Albert Lindon (1891-1976) was a

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player and manager. Lindon was a

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who played for Merthyr Town but was signed by

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London, England. The team compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Their home ground is ...

as a player-manager after

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's departure to

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in January 1928. Lindon only won one of his eleven games in charge, and became assistant manager when MacFarlane returned in summer 1928. In 1932 Lindon became manager again but was unable to prevent Charlton's relegation from the Second Division to the Third Division in 1933, and was replaced by

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Albert Lindon profile
from Charlton Athletic official website English men's footballers English football managers Merthyr Town F.C. players Merthyr Town F.C. managers Charlton Athletic F.C. managers Charlton Athletic F.C. players 1891 births 1976 deaths Men's association football goalkeepers Arsenal F.C. non-playing staff English football scouts Place of birth missing 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-goalkeeper-1890s-stub