Charlton Athletic Championship Goals 2007-2009 S01 E01 Season Review 2007/08

After seven consecutive seasons in the Premier League, Charlton Athletic returned to Football League competition in 2007 as promotion favourites. Despite the loss of many top flight stars, the Addicks invested heavily in new talent under manager Alan Pardew and, for a time, looked as if they might fulfil those heady summer expectations. But Pardew failed to find the formula for success and the side eventually sank into mid-table. Worse was to follow, with Pardew eventually leaving the club in November 2008 to be replaced by his assistant, Phil Parkinson, who could do little to arrest the slide.