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CHARLTON


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Nickname: The Addicks
Ground: The Valley
Capacity: 26,500
Last season: 19th in Premier League
Manager: Alan Pardew (December 2006)

In: Luke Varney (Crewe), Chris Iwelumo (Colchester), Dean Sinclair (Barnet), Paddy McCarthy (Leicester), Jose Semedo (Sporting Lisbon), Svetoslav Todorov (Portsmouth), Nicky Weaver (Manchester City), Chris Powell (Watford), Yassin Moutaoukil (Chateauroux), Martin Christensen (Herfolge).

Out: Hermann Hreidarsson (Portsmouth), Radostin Kishishev (Leicester), Bryan Hughes (Hull), Darren Bent (Tottenham), Kelly Youga (Scunthorpe, loan), Dennis Rommedahl (Ajax), Luke Young (Middlesbrough), Simon Walton (QPR), Jonathan Kurrant (Aberdeen), Donovan Simmonds (Coventry), Grant Basey (Brentford, loan), Kevin Lisbie (Colchester), Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink, Thomas Myhre, Talal El-Karkouri, Nathan Ashton, Rurik Gislason, Alistair John, Myles Weston.

BBC Sport verdict: Relegation produced the inevitable cull and of the three relegated teams Charlton may find it hardest to come to terms with the peculiar, physical challenge of the Championship as new faces bed in.

Key man: Svetoslav Todorov