Charlton Athletic 1 v 5 Southampton

Saturday 22nd November 2025, Kick-off 12.30

EFL Championship

The Valley, Charlton

Admission: Season Ticket

Programme: £4.00

Attendance: 22,708 (3.080 away)

A match report can be read by clicking here , and from a Southampton perspective by clicking here. Both reports also copied and pasted below

Video highlights can be viewed by clicking here

Clinical Southampton win at The Valley

A clinical Southampton beat an injury-hit Addicks 5-1 handing Charlton just a second defeat at The Valley in 2025.

The game was decided in an incredible eight-minute spell between the 14th and 22nd minute where the visitors netted four goals.

Charlton had first sight at goal in just the second minute after a half chance fell to Sonny Carey but his deflected shot was comfortable for Saints' stopper Gavin Bazunu. 

The Addicks were given a warning when Thomas Kaminski did excellently to deny Finn Azaz at close range when the attacking midfielder looked likely to score.

However, Saints took a 14th-minute lead when Ryan Manning showed desire to get on the end of Tom Fellows’ chipped cross from the right, heading home at the back post.

Two minutes later it was the dangerous Adam Armstrong who doubled the visitors’ lead, finishing in the box at the second attempt after his first shot had been blocked back into his path.

Southampton’s third came in the 20th minute and was the result of a passing move from defence to attack. Armstrong played Caspar Jander behind the Charlton defence, who made no mistake with a calm finish past Kaminski.

Azaz’s first goal came two minutes later and again Armstrong was the provider. The striker played in Azaz who rounded Kaminski and slotted into the open net. 

As Nathan Jones tried to change the game, he brought on Joe Rankin-Costello for Rob Apter in the 24th minute.

Onel Hernández curled a shot wide for the Addicks but the visitors added a fifth goal before the break, with Azaz tapping in at the back post from another Fellows cross from the right.

Charlton clawed a goal back in first-half stoppage time with Lloyd Jones heading home Carey’s deep corner from six yards out. 

Charlton started the second half more brightly and had loud appeals for a penalty waved away when it looked like Lloyd Jones was pushed in the box as he tried to get on the end of Macaulay Gillesphey’s free kick. Substitute Harvey Knibbs also looked to be fouled in the penalty area but again nothing was given.

Tyreece Campbell danced inside two defenders but curled a shot wide of goal while Kaminski did well to keep out Armstrong at the other end.

The Addicks will be looking to bounce back on Tuesday when they travel to the bet365 Stadium to take on Stoke City. 

Charlton are back at The Valley on December 6th for the visit of Portsmouth. Click here to purchase your ticket.

Charlton: Kaminski; Ramsay, Jones, GIllesphey; Apter (Rankin-Costello 24), Carey (Anderson 73), Coventry (Berry 73), Docherty (c) (Olaofe 73), Hernández; Campbell, Leaburn (Knibbs 77)

Subs (not used): Mannion, Gough, Laqeretabua, Fullah

Goal: Jones 45+1

Assist: Carey 45+1

Booked: Campbell 60 (foul on Harwood-Bellis), Docherty 62 (foul on Bragg), Ramsay 75 (foul on Robinson), Rankin-Costello 77 (foul on Robinson)

Report: Saints stun Charlton with five-star first half

Four goals in eight minutes paved the way for a memorable away day for more than 3,000 travelling Southampton fans, as Saints won at The Valley for the first time since 1990 in the most emphatic fashion.

Tonda Eckert extended his perfect record to three wins out of three with the most impressive performance of Saints’ season by some distance, as the visitors ran riot in a remarkable first half in South East London.

There were chances for Caspar Jander, Adam Armstrong and Finn Azaz even before Ryan Manning headed Saints into a 14th-minute lead from a Tom Fellows cross.

Armstrong added the second two minutes later, before assisting the third and fourth goals by dropping deep and allowing runners to race beyond him, as first Jander and then Azaz profited from slick team moves to give Saints a 4-0 lead inside 22 minutes.

