During the 2007–08 English football season, Charlton Athletic participated in the

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, 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, 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,

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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

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, Colchester United, Coventry City and

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and lost just once, to

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. 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

Transfers

In

Out

Results

Pre-season friendlies

Championship

Club Standings

Round-by-Round Results

FA Cup

League Cup

Starting 11

:''Considering starts in all competitions'' * GK: #1,

Nicky Weaver Nicholas James Weaver (born 2 March 1979) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is head of academy goalkeeping at EFL League One side Sheffield Wednesday. As as a player he was a goalkeeper who began his career wi ...

, 48 * RB: #21,

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, 28 * CB: #6,

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, 31 * CB: #24,

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, 25 * LB: #15,

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, 18 (#12,

Luke Varney Luke Ivan Varney (born 28 September 1982) is a former English professional footballer who played as a striker. Across his career he had spells with 11 different teams. He began his career with non-League club Quorn, a club in his home county ...

, has 25 starts as a centre-forward) * RM: #18, Lloyd Sam, 28 * CM: #23, José Semedo, 30 * CM: #8,

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, 31 * LM: #11, Darren Ambrose, 33 * AM: #5, Zheng Zhi, 41 * CF: #16, Chris Iwelumo, 32

References

Notes

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