9 December 2025 …
‘Headphones Norm’: Tributes paid to Charlton fan Norman Baker
Tributes have been paid to a Charlton Athletic supporter who collapsed at Saturday’s match against Portsmouth at The Valley.
Norman Barker, 68, who had been attending games since 1968, was taken ill during the 12th minute of the game, receiving medical treatment in the lower tier of the north stand before being taken to hospital where he later died.
Known as “Headphones Norm”, he was presented with the supporter of
