In the fourth and final episode of Getting to Know the Network, we look at Roland Duchâtelet’s motives for buying Charlton, his end game.We also take a look at the reasons Charlton were relegated into English football’s third tier. During the ill-fated 2015/16 season the club would once again have three Head Coaches and we speak to all of them as w…

After the sacking of Chris Powell in March 2014, the following nine months of Roland Duchâtelet’s ownership of Charlton come under the microscope in the third episode of Getting to Know the Network, The Experiment. In that time three Head Coaches were appointed and we look closely at the tenure of José Riga and Bob Peeters as well as the appointmen…

From the outset, it was clear that to properly measure the success and failure of Roland Duchâtelet’s network at Charlton, it was vital for Getting to Know the Network to assess the club he inherited.Episode one, The Inheritance, sets the scene for Duchâtelet’s arrival at The Valley. It explores the years immediately prior to the takeover and why i…

The first three months of Roland Duchâtelet’s reign at Charlton come under the microscope in the explosive second episode of Getting to Know the Network, The Wrecking Ball.Duchâtelet took over in January 2014, and The Wrecking Ball focuses on the eventful recruitment process during that month’s transfer window, the repercussions of which are still …