We live in an era where the inviolable independence of football clubs is starting to become a thing of the past. After our recent examination of Charlton Athletic’s Belgian connection, guest writer Alex Cooke turns his attention to the somewhat looser but still significant link between Swindon Town and Tottenham Hotspur. Alex is a freelance writer and blogger and contributes to TheWashbag.com and WeAreGoingUp, largely on the …
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Assessing the Future of Charlton Athletic’s Belgian Connection
Amid the gasping at the prospect of an all-Sheffield FA Cup quarter-final when Sunday’s draw took place, Charlton Athletic fans will have quietly considered the chance the club now has of contesting a semi-final at Wembley Stadium.
That would constitute a real turnaround for the Addicks after a difficult season on and off the pitch, one that has seen them take up occupancy in the Championship relegation zone, …
Book Review: Charlton Athletic: A Pictorial History
Charlton Athletic: A Pictorial History by David C. Ramzan
Published by Amberley Publishing
2013, £14.99
In a fourth review dealing with the suite of books Amberley Publishing have devoted to the nation’s football clubs, we are pleased to welcome back Al Gordon, deviser of the blogs, God, Charlton and Punk Rock and Arsene Wenger’s Coat, to provide his thoughts on David C. Ramzan’s volume. If you want to …
Eye Witness Assessment: Chris Powell Needs to be Bolder at Charlton
Money and opportunities are in short supply at Charlton Athletic at the moment but in spite of the fact that key players are injured and a rumoured takeover is in the offing, I couldn’t help feel that Chris Powell could have been bolder as the Addicks tumbled to a narrow 1-0 defeat at Reading on Tuesday.
The likelihood of new ownership is still uncertain. Wyn Grant’s excellent …
TTU Go Predicting: Best Free Agent
A look at the Professional Footballers’ Association list of out of contract and available players becomes more depressing by the year, even if there are Premier League outcasts aplenty whose current availability is often more a consequence of protracted contract negotiations and a choice of suitors. Hence, Chris Baird, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Carlton Cole and the like will end up somewhere eventually.
Of those, the pick of the list …
Winch: An enjoyable read. I'm not sure they bring back any good memories, but...
Phil Lloyd: Thanks, Jim, appreciate your comments. I think we are the lucky ones, ...
Jim Wilkinson: Lovely piece Phil... Brings home the unfathomable concept that playing...
Chris Walker: Tom, apologies. You are indeed correct. My recollection of Burnley's a...
Tom Whittaker: Incredibly unfair comment re: Burnley's away form- we actually managed...
