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OFFICIAL! Pitch Invasion ANNOUNCEMENT!

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  • I have had an uneasy feeling about RD ever since he took over. So two years ago I started to dig a tunnel starting from Sam Bartrams old fish and chip shop. My plan all along has been to pop up on the centre spot on 60 minutes of the last televised match in the 15/16 season and now I read this invasion which is likely to spoil my moment in the spot light.

    At least if it all kicks off a few can escape from any rampaging blue jacket stewards by hopping down the tunnel.

    So, does this mean that you are "The Mole"?????
  • C4FC4L1f3
    C4FC4L1f3 Posts: 1,917
    I would just like to add further that this is a PEACEFUL Protest! we will enter the pitch and walk to the center circle. to display our protest.

    Blackpool did is peacefully and so WILL WE!

    I have had many msgs since posting this asking if this is just a hoax to cost the club money (Although that would also be a success) We ACTUALLY ARE GOING ON THE PITCH!

    All i can ask is that 60 mins into the game, people will enter the pitch and we would like you to join us!
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,780
    edited March 2016
    yes, echo that - all the best for the op.
  • c4fcdenmark
    c4fcdenmark Posts: 2,041
    I will be tuning in to watch this with interest. PLEASE, PLEASE, keep this peaceful. Roland will be watching on live feed, as will thousands on Sky. You would hope that Roland and Katrien would tire of these well orchestrated guerilla protests that seem to be able to strike them at will.
    Good luck and look forward to the to coverage.
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,922

    From a marketing point of view its brilliant to announce this. The fear and embarrassment of it actually happening will knock the regime. It's also a cracking diversion for what might be happening elsewhere. Very clever - wasn't planning to come but this changes things now for me. All that hard work by everybody over the years has been washed away and if this is what it takes then so be it. The regime want submission and we cannot allow this. Yes this smacks of things down in Bermondsey but sometimes you have to get your hands a bit dirty.

    no, they'd just rant a bit, talk about doing something, not do it then pack up going or take it on the chin as they always have and be happy with 3rd rate crap
  • E_cafc
    E_cafc Posts: 2,617
    edited March 2016
    I think it's going to be difficult to get the cameras to focus on the fans on Sunday as just found out this is Sunday's referee lol

    https://www.facebook.com/gold1043/videos/1112486822118124/
  • I offer this only as something for you to factor in, but I'm pretty sure broadcasters all agree to an unofficial 'code' when it comes to anyone entering the field of play.

    I wouldn't be at all surprised if they just cut away, and broadcast a deep and meaningful picture of the Thames Barrier or somesuch bit of scenery.

    That doesn't mean it won't be shown subsequently, of course, and it doesn't mean it won't be described on the radio and written about in the papers. It also doesn't mean you won't achieve all you want to in terms of disruption, financial penalties to the club etc., but prepare for it not to be broadcast live.

    Then again, the sheer novelty of a bunch of fans walking calmly and slowly to the centre circle might be too much for them to resist. My bet would be on Sky not being willing to set a precedent and show it. Especially as they'll have had a production meeting to discuss it, now they know it's happening. It would start happening all over the place, and that would muck up their schedules.

    Not for the first time around here, though, I do hope I'm wrong...
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,917
    E-cafc said:

    I think it's going to difficult to get the cameras to focus on the fans on Sunday as just found out this is Sunday's referee lol

    https://www.facebook.com/gold1043/videos/1112486822118124/

    Hilarious!
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,922
    1) I reckon Airmans still got a set of 'access' keys up his sleeve
    2) I'm assuming once roland sells up any bans dished out by the belgiums can be wiped off?
    3) Until they sell, it won't matter coz nobodies going anyway.
  • Starinnaddick
    Starinnaddick Posts: 4,358

    I have had an uneasy feeling about RD ever since he took over. So two years ago I started to dig a tunnel starting from Sam Bartrams old fish and chip shop. My plan all along has been to pop up on the centre spot on 60 minutes of the last televised match in the 15/16 season and now I read this invasion which is likely to spoil my moment in the spot light.

    At least if it all kicks off a few can escape from any rampaging blue jacket stewards by hopping down the tunnel.

    Sammy had a Sports shop .

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  • Cardinal Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    Once Roland's gone we can build a Matryr's Board and honour all of those who gave and fought to get him out. That should include anyone banned under The Regime.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,826
    drewman said:

    iamdan said:

    C_A_F_C said:

    iamdan said:

    See you on the centre circle..

    Keep in mind that we're a family club...


    image

    Wish that was Katrien..

    I'm sorry.
    She's already screwing all of us.
    And we are paying for it.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456

    I offer this only as something for you to factor in, but I'm pretty sure broadcasters all agree to an unofficial 'code' when it comes to anyone entering the field of play.

    I wouldn't be at all surprised if they just cut away, and broadcast a deep and meaningful picture of the Thames Barrier or somesuch bit of scenery.

    That doesn't mean it won't be shown subsequently, of course, and it doesn't mean it won't be described on the radio and written about in the papers. It also doesn't mean you won't achieve all you want to in terms of disruption, financial penalties to the club etc., but prepare for it not to be broadcast live.

