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2007–08 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Charlton Athletic
season	2007–08
league	[Championship](2007-08-football-league-championship)
league result	12th
manager	Alan Pardew
chairman	Richard Murray
league topscorer
Chris Iwelumo (10)
season topscorer
Chris Iwelumo (10)
highest attendance	26,202
Away: 19,021
lowest attendance	8,022 (pre-season friendly)
Away: 4,534
cup1	[FA Cup](2007-08-fa-cup)
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	[League Cup](2007-08-football-league-cup)
cup2 result	Third round
prevseason	[2006–07](2006-07-charlton-athletic-f-c-season)
nextseason	[2008–09](2008-09-charlton-athletic-f-c-season)

Chris Iwelumo (10) Chris Iwelumo (10) Away: 19,021 Away: 4,534 During the 2007–08 English football season, Charlton Athletic participated in the Football League Championship, having been relegated from the Premier League the previous season. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup, and the League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.

Kit

Charlton's kits were produced by Spanish company Joma. The club retained the sponsorship of the Spanish property company, Llanera, who declared bankruptcy during the season.

Season review

Pre-season

Pre-season was dominated by the transfer speculation involving England striker Darren Bent. A fee was agreed with West Ham United, but the player himself rejected the deal, instead choosing to join Tottenham Hotspur two weeks later for a club record sale of £17 million. A number of other key players, such as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Talal El Karkouri, Hermann Hreiðarsson Scott Carson and Alex Song, also left the club after relegation.

League review

After the first ten games of the season, Charlton were second in the league table, behind leaders Watford, having beaten Sheffield Wednesday, Crystal Palace, Norwich City, Leicester City and Hull City, drawn with Scunthorpe United, Colchester United, Coventry City and Barnsley and lost just once, to Stoke City. However, this form could not be maintained and by the end of the season, Charlton finished 12th, losing several matches, the worst being an embarrassing 3–0 loss to struggling Barnsley.

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

Date	Nat.	Name	Previous club	Fee	Ref.
21 May 2007	ENG	Luke Varney	ENG Crewe Alexandra	£2,000,000	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/6676699.stm	title=Charlton snap up Varney and Iwelumo	publisher=BBC Sport	date=21 May 2007	access-date=15 July 2007}}
21 May 2007	SCO	Chris Iwelumo	ENG Colchester United	Free
6 June 2007	IRE	Paddy McCarthy	ENG Leicester City	£650,000
20 June 2007	FRA	Yassin Moutaouakil	FRA Châteauroux	£400,000
25 June 2007	POR	José Semedo	POR Sporting CP	Free
3 July 2007	ENG	Chris Powell	ENG Watford	Free
4 July 2007	ENG	Nicky Weaver	ENG Manchester City	Free	url=http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=30971&newstype=p	title=Todorov and Weaver make it eight	publisher=Charlton Athletic F.C.	date=4 July 2007	access-date=15 July 2007	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070907054531/http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=30971&newstype=p	archive-date=7 September 2007	url-status=dead }}
4 July 2007	BUL	Svetoslav Todorov	ENG Portsmouth	Free
27 July 2007	ENG	Dean Sinclair	ENG Barnet	£125,000	url=http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=31024&newstype=n	title=Sinclair signs	publisher=Charlton Athletic F.C.	date=27 July 2007	access-date=27 July 2007	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927175417/http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=31024&newstype=n	archive-date=27 September 2007	url-status=dead }}
9 August 2007	ENG	Izale McLeod	ENG MK Dons	£1,100,000	url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/6937413.stm	title=Charlton snap up McLeod & Zheng	publisher=BBC.	date=9 August 2007	access-date=9 August 2007}}
9 August 2007	PRC	Zheng Zhi	PRC Shandong Luneng Taishan	£1,250,000
11 August 2007	FRA	Therry Racon	FRA Guingamp	£372,394	url=http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=31108&newstype=m	title=Addicks held on opening day	publisher=Charlton Athletic F.C.	date=11 August 2007	access-date=11 August 2007	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927175731/http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=31108&newstype=m	archive-date=27 September 2007	url-status=dead }}
30 August 2007	ENG	Danny Mills	ENG Manchester City	Loan
31 August 2007	NGA	Sam Sodje	ENG Reading	Loan
25 January 2008	SCO	Andy Gray	ENG Burnley	£1,500,000

