Bury v Charlton Athletic
Saturday 6th August 2016 … 3pm Kick-Off
League One - Match-Day One
IntroductionGreetings from Bury… located within Greater Manchester, this is a town that emerged during the great Industrial Revolution as a mill town creating textiles, it’s an area known for its market and the local traditional dish: Black Pudding… whilst Sir Robert Peel, the Prime Minister between 1841 and 1846 was a resident of this town.
This Saturday sees League Football returning after a three month break… Bury a town that has been home to Prime Ministers will this Saturday play host to Football fans from South East London… the new season is upon us… the opposition are ready, the fans are ready… Let’s just hope Charlton Athletic… are ready!!
The OppositionName: Bury |
Manager: David Flitcroft
Ground: Gigg Lane
2011/12 was the last season that the Addicks were in League One and we all know how that turned out but what has happened to Bury…?
Bury in the years since we last faced them haven’t fared so well, the year we won the Division, the Shakers finished in mid-table yet the follow year saw them relegated back to League Two, there they remained for two years and last season was Bury’s first back in League One, they finished 16th and will surely be hoping that second season syndrome doesn’t return once more.
It’s certainly been an interesting summer and despite their business in the Transfer Window being all Free Transfers they’ve used the market wisely with the experience of Neil Danns joining from Bolton whilst Antony Kay and Chris Kirkland have joined from MK Dons and Preston respectively.
Their pre-season though hasn’t been the best and if Charlton fans are panicking about relegation after our results then Bury should be even more worried… a 1-0 defeat against Blackburn saw them begin their summer whilst 4-0 defeats against Morecambe and Radcliffe Borough followed… a 1-1 draw away at Blackpool last Saturday is the sole success of their summer so far.
Team NewsAs for Charlton who knows who’ll play in the opener… The Declan Rudd signing is almost dragging on as bad as the Paul Pogba transfer to Manchester United whilst the fans continue to wonder where the five desired signings actually are.
Should no other signings come in then a win would be very impressive with Dillon Phillips no doubt making his debut in between the sticks… the reliable Chris Solly and Johnnie Jackson will no doubt play some part in the match whilst Nicky Ajose should start against one of his former loan sides, his strike partner: Lee Novak though is questionable after breaking a finger in training last week.
Phillips
Solly … Johnson … Konsa … Fox
Holmes … Crofts … Ba … Jackson … Harriott
Ajose
Substitutes Bench: Mitov … Thomas … Holmes-Dennis … Muldoon … Lookman … Novak … Hanlan
PredictionThe opening day of the season is always difficult to predict as you can never rely on friendly results to be an accurate representation on where each squad is… Every team will want to win their opening match in a new season and this year will be no different, a lack of proper match sharpness is to be expected and a draw wouldn’t be a surprise result.
Pop-Quiz Time(1) Sir Robert Peel (Bury resident) became Prime Minister in 1841 but which famous figure did he replace?
(2) Name the two players that could play against their former sides this Saturday?
(3) Bolton / Rochdale / Oldham… All from Greater Manchester but who are Bury’s closest rivals?
Comments
Also - Tex must be fit by then as well. Get him in the back 4.
My god that team is shit - Jacko will be blowing out his arse after 15 mins, but there is nobody else to bring on to relieve the poor guy.
Solly / Jackson / Fox even Harriott seriously need to lead the team this year!!
Rudd (don't care if we are dicking around - will bloody kidnap him and drive him up myself if I have to)
Solly
Texeira
Johnson
Fox
Holmes
Crofts
Ba
Lookman
Novak (this is football not basketball - get him on the pitch. We have a game to win)
Ajose
SUBS: Phillips, Konsa, Holmes-Dennis, Jackson, Harriott, Ahearne-Grant, Hanlan
New GK
Solly, Johnson, new CB, Fox
Holmes, Crofts, Jackson, Harriott
Ajose, Novak
Phillips, Konsa, Holmes-Dennis, Ba, new CM, Lookman, Hanlan
The new players will be Rudd, Pearce, Foley imo
We win 2-1
We need to stay injury free really if we are going to amass anything like enough points over the first ten games to give us a chance of finishing top two.
Realistically we are hoping to scrape into sixth and then get lucky in two of the following three games.
What a mess!
RS develops a nervous twitch during the post match interview.
See below Katrien's comments following our relegation, in particular the bits about learning from previous mistakes and putting together a promotion challenging squad. More lies.
Charlton Chief Executive Katrien Meire has issued the following statement following the club's relegation to League One
Everyone at Charlton Athletic Football Club is deeply disappointed that we have been relegated from the Championship.
This is not the time for excuses. We apologise for our mistakes and now need to learn from them so that we can put firm foundations in place for the future that ensure the long-term stability of the club.
We all acknowledge that this is a difficult time for the club, but I and the club’s Senior Management Team will start the rebuilding work immediately. Our sole aim is to be fighting for promotion next season and our top priority is to put together a squad that can help Charlton Athletic get back into the Championship.
We would like to thank our fans for their support and continued loyalty both home and away this season, and we will communicate further plans for next season in the coming weeks and months. Our fans are integral to the success of this club and we want to work together with our supporters to make sure we move forward in our pursuit to return to the Championship.
Read more at http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/club-statement-charlton-athletic-relegation-to-league-one-3068129.aspx#UZLvdTwcQO8jHWhB.99