Azaz scored his second from another Fellows cross, tapping in from a yard out, before Charlton’s Lloyd Jones headed home a corner in first-half stoppage time, but Saints had done more than enough to end a run of 10 previous visits to The Valley without victory.

Interim manager Eckert handed a first senior start to 20-year-old Academy graduate Cameron Bragg, who replaced Flynn Downes at the heart of the midfield in Saints’ only change from the 3-1 home win over Sheffield Wednesday last time out.

Leo Scienza was Saints’ brightest spark early on, setting off on one solo run deep into Charlton territory, and later cut the ball back for Jander to have the first chance of the game, but the German seemed to get the ball stuck under his feet and could only scoop his shot wide of the target from six yards.

It was not an isolated opportunity. This was a flying start from the visitors, who kept pouring forward.

Tom Fellows crossed for Armstrong to head over the bar, before the striker sent a 20-yard drive into the same stand behind Thomas Kaminski’s goal, but Saints were looking sharp.

Azaz ought to have given Eckert’s side the lead when another Scienza run laid the ball on a plate for the Irishman, although perhaps a deflection on the square pass across goal just caused Azaz to hesitate, allowing Kaminski to dive at his feet.

Manning was next to go close, whipping a left-footed shot just wide from the edge of the box, as the ball brushed the side-netting on its way past the post, but the defender would be the man to give Saints the breakthrough they deserved after 14 minutes.

Fellows was the provider, as one wing-back crossed for another, with Manning racing in at the far post to head home from close range via the underside of the bar.

It was the start of a sequence of four goals in eight minutes, as Saints ran riot, playing some sparkling football along the way.

Armstrong got the second, as Scienza’s run and pass opened up the chance for the striker, whose first shot was blocked, before he lashed in the second with his left foot, high into the centre of Kaminski’s goal with the keeper grounded.

Two became three with the best move of the game, as Saints built their way up from Gavin Bazunu in goal through Bragg’s pass out to Taylor Harwood-Bellis, who fed the ball into Armstrong as Jander ran beyond him, finishing coolly with a calm side-foot inside Kaminski’s left-hand post.

The goal was a thing of beauty, and a similar move paved the way for the fourth to go in before the first period had even reached its halfway point.

Again Armstrong dropped off the front, as this time Azaz ran beyond him. Played in by Saints’ No 9, Saints’ No 10 took the ball neatly in his stride, rounded Kaminski and rolled in number four.

Saints did not stop there. Scienza fired a shot over the bar as the ball dropped to him in the box, before Kaminski got fingertips to a left-footed shot as the Brazilian tried to sneak one inside the near post, and then curled one into the keeper’s grasp.

Unbelievably, there was time for a fifth before the interval, as Fellows’s deflected cross was tapped in by Azaz, though Charlton did pull one back in first-half stoppage time when Jones headed in a left-wing corner.

That did not deter the packed Jimmy Seed Stand, where the travelling masses were housed, as they cheered their team off after a first half that will live long in the memory.

Armstrong wanted to carry on in the same fashion, rifling a shot goalwards early in the second period to force a flying save from Kaminski, but the second half would pale into insignificance in comparison to the first.

Charlton tried to push to restore some respectability to the scoreline, claiming a penalty when Bazunu tried to punch a cross and connected with a red-shirted player instead, while Tyreece Campbell curled a shot wide from the left corner of the penalty area.

But this was already a job well done by Eckert’s flowing Saints, as Azaz, Scienza and Armstrong all departed to generous applause, but none louder than the ovation for Bragg, whose control from midfield had gone a long way towards putting Saints in such a commanding position so early in the game.

Charlton Athletic: Kaminski, Ramsay, Jones, Gillesphey, Apter (Rankin-Costello 24), Carey (Anderson 73), Coventry (Berry 73), Hernández, Docherty (c) (Olaofe 73), Leaburn (Knibbs 78), Campbell.

Unused substitutes: Mannion, Gough, Laqeretabua, Fullah.

Goal: Jones (45+1’).

Booked: Campbell, Docherty, Ramsay, Rankin-Costello.

