South London Sport: Charlton Athletic Edition

South London Sport: Charlton Athletic Edition

Talking points from Charlton Athletic 1 Derby County 2 - Rams' dire plight last season shows importance of rolling with setbacks and Championship adversity after promotion

Tuesday's opponents looked dead and buried in 2024-25 campaign...the Addicks still have time to get it right on the pitch and with January recruitment

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Rich Cawley
Jan 21, 2026
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Lyndon Dykes is close to getting his head on a cross from Sonny Carey’s late corner/Picture: Paul Edwards

IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POUR

And boy did it rain last night. Soaking a pitch that is beginning to show the wear and tear of having Charlton Athletic men and women playing on it.

A quick web search of the idiom in the bolded headline above describes it as follows: “when one bad thing happens, many other bad things often happen at the same time, creating a cluster of misfortunes”.

Yeah, that feels apt. That feels very apt.

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