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Charlton head coach Les Reed has left the club by mutual consent to be replaced by recently sacked West Ham United manager Alan Pardew.
Pardew has signed a three-and-a-half year deal at the Valley and becomes the team's third manager this season.

Reed was originally drafted in to replace Iain Dowie but has failed to turn the club's fortunes around.

He managed just one win at the helm and lost to League Two side Wycombe in the Carling Cup quarter-finals.

Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Middlesbrough left Charlton seven points adrift of Premiership safety and in increasing danger of losing their top-flight status for the first time in seven years.