Southampton: Bazunu, Fellows (Edwards 86), Harwood-Bellis, Wood, Stephens (c), Manning, Bragg (Downes 76), Jander, Azaz (Aribo 65), Scienza (Robinson 65), Armstrong (Downs 75).

Unused substitutes: McCarthy, Quarshie, Welington, Fraser.

Goals: Manning (14’), Armstrong (16’), Jander (20’), Azaz (22’, 44’).

Referee: Stephen Martin.

Attendance: 22,708 (3,080 Saints fans).

Newhaven 0 v 3 Worthing

Tuesday 18th November 2025, Kick-off 19.45

Sussex Senior Cup Round Three

Fort Road, Newhaven

Admission: £8.00

Programme: £1.00

Attendance: 200 (estimate)

A match report from a Newhaven perspective can be read by clicking here, and from a Worthing perspective by clicking here , also copied and pasted below

Newhaven 0 Worthing 3, Sussex Senior Cup Round 3, Tuesday 18th November 2025

Newhaven faced one of their biggest matches in many-a-year last night when they welcomed National League South side Worthing to Fort Road in the Sussex Senior Cup.

For the past few seasons, Worthing have consistently been Sussex’s top-performing non-league side, with aspirations of eventually making the jump to full professional level.

This was always going to be a monumental test for a very young Dockers side; even more so given the strong starting 11 the visitors fielded, and the electric run of form they are currently on.

Let’s make no bones about it, Worthing are a good side. A very good side.

Right from kick-off that much was clear to see. Their speed of movement and thought - both on and off the ball - made it seem like, whether defending or attacking, they always had an extra player on the park. There’s a reason the Rebels are currently, and have for the past few seasons been, challenging for promotion to the National League.

But, and here’s the thing, for long spells last night Newhaven coped. More than that, actually; they competed. Made life difficult for their supremely talented opponents.

In fact, despite seeing little of the ball, it was the Dockers who actually created the game’s first two chances. Both came courtesy of former Worthing player Ezra Roeg; the first a shot that forced the Rebel’s keeper into a comfortable save, the second a close-range header that he probably should have done better with.

After an opening 20-minutes in which Newhaven defended brilliantly, not allowing Worthing a single shot on goal, the chances did eventually start to arrive for the visitors.

Nicky Wheeler hit the post, before Nathan Odokonyero scuffed the rebound wide. Roman Chiosa then made a good stop to keep out Joe Cook’s deflected effort.

Newhaven, though, were not giving up any easy chances, with their low block doing a great job of stifling Worthing’s attacking flow.

When the opening goal did arrive on the half-hour amrk, there was little anyone could have done about it. Sometimes you just have to doff your cap and applaud a moment of pure quality. And that was the case here. Razzaq Coleman De-Graft made space for himself down the right, before cutting inside and finding the corner from around 25 yards out.

Worthing squandered another couple of chances before the break, but at half-time the visitors were just a solitary goal ahead; and that a wonder strike. 

Probably against most people’s expectations, Newhaven were still very much in the game. And given how hard they’d just worked, they fully deserved to be.

Unfortunately, just five minutes into the second-half, Worthing doubled their lead. Once again courtesy of a wonder strike. Odokonyero finding the top corner of the net with a swerving effort from a long-way out. Once again there was little the Dockers could have done to prevent the goal.

Still, though, Newhaven continued to show plenty of heart and spirit.

On 57 minutes, they were handed a potential route back into the game when Elliott Bresciani was shoved over in the area.

Up stepped Roeg, but his effort was saved by Josh Jefferies, who also reacted quickly to snuff out the rebound. It was the seventh (by my count) penalty we’ve missed this season! (The first by Ezra, I should hasten to add).

Within minutes, the game as a contest was put to bed. George Cox lost his marker at a corner and found space inside the six-yard box to head home.

3-0 down with almost half-an-hour still to play, you could have been forgiven for fearing the worst. Newhaven’s players had worked incredibly hard and there would have been some tired legs on that pitch. The Docker’s cause wasn’t helped by Worthing making a raft of substitutions that saw a few more first teamers introduced to the field of play.

Once again, though, the Docker’s boys showed true grit and determination to continue to make life difficult for their opponents.

