Kevin Nolan’s Match Report: Oxford United v Charlton (19/04/2019)
Oxford United 2 (Nelson 19, Garbutt 23) Charlton 1 (Taylor 5, pen). Kevin Nolan reporting from the Kassam Stadium. In ill-tempered, frequently chaotic circumstances, Charlton's 11-game unbeaten streak...
View ArticleKevin Nolan’s Match Report: Charlton v Scunthorpe United (22/04/2019)
Charlton 4 (Dijksteel 24, Aribo 55, Vetokele 63, Taylor 67) Scunthorpe United 0. Kevin Nolan reporting from The Valley. Seeking to balance the pressure for short-term results with the longer term...
View ArticleKevin Nolan’s Match Report: Gillingham v Charlton (27/04/2019)
Gillingham 0 Charlton 2 (Aribo 24, Cullen 42). Kevin Nolan reporting from Priestfield Stadium. With one eye trained warily on the play-offs, Lee Bowyer's recent team selections have tightrope-walked...
View ArticleKevin Nolan’s Match Report: Doncaster Rovers v Charlton (12/05/2019)
Doncaster Rovers 1 (Blair 87) Charlton 2 (Taylor 32, Aribo 34). Kevin Nolan reports from Keepmoat Stadium. At the risk of sounding churlish, let's begin this otherwise positive account of Charlton's...
View ArticleKevin Nolan’s Match Report: Charlton v Doncaster Rovers (17/05/2019)
Charlton 2 (Bielik 2, Pratley 102) Doncaster Rovers 3 (Rowe 11, Butler 88, Marquis 100). Aggregate score 4-4 (Charlton won 4-3 on penalties). Kevin Nolan reporting from The Valley. Providing the climax...
View ArticleKevin Nolan’s Promotion Play-offs Preview: Charlton v Sunderland
When John Marquis put Doncaster ahead during the first half of extra-time last Friday, there was the briefest of pauses - a distinct catching of breath - in the ceaseless wall of sound which had been...
View ArticleKevin Nolan’s Match Report: Charlton v Sunderland (26/05/2019)
Charlton 2 (Purrington 35, Bauer 90+4) Sunderland 1 (Sarr 5,o.g.). Kevin Nolan reports from Wembley Stadium. Considerable slack should be cut when reading this admittedly sketchy account of Charlton's...
View ArticleHomage to the NHS
I was 11 years old on July 5th 1948, when the NHS was born. It's safe to say that I was totally oblivious to the greatest act of social legislation ever passed into law by any government for the good...
View ArticleKevin Nolan looks ahead to the 2019-20 season
As we prepare to tackle our first season since WW11 without Betty Hutchins at the helm, it devolves on me to step up and deliver a pep talk in her place. Think of it as my take on a new President's...
View ArticleKevin Nolan’s Match Report: Charlton v Stoke City (10/08/2019)
Charlton 3 (Taylor 25, Aneke 75, Gallagher 83) Stoke City 1 (Ince 37). Kevin Nolan reporting from The Valley. Showing that their opening day victory at Blackburn was no flash in the pan, Charlton made...
View ArticleKevin Nolan’s Match Report: Charlton v Forest Green Rovers (13/08/2019)
Charlton 0 Forest Green Rovers 0 Forest Green won 5-3 on penalties). Kevin Nolan reporting from The Valley. In the 67th minute of this dismal Carabao cup-tie, Charlton were handed a golden opportunity...
View ArticleKevin Nolan’s Match Report: Reading v Charlton (31/08/2019)
Reading 0 Charlton 2 (Leko 51, Taylor 80, pen). Kevin Nolan reports from the Madejski Stadium. These Charlton reports are beginning to write themselves. They tell a repetitive story of consistency,...
View ArticleKevin Nolan’s Match Report: Wigan Athletic v Charlton (21/09/19)
Wigan Athletic 2 (Dunkley 22, 70) Charlton 0. Kevin Nolan reports from DW Stadium. If Charlton never again play at Douglas Whelan Stadium - or whoever they call it after these days - it's gonna be a...
View ArticleKevin Nolan’s Match Report: Fulham v Charlton (05/10/2019)
Fulham 2 (Cavaleiro 55, Mitrovic 63) Charlton 2 (Gallagher 41, Bonne 57). Kevin Nolan reports from Craven Cottage. Battered, bruised and brainweary, Charlton trudged off after this punishing,...
View ArticleKevin Nolan’s Match Report: Millwall v Charlton (9/11/2019)
Millwall 2 (Hutchinson 6, Smith 90) Charlton (Leko 51) Kevin Nolan reports from The Den. The more things change, the more they stay the bloody same. There's a more stylish French saying which covers...
View ArticleKevin Nolan’s Match Report: Charlton v Huddersfield Town (10/12/2019)
Charlton 0 Huddersfield Town 1 (Daly 90+2). Kevin Nolan reporting from the Valley That comforting points gap which has consoled Charlton during their disastrous two-month slump is disappearing like (as...
View ArticleKevin Nolan’s Match Report: Queens Park Rangers v Charlton (21/12/2019)
Queens Park Rangers 2 (Cameron 6, Pugh 70) Charlton 2 (Taylor 56, Sarr 90+5). Kevin Nolan reports from Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium. The scenes on and off the field when referee Matt Donohue's...
View ArticleKevin Nolan’s Match Report: Derby County v Charlton (30/12/2019)
Derby County 2 (Knight 10,77) Charlton 1 (Taylor 83,pen) Kevin Nolan reports from Pride Park. The cracks in Lee Bowyer's constantly re-jigged squad are beginning to widen and threaten to become...
View ArticleKevin Nolan’s Match Report: Charlton v Fulham (22/01/2020)
Charlton 0 Fulham 0. Kevin Nolan reports from The Valley. At a Valley with a new, buoyant spring in its step, well-organised Charlton frustrated promotion hopefuls Fulham, achieved their first clean...
View ArticleKevin Nolan’s Match Report: Charlton v Blackburn Rovers (15/02/2020)
Charlton 0 Blackburn Rovers 2 (Buckley 29, Adarabioyo 37). Kevin Nolan reports from The Valley. Like Storm Dennis which offered bluff and bluster but thankfully little carnage locally (so far),...
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