortunately I've been travelling most of the day (work related) so haven't really kept up with all the events.

Seemed a spontaneous action by some fans from my perspective.

Stewards desparate to protect it and rough up some people.

Lifer who instigated action was escorted off pitch by police but not arrested as some have rumoured.

Body of sofa survived but cushions are no more. RIP.

A gesture of course but a highly symbolic one that cheered a lot of people.

Henry, you must be sad about this. Didn't you want the sofa to take pride of place in the museum?