Tuesday, 13 January 2026

Whatever happened to Charlie Methven?

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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