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	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App(GS/Sub)	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	ENG	Weaver	28	EU	2007	18 (18/0)	0	2010	Free
30	GK	IRE	Randolph	20	EU	2006	1 (1/0)	0	2009	Youth system
31	GK	IRE	Elliot	22	EU	2006	0 (0/0)	0		Youth system
2	RB	FRA	Moutaouakil	21	EU	2007	6 (5/1)	0	2011	£400,000
3	LB	WAL	Thatcher	31	EU	2007	14 (13/1)	0	2008	£500,000
15	LB	ENG	Powell	37	EU	2007	10 (10/0)	0	2008	Free
17	LB	USA	Gibbs	27	Non-EU	2006	0 (0/0)	0	2009	Free
26	LB	Central African Republic	Youga	21	Non-EU	2005	0 (0/0)	0		Free
34	LB	WAL	Basey	18	EU	2007	5 (5/0)	0	2008	Youth system
4	CB	NGA	Sodje	28	Non-EU	2007	11 (5/6)	1	2008	Loan	On loan from Reading
6	CB	IRE	McCarthy	24	EU	2007	7 (6/1)	1	2011	£650,000
21	CB	ALG	Bougherra	24	Non-EU	2007	18 (14/4)	0	2011	£2.5m
22	CB	ENG	Sankofa	22	EU	2003	18 (14/4)	0	2008	Youth system
24	CB	ENG	Fortune	27	EU	2001	164 (136/28)	8	2009	Youth system
33	CB	ENG	A. Thomas	18	EU	2007	0 (0/0)	0		Youth system
5	MF	CHN	Zheng	27	Non-EU	2006	28 (23/5)	6	2009	£2m
7	MF	IRE	Reid (captain)	25	EU	2006	35 (33/2)	7	2010	£3m
8	MF	IRE	Holland	33	EU	2003	146 (132/14)	12	2008	£900,000
11	MF	ENG	Ambrose	23	EU	2005	79 (54/25)	8	2009	Undisclosed
19	MF	ENG	Sinclair	22	EU	2007	2 (1/1)	0	2009	£125,000	On loan at Cheltenham Town
20	MF	FRA	Racon	19	EU	2006	5 (3/2)	0		£400,000
23	MF	POR	Semedo	21	EU	2007	18 (18/0)	0	2011	Free
32	MF	ENG	Wright	17	EU	2007	0 (0/0)	0	2009	Youth system	On loan at Barnet
28	MF	IRE	Arter	17	EU	2007	1 (0/1)	0	2009	Youth system
––	MF	SEN	Faye	30	Non-EU	2006	34 (29/5)	1	2009	£2m	On loan at Rangers
14	WI	ENG	J. Thomas	24	EU	2004	97 (69/28)	7	2009	£100,000
18	WI	ENG	Sam	22	EU	2003	27 (17/10)	2	2010	Youth system
25	WI	DEN	Christensen	19	EU	2007	0 (0/0)	0		£350,000
9	CF	ENG	Bent	29	EU	2006	52 (38/14)	5	2009	£2.3m	On loan at Wigan Athletic
10	CF	BUL	Todorov	29	EU	2007	9 (5/4)	3	2008	Free
12	CF	ENG	Varney	24	EU	2007	14 (8/6)	3	2011	£2m
16	CF	SCO	Iwelumo	29	EU	2007	19 (15/4)	7	2010	Free
27	CF	ENG	Walker	19	EU	2006	0 (0/0)	0		Youth system	On loan at Yeovil Town
29	CF	ENG	Dickson	22	EU	2007	1 (0/1)	0	2009	£50,000
35	CF	ENG	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 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 Starting 11 Considering starts in all competitions GK: Nicky Weaver, 48 RB: Jonathan Fortune, 25 CB: Paddy McCarthy, 31 CB: Semedo, 30 LB: Madjid Bougherra, 28 RM: Darren Ambrose, 33 CM: Matt Holland, 31 CM: Zheng Zhi, 41 LM: Lloyd Sam, 28 CF: Luke Varney, 25 CF: Chris Iwelumo, 32 References and notes ^ "Bent rejects Hammers switch". Charlton Athletic F.C.. 2007-06-14. http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=30933&newstype=p. Retrieved 2007-07-15.  ^ a b "Darren departs in record deal". Charlton Athletic F.C.. 2007-06-29. http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=30959&newstype=p. 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