Mehdi Bayat was very proud to present the object. “The Sporting is a property of Carole heritage. I was there for the 100 years and I’m still here for the 120 years. There is pride in leaving a mark. This is an essential book for supporters.”
gullWhen I signed for Charleroi, I slept on a camp bed under a stand for a month.
If the history, the collection of jerseys and the statistics are not forgotten, the stars of Cœur de Zèbre are the players. Three legends were also present Thursday morning for the press presentation: Dante Brogno, Daniel Mathy and Philippe Albert. Three members of the Carole team of the century. “I won’t be here for the 150th anniversary and I’m very proud to be in this book. I owe everything to Sporting. When I signed after having a test coming from Bouillon, I slept for a month on a camp bed under a stand. It was hard at first but what a wonderful chapter in my life.”
Between the desire for transparency, the start of work on the stadium in 2025 and Mehdi Bayat placed under supervision: we decipher Sporting Charleroi’s “Cap 2027”
In the fifteen interviews, which range from Jean-Marie Termolle, one of the survivors of the legendary 1968-1969 team, to Damien Marcq via Bobby Böhmer and Rainer Gebauer, we feel that the players have agreed to let go more than usual. “The prescription helps us”laughs Georges Hupez.
The dead are not forgotten in the book. Numerous evocations, both tender and funny, bring the legends of the Zebras to life. And not even always. “Johan Cruyff almost signed in 1981 after a match played at Mambourg with Dordrecht on his return from the USAsays Philippe Dewitte. He declared that Charleroi’s proposal was worthy of interest, even if it was in D2 at the time. He finally signed for Levante.”