Out

Date	Nat.	Name	New club	Fee
25 May 2007	ISL	Hermann Hreiðarsson	ENG Portsmouth	Free
19 June 2007	BUL	Radostin Kishishev	ENG Leicester City	Free
29 June 2007	ENG	Bryan Hughes	ENG Hull City	Free
29 June 2007	ENG	Darren Bent	ENG Tottenham Hotspur	£16,500,000
1 July 2007	NED	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	WAL Cardiff City	Released
1 July 2007	MAR	Talal El Karkouri	QAT Qatar SC	Free
1 July 2007	JAMLisbie was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.	Kevin Lisbie	ENG Colchester United	Released
1 July 2007	NOR	Thomas Myhre	NOR Viking	Free
1 July 2007	ENG	Nathan Ashton	ENG Fulham	Released
1 July 2007	ENG	Alistair John	ENG Stevenage Borough	Released
1 July 2007	ISL	Rúrik Gíslason	-	Released
4 July 2007	ENGWeston was born in Lewisham, England, and represented them at every youth level between U-16 and U-19, but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in November 2014.	Myles Weston	ENG Notts County	Free
20 July 2007	DEN	Dennis Rommedahl	NED Ajax	£680,000
26 July 2007	ENG	Luke Young	ENG Middlesbrough	£2,500,000
27 July 2007	ENG	Simon Walton	ENG Queens Park Rangers	£200,000
8 August 2007	SEN	Souleymane Diawara	FRA Bordeaux	£2,600,000

Results

Pre-season friendlies

Win	Draw	Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	ResultCharlton Athletic's score shown first	Scorers	Attendance
11 July 2007	Welling United	Away	2–0	Varney, Dickson	3,500
11 July 2007	Tooting & Mitcham	Away	5–0	Iwelumo (2), Bent, Reid, Walker
24 July 2007	Marbella	Away	1–0	Dickson
28 July 2007	Gillingham	Away	5–0	Ambrose (2), Todorov, J. Thomas, og
1 August 2007	Aldershot Town	Away	0–0	—	1,500
4 August 2007	Braga	Home	1–2	Ambrose	5,647

Championship

Club Standings

Round-by-Round Results

FA Cup

League Cup

Win	Draw	Loss

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	14 August 2007	Swindon Town	Away	2–0	Ambrose 52', Reid 63' (pen.)	6,175
2	28 August 2007	Stockport County	Home	4–3	Todorov 35', Zheng 42' (pen.), Sam 74', McCarthy 90'	8,022
3	25 September 2007	Luton Town	Away	1–3	Sinclair 4'	4,534

Starting 11

:Considering starts in all competitions

GK: #1, ENG Nicky Weaver, 48
RB: #21, ALG Madjid Bougherra, 28
CB: #6, IRL Paddy McCarthy, 31
CB: #24, ENG Jonathan Fortune, 25
LB: #15, ENG Chris Powell, 18 (#12, ENG Luke Varney, has 25 starts as a centre-forward)
RM: #18, GHA Lloyd Sam, 28
CM: #23, POR José Semedo, 30
CM: #8, IRL Matt Holland, 31
LM: #11, ENG Darren Ambrose, 33
AM: #5, PRC Zheng Zhi, 41
CF: #16, SCO Chris Iwelumo, 32

References

Notes

References

(14 June 2007). "Bent rejects Hammers switch". Charlton Athletic F.C..
(29 June 2007). "Darren departs in record deal". Charlton Athletic F.C..
(30 June 2007). "Eight players released as deals end". Charlton Athletic F.C..
(21 May 2007). "Charlton snap up Varney and Iwelumo". [[BBC Sport]].
(6 June 2007). "Charlton capture Foxes' McCarthy". [[BBC Sport]].
(20 June 2007). "Charlton seal Moutaouakil signing". [[BBC Sport]].
(25 June 2007). "Semedo signs on". Charlton Athletic F.C..
(3 July 2007). "Powell returns to The Valley". Charlton Athletic F.C..
(4 July 2007). "Todorov and Weaver make it eight". Charlton Athletic F.C..
(27 July 2007). "Sinclair signs". Charlton Athletic F.C..
(9 August 2007). "Charlton snap up McLeod & Zheng". BBC..
(11 August 2007). "Addicks held on opening day". Charlton Athletic F.C..
(30 August 2007). "Mills deal done". Charlton Athletic F.C..
(31 August 2007). "Sodje swoop sealed". Charlton Athletic F.C..
(2008-01-25). "Charlton bag Burnley striker Gray". BBC Sport.
(25 May 2007). "Hreidarsson joins Portsmouth". Charlton Athletic F.C..
(19 June 2007). "Kish leaves for Leicester". Charlton Athletic F.C..
(29 June 2007). "Hughes heads for Hull". Charlton Athletic F.C..
(4 July 2007). "Notts County land winger Weston". [[BBC Sport]].
(20 July 2007). "Rommedahl joins Ajax". Charlton Athletic F.C..
(26 July 2007). "Young makes Middlesbrough switch". BBC Sport.
(27 July 2007). "Walton joins QPR". Charlton Athletic F.C..
(8 August 2007). "Defender Diawara joins Bordeaux". BBC Sport.
(14 August 2007). "Swindon 0-2 Charlton".
(28 August 2007). "Charlton 4-3 Stockport".
(25 September 2007). "Luton 3-1 Charlton (aet)".

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