Monday, 17 August 2026

'Unbelievable sound' scoring in front of the Covered End

Lloyd Jones has been talking to Richard Cawley.  Here are a few excerpts as a taster.

Referring to Saturday: “That’s my first goal in front of the Covered End,” said Jones. “The sound was unbelievable. It’s addictive.

“The most important thing was the three points. I would’ve liked a clean sheet but to come from behind, especially in the first Championship game, and get three points is a great feeling.

“The Championship may be a little bit stronger this year. We’ve got to keep building. We had our targets set last week. If we can improve our points tally, goal difference and scoring - we got two today - it will stand us in good stead.”

Plenty of pundits have tipped Charlton to struggle this season. [The bookies have us as favoujrites to go down].So does he pay attention to those comments?

“No - stuff them,” said Jones. “It’s good to be underdogs sometimes, you haven’t got as much pressure going into games. It’s outside noise. We’re a confident bunch. There will be some tough times as well as good ones, it’s just how quickly we can recover from that.”

Lord Young of Acton has been celebrating the Super Hoops win at Portsmouth.   I have messaged 'Tobes' to warn him that Charlton will be more difficult and asking him if he plans to reignite his feud with Rick Everitt.  No reply yet.


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