Bowyer did not want Gallagher

Lee Bowyer did not want to take World Cup bound Conor Gallagher on loan, but eventually gave way to pressure from Steve Gallen: https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/the-charlton-athletic-gamble-that-paid-off-massively-steve-gallen-and-lee-bowyer-on-the-loan-move-for-world-cup-bound-conor-gallagher/

Conor Gallagher film

This Chelsea TV film portrays Conor Gallagher's time at Charlton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix7xD0u0DXs

If he'd stayed the season, we might have stayed up.

Pleased to hear that pitch announcer Brian Cole is back on the road to recovery after being seriously ill in hospital.