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CHARLTON boss Alan Pardew has threatened to make some changes for Saturday's match against Ipswich Town.

CHARLTON face Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday without defender Jon Fortune.

The centre-back is out for between four to fix weeks after damaged a medial ligament in the match at Nottingham Forest.

CHARLTON boss Alan Pardew is eager to banish bad memories of the City Ground and pick up three points on Saturday.

Pardew's last visit to Nottingham Forest was early in his reign at Charlton and saw a shock FA Cup defeat for his side.

A previous trip to Nottingham when he was West Ham manager saw Forest get a late goal, making it an unhappy ground for Pardew.

By Harry Low

CHARLTON will go into this weekend’s game looking to avenge the defeat inflicted by Wolves at The Valley at the end of last season.

Karl Henry scored Wolves’ last minute winner just after Leroy Lita had equalised as the clock struck 90 minutes.

ALAN Pardew recently joked that his two “northern” strikers had finally fitted in at Charlton after buying the right clothes and watches.

Judging by Andy Gray and Luke Varney’s form so far this season, he may well be on the right track.

Although lighthearted, Pardew looked to be saying that the strikers have now settled down south after a tricky start.

While Gray denies that he has found it a tough transition, he agrees with his manager that the duo can have a great partnership.

CHARLTON'S defence got a much needed boost before Monday night's transfer deadline.

Portsmouth defender Martin Cranie has signed on loan until the end of this year.

The England under-21 international joined the Addicks just 20 minutes before the the deadline on Monday, September 1.

NEWLY-RELEGATED Reading are heading to The Valley on Saturday for a lunchtime kick off against Alan Pardew's former side.

Pardew is not expecting a good reception from the team he left West Ham for in 2003, but said he is just hoping Charlton will edge what promises to be a tough battle.

CHARLTON prepare for Saturday's clash with Watford without Jerome Thomas.

The tricky winger signed a season-long loan contract with Portsmouth on Friday morning.

But one man who is set for his Addicks debut is new signing Nicky Bailey.

Fans can expect a close game as every previous match between managers Ade Boothroyd and Alan Pardew has ended in a draw.

But Charlton boss Pardew believes it should be a good game of football due to Watford, who drew 0-0 with Crystal Palace last week, changing their style of play.

JUST a few years ago Nicky Bailey was juggling a part-time job in a bookmakers with a non-league career.

This week saw the latest move in a career that is slowly becoming a rags to riches tale for the 24-year-old, when he joined Charlton in a deal which could cost up to £750,000.

After his first training session with his new teammates, the man signed from Southend on Wednesday, August 6, said he was delighted to have arrived at the Championship club.

ALAN Pardew was left fuming after Charlton crashed out of the League Cup at the first hurdle with a defeat against Yeovil Town.

The Addicks were on top for most of the game against the injury-hit Division One side but lost out to a first half goal from Paul Warne.

MARK Hudson will lead Charlton out for the match against Swansea - as long as he shakes off an ankle injury.

The former Crystal Palace defender has been named club captain by Addicks boss Alan Pardew before the big kick-off on Saturday, August 9.

CHARLTON benefited financially after Rangers swooped in with a late bid for Algerian international Madjid Bougherra on Thursday, July 31.

Boss Alan Pardew said on Friday, August 1, the club ended up making more money out of the sale of the cente half than newly promoted Premiership side West Brom were prepared to offer.

The Addicks' manager also praised Bougherra for his conduct prior to the £2.5million transfer to the Scottish giants.

CHARLTON boss Alan Pardew has revealed he has placed his trust in the Chinese FA over Zheng Zhi’s fitness.

The Addicks midfielder was reported to be set to miss the Olympics after damaging his back.

However, this week he was declared fit for the tournament with Zhi, who is with the national team in China as one of the team's 'over-age' players, brushing it off as an old injury.

While Pardew may be worried that Zhi playing could risk increasing the injury, the Charlton manager said he trusted the Chinese FA to do what was best for the 27-year-old midfielder.

LUKE Varney’s classy first-half finish proved the difference in a rain-drenched match at Welling United last night.

But although the match was billed as the Charlton first team, manager Alan Pardew’s team selection gave little insight as into his preferred line-up for this year.

ALAN Pardew's side hope pre-season matches will help them get in shape, but if Greenwich University's research is anything to go by they are already on the right track.

Charlton travel to Welling United for the first XI's opening game on Wednesday and fans will have the chance to check on their fitness levels.

Recently the squad headed to Greenwich University's Medway campus for a check-up after their two-month summer break. And performance manager Niall Clark said he was delighted the Championship side had stayed in shape.

MARCUS Bent has admitted he wants a move back to the Premier League following his return to Charlton.

The forward spent last season on loan at Premiership side Wigan Athletic, after the Addicks’ relegation from the top flight in 2007.

Bent was expected to leave Charlton for the northerners on a permanent deal in the closed season, but the move never materialised and he is now heading back to The Valley for pre-season training.

CHARLTON's new kits for next season will be emblazoned with youth fashion label Cabrini Sportswear.

The club announced the new sponsor, part of JD Sports clothing range, as it unveiled its new home and away kits.

