October was a tough month for Boro. It started with 3 straight defeats to the likes of Scunthorpe, AFC Wimbledon and Huddersfield. It soon picked up though and the win against Charlton kicked off another unbeaten run.

Stevenage 1-0 Charlton

A Stacy Long goal was enough for Boro to beat unbeaten, table-toppers Charlton Athletic.

Who says nobody takes the Carling Cup seriously? Relatively speaking, Johnny Phillips is probably just about Sky Sports News' most straight-laced roving reporter. Well, that was until a bunch of Charlton fans decided to turn his update from the Addicks' Carling Cup match against Reading into a low-budget adult film.

England's international friendly with Netherlands, due to be played in Wednesday, is in jeopardy of being called off due to rioting currently taking place in London. Very disappointing scenes of violence and looting have led to two games being cancelled, Tuesday's games at Charlton and West Ham were called off on police advice.

It's quite a while now since Charlton were in the Premiership and we're now writing a third division diary in the hope of a return to the Championship: Diary

With the division in general overviewed by Ian yesterday, it's time for the second of three of the official twohundredpercent Football League pre-season previews. For those that haven't seen League Two's preview, we've gone about them slightly differently this season. With the transfer window affecting some managers psychologically to the point that they build their team by the end of the transfer window, rather than the start of the season, predicting how it all ends up before teams have finalised their squads is tricky.

Johan Djourou's defensive error gifted Pablo Mouche the equaliser as Boca Juniors fought back from two goals down to secure a 2-2 draw against Arsenal in the Emirates Cup.

The hosts looked comfortable after Robin Van Persie opened the scoring on 29 minutes before half-time substitute Aaron Ramseydoubled their advantage with his first touch two minutes after the break.

Carl Jenkinson or Karil Jenkinpää as he's known in Finland

If Carl Jenkinson is the a harbinger of transfers Arsene is going to make then expect no big name signings or at most the one. All that talk about Karim Benzema and Gary Cahill might just be that.

Phil Jones signed with Man Utd for £16m and Jordan Henderson valued at £20m is now a Liverpool man.

Charlton Athletic manager Chris Powell confessed he is surprised that the Finnish Football Association announced that Carl Jenkinson is an Arsenal player. Speaking to News Shopper, the Englishman revealed that the Addicks met with the Gunners ...

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Sam Bartram - Charlton Athletic goalkeeper who is still regarded by many as the best keeper never to play for England. He made almost 600 starts for the Addicks from 1934-56.

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