Charlton Athletic 2007–08 football season
During the2007–08 English football season,Charlton Athletic participated in theFootball League Championship , having been relegated from thePremier League theprevious season. Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in theFA Cup , and theLeague Cup . The season covered the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.
Charlton's kits were produced by Spanish companyJoma . The club retained the sponsorship of the Spanish property company, Llanera, who declared bankruptcy during the season.[ 1]
Pre-season was dominated by the transfer speculation involving England strikerDarren Bent . A fee was agreed withWest Ham United , but the player himself rejected the deal,[ 2] instead choosing to joinTottenham Hotspur two weeks later for a club record sale of £17 million.[ 3] A number of other key players, such asJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink ,[ 4] Talal El Karkouri ,[ 4] Hermann Hreiðarsson Scott Carson andAlex Song , also left the club after relegation.
After the first ten games of the season, Charlton were second in the league table, behind leadersWatford , having beatenSheffield Wednesday ,Crystal Palace ,Norwich City ,Leicester City andHull City , drawn withScunthorpe United ,Colchester United ,Coventry City andBarnsley and lost just once, toStoke 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 strugglingBarnsley .
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 inEnglish football .(Source) Squad size is unlimited. Date Nat. Name Previous club Fee Ref. 21 May 2007 Luke Varney Crewe Alexandra £2,000,000 [ 5] 21 May 2007 Chris Iwelumo Colchester United Free [ 5] 6 June 2007 Paddy McCarthy Leicester City £650,000 [ 6] 20 June 2007 Yassin Moutaouakil Châteauroux £400,000 [ 7] 25 June 2007 José Semedo Sporting CP Free [ 8] 3 July 2007 Chris Powell Watford Free [ 9] 4 July 2007 Nicky Weaver Manchester City Free [ 10] 4 July 2007 Svetoslav Todorov Portsmouth Free [ 10] 27 July 2007 Dean Sinclair Barnet £125,000 [ 11] 9 August 2007 Izale McLeod MK Dons £1,100,000 [ 12] 9 August 2007 Zheng Zhi Shandong Luneng Taishan £1,250,000 [ 12] 11 August 2007 Therry Racon Guingamp £372,394 [ 13] 30 August 2007 Danny Mills Manchester City Loan [ 14] 31 August 2007 Sam Sodje Reading Loan [ 15] 25 January 2008 Andy Gray Burnley £1,500,000 [ 16]
Pre-season friendlies [ edit ] Date Opponent Venue Result[ p] Scorers Attendance Ref. 11 July 2007 Welling United Away 2–0 Varney ,Dickson 3,500 [citation needed ] 11 July 2007 Tooting & Mitcham Away 5–0 Iwelumo (2),Bent ,Reid ,Walker [citation needed ] 24 July 2007 Marbella Away 1–0 Dickson [citation needed ] 28 July 2007 Gillingham Away 5–0 Ambrose (2),Todorov ,J. Thomas ,og [citation needed ] 1 August 2007 Aldershot Town Away 0–0 — 1,500 [citation needed ] 4 August 2007 Braga Home 1–2 Ambrose 5,647 [citation needed ]
Round-by-Round Results [ edit ] Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground H A H A A H H A A H A H H A A H A H H A H A H A A H H A H A H A H A A H H A A H H A H A A H Result D L W W D W W D W D L L L W W W W L L W W L D D D L W D W L W D D L W D L L L D L W D L L W Position 13 16 12 7 5 3 2 2 2 2 3 6 8 4 4 2 2 3 4 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 9 8 11 8 9 11 12 11
Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2024. Source:
[citation needed ] A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
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 ^ Elliot was born inGreenwich ,England , but also qualifies to represent theRepublic of Ireland internationally through his father and represented them atunder-19 level before making his international debut for theRepublic of Ireland in May 2014. ^ Thatcher was born inSwindon ,England and represented them atU-21 level, but also qualified to representWales internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut forWales in March 2004. ^ Basey was born inBromley ,England , but also qualified to representWales internationally through his grandmother and represented them atU-17 ,U-19 , andU-21 level. ^ Sodje was born inGreenwich ,England , but also qualified to representNigeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut forNigeria in November 2005. ^ Bougherra was born inLongvic ,France , but also qualified to representAlgeria internationally through his grandfather and represented them atU-23 level before making his international debut forAlgeria in June 2004. ^ Holland was born inBury ,England , but qualified to represent theRepublic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his debut forRepublic of Ireland in 1999. ^ Racon was born inVilleneuve-Saint-Georges ,France , but also qualifies to representGuadeloupe internationally and would make his international debut forGuadeloupe in June 2011. ^ Arter was born inBexley ,England , but qualified to represent theRepublic of Ireland internationally through his grandparents and represented them at U-15,U-17 , andU-19 level before making his debut forRepublic of Ireland in June 2015. ^ Sam was born inLeeds ,England , and represented them atU-20 level, but also qualified to representGhana internationally through his parents and would make his international debut forGhana in October 2015. ^ Gray was born inHarrogate ,England , but also qualified to representScotland internationally throughhis father and made his international debut forScotland in April 2003. ^ Walker was born inHackney ,England , and represented them atU-18 level, but also qualified to representAntigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut forAntigua and Barbuda in September 2012. ^ Dickson was born inSouthwark ,England , but also qualified to representGhana andJamaica internationally through his father and mother respectively and would make his international debut forGhana in August 2008. ^ Lita was born inKinshasa ,Zaire (nowDemocratic Republic of the Congo ), but also qualified to representEngland internationally and represented them atU-21 level. ^ Lisbie was born inHackney ,England , but also qualified to representJamaica internationally and made his international debut forJamaica in 2002. ^ Weston was born inLewisham ,England , and represented them at every youth level betweenU-16 andU-19 , but also qualified to representAntigua and Barbuda internationally and would make his international debut forAntigua and Barbuda in November 2014. ^a b Charlton Athletic's score shown first
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