My 11 year old son stated to me yesterday that he agrees not to renew. This was quite a pinnacle and sad moment in our house -I love taking him and his bro (a boycotter since January) down the Valley, and so it's a ritual destroyed for us (been going for 6 years with him).
He (the son) trains on a Saturday morning until midday, so away games are limited to the south east.
How do I fill the void? He has said, not prompted from me, that he is willing to protest outside, but what fun is that for an 11 year old kid?
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And yet people wanted to have a huge go at me for 'targeting' HER family.!
@EdgeleyAddick It absolutely breaks my heart. I would suggest trying to find something else to do the three of you on a Saturday. Non-League football is of course an option. I'm sorry I'm struggling to think of other things, but something that still allows you to spend time with them. Maybe it's not the same thing every week, maybe it's a museum one week, cinema the next, that sort of thing.
Though I know his heart is in the right place, I agree with you that just going down every other week to protest isn't much fun, and that's a lot of negativity for such a young man. On big occasions, sure, but every other week is a slog.
Really hope you find something the three of you enjoy.
If you had turned up at my dads with a leaflet dissing me you would have been on your arse within about 5 seconds.
Keep up the "habit" of going to football regularly, it's easy to fall out of it and before you know it your lad is spending his Saturday's at Bluewater with his mates and only seeing football on Sky on a Sunday, telling people how he "used to support Charlton when him and his Dad had season tickets a few years ago".
Why not have a stab at some of those?
President, if you continue with that logic you'll make yourself look silly. You asked the question, presumably, because you expected most fans to have the same moral code as you. We clearly do not and are not likely to change our minds with continued digs. I'm convinced that you had the best intentions but, seriously, I'd drop it if I were you.
My family routine has been disrupted due to this regime if only my disruption was limited to a leaflet at my door , poor diddums
As mentioned by an earlier poster, there are plenty of other things to fill in the time with your kids.
Fair play Steve.
The difficulty in my opinion is the club don't appear to want the passionate Charlton fanatics that my two boys are and no doubt you and your family are too. The type of kid who is ecstatic after a victory, or in a foul mood after a loss. Who belts out VFR and other songs and loves his club so much that he made his own protest banner with felt tips and a flag.
Instead they seem to want the customer who will come along, buy a bit of food and drink, have a chat with some friends, have a go at winning a seat on a sofa, wave at a pie camera, watch the game, cheer the odd goal, shrug off an opposition goal because there are some talented/hard working academy youngsters playing, and then go home feeling largely indifferent about the result because they had an "entertaining" afternoon.
I can't contribute towards funding that, and to be honest, my eldest son is old enough to understand and agree.
Anyway, reading threads on here, I think I might take em fishing or cycling or something.
Looks like Nothing is going to win. (Still won't stop me joining in the pre and post match protests.)
I'll go to the odd non-league neutral game now and then maybe.