Charlton Athletic F.C. season 2007-08

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Charlton Athletic

Season 2007-08
League	Football League Championship
Manager	Alan Pardew
Chairman	Richard Murray
League position	12th
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Reid, Chris Iwelumo All: Andy Reid
Highest attendance	Home: 26,202 Away: 19,021
Lowest attendance	Home: 8,022 (Pre-season friendly) Away: 4,534
League Cup	Third round

For the 2007-08 season, Charlton Athletic were participating in the Championship, having been relegated from the Premier League in the 2006-07 season.

1 Team Kit and Sponsors
2 Season Review
- 2.1 Pre-season
- 2.2 League review
3 Squad
- 3.1 Squad information
4 Transfers
- 4.1 In
- 4.2 Out
5 Pre-season Friendlies
6 Cup Results
- 6.1 Carling Cup
7 References and Notes

[edit] Team Kit and Sponsors

During this season, Charlton's kits were produced by Joma. The club retained the sponsorship of the Spanish property company, Llanera, who have now declared bankruptcy. This now means that CAFC will have a new sponsorship deal for the 2008-2009 campaign. People who have invested in Llanera property are assured that their investment is safe.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Season Review

[edit] Pre-season

Early pre-season was dominated by the transfer involving England striker Darren Bent. A fee was agreed with West Ham United, but the player himself rejected the deal,^[1] instead choosing to join Tottenham Hotspur two weeks later for a club record sale of £17 million.^[2] A number of other players, such as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink,^[3] Talal El Karkouri^[3] and Hermann Hreidarsson, also left the club after relegation. Manager Pardew also brought a number of players to cushion the losses of players from the previous season, including Scott Carson, Alexandre Song and Zheng Zhi who had been on loan. In early July, Chris Powell joined the club for the third time.

[edit] League review

After the first ten games of the season, Charlton were second in the league table behind leaders Watford. They had 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. But now, at the end of the season, Charlton are 12th losing several matches, the worst being their embarrising loss to struggling Barnsley 3-0.

[edit] Squad

[edit] Squad information

EU	Country	N	P	Name	Cap	Age	Since	App (GS/Sub)		Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
	ENG	1	GK	Weaver		29	2007	18 (18/0)	0	2010	Free
	IRE	30	GK	Randolph		21	2006	1 (1/0)	0	2009	Youth system
	IRE	31	GK	Elliot		23	2006	0 (0/0)	0		Youth system
	FRA	2	RB	Moutaouakil		21	2007	6 (5/1)	0	2011	£400,000
	WAL	3	LB	Thatcher		32	2007	14 (13/1)	0	2008	£500,000
	ENG	15	LB	Powell		38	2007	10 (10/0)	0	2008	Free
N	USA	17	LB	Gibbs		28	2006	0 (0/0)	0	2009	Free
N	Central African Republic	26	LB	Youga		22	2005	0 (0/0)	0		Free
	WAL	34	LB	Basey		19	2007	5 (5/0)	0	2008	Youth system
N	NGA	4	CB	Sodje		29	2007	11 (5/6)	1	2008	Loan	On loan from Reading
	IRE	6	CB	McCarthy		25	2007	7 (6/1)	1	2011	£650,000
N	ALG	21	CB	Bougherra		25	2007	18 (14/4)	0	2011	£ 2.5m
	ENG	22	CB	Sankofa		23	2003	18 (14/4)	0	2008	Youth system
	ENG	24	CB	Fortune		27	2001	164 (136/28)	8	2009	Youth system
	ENG	33	CB	A. Thomas		18	2007	0 (0/0)	0		Youth system
N	CHN	5	MF	Zheng		27	2006	28 (23/5)	6	2009	£ 2m
	IRE	7	MF	Reid	Cap	25	2006	35 (33/2)	7	2010	£ 3m
	IRE	8	MF	Holland		34	2003	146 (132/14)	12	2008	£900,000
	ENG	11	MF	Ambrose		24	2005	79 (54/25)	8	2009	Undisclosed
	ENG	19	MF	Sinclair		23	2007	2 (1/1)	0	2009	£ 125,000	On loan at Cheltenham Town
	FRA	20	MF	Racon		20	2006	5 (3/2)	0		£400,000
	POR	23	MF	Semedo		22	2007	18 (18/0)	0	2011	Free
	ENG	32	MF	Wright		18	2007	0 (0/0)	0	2009	Youth system	On loan at Barnet
	IRE	28	MF	Arter		18	2007	1 (0/1)	0	2009	Youth system
N	SEN	––	MF	Faye		31	2006	34 (29/5)	1	2009	£ 2m	On loan at Rangers
	ENG	14	WI	J. Thomas		25	2004	97 (69/28)	7	2009	£100,000
	ENG	18	WI	Sam		23	2003	27 (17/10)	2	2010	Youth system
	DEN	25	WI	Christensen		20	2007	0 (0/0)	0		£350,000
	ENG	9	CF	Bent		30	2006	52 (38/14)	5	2009	£ 2.3m	On loan at Wigan Athletic
	BUL	10	CF	Todorov		29	2007	9 (5/4)	3	2008	Free
	ENG	12	CF	Varney		25	2007	14 (8/6)	3	2011	£ 2m
	SCO	16	CF	Iwelumo		29	2007	19 (15/4)	7	2010	Free
	ENG	27	CF	Walker		20	2006	0 (0/0)	0		Youth system	On loan at Yeovil Town
	ENG	29	CF	Dickson		23	2007	1 (0/1)	0	2009	£50,000
	ENG	35	CF	McLeod		23	2007	13 (4/9)	0	2011	£1.1m

