Whatever you think of Charlie Methven, he has a capacity to reinvent himself in new ventures. Now he has gone reggae time in Jamaica.
The New York Times tells me that Methven was chief executive at Charlton 'where he stabilised what was another fixer-upper and enjoyed much better relations with staff and supporters.' Maybe.
And it was during his time in south London that he met Peter
Gould and realised Mount Pleasant in Jamaica might be a nice place to test his own
theories about building a sustainable football business around developing
talent and selling it on.
Having started a partnership between Charlton and Mount
Pleasant in 2024, Methven decided to go all in on the Jamaican project in March
2025, two months before Charlton secured their return to the Championship by
beating Leyton Orient at Wembley.
Methven’s arrival at Mount Pleasant is a signal of his and
Gould’s intent to create a Caribbean talent factory,
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