Glamour tie

Charlton head for Fleetwood Town on Saturday for a League One glamour tie. The CASC Trust has put on a special Rickshaw, but when I last heard there were a few seats left.

Fleetwood had the second lowest average attendance in League One last season: 3,308. (The wooden spoon went to Rochdale). The attendance was not surprising when one considers that the population of Fleetwood is 25,939 and there are other clubs nearby in Blackpool, Morecambe and Preston. AFC Fylde are an ambitious and well funded non-league side, another sign of the football vacuum created by the Oyston regime at Blackpool.

The town has struggled economically since the decline of the fishing fleet in the early 1970s. Three of its five wards fall into the five to ten per cent most deprived in England.

The club has been backed by energy entrepreneur and Fylde Coast native Andy Pilley. He has poured £10m into the club which entered the Football League in 2012-13. He has denied any interest in taking over from the Oystons at Blackpool (Fleetwood beat their rivals 1-0 in the Lancashire Cup this week).

Under experienced manager Uwe Rossler the Cod Army are riding high in League One and Charlton will find that they offer a tough test.

What can be done about rogue owners?

Rogue owners of football clubs have been in the news again this week and our sister site on the Political Economy of Football looks at some of the proposed solutions: Rogue owners

Rudd wants to make a name for himself

Declan Rudd has been talking to a Norwich site about how he wants to make a name himself as a first choice keeper: Not such an odd decision

Without a game today, Charlton have fallen back to 10th. Millwall drew 1-1 at home with Bradford and are 4th.

Network scout named

An article in a Belgian sports magazine has led to the network scout for Roland being named, and he is very young: Give youth a chance

He has had less influence on recruitment over the summer, although there have been unconfirmed rumours that the current chief scout may be leaving the building.

Greenwich Borough sign Bradley Pritchard

Former Addick Bradley Pritchard who made 79 appearances for Charlton in a three year stay at The Valley has signed for Greenwich Borough to boost their Ryman South campaign: Bradley Pritchard

He joined Charlton from Hayes and Yeading but, after a period with Leyton Orient, is now playing at a lower level of non-league football.

Lookman was Palace target

Russell Slade has confirmed that Ademola Lookman was a Crystal Palace target on deadline day: We had to stay strong

The Glaziers opened the bidding at £4.5m plus Nectar points.

An unwelcome departure

The club's contract with Alou Diarra has been cancelled by mutual consent. He wants to be closer to his family in France: Farewell

I understand and sympathise with his reasons at the age of 35, but I am sorry to see him go. He was a player of real quality. A friend of mine in France was really impressed that he played for us.

I wish him well for the future. He has now joined Nancy on a one year contract: Bon voyage