    Then again, the sheer novelty of a bunch of fans walking calmly and slowly to the centre circle might be too much for them to resist. My bet would be on Sky not being willing to set a precedent and show it. Especially as they'll have had a production meeting to discuss it, now they know it's happening. It would start happening all over the place, and that would muck up their schedules.

    Not for the first time around here, though, I do hope I'm wrong...

    Sky would never show live footage of a pitch invasion..........

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


  • 25May98
    25May98 Posts: 712
    I hope this happens. I won't be going on the pitch as I will have my two kids with me. Perfect excuse because I'm probably not brave enough.

    Very best of luck. I'll be clapping my hands off if you manage to get on.

    GOOD LUCK ALL INVOLVED.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,826

    What about if we are winning?

    And big Mak is on a hat-trick...
    We then pinch ourselves and wake up?

    Or if it is true, count down the minutes for Riga to take off our dangerman ;)
    Don't know about anyone else but I quite like a lie in when I'm dreaming, wake up a bit and then can get back into the dream but having nudged it on a bit.

    Don't use this time to think about Charlton much. But if I did, I think the dream would break down after Mak had scored two in a game.
  • Addickted said:

    I offer this only as something for you to factor in, but I'm pretty sure broadcasters all agree to an unofficial 'code' when it comes to anyone entering the field of play.

    I wouldn't be at all surprised if they just cut away, and broadcast a deep and meaningful picture of the Thames Barrier or somesuch bit of scenery.

    That doesn't mean it won't be shown subsequently, of course, and it doesn't mean it won't be described on the radio and written about in the papers. It also doesn't mean you won't achieve all you want to in terms of disruption, financial penalties to the club etc., but prepare for it not to be broadcast live.

    Then again, the sheer novelty of a bunch of fans walking calmly and slowly to the centre circle might be too much for them to resist. My bet would be on Sky not being willing to set a precedent and show it. Especially as they'll have had a production meeting to discuss it, now they know it's happening. It would start happening all over the place, and that would muck up their schedules.

    Not for the first time around here, though, I do hope I'm wrong...

    Sky would never show live footage of a pitch invasion..........

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


    Firstly, that wasn't a live game, but from Soccer Saturday, so the guidelines are going to be different.

    Secondly, that's exactly my point. They didn't show it live, they showed a pre-recorded clip. That footage being talked over is recorded, and being shown only once (I would imagine) they know nobody was hurt, they weren't about to broadcast a crime (an assault etc).

    Like I say, I hope I'm wrong. But that clip you've just shown, isn't live footage of a pitch invasion, no.
  • I have had an uneasy feeling about RD ever since he took over. So two years ago I started to dig a tunnel starting from Sam Bartrams old fish and chip shop. My plan all along has been to pop up on the centre spot on 60 minutes of the last televised match in the 15/16 season and now I read this invasion which is likely to spoil my moment in the spot light.

    At least if it all kicks off a few can escape from any rampaging blue jacket stewards by hopping down the tunnel.

    Sammy had a Sports shop .
    What, two years and the wrong bloomin shop. Not going to do it now! What a waste.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,861
    they show live pitch invasions at the end of every play off semi final second leg ;)

    ..just kidding, I suspect Mick is right....however footage of it would be all over SSN after the event
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,933
    My bet is nobody invaded the pitch... Itl then be passed off as a bluff to get RD spending money on security
  • Ben18
    Ben18 Posts: 1,638
    edited March 2016

    Addickted said:

    I offer this only as something for you to factor in, but I'm pretty sure broadcasters all agree to an unofficial 'code' when it comes to anyone entering the field of play.

    I wouldn't be at all surprised if they just cut away, and broadcast a deep and meaningful picture of the Thames Barrier or somesuch bit of scenery.

    That doesn't mean it won't be shown subsequently, of course, and it doesn't mean it won't be described on the radio and written about in the papers. It also doesn't mean you won't achieve all you want to in terms of disruption, financial penalties to the club etc., but prepare for it not to be broadcast live.

    Then again, the sheer novelty of a bunch of fans walking calmly and slowly to the centre circle might be too much for them to resist. My bet would be on Sky not being willing to set a precedent and show it. Especially as they'll have had a production meeting to discuss it, now they know it's happening. It would start happening all over the place, and that would muck up their schedules.

    Not for the first time around here, though, I do hope I'm wrong...

    Sky would never show live footage of a pitch invasion..........

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


    Firstly, that wasn't a live game, but from Soccer Saturday, so the guidelines are going to be different.

    Secondly, that's exactly my point. They didn't show it live, they showed a pre-recorded clip. That footage being talked over is recorded, and being shown only once (I would imagine) they know nobody was hurt, they weren't about to broadcast a crime (an assault etc).

    Like I say, I hope I'm wrong. But that clip you've just shown, isn't live footage of a pitch invasion, no.
    They joyfully show pitch invasions in play off semis.

    They're not always peaceful either, as Alan Smith found out at Huddersfield.

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  • they show live pitch invasions at the end of every play off semi final second leg ;)

    They do indeed, you're quite right. And, as someone else pointed out, they're not always peaceful. But...

