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. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup, and the League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.
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, instead choosing to join Tottenham Hotspur two weeks later for a club record sale of £17 million. A number of other key players, such as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Talal El Karkouri, 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. However, this form could not be maintained and by the end of the season, Charlton finished 12th, losing several matches, the worst being an embarrassing 3–0 loss to struggling Barnsley.
Players Squad information
Transfers
In
DateNamePrevious clubFee 21 May 2007 Luke Varney Crewe Alexandra£2,000,000 21 May 2007 Chris Iwelumo Colchester UnitedFree 6 June 2007 Paddy McCarthy Leicester City£650,000 20 June 2007 Yassin Moutaouakil Châteauroux£400,000 25 June 2007 José Semedo Sporting CPFree 3 July 2007 Chris Powell WatfordFree 4 July 2007 Nicky Weaver Manchester CityFree 4 July 2007 Svetoslav Todorov PortsmouthFree 27 July 2007 Dean Sinclair Barnet£125,000 9 August 2007 Izale McLeod MK Dons£1,100,000 9 August 2007 Zheng Zhi Shandong Luneng Taishan£1,250,000 11 August 2007 Therry Racon Guingamp£372,394 30 August 2007 Danny Mills Manchester CityLoan 31 August 2007 Sam Sodje ReadingLoan25 January 2008Andy Gray Burnley£1,500,000
Out
DateNameNew clubFee 25 May 2007 Hermann Hreiðarsson PortsmouthFree 19 June 2007 Radostin Kishishev Leicester CityFree 29 June 2007 Bryan Hughes Hull CityFree 29 June 2007 Darren Bent Tottenham Hotspur£16,500,000 1 July 2007 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Cardiff CityReleased 1 July 2007 Talal El Karkouri Qatar SCFree 1 July 2007 Lisbie was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in 2002.Kevin Lisbie Colchester UnitedReleased 1 July 2007 Thomas Myhre VikingFree 1 July 2007 Nathan Ashton FulhamReleased 1 July 2007 Alistair John Stevenage BoroughReleased 1 July 2007 Rúrik Gíslason-Released 4 July 2007 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.Myles Weston Notts CountyFree 20 July 2007 Dennis Rommedahl Ajax£680,000 26 July 2007 Luke Young Middlesbrough£2,500,000 27 July 2007 Simon Walton Queens Park Rangers£200,000 8 August 2007 Souleymane Diawara Bordeaux£2,600,000 Results Pre-season friendlies WinDrawLoss +DateOpponentVenueResultCharlton Athletic's score shown firstScorersAttendance11 July 2007Welling UnitedAway2–0Varney, Dickson3,50011 July 2007Tooting & MitchamAway5–0Iwelumo (2), Bent, Reid, Walker24 July 2007MarbellaAway1–0Dickson28 July 2007GillinghamAway5–0Ambrose (2), Todorov, J. Thomas, og1 August 2007Aldershot TownAway0–0—1,5004 August 2007BragaHome1–2Ambrose5,647 Championship
Club Standings
Round-by-Round Results
FA Cup
League Cup WinDrawLoss +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance114 August 2007Swindon TownAway2–0Ambrose 52', Reid 63' (pen.)6,175228 August 2007Stockport CountyHome4–3Todorov 35', Zheng 42' (pen.), Sam 74', McCarthy 90'8,022325 September 2007Luton TownAway1–3 Sinclair 4'4,534
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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