Pete

A wise man once said to me, “Just be the best person you can be and you then make the world a better place”. This is my ethos. Charlton/Bass Guitar/F1/Family

[Nick Buckley MBE @NickBuckleyMBE]

Machete attack today in Cornwall. F*cking Cornwall. What have we done to our country? How did we allow it? It’s going to get bad very soon - very soon.

[James Hokery @RealHokery]

🚨DONE DEAL: Charlton Athletic have reached an agreement to sign Jesurun Rak-Sakyi from Crystal Palace. Deal worth around £5m total package with 23yo winger set to sign four-year contract. Announcement expected in the coming days. #CPFC #CAFC

[📰: @TifoFootball_]

[Knights Templar International @KnightsTempOrg]

We are NOT the same

[Steve Miller @StevenJonMiller]

❤️ Never forget this special lady.

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Lovely

Young and old, side by side

Not just fighting age men...

[Pete @PeteStarkeyUW]

Great to see Micah Mbick fit and back in the first team squad #cafc

[Kimberly schoeneck @Kimberl51857310]

This is how Muslims treat Christians in their countries. yet call us Islamophobes if we point it out

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

A proper protest with no threat of violence

[Zia Yusuf @ZiaYusufUK]

To those howling about Reform’s pledge to scrap welfare for foreign nationals:

Go to Nigeria.

Try and get their taxpayers to pay you to not work and give you free housing.

Let me know how you get on.

[Lee @LeePheonix360]

This is a John Cleese appreciation post

He has amazing values and is so down to earth and a true patriot 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@JohnCleese

[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

This was me as a little girl, forced into hijab. And this is me after I broke free.

In Iran, I was told: wear the hijab or be kicked out of school. Resist, and you can be arrested, beaten, lashed, or imprisoned, or killed it in the hand of morality Police.

Then I came to the West and was told: be careful telling your story, it might cause “Islamophobia.”

I am a woman from the Middle East. I have lived under Islamist ideology. I have every right to fear it, criticize it, and speak about it.

Don’t silence us in the name of tolerance. Let us talk.

[Karlan Grant @karlangrant]

Special feeling being back out there in front of you all @CAFCofficial ❤️ it means everything to me🙏🏽 Win✅🅰️

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

They are destroying a TV because it’s haram and it didn’t exist in Muhammad’s time, while filming it on their phones and posting it online.

Stupidity knows no bounds.

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

You probably won't see this on the BBC

It's not part of their narrative

[AFKAD @AFKAD8]

@Gavin_Carter are you kidding with the clubs statement yesterday that the hospitality was going to be better this season? You've replaced a decent burger establishment in the fans zone with something that's completely out of reach with a normal family.

[Carl Jenkinson @carljenkinson]

Thank you to everyone who played a part in my journey, from my Charlton days as a kid through to my last time playing football at Bromley. From the age of 8 football has been my life, it’s given me a lot, and I have also given it a lot back. In fact I’ve given it everything.

It’s for that reason that I can write this looking back over my career with no regrets. Do I wish certain things went better? Without a doubt. A lot of things. I once scored an own goal from 30 yards out. I certainly wouldn’t mind deleting that from history. But were these bad or difficult moments ever because of a lack of effort? No. Like I said, I gave football everything. Everyday.

And I guess I’m writing this because I can see that’s getting lost a bit these days. I don’t know if it’s social media painting a certain picture of what a footballer looks like, but I want to be clear, behind the scenes these top players train like their life depends on it. Alexis Sánchez, wow. Every training session he trained like it was his last. The ones that don’t, they fall by the way side eventually. Even when they’re really, really good. I’ve seen it happen to too many young pros and scholars, trying to make a name in the game.

Apply yourself everyday, listen to your coaches and learn from the players who have already been where you want to get to. Because if you don’t make it, and it’s because you got carried away with yourself, it’ll be a heavy burden to carry later in life.

I suffered a lot with confidence throughout my career, which I found strange because my Dad always backs himself to the hilt. I saw loads of people, to try and unlock something within me and find that inner belief. “Take the chains off” Arsène Wenger would say to me. “I’m trying boss”, I would say to myself. But I’m certain it was that same insecurity that gave me the drive I have, that would make me run harder and train harder than everyone else. Ultimately that’s what gave me a career at the top level, because physically I was a machine and I took a lot of pride in that. Was the way I am a blessing or a curse for me? A bit of both I think. But you can only play the cards you’re dealt and try and make the best of them.

I’m writing all this because I hope some young players might read it. You guys have so much confidence these days! I wish I could nick some of it and take it back in time, but confidence without application and having that fire in your belly to improve everyday won’t get you far. I see less young players doing extras, working on their craft, doing extra running after training. Trust me, you won’t have a career if you neglect this aspect.

Try and find the sweetspot. That’s why I love guys like Bukayo Saka. He’s got that swagger, but you only need to listen to him in a post match interview to see he’s never lost his humility. Find the sweetspot.

Hopefully the above has some value to someone out there. I didn’t want to write the generic retirement ‘thanks for everything’ post as it seemed like a missed opportunity. Although of course I am very grateful to my friends, family, coaches, managers and of course the fans who have been with me on my journey. I’m looking forward to seeing what life has in store for me next.

Cheers,
Jenko

[Kortney ❤️ @KortneyGlavin90]

Do you support her decision ?

[Pete @PeteStarkeyUW]

Our League 1 players playing like they’re League 1 players 😡 #cafc

[Pete @PeteStarkeyUW]

Here we go again. A new season where we are filled with hopes and expectations that slowly get stripped away with every shocking performance or defeat.

A new season of terrible referees and feeling as if “we were robbed”.

I whatever team you follow; enjoy the match routine ⚽️

[Robbie @Robbie_Reasons]

When we have migrants being caught trying to enter a school with a hammer a hatchet and a can of petrol I think it is safe to say that the governments failure to stop illegal immigration is endangering our children.