In charge of the Addicks since January 2014, he has clearly upset the south Londoners who yesterday carried a coffin along Floyd Road to the Valley, midst a huge procession of angry fans, who see the coffin as representative of "their hopes and dreams". They don't want them to be buried six feet underground. The club deserves more than that.
It was a clever demonstration which continued inside the ground with black and white beach balls being booted onto the pitch and whistles blown randomly to confuse the referee and players. Individuals invaded the pitch too. After 74 minutes many fans left their seats at a time representing the number of goals conceded so far this season by Charlton.
On the other hand Middlesbrough supporters chanted to their manager Aitor Karanka "Not to go" as he has shown disapproval over matters in the Teesside club, despite his success this season. He stormed out of a club meeting during the week. Middlesbrough seem to be in a better position than Charlton, so he can't be upset about what is going on the pitch.
Beach balls don't feature a lot in football apart from their friendly bunting around the stadium. Liverpool suffered at the hands of one a few seasons ago which got lost in the Pool penalty area and deflected the match ball past the hapless Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina and the odd "inflatable doll" gets paraded by the fans as the cameras try hard not to focus on the sex toy. Too many youngsters will be asking their dads "what is that for?".
Quick fact about Charlton is that the club got to the post War Cup Finals in 1946 (lost to Derby 1-4 in extra time after 1-1 when the Addicks' Ben Turner scored an own goal after 80 minutes and then equalised a minute later). In extra time the Sddicks had had it.
Middlesbrough beat the Old Carthusians (old boys of Charterhouse School who were the Cup holders) at Headingly to win the FA Amateur Cup in 1895 and they won it again in 1898 before they turned professional.
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