Last updated: 26 November 2007
Source: cafc.co.uk, players' Wikipedia articles
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).
Player must own an EU passport or be a full, current, 'A' international to legally play in English football. (Source)
Squad size is unlimited.
EU = if holds or not a European Union passport; Country: when 2 flags, 1st flag = country that plays for internationally, 2nd flag = country of birth; N = number on jersey; P = position (for position name, pause mouse pointer on abbreviation); Name = name on jersey (for more extensive name, pause mouse pointer on name); Cap: Cap = captain, VC = vice-captain; Age = current age or age on the end of the season; Since = when the player started to be a permanent part of the squad (no icon for summer transfer; for winter transfer); App and = only competitive appearances and goals. See source for more detail; GS = games started; Sub = appearances as substitute; Ends = when the player's contract ends; = undisclosed.

[edit] Transfers

[edit] In

Date	Player	Previous Club	Cost
21 May 2007	Luke Varney	Crewe Alexandra	£2 million^[4]
21 May 2007	Chris Iwelumo	Colchester United	Free^[4]
6 June 2007	Paddy McCarthy	Leicester City	£650,000^[5]
20 June 2007	Yassin Moutaouakil	LB Chateauroux	£400,000^[6]
25 June 2007	Jose Semedo	Sporting Clube de Portugal	Free^[7]
3 July 2007	Chris Powell	Watford	Free^[8]
4 July 2007	Nicky Weaver	Manchester City	Free^[9]
4 July 2007	Svetoslav Todorov	Portsmouth	Free^[9]
27 July 2007	Dean Sinclair	Barnet	£125,000^[10]
9 August 2007	Izale McLeod	MK Dons	£1.1 Million <^[11]
9 August 2007	Zheng Zhi	Shandong Luneng	£1.25 Million <^[11]
11 August 2007	Therry Racon	Guingamp	£372,394 <^[12]
11 August 2007	Therry Racon	Guingamp	£372,394 <^[12]
30 August 2007	Danny Mills	Manchester City	Loan ^[13]
31 August 2007	Sam Sodje	Reading	Loan ^[14]

[edit] Out

Date	Player	New Club	Cost
25 May 2007	Hermann Hreidarsson	Portsmouth	Free^[15]
19 June 2007	Radostin Kishishev	Leicester City	Free^[16]
29 June 2007	Bryan Hughes	Hull City	Free^[17]
29 June 2007	Darren Bent	Tottenham Hotspur	£16.5 million^[2]
1 July 2007	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Cardiff City	Released^[3]
1 July 2007	Talal El Karkouri	Qatar Sports Club	Free^[3]
1 July 2007	Kevin Lisbie	Colchester United	Released^[3]
1 July 2007	Thomas Myhre	Viking FK	Free^[3]
1 July 2007	Nathan Ashton	Fulham	Released^[3]
1 July 2007	Alistair John	Stevenage Borough	Released^[3]
1 July 2007	Rurik Gislason	-	Released^[3]
4 July 2007	Myles Weston	Notts County	Free^[18]
20 July 2007	Dennis Rommedahl	AFC Ajax	£680,000^[19]
26 July 2007	Luke Young	Middlesbrough	£2.5 million^[20]
27 July 2007	Simon Walton	Queens Park Rangers	£200,000^[21]
8 August 2007	Souleymane Diawara	Bordeaux	£2.6 million^[22]

[edit] Pre-season Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
11 July 2007	Welling United	Away	2–0	3,500	Varney, Dickson
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, Thomas, og
1 August 2007	Aldershot Town	Away	0–0	1,500
4 August 2007	Sporting Braga	Home	1–2	5,647	Ambrose

[edit] Cup Results

[edit] Carling Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
1	14 August 2007	Swindon Town	Away	2–0	6,175	Ambrose, Reid (pen)
2	28 August 2007	Stockport County	Home	4–3	8,022	Todorov, Zheng, Sam, McCarthy
3	25 September 2007	Luton Town	Away	1–3 (a.e.t)	4,534	Sinclair