2006–07 Charlton Athletic F.C. season
Charlton Athletic 2006–07 football season
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During the 2006–07 English football season, Charlton Athletic competed in the FA Premier League. The club also competed in the FA Cup, and the League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.
ManagerIain Dowie (until November)
Les Reed (from November to December)
Alan Pardew (from December)
Les Reed (from November to December)
Alan Pardew (from December)
StadiumThe Valley
FA Premier League19th (relegated)
| 2006–07 season | |||
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| Manager | Iain Dowie (until November) Les Reed (from November to December) Alan Pardew (from December) | ||
| Stadium | The Valley | ||
| FA Premier League | 19th (relegated) | ||
| FA Cup | Third round | ||
| League Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Darren Bent (13) All: Darren Bent (15) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 27,111 (vs. Chelsea, Liverpool, West Ham United and Sheffield United) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 23,423 (vs. Blackburn Rovers, 5 December 2006 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 26,195 | ||
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Season summary
Following Alan Curbishley's resignation after 10 years in charge of the Addicks, Northern Irishman Iain Dowie was snared from South London rivals Crystal Palace who were relegated in the previous season, but, despite being given more money to spend in the transfer market than any other previous Charlton manager, the club were in the relegation zone for most of his tenure and he was sacked in November. First-team coach Les Reed stepped into the breach, but also proved unsuitable for the job and was in turn replaced by former West Ham United manager Alan Pardew. Pardew was unable to stop the rot and after seven years in the top-flight, Charlton were relegated.
Kit
Final league table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 16 | Fulham | 38 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 39 | |
| 17 | Wigan Athletic | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 38 | |
| 18 | Sheffield United (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 38 | Relegation to Football League Championship |
| 19 | Charlton Athletic (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 34 | |
| 20 | Watford (R) | 38 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 29 | 59 | −30 | 28 |
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Kit
Charlton retained their kit manufacturing deal with Spanish apparel manufacturers Joma, who produced a new kit for the season. The kit sponsorship deal with Spanish real estate company Llanera.
Players
First-team squad
- Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Left club during season
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Reserve squad
- The following players did not appear for the first team this season.
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Trialists
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Statistics
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | ||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 33 | GK |  IRL |
Darren Randolph | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 36 | GK |  NOR |
Thomas Myhre | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 38 | GK |  ENG |
Scott Carson | 38 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG |
Luke Young | 32 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 3 | DF |  ISL |
Hermann Hreiðarsson | 33 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 15 | DF |  MAR |
Talal El Karkouri | 39 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 22 | DF |  ALG |
Madjid Bougherra | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | DF |  SEN |
Souleymane Diawara | 26 | 0 | 18+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 24 | DF | ENG |
Jonathan Fortune | 13 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 28 | DF | ENG |
Osei Sankofa | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | ||
| 32 | DF |  WAL |
Ben Thatcher | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 35 | DF | ENG |
Nathan Ashton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | SEN |
Amdy Faye | 32 | 1 | 25+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | ||
| 6 | MF |  BUL |
Radostin Kishishev | 18 | 0 | 6+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 8 | MF | IRL |
Matt Holland | 36 | 1 | 27+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
| 9 | MF |  CHN |
Zheng Zhi | 12 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | MF | ENG |
Darren Ambrose | 30 | 3 | 21+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | ||
| 14 | MF | ENG |
Jerome Thomas | 24 | 3 | 16+4 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 16 | MF |  CMR |
Alex Song | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | MF |  DEN |
Dennis Rommedahl | 32 | 0 | 19+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | ||
| 20 | MF | ENG |
Bryan Hughes | 27 | 1 | 15+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 29 | MF | ENG |
Lloyd Sam | 9 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 5 | MF | IRL |
Andy Reid | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ENG |
Marcus Bent | 35 | 2 | 17+13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 10 | FW | ENG |
Darren Bent | 35 | 15 | 32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | FW |  JAM |
Kevin Lisbie | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
| 18 | FW |  NED |
