2006–07 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

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.

Charlton Athletic

2006–07 season
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
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

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.

Final league table

Main article: 2006–07 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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: Premier League
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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  ENG Luke Young (captain) 3 DF  ISL Hermann Hreiðarsson 4 MF  SEN Amdy Faye 5 MF  IRL Andy Reid 6 DF  BUL Radostin Kishishev 7 FW  ENG Marcus Bent 8 MF  IRL Matt Holland[a] 9 MF  CHN Zheng Zhi (on loan from Shandong Luneng) 10 FW  ENG Darren Bent 11 MF  ENG Darren Ambrose 12 FW  JAM Kevin Lisbie[b] 14 MF  ENG Jerome Thomas 15 DF  MAR Talal El Karkouri 16 MF  CMR Alex Song (on loan from Arsenal)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  NED Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink[c] 19 MF  DEN Dennis Rommedahl 20 MF  ENG Bryan Hughes 22 DF  ALG Madjid Bougherra[d] 23 DF  SEN Souleymane Diawara 24 DF  ENG Jonathan Fortune 28 DF  ENG Osei Sankofa 29 MF  ENG Lloyd Sam[e] 32 DF  WAL Ben Thatcher[f] 33 GK  IRL Darren Randolph 35 DF  ENG Nathan Ashton 36 GK  NOR Thomas Myhre 38 GK  ENG Scott Carson (on loan from Liverpool)

Left club during 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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  JAM Jason Euell[g] (to Middlesbrough) 13 MF  URU Omar Pouso (on loan from Peñarol) 16 GK  DEN Stephan Andersen (to Brøndby)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 DF  MLI Djimi Traoré[h] (to Portsmouth) 25 DF  URU Gonzalo Sorondo (released) 32 FW  NIR Michael Carvill (released)

Reserve squad

The following players did not appear for the first team this 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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  USA Cory Gibbs 21 MF  ENG Simon Walton 25 FW  ENG Chris Dickson[i] 26 DF  CTA Kelly Youga 27 GK  IRL Rob Elliot[j] 30 FW  ENG Myles Weston[k] 31 MF  ENG Alistair John

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 DF  FIN Jani Tanska 37 FW  ENG James Walker[l] 39 MF  ISL Rúrik Gíslason 40 MF  ENG Rashid Yussuff 41 FW  ENG Donovan Simmonds 42 DF  ENG Aswad Thomas

Trialists

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  USA Chris Konopka

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
				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^[1]
• Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink - Middlesbrough, 11 July, free^[2]
• Djimi Traoré - Liverpool, 8 August, £2,000,000^[3]
• Amdy Faye - Newcastle United, 8 August, £2,000,000
• Scott Carson - Liverpool, 14 August, season-long loan^[4]
• Andy Reid - Tottenham Hotspur, 16 August, £3,000,000^[5]
• Souleymane Diawara - Sochaux, 31 August, £3,700,000
• Zheng Zhi - Shandong Luneng Taishan, 29 December, season-long loan^[6]
• Ben Thatcher - Manchester City, 11 January, £500,000 (rising to £750,000)^[7]
• Madjid Bougherra - Sheffield Wednesday, 28 January, £2,500,000^[8]
• Alex Song - Arsenal, 30 January, season-long loan^[9]

Out

• Chris Powell - Watford, 1 July, free^[10]
• Francis Jeffers - Blackburn Rovers, 3 July, free^[11]
• Chris Perry - West Bromwich Albion, 4 July, free
• Jay Bothroyd - Wolverhampton Wanderers, 26 July, free
• Jason Euell - Middlesbrough, 31 August, £300,000^[12]
• Djimi Traoré - Portsmouth, 13 January, £1,000,000^[13]
• Shaun Bartlett - Kaizer Chiefs, free

Transfers in: £13,700,000

Transfers out: £1,300,000

Total spending: £12,400,000

Results

Results per matchday

Matchday	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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	D
Position	16	20	15	16	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	19	19	19

Source: WorldFootball.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Premier League

