INTO THE VALLEY - HOW CHARLTON FANS GOT THEIR CLUB BACK
01/13/20 • 21 min
In the late 80's and 90's Charlton Athletic Fans organised as a political party to save their clubs and return it to its spiritual home The Valley. In the last five years, they've had to mobilise again, this time to see off Roland Du Chatelet whose eccentric ownership model left the club floundering in debt. Lifelong Addicks fan Dave Thomson, who was was a veteran of both campaigns, tells his story.
In the late 80's and 90's Charlton Athletic Fans organised as a political party to save their clubs and return it to its spiritual home The Valley. In the last five years, they've had to mobilise again, this time to see off Roland Du Chatelet whose eccentric ownership model left the club floundering in debt. Lifelong Addicks fan Dave Thomson, who was was a veteran of both campaigns, tells his story.
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