Worrying we don’t know who is and isn’t available. Obviously affects my in depth mdt! if these lads haven’t got something to prove now, and hopefully work has been done behind the scenes to reassure and support the players contracts, then we are in real trouble. city win 2-1. if we get a hammering here Terry may get the Spanish archer. Grant McCann expects to be without a number of first team players following the return of positive Covid-19 tests early last week. The Tigers’ Head Coach will assess a couple of those players when they return to training from self isolation today, but feels that Saturday’s game against Charlton Athletic may be too soon for the duo. “We’re hoping to have maybe a couple of the players back,” said McCann. “Whether they’re going to be fit and available for the weekend - we’re not sure. We’ll see how they are over the next couple of days. “We will be missing some players. It’s not ideal for us really because we haven’t seen each other for ten days but the players have worked hard on plans that we set them. We’ve monitored them every day and they’ve put some good distance into their legs, so we know how much we can push them over the next couple of days leading into the Charlton game. “The good news is that the players who are self-isolating at this present time are on the mend and they’re getting better. The physios and doctors are making sure they they are all good every single day. “It is a blow to lose these players but we hope that they get better soon. We had another round of testing on Tuesday and every result has come back negative, which is good.” McCann was pleased to report no new injury concerns within the camp, meaning that only Callum Jones will miss Saturday's match through injury.
On the 27th of August 1965, Charlton Athletic made the first ever substitute in league football. Charlton play in red and white, as their original kit was stolen, and they had to borrow a new kit from Woolwich Arsenal. 'The Addicks' official nickname originates from a fish and chip shop in the area of their ground. The oldest Mulberry Tree in Britain is to be found in the grounds of Charlton House - planted at the suggestion of Charles I in 1608. Along with many others of its type – Morus Nigra, the Black Mulberry – it was planted to try to establish silk-worms in Britain. Unfortunately they only feed on White Mulberries. The only assassinated British prime minister, Spencer Perceval‘s remains lie in St Luke’s Church, nearly two centuries after he was shot dead in the lobby of the House of Commons. Blackheath FC were a founding member of the FA, but its withdrawal began the divide with soccer and it is now the oldest open rugby club in the world. Charlton is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Cerletone. It is formed from Old English 'ceorl' and 'tūn' and means 'farmstead of the peasants'. According to the 2011 UK census, the population included people of every British and Irish national identity except Cornish.
We'll smash the thick* cockerknee ****ers, but... *One nickname they have is the 'Robins' as they play in red shirts. A European Robin has an orange breast.
Ah, but we didn't have the word 'orange' in our vocabulary when it was originally referred to as a 'robin red breast'. Same as the Red Kite, which also isn't red.
Of course, Robins are associated with Christmas due to gifts of years gone by being delivered by postmen sporting red breasted attire. Football is a portal to many cultural and historical facts/events/traditions.....can anyone make a connection between football and the currently oh so hot game of chess?
4-0 City. It won't be, but I've trapped myself in this now. Curse you Happy! Honestly, I'd completely forgotten that City still played football. Well, at least try to.
One keeps popping in my garden, I’ve told him loads of times you won’t get fed here mate... doesn’t take a blind bit o notice, bit like the grandkids
Robins are territorial so, feed him or not, you’re stuck with him until he drops off this mortal coil.
