2007–08 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

Charlton Athletic
2007–08 season
League	Football League Championship
Manager	Alan Pardew
Chairman	Richard Murray
League position	12th
Top goalscorer	League: Chris Iwelumo (10) All: Chris Iwelumo (10)
Highest attendance	Home: 26,202 Away: 19,021
Lowest attendance	Home: 8,022 (pre-season friendly) Away: 4,534
League Cup	Third round

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.

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,^[1] instead choosing to join Tottenham Hotspur two weeks later for a club record sale of £17 million.^[2] A number of other key players, such as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink,^[3] Talal El Karkouri,^[3] Hermann Hreiðarsson Scott Carson and Alexandre 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. At the end of the season, Charlton finished 12th losing several matches, the worst being the embarrassing 3-0 loss to struggling Barnsley.

Squad

Squad information

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Since	App(GS/Sub)	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Weaver	28	EU	2007	18 (18/0)	0	2010	Free
30	GK	Randolph	20	EU	2006	1 (1/0)	0	2009	Youth system
31	GK	Elliot	22	EU	2006	0 (0/0)	0		Youth system
2	RB	Moutaouakil	21	EU	2007	6 (5/1)	0	2011	£400,000
3	LB	Thatcher	31	EU	2007	14 (13/1)	0	2008	£500,000
15	LB	Powell	37	EU	2007	10 (10/0)	0	2008	Free
17	LB	Gibbs	27	Non-EU	2006	0 (0/0)	0	2009	Free
26	LB	Youga	21	Non-EU	2005	0 (0/0)	0		Free
34	LB	Basey	18	EU	2007	5 (5/0)	0	2008	Youth system
4	CB	Sodje	28	Non-EU	2007	11 (5/6)	1	2008	Loan	On loan from Reading
6	CB	McCarthy	24	EU	2007	7 (6/1)	1	2011	£650,000
21	CB	Bougherra	24	Non-EU	2007	18 (14/4)	0	2011	£2.5m
22	CB	Sankofa	22	EU	2003	18 (14/4)	0	2008	Youth system
24	CB	Fortune	27	EU	2001	164 (136/28)	8	2009	Youth system
33	CB	A. Thomas	18	EU	2007	0 (0/0)	0		Youth system
5	MF	Zheng	27	Non-EU	2006	28 (23/5)	6	2009	£2m
7	MF	Reid (captain)	25	EU	2006	35 (33/2)	7	2010	£3m
8	MF	Holland	33	EU	2003	146 (132/14)	12	2008	£900,000
11	MF	Ambrose	23	EU	2005	79 (54/25)	8	2009	Undisclosed
19	MF	Sinclair	22	EU	2007	2 (1/1)	0	2009	£125,000	On loan at Cheltenham Town
20	MF	Racon	19	EU	2006	5 (3/2)	0		£400,000
23	MF	Semedo	21	EU	2007	18 (18/0)	0	2011	Free
32	MF	Wright	17	EU	2007	0 (0/0)	0	2009	Youth system	On loan at Barnet
28	MF	Arter	17	EU	2007	1 (0/1)	0	2009	Youth system
––	MF	Faye	30	Non-EU	2006	34 (29/5)	1	2009	£2m	On loan at Rangers
14	WI	J. Thomas	24	EU	2004	97 (69/28)	7	2009	£100,000
18	WI	Sam	22	EU	2003	27 (17/10)	2	2010	Youth system
25	WI	Christensen	19	EU	2007	0 (0/0)	0		£350,000
9	CF	Bent	29	EU	2006	52 (38/14)	5	2009	£2.3m	On loan at Wigan Athletic
10	CF	Todorov	29	EU	2007	9 (5/4)	3	2008	Free
12	CF	Varney	24	EU	2007	14 (8/6)	3	2011	£2m
16	CF	Iwelumo	29	EU	2007	19 (15/4)	7	2010	Free
27	CF	Walker	19	EU	2006	0 (0/0)	0		Youth system	On loan at Yeovil Town
29	CF	Dickson	22	EU	2007	1 (0/1)	0	2009	£50,000
35	CF	McLeod	22	EU	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.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Previous club	Cost
21 May 2007	Luke Varney	Crewe Alexandra	£2,000,000^[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	£1,100,000 <^[11]
9 August 2007	Zheng Zhi	Shandong Luneng	£1,250,000 <^[11]
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]

Out

Date	Player	New club	Cost
25 May 2007	Hermann Hreiðarsson	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	£16,500,000^[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	£2,500,000^[20]
27 July 2007	Simon Walton	Queens Park Rangers	£200,000^[21]
8 August 2007	Souleymane Diawara	Bordeaux	£2,600,000^[22]

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, J. Thomas, og
1 August 2007	Aldershot Town	Away	0–0	1,500
4 August 2007	Sporting Braga	Home	1–2	5,647	Ambrose

Cup results

League 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

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions

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

References

↑ "Bent rejects Hammers switch". Charlton Athletic F.C. 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
1 2 "Darren departs in record deal". Charlton Athletic F.C. 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Eight players released as deals end". Charlton Athletic F.C. 2007-06-30. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
1 2 "Charlton snap up Varney and Iwelumo". BBC Sport. 2007-05-21. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
↑ "Charlton capture Foxes' McCarthy". BBC Sport. 2007-06-06. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
↑ "Charlton seal Moutaouakil signing". BBC Sport. 2007-06-20. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
↑ "Semedo signs on". Charlton Athletic F.C. 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
↑ "Powell returns to The Valley". Charlton Athletic F.C. 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
1 2 "Todorov and Weaver make it eight". Charlton Athletic F.C. 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
↑ "Sinclair signs". Charlton Athletic F.C. 2007-07-27. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
1 2 "Charlton snap up McLeod & Zheng". BBC. 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
↑ "Addicks held on opening day". Charlton Athletic F.C. 2007-08-11. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
↑ "Mills deal done". Charlton Athletic F.C. 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
↑ "Sodje swoop sealed". Charlton Athletic F.C. 2007-08-31. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
↑ "Hreidarsson joins Portsmouth". Charlton Athletic F.C. 2007-05-25. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
↑ "Kish leaves for Leicester". Charlton Athletic F.C. 2007-06-19. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
↑ "Hughes heads for Hull". Charlton Athletic F.C. 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
↑ "Notts County land winger Weston". BBC Sport. 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
↑ "Rommedahl joins Ajax". Charlton Athletic F.C. 2007-07-20. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
↑ "Young makes Middlesbrough switch". BBC Sport. 2007-07-26. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
↑ "Walton joins QPR". Charlton Athletic F.C. 2007-07-27. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
↑ "Defender Diawara joins Bordeaux". BBC Sport. 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-08-15.

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