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At a hastily arranged board meeting on 23 April, the board unanimously agreed the relocation to The Mount. In addition to the hopes of increased gate receipts, Charlton had also been approached by Harry Isaacs, who was prepared to finance the move and pay off
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Charlton were promoted into the expanded Southern League for the 1920–1921 campaign. Around this time, a new landlord, Harry Isaacs, took over the Dartmouth Arms on the corner of Laleham and Ringstead Roads. He had ambitious plans for Catford Southend and in early 1923 proposed a merger with
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