In a statement on behalf of the Charlton Athletic board, plc Chairman Richard Murray has referred to the behaviour of its players, fans and management teams, as setting a precedent for the rest of the Premier League.
He went on to say that in turn football authorities must respect supporters more. However, the company's turnover for the six months to the end of 2005 was predominantly earned from FA Premier League broadcast revenues and central sponsorship agreements, representing 53% of the total revenues for the period.
Matchday income was generated from 10 home matches with additional revenues from the three Carling Cup matches played against Hartlepool United, Chelsea and Blackburn Rovers.
The board acknowledged that Premier League survival is the principal objective for a majority of clubs in the competition, including Charlton, but he said: "Over-exposure on television and disparity of kick-off times are important issues that have concerned supporters and me."
Negative tactics were explained as a basic need to try and avert any danger of relegation from the top flight of English football, but they understood this created a knock-on effect in terms of supporters losing interest, and consequently the club missing out on further matchday revenue.
He added: "The number of season-ticket holders has now reduced to 18,700. So we have continued to invest in our Valley Express initiative (providing organised coach travel and match tickets to supporters across the South East) which has reached a record 2,700 supporters who used the service for the recent home match with Aston Villa."
As a result of the Valley Express, 96% of seats at the Valley were filled on average for the home games played to date.
Source: Official site