South London Sport: Charlton Athletic Edition is regularly catching up with Peter Varney, the club’s former chief executive and a boyhood fan of the club, to get his tales and inside info from when he was in a key position of responsibility in SE7.
In this 10th instalment, Varney talks about his attempts to bring a buyer to the table that would allow Roland Duchatelet to end his ownership of the Addicks and also his involvement in Thomas Sandgaard’s takeover in September 2020.
Thomas Sandgaard at a Charlton game in September 2020/Picture: Kyle Andrews
MEIRE MISSED MEETINGS, DUCHATELET CLAIMED I WAS A CARD MEMBER AND SANDGAARD WAS ANNOYED BY HOME TRUTHS
Peter Varney has mentioned before that he would always try to help Charlton Athletic if they looked in trouble - especially when it came to ownership issues. But dealing with Roland Duchatelet and Thomas Sandgaard proved to be a tricky business - especially when it came to the former, whose running of the football club left supporters in mutinous mood.
Before I discuss my attempts to speak to Roland Duchatelet, the first email I sent to him was in 2015, there is a need to provide a bit of context first.
This will partly serve to explain my motives and also an issue which surfaced once I tried to reach out to Duchatelet.
In January 2008 there was a massive breakdown in the relationships of the main directors which led to Richard Murray being replaced as chairman on the most powerful committee at Charlton, which was the PLC one.