Win

Draw

Loss

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
1	19 August 2006	West Ham United	Away	1–3	D. Bent 15' (pen.)	34,937	[14]
2	23 August 2006	Manchester United	Home	0–3	—	25,422	[15]
3	26 August 2006	Bolton Wanderers	Home	2–0	D. Bent 65' (pen.), 85'	23,638	[16]
4	9 September 2006	Chelsea	Away	1–2	Hasselbaink 54'	41,194	[17]
5	16 September 2006	Portsmouth	Home	0–1	—	26,130	[18]
6	23 September 2006	Aston Villa	Away	0–2	—	35,513	[19]
7	30 September 2006	Arsenal	Home	1–2	D. Bent 22'	26,770	[20]
8	16 October 2006	Fulham	Away	1–2	D. Bent 78'	19,179	[21]
9	21 October 2006	Watford	Home	0–0	—	27,011	[22]
10	28 October 2006	Newcastle	Away	0–0	—	48,642	[23]
11	4 November 2006	Manchester City	Home	1–0	D. Bent 28'	26,011	[24]
12	11 November 2006	Wigan Athletic	Away	2–3	de Zeeuw 52' (o.g.), M. Bent 90'	16,572	[25]
13	18 November 2006	Reading	Away	0–2	—	24,093	[26]
14	25 November 2006	Everton	Home	1–1	Reid 68'	26,435	[27]
15	2 December 2006	Sheffield United	Away	1–2	Reid 17'	27,368	[28]
16	5 December 2006	Blackburn Rovers	Home	1–0	El Karkouri 90'	23,423	[29]
17	9 December 2006	Tottenham Hotspur	Away	1–5	Dawson 43' (o.g.)	35,565	[30]
18	16 December 2006	Liverpool	Home	0–3	—	27,111	[31]
19	23 December 2006	Middlesbrough	Away	0–2	—	32,013	[32]
20	27 December 2006	Fulham	Home	2–2	Ambrose 19', D. Bent 45'	25,203	[33]
21	30 December 2006	Aston Villa	Home	2–1	D. Bent 57', Hughes 90'	26,699	[34]
22	2 January 2007	Arsenal	Away	0–4	—	60,057	[35]
23	13 January 2007	Middlesbrough	Home	1–3	Hasselbaink 27'	26,384	[36]
24	20 January 2007	Portsmouth	Away	1–0	Faye 79'	19,567	[37]
25	31 January 2007	Bolton Wanderers	Away	1–1	El Karkouri 12'	22,357	[38]
26	3 February 2007	Chelsea	Home	0–1	—	27,111	[39]
27	10 February 2007	Manchester United	Away	0–2	—	75,883	[40]
28	24 February 2007	West Ham United	Home	4–0	Ambrose 24', Thomas 34', 80', D. Bent 41'	27,111	[41]
29	3 March 2007	Watford	Away	2–2	Young 67', Ambrose 89'	19,782	[42]
30	18 March 2007	Newcastle United	Home	2–0	Zheng 53', Thomas 88' (pen.)	27,028	[43]
31	31 March 2007	Wigan Athletic	Home	1–0	D. Bent 86' (pen.)	26,500	[44]
32	6 April 2007	Manchester City	Away	0–0	—	41,424	[45]
33	9 April 2007	Reading	Home	0–0	—	26,271	[46]
34	15 April 2007	Everton	Away	1–2	D. Bent 89'	34,028	[47]
35	21 April 2007	Sheffield United	Home	1–1	El Karkouri 59'	27,111	[48]
36	28 April 2007	Blackburn Rovers	Away	1–4	D. Bent 71'	24,921	[49]
37	7 May 2007	Tottenham Hotspur	Home	0–2	—	26,339	[50]
38	13 May 2007	Liverpool	Away	2–2	Holland 2', D. Bent 72'	43,134	[51]

FA Cup

Win

Draw

Loss

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
Third round	6 January 2007	Nottingham Forest	Away	0–2	—	19,017	[52]

League Cup

Win

Draw

Loss

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
Second round	19 September 2006	Carlisle United	Home	1–0	D. Bent 57'	8,190	[53]
Third round	25 October 2006	Bolton Wanderers	Home	1–0	M. Bent 17'	10,788	[54]
Fourth round	7 November 2006	Chesterfield	Away	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Hasselbaink 40', 93', D. Bent 73'	7,000	[55]
Quarter-finals	19 December 2006	Wycombe Wanderers	Home	0–1	—	18,940	[56]