True, Worthing had more opportunities to add to the scoreline, but Newhaven had their moments too.

The best of these came with 15-minutes remaining when Robbo burst down the left and crossed for fellow sub Teddy Wood, who once again tested the Worthing goalkeeper.

Come full-time, there could be little doubt about the fact the better side had won. Nor could there be any doubt regarding the fact that Newhaven’s players had done themselves – and everyone involved with the club – proud. They’d given everything to the cause, and were it not for two wonder goals and a lapse of concentration at a set-piece who knows what might have happened?

Worthing were a class act both on and off the pitch, though, and we wish them the best of luck going forward.

It’s back to league action on Saturday as we host neighbours Seaford Town at Fort Road for the third time this season. Let’s hope we can make it three wins from three games against them – if we perform like we did last night then we’ve got every chance of doing so.   

We then visit play-off chasing Forest Row on 29th November, as we look to end what has been a decent month for us so far on a high.

We hope to see as many of you as possible at both matches.

Come On You Dockers!

 My man of the match (aka, the controversial part): Elliott Bresciani. I’ll be honest, had I not chickened out and given this award to the whole team on Saturday, I would have done so here. It seems really unfair to pick one player above another given how brilliant they all were. However, two consecutive cop outs seems cowardly (even for me) so Bresciani just gets the nod for his overall defensive performance, but also his braveness on the ball (one driving run forward sticks in mind) and the fact he won the penalty.

Sussex Transport Senior Cup Report: Newhaven 0-3 Worthing

Match Report by Finn Honeywood

Worthing progressed to the quarter-finals of the Sussex Transport Senior Cup with a 3-0 win against Southern Combination Premier Division side Newhaven at the Trafalgar Ground.

Razzaq Coleman De-Graft put the visitors ahead with a fine effort from distance, before a fantastic strike by Nathan Odokonyero doubled the Rebels’ lead after half time. Josh Jeffries saved a penalty to keep the score at 2-0, before Joe Cook nodded in a third from a corner to safely secure our passage in the County Cup.

Adam Hinshelwood made five alterations to the side that started in the 4-0 victory over Tonbridge Angels in the FA Trophy at the weekend: Finlay Chadwick made his first appearance since rejoining the club earlier this month, while Cook, Nicky Wheeler, Sam Packham and Coleman De-Graft all came into the starting eleven.

Despite Worthing having the majority of possession through the opening quarter of an hour, it was Newhaven who produced the first efforts on goal.

A long ball in behind the visitors’ backline was latched onto by Ezra Roeg, who fired low into the palms of Jeffries from the edge of the box.

Five minutes later, having found space inside the area, Roeg headed over the bar in following a free-kick delivery from the left flank, albeit the linesman had raised his flag.

The Rebels soon began to pry open the Newhaven defensive setup, with Coleman De-Graft skewing wide from close-range after he was found by Kwaku Frimpong.

Soon after, Nicky Wheeler struck the post after drifting infield, with Odokonyero unable to react quick enough to the rebound.

It took until the 30th minute for the deadlock to broken, and it was Worthing who opened the scoring as Coleman De-Graft unleashed a brilliant curling effort past the outstretched glove of Roman Chiosa in the Newhaven goal. A moment of quality in a half of football which lacked any real cutting edge from either side.

Chadwick spurned a massive chance to double the away side’s advantage following the restart after a long ball into the box by Packham fell kindly to the midfielder, but he could not beat Chiosa from close-range.

The travelling Rebels would find a second goal only minutes later, however, courtesy of a stunning strike from Odokonyero from 30 yards out.

With a moment of space in a central position, the striker rifled a swerving effort into Chiosa’s top right corner with just over half an hour to play.

Newhaven had a great opportunity to half Worthing’s lead just shy of the hour mark, when Coleman De-Graft was penalised for a foul inside the visitors’ penalty area following an attack for the hosts.

Up stepped Roeg, who saw his effort kept out by a strong save from Josh Jeffries. The Southampton loanee was understandably desperate to keep fifth successive clean sheet, with his goal now not being reached in over 450 competitive minutes.

