Charlton Athletic
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| Surname | Charlton Athletic Football Club | |||
| Seat | London - Charlton , England | |||
| founding | 1905 | |||
| owner | East Street Investments | |||
| Board |
 Matt Southall
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| Website | cafc.co.uk | |||
| First soccer team | ||||
| Head coach |
Lee Bowyer
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| Venue | The Valley | |||
| Places | 27.111 | |||
| league | EFL League One | |||
| 2019/20 | 22nd place ( EFL Championship ) | |||
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Charlton Athletic (officially: Charlton Athletic Football Club ) - also known as The Addicks (meaning see below) - is a London football club from the working-class district of Charlton in the south-east of the metropolis . The association was founded in 1905. The team's stadium is called The Valley and is located in the Greenwich borough .
history
Charlton was inducted into the Football League in 1921 and achieved promotion to the First Division in 1936. They stayed there until relegation in 1957 and won the FA Cup in 1947 .
From the late 50s to the early 1970s , Charlton was one of the best clubs in the Second Division . The Valley was the largest stadium in the league, drawing crowds of over 70,000. Relegation to the Third Division in 1972 heralded the decline. Even a brief advertising campaign in 1975 brought neither an increase in financial support nor increased enthusiasm from the fans.
1984 the financial low point was reached, whereupon the club as Charlton Athletic (1984) Ltd. was newly founded.
Away from The Valley
From October 5, 1985, Charlton played in Selhurst Park at Crystal Palace , as the financial situation prevented the urgently needed renovation of their own stadium. The promotion to the First Division in 1986 did little to improve the financial situation.
In 1990 the club faced relegation again. That same year, fans of the club formed their own party ( Valley Party ) in response to Greenwich City Council's refusal to allow the proposed renovation of The Valley. The Valley Party won 15,000 votes and was able to force the council to approve the renovation.
Back in The Valley
The 1991/92 season and the first half of the 1992/93 season was played at Upton Park by West Ham United , before moving back to the renovated stadium on December 5, 1992. Under the leadership of coach Alan Curbishley, Charlton returned to the major league in 1998 (which was now called the Premier League ), but was relegated again at the end of the season. In 2000 they returned to the Premier League and rose again to the second division after the end of the 2006/07 season. In the 2008/09 season Charlton finished last, which resulted in relegation to League One (third highest division). In 2012 they were promoted back to the second division, from which the team had to be relegated as third from bottom at the end of the 2015/16 season . The club was relegated from the championship after the 2019/20 season.
Record players (appearances and goalscorers)
| Surname | Calls | from ... to |
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Sam Bartram |
623 | 1934-1956 |
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Keith Peacock |
591 | 1962-1979 |
 John Hewie
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530 | 1951-1966 |
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Norman Smith |
450 | 1922-1936 |
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Steve Gritt |
435 | 1977-1993 |
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Brian Kinsey |
418 | 1956-1971 |
 Stuart Leary |
403 | 1951-1962 |
| Surname | Gates | Calls |
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Derek Hales |
168 | 368 |
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Stuart Leary |
163 | 403 |
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Mike Flanagan |
120 | 396 |
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Keith Peacock |
107 | 591 |
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Johnny Summers |
104 | 182 |
The fans
Unlike most football clubs, Charlton reserves a permanent seat on the board of directors for a fan. Every season ticket holder can stand for election as soon as they can collect a certain number of votes for their nomination. All season ticket holders aged 18 and over are entitled to vote.
Charlton fans and the club itself are known as The Addicks . There are two theories about the origin of this name:
- Many of the early fans worked in the fish market, and Addicks grew out of haddocks (haddock)
- South London dialect for Addict (addicted)
Women's soccer
The Charlton Athletic Ladies Football Club (short: Charlton Athletic LFC or CALFC) is one of the most successful clubs in English women's football . Most of the successes were won by the predecessor club Croydon LFC. The team plays in the FA Women's Premier League National Division South.
In total, the club has over 100 active players who represent the club at various levels of ability and age.
history
The predecessor club Croydon LFC won the first championship and the first cup in 1996. Two further championships followed in 1999 and 2000. With a 2-1 win over the Doncaster Belles they got the second double in the club's history. After the season, the club joined the Club Charlton Athletic and has operated under its current name ever since.
The next successes came in 2004. First they defeated FC Fulham 1-0 in the league cup final , and later they beat Arsenal FC in the FA Women's Charity Shield with the same result. A year later they won the FA Women's Cup for the third time by beating Everton 1-0 . The league cup final and the Charity Shield could not be won, however. In 2006 the CALFC won the League Cup with a 2-1 victory over Arsenal FC.
Due to the financial restrictions of the main club after relegation from the Premier League, only one rump team with many young players could be mobilized from the 2007/08 season, which was immediately relegated from the FAW Premier League.
Promotion of young talent
The Charlton Athletic LFC is supported by a youth academy. This academy is run by the main Charlton Athletic Association, London Leisure College and the University of Greenwich.