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Charlton Athletic FC (England)

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Charlton Athletic image located by Esteban Rivera, 4 February 2022

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The Club

Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London. The club was founded on 9 June 1905 when a number of youth clubs in south-east London, including East Street (now known as Eastmoor) Mission and Blundell Mission, combined to form Charlton Athletic. Their chosen colors are red and white (most likely to emulate either the English colors and/or the London colors, although I'm more inclined to believe that in this case, the pattern follows the London flag, since the club originates in that city and club's logo features the same sword in hand motif as the city's coat of arms. It became a professional team in June 1920 when it joined the defunct Southern League.

The club is currently owned by Danish-American businessman, Thomas Sandgaard, who completed his acquisition of 100% ownership of Charlton Athletic Football Club from East Street Investments Limited on September 25th, 2020 via his wholly owned entity, Clear Ocean Capital Limited"

Sources:
https://www.cafc.co.uk/club/club-overview
https://www.cafc.co.uk/club/club-overview/club-history
https://www.cafc.co.uk/club/club-overview/club-history/the-early-days
https://www.cafc.co.uk/club/fans/charlton-athletic-museum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlton_Athletic_F.C.

Esteban Rivera, 4 February 2022


Description of the Flag

Even though there seems not to be a proper official flag, there are semi-official flags in use (that is: used on the stadium for official games and on the club's premises). There are two types of semi-official flags: the white background with logo in the middle and the red background with logo in the middle.

All the other flags are fan-made and follow the same pattern as most English clubs in which the England flag is used as "background" and it is adorned with written inscriptions and/or other logos/images on each corner, as seen at gb@eng.html.
Esteban Rivera, 4 February 2022

Charlton Athletic image located by Esteban Rivera, 4 February 2022

Semi-official flag, white background version from the original located here: https://cdn.vitalfootball.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/177/2018/04/Flag-2-800x504.jpg, source: https://charlton.vitalfootball.co.uk/youngster-joins-dartford-on-loan/ 
Esteban Rivera, 4 February 2022

Charlton Athletic image located by Esteban Rivera, 4 February 2022

Semi-official flag, red background version from the original located here: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1846/4053/products/Charlton_Athletic_Football_Club_DSC06488_1200x.JPG?v=1527365880, source: https://carbannerflags.com/products/athletic-flag
Esteban Rivera, 4 February 2022

Charlton Athletic image located by Esteban Rivera, 4 February 2022

Fan-made flag featuring three logos in the middle, from the original located here: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/RvdTMuiRzpL_sm3S4frCYxbtCi0=/0x0:5031x3354/1200x800/filters:focal(0x0:5031x3354)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/49416415/GettyImages-501076298.0.jpg, source: https://throughitalltogether.sbnation.com/2016/4/28/11520116/a-q-a-with-a-charlton-fan-leeds-against-the-world
Esteban Rivera, 4 February 2022

Charlton Athletic image located by Esteban Rivera, 4 February 2022

England/London color pattern flag, featuring the name of the club in the central red stripe with the club's logo in the bottom right corner below, from the original located here: https://twitter.com/cafcofficial/status/1017098947809218560photo/1, source: https://twitter.com/cafcofficial/status/1017098947809218560 
Esteban Rivera, 4 February 2022

Charlton Athletic image located by Esteban Rivera, 4 February 2022

England/London color pattern flag, featuring the name of the club in the central red stripe with the club's logo in the top right corner below, the red rose and Union Jack on the top left corner, and the inscription below "Red Army" in both, the bottom left and bottom right corners, respectively) (copied image from the original located here: https://twitter.com/CAFCofficial/status/884522791013404672/photo/1, source: https://twitter.com/cafcofficial/status/884522791013404672
Esteban Rivera, 4 February 2022

Charlton Athletic image located by Esteban Rivera, 4 February 2022

England/London color pattern flag, featuring the sword in hand logo in the middle, the club's logo in the top left corner, the inscription "Fey" on the top right corner, the number 1905, date of establishment on the bottom left corner and the FA's logo ( https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb-e@fa2.html ) on the bottom right corner) (copied image from the original located here: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbDeqt8XkAANwwm.jpg, source: https://twitter.com/cafcofficial/status/1274703870732746756
Esteban Rivera, 4 February 2022