Having gone close to getting on the scoresheet, Newhaven would soon find themselves 3-0 down after Joe Cook headed in at the back post following an in-swinging corner delivery from Wheeler.

Debutant Ollie Godziemski, who was part of a quintuple substitution in minute 64, had an opportunity to mark his first appearance with a goal, taking the ball round Chiosa who had come way out of his goal, however the angle did not suit the stronger right foot of Godziemskj and the effort was pulled wide of the mark.

A comfortable result in the end for the visitors, despite the persistent efforts of Newhaven to cause Worthing problems on the break.

Westside 3 v 3 Langley

Saturday 15th November 2025, Kick-off 15.00

Combined Counties League Division One

Wibbandune Sports Ground, Kingston-upon-Thames

Admission: £8.00

Programme: Online only

Attendance: 23

Fulham U21 3 v 0 Juventus U21

Saturday 15th November 2025, Kick-off 12.00

Premier League International Cup Group B

Fulham Training Ground, Motspur Park

Admission: £3.00

Programme: None (Free Teamsheet)

Attendance: 300 (club estimated)

A match report can be viewed by clicking here , also copied and pasted below

Video highlights can be viewed by clicking here

Fulham U21 3-0 Juventus U21

By Laurie Martin

Fulham Under-21s returned to winning ways in the Premier League International Cup with a 3-0 thrashing of Juventus.

In a dominant display, Hayden Mullins’ side were in complete control at half-time thanks to goals from Aaron Loupalo-Bi and Jayden Quashie.

Loupalo-Bi added another after the break, calmly rounding Juventus goalkeeper Matteo Fuscaldo before applying the finish, as we kept our qualification hopes alive.

Chibby Nwoko and Aaron Loupalo-Bi celebrate against Juventus U21

Backed by a buoyant Motspur Park crowd, our Young Whites had a spring in their step from the start, as Quashie stung the palms of Fuscaldo.

And it didn’t take too long for the deadlock to be broken. Tom Olyott burst into the box, beating a couple of players before producing a low cutback into the box – and after taking a touch to steady himself, Loupalo-Bi finished coolly past Fuscaldo with his right foot.

The striker could have had a quickfire double. Our Young Whites stole the ball with Juventus’ left-sided centre-back high up the pitch, allowing Chibby Nwoko to thread a pass through to Loupalo-Bi, with Fuscaldo producing a fine save in a one-on-one situation.

It took until midway through the first-half for The Old Lady to register their first shot on goal, but Alfie McNally continued his solid week, palming away a Francesco Crapisto piledriver.

Logan Cooke hasn’t had a bad week either – and was in the starting XI again for this one having made his full U21s debut in midweek. It was his excellent interception that stopped Leo Jean-Pierre Bamballi from getting Juventus back on level terms.

But Juventus’ spell of control was only temporary as Quashie ensured we’d head into the break with a two-goal lead, rolling a shot into the bottom corner in stoppage-time.

This was a proper team performance – and Ollie Gofford was doing his upmost to preserve the clean sheet, making a heroic block to deny Gabriele Finochiaaro.

Our clinical edge was showing as Loupalo-Bi secured his brace. The striker showed great composure to take the ball round Fuscaldo before finishing into an empty net.

Mullins’ side are next in action away at Aldershot Town in the National League Cup on Tuesday 25th November, 7pm kick-off.

Fulham U21: McNally, Gofford, Cooke, Esenga, Brad de Jesus, Nwoko, Quashie (Cavell 76'), Zepa, Olyott (Benchaita 45'), Loupalo-Bi (Dair 62'), Ali-Wahid (White 63')

Subs: Underwood, Schutter, Benchaita, Dair, Cavell, Walters, White

Juventus U21: Fuscaldo, De Brul, Martinez (Ngana 60'), Badarau, Pebciuc, Vallana (van Aarle 60'), Sylla (Djahl 70'), Bamballi, Finocchiaro, Crapisto, Bracco

Subs: Bruno, Leone, van Aarle, Ngana, Tiozzo, Djahl, Biggi