Club: | Charlton Athletic |
Season: | 2008–09 |
Manager: | Alan Pardew (until November) Phil Parkinson (from November) |
Stadium: | The Valley |
League: | Football League Championship |
League Result: | 24th (relegated) |
Cup1: | FA Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Fourth round |
Cup2: | League Cup |
Cup2 Result: | First round |
League Topscorer: | Nicky Bailey (13) |
Season Topscorer: | Nicky Bailey (13) |
Prevseason: | 2007–08 |
Nextseason: | 2009–10 |
During the 2008–09 English football season, Charlton Athletic competed in the 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.
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.
Squad at end of season
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 |
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] |