Charlton Atheltic

[daft fan]

Check out the Official Charlton Atheltic website (www.cafc.co.uk)

Also check out the international Addicks link as well http://www.cafc.co.uk/internationalmembership.ink

I've supported them for almost 10 years and can proudly say I'm Charlton till I die. I've been a fan since the first match I went to. You can either sign up for Valley vision or order one of the season review DVDs from the club shop to see past games. The club is now a well established Premiership side and have just been granted permission to expand their ground 'The Valley' to a capacity of 40,000!
Have a look and if you do sign up I can guarantee it'll be the best decision you'll ever make!

Valley Vision (http://www.cafc.co.uk/ValleyVision.ink)

[ialsohaveadream]

Sorry, we speak American here. Can you dumb it down a bit for us?

[Nija]

Soccor?

Sorry, we don't riot here.

We prefer just to kill the opposing players fans with guns. You guys remember guns right. . .:P

[daft fan]

Charlton Athletic is a football club. It's in the same League as Manchester united, Arsenal and Chelsea (The Premiership)! It was formed in 1905 and is now one of the best football clubs in the country.

They've also just set up a youth academy in the U.S! (http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=21975&newstype=c)

Click on the links I placed in the first post for more info. :)

[ialsohaveadream]

Limey, it was a joke. ;)

We know you're talking about soccer, but it's just not that popular across the pond. Us Yanks have our own version of football that we're quite fond of.

[Kevster]

Charlton is in SE London on the Thames just east of Isle of Dogs (docks area) and the horrendous Millenium Dome.

I think I've been there before because my company has telecommunications sites near there since that's where many of the international cables land.

[daft fan]

Charlton have just signed an American footballer!
John Spector from Manchester united.
www.cafc.co.uk

[baggio248]

Charlton Athletic is a football club. It's in the same League as Manchester united, Arsenal and Chelsea (The Premiership)! It was formed in 1905 and is now one of the best football clubs in the country.

They've also just set up a youth academy in the U.S! (http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=21975&newstype=c)

Click on the links I placed in the first post for more info. :)

So kind of like the Beckham Academy they just started...

www.thedavidbeckhamacademy.com

[bmw9983]

I went to a match at the Valley last fall when I was over on study abroad. Very nice stadium...too bad they lost it 2-1.

Here is a picture of the stadium:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/bmw9983/219066351QfmJrG_ph.jpg

[daft fan]

Which game was that then. Also I heard about that David Beckham academy. It's a government funded project to try and get kids into sports, as there's a big thing over here (literally) at the moment about child obesity.

Here's some more stadium pics (http://www.cafc.co.uk/GalleryPicDisplay.ink?gallery=The%20Valley)

[Jeffbx]

Sorry mate - Mancboy (http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79837) stopped by quite a while ago, singing the praises of Manchester United - in a very high note, from what I remember.

We are now all loyal converts to that particular football club, and we've plans to attend a match & rowdy things up a bit.

:cheers:

[cheapie]

lmao!!!

[baggio248]

lmao! All I know is that i get to see Real Madrid next week! :thumbup:

[bmw9983]

Which game was that then. Also I heard about that David Beckham academy. It's a government funded project to try and get kids into sports, as there's a big thing over here (literally) at the moment about child obesity.

Here's some more stadium pics (http://www.cafc.co.uk/GalleryPicDisplay.ink?gallery=The%20Valley)

Middlesborough 2 - Charlton 1

Although I did get to meet Mark Schwartzer after the game :)

[ialsohaveadream]

Chivas, Chivas, Chivas!

[daft fan]

Yeah I remember. El Karkouri scored an own goal.

[DaFunkyUnit]

go Arsenal

[daft fan]

We support our local team!
We support!
We support!
We support our local team!
We support our local team!

You say you're an arsenal fan. What was the last game you went to?

[DaFunkyUnit]

We support our local team!
We support!
We support!
We support our local team!
We support our local team!

You say you're an arsenal fan. What was the last game you went to?

never actually been to one. i adopted Arsenal because when I was in London a few years back, everyone around me was an Arsenal fan (maybe because they were undefeated that year).

[ialsohaveadream]

You say you're an arsenal fan. What was the last game you went to?
So you're not a fan if you can't afford to go to the games?

[daft fan]

He's a follower but not a supporter. Supporters actually go to the games. Followers are the one's that when asked who they support, they randomly pick one of the top 3 teams in the country. When they're asked ask who their favourite player is, they'll mumble 'haven't really got one' because they haven't got a clue what the players are like, cause they haven't seen them play. This is why Man Utd boast a support of 3 million because 2.9 million of those are just followers and haven't got a clue where manchester is. They just use Man Utd as a tool for making conversation.

[MikeD]

I can't believe (and yes, I know I'm moving things along) that this thread has made it to 20+ posts. WTF...

:faint:

[bachviet]

Juventus is my favorite club in Europe.

[baggio248]

He's a follower but not a supporter. Supporters actually go to the games. Followers are the one's that when asked who they support, they randomly pick one of the top 3 teams in the country. When they're asked ask who their favourite player is, they'll mumble 'haven't really got one' because they haven't got a clue what the players are like, cause they haven't seen them play. This is why Man Utd boast a support of 3 million because 2.9 million of those are just followers and haven't got a clue where manchester is. They just use Man Utd as a tool for making conversation.

So if you don't live in the country in which the team is, you are not a fan? I'm sure of the 2.9 million Man U. "followers", they can name at least one favorite player. Plus, alot of the Man U. fans are in Europe and know where Manchester is, since soccer isn't as popular here.

