Sir Bobby Charlton has given Ryan Giggs' record-breaking achievements his Manchester United seal of approval.

Reckon his missus wanted to maintain her f***ing plush Surrey lifestyle? F***ing hell, am I unhappy to see that f***ing toerag become a hero of west London's first club bought with dirty f***ing money. Because I was looking forward to going over there and giving them a good shoeing next season. ...

Not a dry eye in the house on Sunday. Funny, before Chris Powell netted his last goal for Charlton, we were musing on what would happen if we were granted a penalty - seconds later, that question was an academic one. Chris Powell's cameo was a nice touch from an unsentimental manager - but Alan ...

Injury-plagued Charlton defender Cory Gibbs has not being awarded a new contract at The Valley.

Did you see Peter Varney doing the rounds yesterday? Here he is on Sky Sports News and on BBC London talking about the inequality the Premier League has created. "If we played Manchester United at the Valley on a Wednesday and Wigan Athletic on a Saturday, we would now in the future play a weake...

Charlton are due to play MK Dons in a friendly at the end of July, All Quiet In The East Stand has heard via sources at Franchise FC. This seems to have a ring of truth about it - it's apparently a hangover from the Izale McLeod signing - which is why I'm publishing this rumour. I'd dearly like t...

And so, at Loftus Road at about ten to five, we succumbed to the inevitable. A 1-0 defeat by Queen's Park Rangers, together with Palace winning at Watford, extinguished the play-off flame for this season. Did I stand and mourn? Did I rant and rave? Did I heck. I was already on the Central Line. ...

Apologies for the continued lack of updates - real life's got in the way and it's been hard to come up with any new observations about things. Back once I've worked out the quickest route to Swansea City. Off which junction of the M4 was it again?

You'll have noticed that over the past few months, updates to this site have been pretty patchy - it's been tough work following a side which has used 35 players this season, and the atmosphere at The Valley has been so poor, matches haven't had atmospheres I've really wanted to revisit. I clock...

Reading striker Leroy Lita extend his loan spell at Charlton until the end of the season.