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South Wales Guardian
26-05-2025
- Sport
- South Wales Guardian
Charlton promoted to Championship after beating Leyton Orient in play-off final
No-nonsense defending from both sides led to a scrappy opening period with goal opportunities at a premium. It took 31 minutes for the game to spark into life but the wait was worth it with a sublimely executed free-kick by Gillesphey breaking the deadlock. Tyreece Campbell, always a threat, was fouled outside the penalty box and Gillesphey curled his set-piece delivery from 20 yards past the wall and wide of Orient keeper Josh Keeley who got his fingers to the ball but could not prevent it from nestling into the net. Charlton enjoyed the better of the possession in the first half whilst nervy Orient struggled to impose themselves on the game and the Addicks looked more comfortable on the ball. THE. ADDICKS. ARE. BACK. 😎#cafc — Charlton Athletic FC (@CAFCofficial) May 25, 2025 Campbell and skipper Greg Docherty exchanged passes in a potentially threatening move but Campbell's weak cross was comfortably collected by Keeley while Orient provided little concerns for Addicks shot-stopper Will Mannion. The teams came into the match in a rich vein of form, each having only tasted defeat once in each of their last 10 matches. The Addicks completed the scheduled league season in fourth spot, seven points ahead of the O's whose run of six successive victories at the death earned them the final play-off position. Orient raised their tempo in the second half, taking the game to their opponents from the restart. Jack Currie sent in a powerful drive that was deflected for a corner and then League One's leading scorer Charlie Kelman saw his goal-bound drive deflected onto the crossbar. 🏆 @CAFCofficial #SteppedUp! 📈🔴#EFLPlayOffs | #StepUp — Sky Bet League One (@SkyBetLeagueOne) May 25, 2025 Then Jamie Donley was brought down on the edge of the penalty area but his resultant free-kick was blocked by the resolute Charlton defence. Keeley kept Orient in the game when he dealt with an effort from Conor Coventry before he tipped a well-struck effort from substitute Chuks Aneke over the bar but Orient kept pushing forward in search of the equaliser. However, a combination of a lack of quality to their final touch and pass and the well-drilled determined unwavering steely defending of their opponents for whom Lloyd Jones was outstanding proved too much to overcome. The return to the second tier of English football was a triumph for Charlton boss Nathan Jones. He had led Luton to promotion and can now add Charlton to his list of successes having taken over as boss of the club in February 2024.
Rhyl Journal
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Rhyl Journal
Charlton promoted to Championship after beating Leyton Orient in play-off final
No-nonsense defending from both sides led to a scrappy opening period with goal opportunities at a premium. It took 31 minutes for the game to spark into life but the wait was worth it with a sublimely executed free-kick by Gillesphey breaking the deadlock. Tyreece Campbell, always a threat, was fouled outside the penalty box and Gillesphey curled his set-piece delivery from 20 yards past the wall and wide of Orient keeper Josh Keeley who got his fingers to the ball but could not prevent it from nestling into the net. Charlton enjoyed the better of the possession in the first half whilst nervy Orient struggled to impose themselves on the game and the Addicks looked more comfortable on the ball. THE. ADDICKS. ARE. BACK. 😎#cafc — Charlton Athletic FC (@CAFCofficial) May 25, 2025 Campbell and skipper Greg Docherty exchanged passes in a potentially threatening move but Campbell's weak cross was comfortably collected by Keeley while Orient provided little concerns for Addicks shot-stopper Will Mannion. The teams came into the match in a rich vein of form, each having only tasted defeat once in each of their last 10 matches. The Addicks completed the scheduled league season in fourth spot, seven points ahead of the O's whose run of six successive victories at the death earned them the final play-off position. Orient raised their tempo in the second half, taking the game to their opponents from the restart. Jack Currie sent in a powerful drive that was deflected for a corner and then League One's leading scorer Charlie Kelman saw his goal-bound drive deflected onto the crossbar. 🏆 @CAFCofficial #SteppedUp! 📈🔴#EFLPlayOffs | #StepUp — Sky Bet League One (@SkyBetLeagueOne) May 25, 2025 Then Jamie Donley was brought down on the edge of the penalty area but his resultant free-kick was blocked by the resolute Charlton defence. Keeley kept Orient in the game when he dealt with an effort from Conor Coventry before he tipped a well-struck effort from substitute Chuks Aneke over the bar but Orient kept pushing forward in search of the equaliser. However, a combination of a lack of quality to their final touch and pass and the well-drilled determined unwavering steely defending of their opponents for whom Lloyd Jones was outstanding proved too much to overcome. The return to the second tier of English football was a triumph for Charlton boss Nathan Jones. He had led Luton to promotion and can now add Charlton to his list of successes having taken over as boss of the club in February 2024.
