Series 4, Episode 5 - For Better Or For Worse (with Natasha Everitt)

FANS

After a bit of a mid-season break FANS is back, and what a return it is as Sachin is joined by brilliant Talksport journalist Natasha Everitt for a chat about Charlton Athletic and the excellent Her Game Too campaign.

Quite simply, Natasha was born to support Charlton, which she explains via possibly the greatest origin story in FANS history. It’s a genuine love affair and there is no doubting Natasha’s love for a club that has experienced incredible highs and lows during her 20 years or so following them.

There were the Roland Duchâtelet years, characterised by chaos and heartbreak on and off the pitch but also the never-to-be-forgotten afternoon at Wembley in May 2019 when Charlton came from behind to beat Sunderland in the League One play-off final. Natasha talks with great vividness about what it was like to be an Addick during that time.

Natasha also talks about the immense sense of belonging she feels watching Charlton at The Valley and, specifically, from a stand named after Alan Curbishley, a legendary figure in the club’s history who Natasha was too young to appreciate at the time but well and truly adores now, and mainly because of his surprisingly good appearances on Charlton TV.

It’s then onto Her Game Too, a movement created last year with the intention of making football a safer and more welcoming place for female fans. Natasha is its Charlton ambassador and she explains with great clarity and conviction why and how she got involved. That involves speaking about the sexist abuse she has has suffered as a Charlton fan, in person and online. Seriously, this vile crap needs to stop.

Natasha wraps things up by talking through her all-time Charlton XI (which provides Sachin with an excuse to bang on about Joe Gomez) and providing an answer to the final question.

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