2007–08 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

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

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 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. At the end of the season, Charlton finished 12th losing several matches, the worst being the embarrassing 3-0 loss to struggling Barnsley.

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App(GS/Sub)	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Weaver	29	EU	2007	18 (18/0)	0	2010	Free
30	GK	Randolph	21	EU	2006	1 (1/0)	0	2009	Youth system
31	GK	Elliot[notes 1]	23	EU	2006	0 (0/0)	0		Youth system
2	RB	Moutaouakil	21	EU	2007	6 (5/1)	0	2011	£400,000
25	RB	Halford	23	EU	2008	0 (0/0)	0	2008	Loan	on loan from Sunderland
44	RB	Mills	31	EU	2007	0 (0/0)	0	2007	Loan	on loan from Manchester City
3	LB	Thatcher[notes 2]	32	EU	2007	14 (13/1)	0	2008	£500,000
15	LB	Powell	38	EU	2007	10 (10/0)	0	2008	Free
17	LB	Gibbs	28	Non-EU	2006	0 (0/0)	0	2009	Free
26	LB	Youga	22	Non-EU	2005	0 (0/0)	0		Free
34	LB	Basey[notes 3]	19	EU	2007	5 (5/0)	0	2008	Youth system
4	CB	Sodje[notes 4]	29	Non-EU	2007	11 (5/6)	1	2008	Loan	On loan from Reading
6	CB	McCarthy	25	EU	2007	7 (6/1)	1	2011	£650,000
21	CB	Bougherra[notes 5]	25	Non-EU	2007	18 (14/4)	0	2011	£2.5m
22	CB	Sankofa	23	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
37	CB	Monteiro	23	EU	2008	0 (0/0)	0
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
7	MF	Cook	26	EU	2008	0 (0/0)	0	2008	Loan	On loan from Fulham
8	MF	Holland[notes 6]	34	EU	2003	146 (132/14)	12	2008	£900,000
11	MF	Ambrose	24	EU	2005	79 (54/25)	8	2009	Undisclosed
19	MF	Sinclair	23	EU	2007	2 (1/1)	0	2009	£125,000	On loan at Cheltenham Town
20	MF	Racon[notes 7]	20	EU	2006	5 (3/2)	0		£400,000
23	MF	Semedo	22	EU	2007	18 (18/0)	0	2011	Free
28	MF	Arter[notes 8]	18	EU	2007	1 (0/1)	0	2009	Youth system
32	MF	Wright	18	EU	2007	0 (0/0)	0	2009	Youth system	On loan at Barnet
39	MF	Shelvey	16	EU	2004	0 (0/0)	0		Youth system
40	MF	Yussuff	18	EU	2006	0 (0/0)	0		Youth system
––	MF	Faye	31	Non-EU	2006	34 (29/5)	1	2009	£2m	On loan at Rangers
14	WI	J. Thomas	25	EU	2004	97 (69/28)	7	2009	£100,000
18	WI	Sam[notes 9]	23	EU	2003	27 (17/10)	2	2010	Youth system
25	WI	Christensen	20	EU	2007	0 (0/0)	0		£350,000
36	WI	Wagstaff	18	EU	2008	0 (0/0)	0	2011	Youth system
9	CF	Bent	30	EU	2006	52 (38/14)	5	2009	£2.3m	On loan at Wigan Athletic
9	CF	Gray[notes 10]	30	EU	2008	0 (0/0)	0	2011	£1.5m
10	CF	Todorov	30	EU	2007	9 (5/4)	3	2008	Free
12	CF	Varney	25	EU	2007	14 (8/6)	3	2011	£2m
16	CF	Iwelumo	29	EU	2007	19 (15/4)	7	2010	Free
22	CF	Sinclair	20	EU	2008	0 (0/0)	0	2008	Loan	on loan from Chelsea
27	CF	Walker[notes 11]	20	EU	2006	0 (0/0)	0		Youth system	On loan at Yeovil Town
29	CF	Dickson[notes 12]	23	EU	2007	1 (0/1)	0	2009	£50,000
35	CF	McLeod	23	EU	2007	13 (4/9)	0	2011	£1.1m
38	CF	Lita[notes 13]	23	EU	2008	0 (0/0)	0	2008	Loan	on loan from Reading

Last updated: 31 May 2008
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	Châteauroux	£400,000[6]
25 June 2007	José Semedo	Sporting CP	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 Taishan	£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 SC	Free[3]
1 July 2007	Kevin Lisbie[notes 14]	Colchester United	Released[3]
1 July 2007	Thomas Myhre	Viking	Free[3]
1 July 2007	Nathan Ashton	Fulham	Released[3]
1 July 2007	Alistair John	Stevenage Borough	Released[3]
1 July 2007	Rúrik Gíslason	-	Released[3]
4 July 2007	Myles Weston[notes 15]	Notts County	Free[18]
20 July 2007	Dennis Rommedahl	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	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, José Semedo, 30
CM: #8, Matt Holland, 31
LM: #11, Darren Ambrose, 33
AM: #5, Zheng Zhi, 41
CF: #16, Chris Iwelumo, 32