North Wales Chronicle
25-05-2025
- Sport
- North Wales Chronicle
Charlton promoted to Championship after beating Leyton Orient in play-off final
No-nonsense defending from both sides led to a scrappy opening period with goal opportunities at a premium. It took 31 minutes for the game to spark into life but the wait was worth it with a sublimely executed free-kick by Gillesphey breaking the deadlock. Tyreece Campbell, always a threat, was fouled outside the penalty box and Gillesphey curled his set-piece delivery from 20 yards past the wall and wide of Orient keeper Josh Keeley who got his fingers to the ball but could not prevent it from nestling into the net. Charlton enjoyed the better of the possession in the first half whilst nervy Orient struggled to impose themselves on the game and the Addicks looked more comfortable on the ball. THE. ADDICKS. ARE. BACK. 😎#cafc — Charlton Athletic FC (@CAFCofficial) May 25, 2025 Campbell and skipper Greg Docherty exchanged passes in a potentially threatening move but Campbell's weak cross was comfortably collected by Keeley while Orient provided little concerns for Addicks shot-stopper Will Mannion. The teams came into the match in a rich vein of form, each having only tasted defeat once in each of their last 10 matches. The Addicks completed the scheduled league season in fourth spot, seven points ahead of the O's whose run of six successive victories at the death earned them the final play-off position. Orient raised their tempo in the second half, taking the game to their opponents from the restart. Jack Currie sent in a powerful drive that was deflected for a corner and then League One's leading scorer Charlie Kelman saw his goal-bound drive deflected onto the crossbar. 🏆 @CAFCofficial #SteppedUp! 📈🔴#EFLPlayOffs | #StepUp — Sky Bet League One (@SkyBetLeagueOne) May 25, 2025 Then Jamie Donley was brought down on the edge of the penalty area but his resultant free-kick was blocked by the resolute Charlton defence. Keeley kept Orient in the game when he dealt with an effort from Conor Coventry before he tipped a well-struck effort from substitute Chuks Aneke over the bar but Orient kept pushing forward in search of the equaliser. However, a combination of a lack of quality to their final touch and pass and the well-drilled determined unwavering steely defending of their opponents for whom Lloyd Jones was outstanding proved too much to overcome. The return to the second tier of English football was a triumph for Charlton boss Nathan Jones. He had led Luton to promotion and can now add Charlton to his list of successes having taken over as boss of the club in February 2024.
Belfast Telegraph
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
Heartbreak for NI pair as Leyton Orient fall short in bid for Championship promotion
A day after Sunderland's Trai Hume and Daniel Ballard experienced the joy of promotion, it was despair for their international team-mates. Athletic return to the Championship after a gap of five years much to the delight of their 40,000 fans in a crowd of 76,193. It took 31 minutes for the game to spark into life but the wait was worth it, with a sublimely executed free-kick by Gillesphey breaking the deadlock. Tyreece Campbell, always a threat, was fouled outside the penalty box and Gillesphey curled his set-piece delivery from 20 yards past the wall and wide of Orient keeper Josh Keeley, who got his fingers to the ball but could not prevent it from nestling into the net. Keeley is a Republic of Ireland Under-21 international and the son of former Newry goalkeeper, Brendan, and his older brother, Conor, played for Ballymena United and now turns out for Drogheda United. Orient raised their tempo in the second-half, taking the game to their opponents from the restart. Jack Currie sent in a powerful drive that was deflected for a corner and then League One's leading scorer Charlie Kelman saw his goal-bound drive deflected onto the crossbar. Then Donley was brought down on the edge of the penalty area but his resultant free-kick was blocked by the resolute Charlton defence. Keeley kept Orient in the game when he dealt with an effort from Conor Coventry before he tipped a well-struck effort from substitute Chuks Aneke over the bar but Orient kept pushing forward in search of the equaliser. However, a combination of a lack of quality to their final touch and pass and the well-drilled determined unwavering steely defending of their opponents for whom Lloyd Jones was outstanding proved too much to overcome.
South Wales Guardian
25-05-2025
- Sport
- South Wales Guardian
Relief, euphoria and pride – Nathan Jones revels in Charlton's play-off win
Macaulay Gillesphey scored the only goal of the League One play-off final against Leyton Orient at Wembley that saw Charlton return to the second tier after a five-year absence. Gillesphey curled home a superb free-kick in the 31st minute to seal a 1-0 victory over their London rivals, to the delight of around 40,000 Charlton fans in a crowd of 76,193. Jones, who took charge of Charlton in February 2024, said: 'It's a massive relief, the euphoria and masses of pride. 'We've given it to a club that was going backwards and we had to arrest that before we could take it forward. 'It's not just the results that have got us to the Championship, it's the way we've done it. How we built and galvanised the football club and got everyone back to believing that Charlton can be a great club again. Because it is a great club with great people throughout. 'I'm just so proud of the football club, everyone, the fans. We had 44 or 45,000 fans here. The owners were here today, they bought a shell of a club and now they are seeing something totally different. 'You cannot quantify the amount of work that has gone on. Every single sleepless night, phone calls on holiday, the number of times I've slept at the training ground and my family have had to sacrifice not seeing me. 'The players have worked incredibly hard, they've had to sacrifice a lot, they had to put up with me demanding and demanding and that's not easy at times.' Orient boss Richie Wellens, meanwhile, was philosophical as he now plans ahead for next season's League One campaign, admitting they probably are not yet ready for Championship football. 'It was a cagey affair,' he said. 'I thought we had the better of the possession and had control but when you start like we did, and it was cagey from both teams, and then a moment goes against you, it's difficult. 'But we had enough time after that to pull it round and I thought in stages, we played some good football. 'But it was one of those games when nothing really happened but a free-kick went in that probably shouldn't have gone in. Maybe the position of our goalkeeper was not right but everyone makes mistakes. 'Are we ready to go up to the Championship? We would have gone up today had we won but are we ready as a club? We probably need more time. 'I don't think we crossed the ball enough in the last 25 minutes, I thought that just before we had the interruption with the VAR problem that we had the momentum and we looked like we were about to score. 'We are a growing club and yes it's disappointing to lose but I'm more gutted that I probably won't be able to work with some of our exciting young loan players again. 'Look at Charlton, they are a big club, big stadium and all the facilities in place and they are ready to go up to the Championship.'
