I don’t imagine there are many Charlton supporters – if any - that are happy with the way the club is at the moment. But it seems that we all have different views on what action we, as supporters, should take to affect the situation. Some will carry on regardless, some will boycott or complain on social media, and others will actively protest. Everybody has a right to their views and take the action they see fit.
I was looking forward to seeing Charlton play at Northampton. It would have been my 131st ground following Charlton over many years. But as I’ve got older I’ve recognised that it’s not the number of grounds that I have been to that’s important, but more the experiences and memories that following Charlton have given me.
Saturday 4th March will be another new experience for me. It should have been at Northampton, but I’ll be driving to Belgium instead. Hopefully, if we stay up, I can go to Sixfields next year. Being with the group of supporters protesting in Belgium will be a different experience, and in the wider scheme of things far more important. Whether the protests are successful or not, I’ll have the memories of a weekend knowing I helped try to change the situation. It could be an ‘I was there’ moment if the owner does sell up.
I hope others feel the same and join the protests, foregoing the experience of Sixfields for those in Sint Truiden. It might help banish the memories of last night.
This evening on the STVV fan forum GrAS have announced their participation in the Unity Protest. Here are a few comments posted:
From Jan Bulder:
"Finally an STVV event I can take part in. They say there will be 200 fans coming from Charlton".
From pat@:
"Ah sweet! The arrival of some disgruntled ex-employees of Charlton. Add to that a whole section disgruntled former employees at STVV. That would mean that Roland: still not the leader he wants to be, with so many opponents
I don’t imagine there are many Charlton supporters – if any - that are happy with the way the club is at the moment. But it seems that we all have different views on what action we, as supporters, should take to affect the situation. Some will carry on regardless, some will boycott or complain on social media, and others will actively protest. Everybody has a right to their views and take the action they see fit.
I was looking forward to seeing Charlton play at Northampton. It would have been my 131st ground following Charlton over many years. But as I’ve got older I’ve recognised that it’s not the number of grounds that I have been to that’s important, but more the experiences and memories that following Charlton have given me.
Saturday 4th March will be another new experience for me. It should have been at Northampton, but I’ll be driving to Belgium instead. Hopefully, if we stay up, I can go to Sixfields next year. Being with the group of supporters protesting in Belgium will be a different experience, and in the wider scheme of things far more important. Whether the protests are successful or not, I’ll have the memories of a weekend knowing I helped try to change the situation. It could be an ‘I was there’ moment if the owner does sell up.
I hope others feel the same and join the protests, foregoing the experience of Sixfields for those in Sint Truiden. It might help banish the memories of last night.
Well said mate. Those who do nothing when they can do something, however little, can't complain when nothing changes. Having been to St Truiden a couple of times before - supporting the team in pre-season, I can say there are worse places to go. As you said, you can always do Northmapton next year.
Just wondering if there are a couple of protest shirts left over? They would need to be quite large though as I know of 2 very bitter ex-employees who are thinking of making the trip to Belgium !!
I don’t imagine there are many Charlton supporters – if any - that are happy with the way the club is at the moment. But it seems that we all have different views on what action we, as supporters, should take to affect the situation. Some will carry on regardless, some will boycott or complain on social media, and others will actively protest. Everybody has a right to their views and take the action they see fit.
I was looking forward to seeing Charlton play at Northampton. It would have been my 131st ground following Charlton over many years. But as I’ve got older I’ve recognised that it’s not the number of grounds that I have been to that’s important, but more the experiences and memories that following Charlton have given me.
Saturday 4th March will be another new experience for me. It should have been at Northampton, but I’ll be driving to Belgium instead. Hopefully, if we stay up, I can go to Sixfields next year. Being with the group of supporters protesting in Belgium will be a different experience, and in the wider scheme of things far more important. Whether the protests are successful or not, I’ll have the memories of a weekend knowing I helped try to change the situation. It could be an ‘I was there’ moment if the owner does sell up.
I hope others feel the same and join the protests, foregoing the experience of Sixfields for those in Sint Truiden. It might help banish the memories of last night.
new song for the lads in Belgium. (I presume they speak French there)
Nous sommes St Truiden et nous Ne pas putain de Danse
Oh, unfortunately as pointed out earlier, Sint Truiden is in the Flemish part of the country and the language is virtually indistinguishable (in the writen form although there is a dialect on spoken form) from Dutch.
Travellers interested in speaking the local languahe should brush on the Dutch rather than the French language options.
Here is a basic example (google not local translate)
We are Sint Truiden and we do not like this dance.
we zijn Sint Truiden en we houden niet van deze dans
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I was looking forward to seeing Charlton play at Northampton. It would have been my 131st ground following Charlton over many years. But as I’ve got older I’ve recognised that it’s not the number of grounds that I have been to that’s important, but more the experiences and memories that following Charlton have given me.
Saturday 4th March will be another new experience for me. It should have been at Northampton, but I’ll be driving to Belgium instead. Hopefully, if we stay up, I can go to Sixfields next year. Being with the group of supporters protesting in Belgium will be a different experience, and in the wider scheme of things far more important. Whether the protests are successful or not, I’ll have the memories of a weekend knowing I helped try to change the situation. It could be an ‘I was there’ moment if the owner does sell up.
I hope others feel the same and join the protests, foregoing the experience of Sixfields for those in Sint Truiden. It might help banish the memories of last night.
From Jan Bulder:
"Finally an STVV event I can take part in. They say there will be 200 fans coming from Charlton".
From pat@:
"Ah sweet! The arrival of some disgruntled ex-employees of Charlton. Add to that a whole section disgruntled former employees at STVV. That would mean that Roland: still not the leader he wants to be, with so many opponents
Wednesday
1.00/2.00 IT studies Feltham Young Offenders prison.
They would need to be quite large though as I know of 2 very bitter ex-employees who are thinking of making the trip to Belgium !!
"Hopefully penetrates the message that we are a football club and not a dance hall ..."
Nous sommes St Truiden et nous Ne pas putain de Danse
Did you see we're trying to get Billy the Barmy Army trumpeter to come ? Apparently, he's an Addick.
Translation into (despised) french would have been : Nous ne sommes pas une salle de danse, nous sommes Saint Trond!
In this case, the word putain is the translation of fcking.
Travellers interested in speaking the local languahe should brush on the Dutch rather than the French language options.
Here is a basic example (google not local translate)
We are Sint Truiden and we do not like this dance.
we zijn Sint Truiden en we houden niet van deze dans
Easy.