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References

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

Notes

Elliot was born in Greenwich, England, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and represented them at under-19 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2014.
Thatcher was born in Swindon, England and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for Wales in March 2004.
Basey was born in Bromley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his grandmother and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level.
Sodje was born in Greenwich, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Nigeria in November 2005.
Bougherra was born in Longvic, France, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally through his grandfather and represented them at U-23 level before making his international debut for Algeria in June 2004.
Holland was born in Bury, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his debut for Republic of Ireland in 1999.
Racon was born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France, but also qualifies to represent Guadeloupe internationally and would make his international debut for Guadeloupe in June 2011.
Arter was born in Bexley, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandparents and represented them at U-15, U-17, and U-19 level before making his debut for Republic of Ireland in June 2015.
Sam was born in Leeds, England, and represented them at U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Ghana in October 2015.
Gray was born in Harrogate, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and made his international debut for Scotland in April 2003.
Walker was born in Hackney, England, and represented them at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in September 2012.
Dickson was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Ghana and Jamaica internationally through his father and mother respectively and would make his international debut for Ghana in August 2008.
Lita was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualified to represent England internationally and represented them at U-21 level.
Lisbie was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.
Weston 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.

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[Bent_rejects_Hammers_switch-1] "Bent rejects Hammers switch". Charlton Athletic F.C. 14 June 2007. Archived from the original on 7 September 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.

[Darren_departs_in_record_deal-2] "Darren departs in record deal". Charlton Athletic F.C. 29 June 2007. Archived from the original on 9 September 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.

[Eight_players_realeased_as_deals_end-3] "Eight players released as deals end". Charlton Athletic F.C. 30 June 2007. Archived from the original on 9 September 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.

[Charlton_snap_up_Varney_and_Iwelumo-17] "Charlton snap up Varney and Iwelumo". BBC Sport. 21 May 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.

[18] "Charlton capture Foxes' McCarthy". BBC Sport. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.

[19] "Charlton seal Moutaouakil signing". BBC Sport. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.

[20] "Semedo signs on". Charlton Athletic F.C. 25 June 2007. Archived from the original on 9 September 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.

[21] "Powell returns to The Valley". Charlton Athletic F.C. 3 July 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.

[Todorov_and_Weaver_make_it_eight-22] "Todorov and Weaver make it eight". Charlton Athletic F.C. 4 July 2007. Archived from the original on 7 September 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.

[Sinclair_signs-23] "Sinclair signs". Charlton Athletic F.C. 27 July 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2007.

[Charlton_snap_up_McLeod_&_Zheng-24] "Charlton snap up McLeod & Zheng". BBC. 9 August 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2007.

[Addicks_held_on_opening_day-25] "Addicks held on opening day". Charlton Athletic F.C. 11 August 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2007.

[26] "Mills deal done". Charlton Athletic F.C. 30 August 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007.

[27] "Sodje swoop sealed". Charlton Athletic F.C. 31 August 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007.

[28] "Hreidarsson joins Portsmouth". Charlton Athletic F.C. 25 May 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.

[29] "Kish leaves for Leicester". Charlton Athletic F.C. 19 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.

[30] "Hughes heads for Hull". Charlton Athletic F.C. 29 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.

[33] "Notts County land winger Weston". BBC Sport. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2007.

[34] "Rommedahl joins Ajax". Charlton Athletic F.C. 20 July 2007. Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2007.

[35] "Young makes Middlesbrough switch". BBC Sport. 26 July 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2007.

[36] "Walton joins QPR". Charlton Athletic F.C. 27 July 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2007.

[37] "Defender Diawara joins Bordeaux". BBC Sport. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2007.

[4] Elliot was born in Greenwich, England, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and represented them at under-19 level before making his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2014.

[5] Thatcher was born in Swindon, England and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for Wales in March 2004.

[6] Basey was born in Bromley, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his grandmother and represented them at U-17, U-19, and U-21 level.

[7] Sodje was born in Greenwich, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Nigeria in November 2005.

[8] Bougherra was born in Longvic, France, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally through his grandfather and represented them at U-23 level before making his international debut for Algeria in June 2004.

[9] Holland was born in Bury, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his debut for Republic of Ireland in 1999.

[10] Racon was born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France, but also qualifies to represent Guadeloupe internationally and would make his international debut for Guadeloupe in June 2011.

[11] Arter was born in Bexley, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandparents and represented them at U-15, U-17, and U-19 level before making his debut for Republic of Ireland in June 2015.

[12] Sam was born in Leeds, England, and represented them at U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Ghana internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Ghana in October 2015.

[13] Gray was born in Harrogate, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his father and made his international debut for Scotland in April 2003.

[14] Walker was born in Hackney, England, and represented them at U-18 level, but also qualified to represent Antigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut for Antigua and Barbuda in September 2012.

[15] Dickson was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Ghana and Jamaica internationally through his father and mother respectively and would make his international debut for Ghana in August 2008.

[16] Lita was born in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), but also qualified to represent England internationally and represented them at U-21 level.

[31] Lisbie was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.

[32] Weston 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.