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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.

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.

Season Review

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, instead choosing to join Tottenham Hotspur two weeks later for a club record sale of £17 million. A number of other players, such as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Talal El Karkouri 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.

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.

Squad

Squad information

Transfers

In

Date Player Previous Club Cost 21 May 2007 Luke Varney Crewe Alexandra £2 million 21 May 2007 Chris Iwelumo Colchester United Free 6 June 2007 Paddy McCarthy Leicester City £650,000 20 June 2007 Yassin Moutaouakil LB Chateauroux £400,000 25 June 2007 Jose Semedo Sporting Clube de Portugal Free 3 July 2007 Chris Powell Watford Free 4 July 2007 Nicky Weaver Manchester City Free 4 July 2007 Svetoslav Todorov Portsmouth Free 27 July 2007 Dean Sinclair Barnet £125,000 9 August 2007 Izale McLeod MK Dons £1.1 Million < 9 August 2007 Zheng Zhi Shandong Luneng £1.25 Million < 11 August 2007 Therry Racon Guingamp £372,394 < 11 August 2007 Therry Racon Guingamp £372,394 < 30 August 2007 Danny Mills Manchester City Loan 31 August 2007 Sam Sodje Reading Loan Out Date Player New Club Cost 25 May 2007 Hermann Hreidarsson Portsmouth Free 19 June 2007 Radostin Kishishev Leicester City Free 29 June 2007 Bryan Hughes Hull City Free 29 June 2007 Darren Bent Tottenham Hotspur £16.5 million 1 July 2007 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Cardiff City Released 1 July 2007 Talal El Karkouri Qatar Sports Club Free 1 July 2007 Kevin Lisbie Colchester United Released 1 July 2007 Thomas Myhre Viking FK Free 1 July 2007 Nathan Ashton Fulham Released 1 July 2007 Alistair John Stevenage Borough Released 1 July 2007 Rurik Gislason - Released 4 July 2007 Myles Weston Notts County Free 20 July 2007 Dennis Rommedahl AFC Ajax £680,000 26 July 2007 Luke Young Middlesbrough £2.5 million 27 July 2007 Simon Walton Queens Park Rangers £200,000 8 August 2007 Souleymane Diawara Bordeaux £2.6 million 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 Cup Results 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 References and Notes