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 29 | 4 | 11+14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | ||
| Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
| 13 | MF |  URU |
Omar Pouso | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | DF |  MLI |
Djimi Traoré | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 25 | DF | URU |
Gonzalo Sorondo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Last updated: 30 May 2007
Source: Competitions
Transfers
In
Cory Gibbs - 
Feyenoord, 8 May, free[2]- Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink -
Middlesbrough, 11 July, free[3] 
Djimi Traoré - Liverpool, 8 August, £2,000,000[4]
Amdy Faye - Newcastle United, 8 August, £2,000,000- Scott Carson - Liverpool, 14 August, season-long loan[5]
Andy Reid - Tottenham Hotspur, 16 August, £3,000,000[6]- Souleymane Diawara -
Sochaux, 31 August, £3,700,000 
Zheng Zhi - Shandong Luneng Taishan, 29 December, season-long loan[7]
Ben Thatcher - Manchester City, 11 January, £500,000 (rising to £750,000)[8]
Madjid Bougherra - Sheffield Wednesday, 28 January, £2,500,000[9]
Alex Song - Arsenal, 30 January, season-long loan[10]
Out
- Chris Powell - Watford, 1 July, free[11]
- Francis Jeffers - Blackburn Rovers, 3 July, free[12]
- Chris Perry - West Bromwich Albion, 4 July, free
- Jay Bothroyd - Wolverhampton Wanderers, 26 July, free
Jason Euell - Middlesbrough, 31 August, £300,000[13]- Djimi Traoré - Portsmouth, 13 January, £1,000,000[14]
Shaun Bartlett - Kaizer Chiefs, free
- Transfers in:
£13,700,000 - Transfers out:
£1,300,000 - Total spending: £12,400,000
Results
Results per matchday
Premier League
| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
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| 1 | 19 August 2006 | West Ham United | Away | 1–3 | D. Bent 15' (pen.) | 34,937 | [15] |
| 2 | 23 August 2006 | Manchester United | Home | 0–3 | — | 25,422 | [16] |
| 3 | 26 August 2006 | Bolton Wanderers | Home | 2–0 | D. Bent 65' (pen.), 85' | 23,638 | [17] |
| 4 | 9 September 2006 | Chelsea | Away | 1–2 | Hasselbaink 54' | 41,194 | [18] |
| 5 | 16 September 2006 | Portsmouth | Home | 0–1 | — | 26,130 | [19] |
| 6 | 23 September 2006 | Aston Villa | Away | 0–2 | — | 35,513 | [20] |
| 7 | 30 September 2006 | Arsenal | Home | 1–2 | D. Bent 22' | 26,770 | [21] |
| 8 | 16 October 2006 | Fulham | Away | 1–2 | D. Bent 78' | 19,179 | [22] |
| 9 | 21 October 2006 | Watford | Home | 0–0 | — | 27,011 | [23] |
| 10 | 28 October 2006 | Newcastle | Away | 0–0 | — | 48,642 | [24] |
| 11 | 4 November 2006 | Manchester City | Home | 1–0 | D. Bent 28' | 26,011 | [25] |
| 12 | 11 November 2006 | Wigan Athletic | Away | 2–3 | de Zeeuw 52' (o.g.), M. Bent 90' | 16,572 | [26] |
| 13 | 18 November 2006 | Reading | Away | 0–2 | — | 24,093 | [27] |
| 14 | 25 November 2006 | Everton | Home | 1–1 | Reid 68' | 26,435 | [28] |
| 15 | 2 December 2006 | Sheffield United | Away | 1–2 | Reid 17' | 27,368 | [29] |
| 16 | 5 December 2006 | Blackburn Rovers | Home | 1–0 | El Karkouri 90' | 23,423 | [30] |
| 17 | 9 December 2006 | Tottenham Hotspur | Away | 1–5 | Dawson 43' (o.g.) | 35,565 | [31] |
| 18 | 16 December 2006 | Liverpool | Home | 0–3 | — | 27,111 | [32] |
| 19 | 23 December 2006 | Middlesbrough | Away | 0–2 | — | 32,013 | [33] |
| 20 | 27 December 2006 | Fulham | Home | 2–2 | Ambrose 19', D. Bent 45' | 25,203 | [34] |
| 21 | 30 December 2006 | Aston Villa | Home | 2–1 | D. Bent 57', Hughes 90' | 26,699 | [35] |
| 22 | 2 January 2007 | Arsenal | Away | 0–4 | — | 60,057 | [36] |
| 23 | 13 January 2007 | Middlesbrough | Home | 1–3 | Hasselbaink 27' | 26,384 | [37] |
| 24 | 20 January 2007 | Portsmouth | Away | 1–0 | Faye 79' | 19,567 | [38] |
| 25 | 31 January 2007 | Bolton Wanderers | Away | 1–1 | El Karkouri 12' | 22,357 | [39] |
| 26 | 3 February 2007 | Chelsea | Home | 0–1 | — | 27,111 | [40] |
| 27 | 10 February 2007 | Manchester United | Away | 0–2 | — | 75,883 | [41] |
| 28 | 24 February 2007 | West Ham United | Home | 4–0 | Ambrose 24', Thomas 34', 80', D. Bent 41' | 27,111 | [42] |
| 29 | 3 March 2007 | Watford | Away | 2–2 | Young 67', Ambrose 89' | 19,782 | [43] |
| 30 | 18 March 2007 | Newcastle United | Home | 2–0 | Zheng 53', Thomas 88' (pen.) | 27,028 | [44] |
| 31 | 31 March 2007 | Wigan Athletic | Home | 1–0 | D. Bent 86' (pen.) | 26,500 | [45] |
| 32 | 6 April 2007 | Manchester City | Away | 0–0 | — | 41,424 | [46] |
| 33 | 9 April 2007 | Reading | Home | 0–0 | — | 26,271 | [47] |
| 34 | 15 April 2007 | Everton | Away | 1–2 | D. Bent 89' | 34,028 | [48] |
| 35 | 21 April 2007 | Sheffield United | Home | 1–1 | El Karkouri 59' | 27,111 | [49] |
| 36 | 28 April 2007 | Blackburn Rovers | Away | 1–4 | D. Bent 71' | 24,921 | [50] |
| 37 | 7 May 2007 | Tottenham Hotspur | Home | 0–2 | — | 26,339 | [51] |
| 38 | 13 May 2007 | Liverpool | Away | 2–2 | Holland 2', D. Bent 72' | 43,134 | [52] |
FA Cup
| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
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| Third round | 6 January 2007 | Nottingham Forest | Away | 0–2 | — | 19,017 | [53] |
League Cup
| Win | Draw | Loss |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref. |
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| Second round | 19 September 2006 | Carlisle United | Home | 1–0 | D. Bent 57' | 8,190 | [54] |
| Third round | 25 October 2006 | Bolton Wanderers | Home | 1–0 | M. Bent 17' | 10,788 | [55] |
| Fourth round | 7 November 2006 | Chesterfield | Away | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | Hasselbaink 40', 93', D. Bent 73' | 7,000 | [56] |
| Quarter-finals | 19 December 2006 | Wycombe Wanderers | Home | 0–1 | — | 18,940 | [57] |