    There's clearly a world of difference between an invasion at the end of a game, and one happening after 60 minutes. For more reasons than we need to go into.

    All I'm saying, is that a pre-planned, forewarned, co-ordinated pitch invasion, no matter how peaceful it's intended to be, will leave the broadcasters needing to make a pre-match decision, and that will involve the knowledge that what they decide might help set a precedent. And, the knowledge that they can show it time and time again after the event, will lead, I suspect, to them not showing it live at the time.

    But, yet again, I hope I'm wrong.
  • PeterGage
    PeterGage Posts: 1,799
    C4FC4L1f3 said:




    Banners will be presented etc… and we ask that this PLEASE be a PEACEFUL protest!


    May I offer some views on the proposed pitch invasion.

    1. Whilst I have actively taken part in all forms of protest to date, including handing out leaflets, stickers etc, I personally do not support this action, but I accept that all supporters have a choice in the matter.

    2. To date, the protests arranged/co-ordinated by CARD have been imaginative, different and have achieved the aims of hitting Roland in the pocket and bringing our plight to the attention of the footballing world. The media outpourings have been very supportive of the protest and I believe it is important to keep them "on-side".

    3.The main reason why I do not support this action, is the potential end-game scenario. Clearly the more militants of the protest fans (and I don't use the word "Militant" in a negative fashion), will support this form of demonstration. It only needs a few supporters on the pitch to stray beyond the stated intentions - see above - and any good-will gained to date may well be eroded to our detriment. Media coverage of negative acts may well turn some supporters (both general and specific Charlton supporters) against the aims and we will be "badged" as a group of thugs. One also wonders how our actions, if indeed they stray beyond the stated aims and become unlawful, will be viewed by future potential buyers.

    4. I would like to be re-assured by C4FC4LIf3, who I have had the pleasure of his company in handing out leaflets, that a plan is in place to "manage" the protest in such a way that the stated aims and objectives are not over-stepped. I doubt that such a "plan" is possible.

    5. If however, it is successful, to a point where the game is held up only, and is eventually allowed to reach a proper conclusion, then I will be the first to congratulate such supporting militants.

  • PeterGage
    PeterGage Posts: 1,799
    Oops, sorry for the "bold" above!
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051

    Addickted said:

    Disagree.

    The Club cannot afford the negative publicity of banning non violent protesters with long histories of supporting CAFC.

    Some of whom have been season ticket holders before the CEO was born.

    Listen up, folks, because Addickted sits on the safety committee.

    How the club reacts to any pitch invasion will be determined by how the people involved behave once on the pitch. If people go anywhere near individual players or officials, try to break the goalposts, etc, you can expect the police to take an interest. Otherwise, they will want to manage the incident with the least possible intervention. I am not encouraging anyone to go on the pitch, but if you do behave sensibly.
    But the sofa's fair game, right?
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,309
    edited March 2016
    I don't think a pitch invasion is massively militant and I don't think it harms our reputation or protests as a fan base. Blackpool did it last year and got a match abandoned. I still felt/ feel sympathy with their fans as would most REAL football fans/people. Some broadcasters will give the same old tripe about how it is bad for the game to have a match abandoned, the more enlightened will no point point out that it is far more damaging to the game to have long standing traditional football clubs destroyed by poor ownership and that in some instances "needs must".

    All that being said, I won't be joining in as there is clearly a (very slight) risk of arrest and that would be my job gone.
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,208
    Who's driving the mobility scooter?
  • drewman
    drewman Posts: 1,104
    TelMc32 said:

    I have had an uneasy feeling about RD ever since he took over. So two years ago I started to dig a tunnel starting from Sam Bartrams old fish and chip shop. My plan all along has been to pop up on the centre spot on 60 minutes of the last televised match in the 15/16 season and now I read this invasion which is likely to spoil my moment in the spot light.

    At least if it all kicks off a few can escape from any rampaging blue jacket stewards by hopping down the tunnel.

    Good job you didn't get your timing wrong and pop up during "that" video!!!

    Could have had a severe case of PTSD!! :wink:
    He may not have been the only one who "popped up".......
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,084
    rikofold said:

    Addickted said:

    Disagree.

    The Club cannot afford the negative publicity of banning non violent protesters with long histories of supporting CAFC.

    Some of whom have been season ticket holders before the CEO was born.

    Listen up, folks, because Addickted sits on the safety committee.

    How the club reacts to any pitch invasion will be determined by how the people involved behave once on the pitch. If people go anywhere near individual players or officials, try to break the goalposts, etc, you can expect the police to take an interest. Otherwise, they will want to manage the incident with the least possible intervention. I am not encouraging anyone to go on the pitch, but if you do behave sensibly.
    But the sofa's fair game, right?
    Yeah, carry the sofa onto the pitch and sit on it.
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,132
    _MrDick said:

    I'll be parachuting in from the West Upper ...

    Second thoughts ... I'm getting a robin outfit and flying in
  • The_Organiser
    The_Organiser Posts: 3,999
    Not fussed about a ban from Charlton but am concerned about having to hand my passport in when England play and therefore missing the euros this summer.