[DaFunkyUnit]

Juventus is my favorite club in Europe.

but have you gone to a game?

'coz apparently you can't like them if you haven't gone to a game.

[bachviet]

but have you gone to a game?

'coz apparently you can't like them if you haven't gone to a game.
No but I watched its game on TV when possible. :)

[ialsohaveadream]

No but I watched its game on TV when possible. :)
Follower. ;)

Seriously, I'm a HUGE Hurricanes fan, but when I was growing up I couldn't afford to go to their games, even though I only lived an hour away. Was I not a true fan until I went to college and found a friend with a ticket hook-up that could get me into a classic UM-FSU game (best game I've ever seen, live or on TV, in case you care)?

[daft fan]

Sorry about my over dramatic post on the difference between Supporters and followers. Okay there is a subtle difference between followers and supporters but if you're a fan of a team, then you're a fan of a team. It doesn't matter whether you're a follower or supporter, a fan's a fan. I accept that and apologise for my previous comments.

Also have a quick look at this: Valley Vision (Charlton TV) (http://www.cafc.co.uk/ValleyVision.ink)

[daft fan]

Charlton have now signed SEVEN PLAYERS (http://WWW.CAFC.CO.UK) !

Darren Bent (Ipswich)
Kelly Youga (Lyon)
Darren Ambrose (Newcastle)
Chris Powell (West Ham)
John Spector (Man United)
Gonzalo Sorondo (Internazionale)
Alexei Smertin (Chelsea)

The mere thought of the wage bill gives me feel ill :puke:

[gear02]

Can you explain Chelsea? Namely, where the hell did they come from and how they manage to outspend Man United and Arsenal?

[daft fan]

Chelsea get all their money from their owner. Roman Abramovich, who's an oil baron. He's a Billionaire. He's spent about 300m on the team so far. That's just transfers alone. The player wages would probably bring that up to 500m! It's just been anounced on sky news taht Chelsea have just bought Shaun Wright Phillips for 21m. If Roman Abramovich decided one day that he was bored with football and walked out on Chelsea, then Chelsea would effectively cease to exist as they would face debts of over 500m! :dead:

[bachviet]

Chelsea won the EPL last season though.

[baggio248]

Money can buy you championships. Except for Real.

P.S. Last night at the Real Madrid practice there were 9000 people. It was crazy. You know you are a big team when you get that many people at your practice.

[daft fan]

'Chelsea won the EPL'. What's the EPL? Chelsea won the Premiership title and the Carling cup. I've never heard of the EPL.

[baggio248]

'Chelsea won the EPL'. What's the EPL? Chelsea won the Premiership title and the Carling cup. I've never heard of the EPL.

Over here they refer to the the English Premier League as the EPL.

[daft fan]

Really! We just call it the Premiership over here, although it's real name is The Premier League (http://www.premierleague.com).

[bachviet]

Money can buy you championships. Except for Real.

P.S. Last night at the Real Madrid practice there were 9000 people. It was crazy. You know you are a big team when you get that many people at your practice.
So tell me who wins more European titles than Real (9 times)?

We, Americans, use abbreviation at any chance we get. :D

[baggio248]

If they can win European titles, why can't they win the league titles with no problems? I don't disagree that they are one of the best teams in Europe, but why can't they dominate with all that talent?

[daft fan]

just been watching sky sport news.
Real Madrid is the most supported club in Europe with 32m fans.
Liverpool is 2nd (wonder why???) with approximately 30m fans. That's 6 times as many fans as they had last year!
Chelsea are 3rd with 15m.

Arsenals support has halved to 10m.
Man Utd only have a 1/4 of the support they had 2 years ago: 12m.

[baggio248]

Real Madrid still needs more fan support if they want to keep the likes of Beckham, Owen, Figo, Ronaldo, Raul, and Roberto Carlos. That's pretty much the point of the current US/Asia tour.

Again, P.S. The game was great last night!

[bachviet]

If they can win European titles, why can't they win the league titles with no problems? I don't disagree that they are one of the best teams in Europe, but why can't they dominate with all that talent?
Ask the Lakers two years ago... :P

They won 29 Spanish league titles.

I think they have too many stars at up front. They need to get better defenders.

Man U is still the most popular club in the world especially in Asia (HK to be specific).

[baggio248]

I think they have too many stars at up front. They need to get better defenders.

I agree...if they could have only kept Rio instead of sending him on the trade for Beckham, they would have at least one decent defender other than just Roberto Carlos, who at least yesterday played like a midfielder.

[daft fan]

There's now an end of season sale in the Charlton club shop!. (http://www.cafc.co.uk/Main_shop.ink)

Even if you're not a fan check out the Burro stuff (http://www.cafc.co.uk/shop.ink?pcategory=Burro). The sweaters were £39.99 and are now only £9.99. You don't have to be a fan. They look good on anyone. :fro:

[daft fan]

What does everyone predict for the results on saturday when the premiership season starts? (http://www.paddypower.com/bet?action=cmp&cid=32&AFF_ID=219)

[daft fan]

Charlton beat Sunderland 3-1 on the opening day of the season. We are top of The League, say we are top of The League! (http://www.cafc.co.uk)

Click here for the league table! (http://skysports.planetfootball.com/leaguetable.asp?cpid=8&clid=33)

[daft fan]

Charlton beat Wigan 1-0 to remain joint top of the league! Click here for a full match report! (http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?matchid=3889&type=m)

[daft fan]

Charlton keep up their 100% record of winning every game this season so far by beating Middlesborough 3-0! Click here for a full match report! (http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=22604)