Karen Hills pens new Charlton Athletic contract

Charlton Athletic Women’s boss Karen Hills has signed a new two-year deal with the club.

Hills has achieved fifth and fourth-placed finishes with the South Londoners during her stint at The Oakwood.

The former Tottenham boss won the FA Cup with the Addicks as a player in 2005.

Charlton kick off their 2023-24 Championship campaign this Sunday against Sheffield United.

She told the club website: “I am delighted to continue my stay here at Charlton, obviously being a player here and now a head coach the club is very special to me and I am very proud of what we as a team have built over the last few seasons.

“I am happy with our recruitment this summer and I think we are heading into this new campaign with a strong group, every single player has worked hard over the summer and now we are all raring to go to take on Sheffield United.”

Women’s general manager Louise McGing also expressed her delight by saying: “Karen’s track record is impressive, and both the club and our supporters are delighted that she has extended her contract.

“Karen has a clear vision going into the season. She has maintained a solid spine of experience within the squad, whilst also recruiting the right players to take the team to the next level.”

2023-24 League One away allocations per club – including Blackpool, Bolton, Reading and Charlton: gallery

Blackpool have so far bought just under 1,000 tickets for their first two away matches of the 2023/24 League One season.

Blackpool are on their travels this week as they head to Sincil Bank to face Lincoln City in the Sky Bet League One. It’s just their second away trip of the season having travelled down to Devon for a goalless draw against Exeter City.

An initial allocation of 965 tickets had been made available for Tangerines fans who wanted to make the trip to Lincolnshire this Saturday, with adult tickets priced at £24, and then concessions and young adults were £19 and Under-18’s was £10.

It’s good news for fans yet undecided on going as pay-on-the-day will be available to those who may want to go to the LNER Stadium. A total of 726 fans went to St James Park’ when Blackpool faced Exeter City 10 days ago, which is a respectable following given the distance.

Blackpool are expected to travel a total of 3,755 miles this season, and will travel on average 163.3 miles, which makes them fifth in terms of most miles covered. It comes as no surprise that Carlisle United, the most northern team in the division, will travel the furthest.

What kind of allocations can Blackpool expect from the other 21 clubs in the division however?

Earlier this month, EFL outlet @_The72 revealed the figures that clubs in the third tier should be working with for allowing away fans into their grounds.

In some cases, some clubs will request more and take up more of the stadium, and in some other cases for the smaller teams in the division, even less.

*Note: Blackpool’s away end is reported to be 2,500.