Andy Hughes (ed. Confirmed to be leaving)

Great contribution - even if much of what he gave to the club went under the radar.

He's moving on, so time to say thanks for everything and good luck!

The video of his best bits on the club's Facebook is brilliant.

Genuinely gutted about this as would have loved him to join the coaching set up. Ah well good luck Hughesy!

Is it true that he covered himself in bandages like an Egyptian mummy and jumped Powelly, shouting "look boss I'm nearly fit!" ?

Good luck hughsey , great pro.

A whopping great loss. Good luck Hughsey.

Covered End said:

Big William said:

Is it true that he covered himself in bandages like an Egyptian mummy and jumped Powelly, shouting "look boss I'm nearly fit!" ?

Yes it is. I've been at a couple of meetings with players, where that story was told.

Wish I'd seen that! Best of luck to him.

Good luck Hughesy. We never rarely lose with Andy Hughes.

Great pro. You could see him motivating and pushing the team from the sidelines. Never once did I see him on the sidelines with the expression of a player pissed off because he wasn't in the team. I hope he gets first team football somewhere as he's coming toward the end of his career. Good reporting from the BBC as they've got him down as 36??? I could've sworn he's only 32. Defo got a few more years in him somewhere.

Unless you've only recently started supporting Charlton I don't understand why you wouldn't get it, but anyway. Since relegation from the prem we've been through a lot of players. (Someone on here probably knows the exact number) It's just what happens when you're in the lower leagues, you get loans, short and long, players on frees, you take chances, sometimes they work, sometimes not, you get stuck with the players no one else wants, but for whatever reason the turnover becomes higher than when in the top tier. Fans generally become less attached to the players, are less likely to have their name on the back of their shirt and in turn the players play with less passion and heart for a number of reasons. In some cases, you'll even lose your manager, a stable, and a constant. Therefore when a player comes along that for whatever reason fans have an affinity with, it's natural that you want to maintain that feeling of familiarity. I feel that with Johnnie Jackson, yet even he's only been here 4 (?) years. A lot of people clearly felt it with Kermogant too. I also feel it with Hughes, despite the fact that he's probably more influential off the pitch than on it. For all those reasons I don't want him to leave.

Love that interview. Such a positive and professional member of the squad. Manages to combine being a consummate professional with being a real Jack the Lad. Clearly has his head screwed on.

One other thing I noticed about him and told my 11 year old son to take note off was how he undertook the half time subs training. Everything was done with pace and urgency. A five yard pass was played firmly, a five yard sprint was done properly. The little things that separate the wheat from the chaff.

Top man. Hope he comes back to us at some point,

Pat Nevin tells a great story about a fringe player at Chelsea in the mid-80s called Tony McAndrew who was captain of the reserve team.

Nevin said that McAndrew was brilliant behind the scenes, he kept everyone enthusiastic and 'together' and would not allow any 'them and us' fracturing between the 1st team and the reserves.

Nevin said that once McAndrew left there was a huge problem in the squad because there was nobody there as a unifying force.

I suspect that Hughes has done a similar job for us.