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The bulk of the club's support base comes from the London Boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley and also north-west Kent.

Charlton were rare among football clubs, in that they reserved a seat on their directors ' board for a supporter.

Any season ticket holder could put themselves forward for election, with a certain number of nominations, and votes were cast by all season ticket holders over the age of 18.

The last such director, Ben Hayes, was elected in 2006 to serve until 2008, when the role was discontinued as a result of legal issues.

Its functions were replaced by a fans forum which met for the first time in December 2008.