amazing facts about charlton

[mexico red]

in homage to their thread on charltonlife i will get the ball rolling

Charlton Athletic is the nearest football league club to the Grenwich Meridian and subsequently is always blessed by the Pope when he visits the UK.

[sn5_red]

charlton athletic were originally nicknamed the addicts in honour of the good folk of saaf london, they rebranded themselves in 1994.

[Samdy Gray]

Greenwich has more transgendered people per capita than any other area of the UK.

[dell boy]

The old Valley had the highest terracing at any ground in England.

[mexico red]

from the top of that terracing on a sunny day you could see france, fact.

[suttonred]

Charlton supporters have the uk's smallest penises, this is due to an insular type of evolution, which has seen their arses grow double the normal size, due to the amount of talking done out of them.

[Ginginho]

Bert Jackman, who is Charlton's oldest supporter at 102 years old, still masturbates twice before every home game and is too afraid break this superstition.

[mexico red]

Greenwich, due to its time allegiances is twinned with Hill valley, California the setting of the documentary trilogy Back to the Future. Fact.

[Ginginho]

The first ever McDonalds to open in the UK was in Woolwich.

FACT!!

[dell boy]

The first match played at the old Valley was in September 1919. In 1923 Charlton moved to The Mount Stadium in Catford as part of a proposed merger with Catford Southend Football Club.

 

[Ardiles]

A recent poll of fans of the 91 Premiership and League clubs (the filthy Franchise doesn't count, so their 'fans' were not asked) awarded the title of Most Pain in the Arse Ground to Get To to the Valley.  A trip there by public transport from anywhere outside the M25 requires at least 7 changes and 5 different modes of transport.  And it's worse for car drivers.  One group that set off from Leicester in 1992 is reported still to be negotiating the Blackwall Tunnel Approach.

Another accolade that Charlton vies for, along with Crystal Palace, is Most Nondescript London Suburb.  This is always a closely fought contest.

[redbullzeye]

Charlton Athletic were originally a ditch pole vault team that only switched to football when the Thames got too wide.  
The Baldicoot family from Ashington in Northumberland were so impressed with Charlton winning Division 3 in 1929 they changed their name by deed poll - both Bobby and Jackie went on to win world cup winning medals with England in 1966 - FACT

[Panda Paws]

According to a football league survey, Charlton are the most family of all the family clubs, and have banned any fans who do not have facepaint on from attending the home leg of the Play-offs - FACT

[Nijholts Nuts]

Charlton supporters have the uk's smallest penises, this is due to an insular type of evolution, which has seen their arses grow double the normal size, due to the amount of talking done out of them.

[land_of_bo]

Every time a Charlton fan claps a child dies in Rwanda. This is known as the Valiant Recurrence