2008–09 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

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League Cup
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Top goalscorerLeague:
Nicky Bailey (13)
All:
Nicky Bailey (13)

During the 2008–09 English football season,

Football League Championship. It was their second consecutive season at this level since relegation from the Premier League
at the end of the 2006–07 season.

Season summary

Charlton were tipped to make a strong challenge for promotion, but it all went wrong for the Addicks and by the time manager Alan Pardew was sacked in November the club was in serious danger of a second relegation in three seasons. He was replaced with former Colchester United manager Phil Parkinson, but he was unable to save Charlton from falling into English football's third tier for the first time since 1981, coming in last place, 12 points adrift of safety.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK England ENG Nicky Weaver
2 DF France FRA Yassin Moutaouakil
3 DF Central African Republic CAF Kelly Youga
4 MF England ENG Nicky Bailey
5 MF China CHN Zheng Zhi
6 DF England ENG Mark Hudson
7 MF England ENG Jonjo Shelvey
8 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Matt Holland[notes 1]
9 FW Scotland SCO Andy Gray[notes 2]
10 FW Bulgaria BUL Svetoslav Todorov
11 MF England ENG Darren Ambrose
12 DF England ENG Darren Ward (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
14 MF England ENG Matthew Spring
15 MF England ENG Josh Wright
16 MF England ENG Scott Wagstaff
17 FW Ghana GHA Chris Dickson[notes 3]
18 MF Ghana GHA Lloyd Sam[notes 4]
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF England ENG Dean Sinclair
20 MF France FRA Therry Racon[notes 5]
21 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Rob Elliot[notes 6]
22 FW Wales WAL Stuart Fleetwood[notes 7]
23 DF Portugal POR José Semedo
24 DF England ENG Jonathan Fortune
26 DF Wales WAL Grant Basey[notes 8]
27 MF England ENG Rashid Yussuff
28 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Harry Arter[notes 9]
31 MF England ENG Chris Solly
32 DF England ENG Danny Butterfield (on loan from Crystal Palace)
33 DF England ENG Aswad Thomas
34 DF England ENG Jack Clark
35 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Darren Randolph
36 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD
Leeds United
)
37 FW Jamaica JAM Deon Burton[notes 10]
38 MF Turkey TUR Tamer Tuna[notes 11]

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW England ENG Luke Varney (to Derby County)
14 MF England ENG Jerome Thomas (on loan to Portsmouth)
14 MF Northern Ireland NIR Keith Gillespie (on loan from Sheffield United)
25 FW England ENG Izale McLeod (on loan to Millwall)
29 MF Senegal SEN Amdy Faye (to Stoke City)
29 DF England ENG Martin Cranie (on loan from Portsmouth)
29 DF Scotland SCO Graeme Murty[notes 12] (on loan from Reading)
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 MF Denmark DEN Martin Christensen (on loan to Lyngby Boldklub)
32 MF Denmark DEN
Mikkel Rygaard Jensen (to Herfølge Boldklub
)
34 FW Algeria ALG
Hameur Bouazza[notes 13] (on loan from Fulham
)
35 DF England ENG Linvoy Primus (on loan from Portsmouth)
36 FW England ENG Martyn Waghorn (on loan from Sunderland)
38 DF Scotland SCO Jay McEveley[notes 14] (on loan from Derby County)
38 MF England ENG Tom Soares (on loan from Stoke City)

Transfers

In

Date Position Name Club From Transfer Fee Reference
24 May 2008 DF Mark Hudson Crystal Palace Free [1]
9 August 2008 MF Hameur Bouazza Fulham Season-long Loan (recalled 8 January) [2]
28 August 2008 DF Linvoy Primus Portsmouth Three-month Loan [3]
27 November 2008 FW Deon Burton Sheffield Wednesday Loan (made permanent 2 January) [4]
9 January 2009 MF Matthew Spring Luton Town Undisclosed [5]
30 January 2009 FW Trésor Kandol Leeds United Loan until end of season [6]
30 January 2009 DF Darren Ward Wolverhampton Wanderers Loan until end of season [6]

Out

Date Position Name Club To Transfer Fee Reference
12 June 2008 DF Paddy McCarthy Crystal Palace Undisclosed [7]
30 June 2008 DF Cory Gibbs Free Agency Released [8]
30 June 2008 DF Chris Powell Free Agency Released (joined Leicester City on 27 August) [9][10]
14 July 2008 FW Chris Iwelumo Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed [11][12]
16 July 2008 FW Marcus Bent Birmingham City £1,000,000 [13]
31 July 2008 DF Madjid Bougherra Rangers £2.500.000 [14]
14 August 2008 DF Ben Thatcher Ipswich Town Free [15]
15 August 2008 MF Amdy Faye Stoke City Undisclosed [16]
15 August 2008 FW Jerome Thomas Portsmouth Loan (made permanent 21 August) [17][18]

References

  1. ^ "Hudson leaves Palace for Charlton". BBC Sport. 24 May 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Charlton swoop for winger Bouazza". BBC Sport. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Primus moves to Charlton on loan". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Slusarski in, Burton out at Owls". BBC Sport. 27 November 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Spring seals Addicks move". Sky Sports. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Charlton capture Kandol and Ward". BBC Sport. 30 January 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Palace sign McCarthy from Addicks". BBC Sport. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Gibbs not offered new Valley deal". BBC Sport. 3 May 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Powell bids farewell to Charlton". BBC Sport. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Powell signing pleases Pearson". BBC Sport. 27 August 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Iwelumo completes Wolves switch". BBC Sport. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Iwelumo ties up Wolves move". Sky Sports. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Bent joins Birmingham". Eurosport. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Rangers sign defender Bougherra". BBC Sport. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Thatcher joins Tractor Boys". Sky Sports. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  16. ^ "New phase for Stoke as two Fayes join on same day". Reuters. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  17. ^ "Portsmouth bring in Jerome Thomas to replace Rangers-bound Pedro Mendes". The Telegraph. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  18. ^ "Thomas signs permanent Portsmouth deal". The Independent. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Dickson was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Ghana and Jamaica internationally through his father and mother respectively and made his international debut for Ghana in August 2008.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Racon was born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France, but also qualified to represent Guadeloupe internationally and would make his international debut for Guadeloupe in June 2011.
  6. ^ Elliot was born in Greenwich, England, but also qualified 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.
  7. ^ Fleetwood was born in Gloucester, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his father, and represented them at U-17 and U-21 level.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Burton was born in Reading, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and made his international debut for Jamaica in September 1997.
  11. ^ Tuna was born in Bexley, England, but also qualified to represent Turkey internationally and represented them at U-19 level.
  12. ^ Murty was born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland and the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and grandfather respectively and made his international debut for Scotland in February 2004.
  13. ^ Bouazza was born in Évry (now Évry-Courcouronnes), France, but also qualified to represent Algeria internationally through his parents and made his international debut for Algeria in February 2007.
  14. ^ McEveley was born in Liverpool, England, and represented them at U-20 level, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and represented them at B level before making his international debut for Scotland in August 2007.
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