Charlton chairman Derek Chappell said: "These are difficult times for clubs seeking sponsorship deals, given the current financial climate, but we are thrilled that JD Sports see the value of being associated with Charlton and all that the club represents."

The sponsorship deal will be for one year and the financial terms depend on the football team's results this year.

The kit, manufactured by Joma, was modelled outside The Valley by Scott Wagstaff and new signing Mark Hudson.

This month sees the 10-year anniversary of what turned out to be the most important match in Charlton’s recent history.

A 4-4 epic against Sunderland in the play-off final is considered one of Wembley’s greatest.

However, one of the stars of that day, goalkeeper Sasa Ilic, who saved Michael Gray’s penalty to send Charlton up, admits he had no idea just how important it was for the club.

He said: “At the time it was no big deal. I didn’t see the importance of it. To me it was just another game."

A SUMMER of wheeling and dealing by Charlton boss Alan Pardew means fans will see some new faces next season.

However, some players who could play a part in the next campaign are Charlton’s youth products, including a few who have already appeared for the first eleven.

Youth academy manager Steve Gritt gives the lowdown on five prospects who will be looking to claim a first team place in 2008/09.

Charlton Athletic 4 Coventry City 1

By Nick Martindale at The Valley

After a season that promised much but delivered little, Charlton fans at least had something to smile about last Saturday.

This long-overdue victory was of little practical value other than avoiding the ignominy of finishing in the bottom half, but it did represent the end of an era at The Valley.

STEVE Waggott has been announced as Charlton's new chief executive officer.

Currently head of the Charlton Community Trust, 53-year-old Waggott takes over the CEO position from Peter Varney when he leaves in around two months time.

Barnsley 3 Charlton Athletic 0

By Nick Martindale

The end of a disappointing season just cannot come quickly enough for Alan Pardew’s beleaguered side.

In truth, there was little to be gleaned from this latest reverse against Barnsley last Saturday (April 26) and such a result was perhaps to be expected after the disappointment of recent weeks, all the more so when coming up against a team that still had a chance of being relegated.

IF ALAN Pardew gives some youth players their chance in the last two games, he will hope they are as dedicated to the cause as previous rising stars.

Back in the dark days of exile from The Valley, a number of homegrown talents came through the ranks including Carl Leaburn, Scott Minto, Anthony Barness and Gordon Watson.

Another, Kim Grant, who now lives in the Czech Republic, believes it was the tireless work both on and off the pitch from the young stars which helped the club to where it is today.

By Nick Martindale

Long after all the evidence suggested otherwise, Alan Pardew continued to hope against hope that Charlton could somehow make a late charge into the play-offs.

Against QPR last Saturday (April 19), the Addicks boss resisted the temptation to blood youngsters while making the top six remained a mathematical possibility.

But that message didn’t seem to filter through to the players, who produced the kind of end-of-season performance that spoke volumes for their own belief – or lack of it.

Charlton Athletic supporters will get a second chance to receive a free Premier League season ticket.

Chairman Derek Chappell has announced the club has decided to repeat last year’s offer to provide a season’s top-flight football at no extra charge if the Addicks are promoted at the end of the 2008/09 campaign.

And Chappell promised that everyone at Charlton will be pulling out all the stops to make the free season ticket become a reality.

THE RELIEF on his face after getting his first Charlton goal at the weekend was plain to see – but Andy Gray admits he is still feeling the pressure.

After 13 games without a goal since signing from Burnley for £1.5million, Gray was delighted to head in the second-half equaliser against Southampton on Saturday.

However, with promotion a long shot, Gray says all the first team are fearing the chop in the summer after Pardew warned he was bringing players in.

By Nick Martindale

Five years ago, the then Charlton manager Alan Curbishley heralded Southampton as a role model for clubs looking to consolidate themselves as Premier League outfits.

They were, he said, the team his own club had to emulate. Three changes of manager and two years later, Southampton were relegated and have never recovered, missing out on both promotion and the play-offs in their next two seasons.

Nicky Weaver believes Charlton’s luck is about to change.

The Addicks have not enjoyed the best of fortunes recently, culminating in three defeats in a row.

But goalkeeper Weaver, who was beaten by a fluke goal against Ipswich on Saturday, says that’s all about to end, starting tomorrow (Friday) against West Bromwich Albion at The Valley.

WHEN Charlton were relegated last season it brought back painful memories for one Addicks legend.

In Brian Kinsey’s first season at The Valley in 1957 the club lost their top-flight status, but rather than jumping ship at the first offer of a pay cheque the devastated team were left praying to stay at the club.

He says some players’ attitudes to relegation these days is an insult to the fans and a sign that something is rotten in today’s game.

By Nick Martindale

If Charlton are to return to the Premier League next season it will be through the lottery of the play-offs after two defeats finally ended their distant hopes of automatic promotion.

Barring a cataclysmic collapse by the four sides above them – two of which have at least one game in hand on the Addicks – their season will come down to three all-or-nothing clashes at the end of a long and turbulent campaign.

That’s assuming they finish in the top six, of course, which is itself far from certain.

Somehow Charlton’s back-to-back defeats have seen them retain fifth place in the Championship, although the likes of Hull City, Plymouth and Burnley are now all no more than a point away.

The club are now six points behind second-place Watford and seemingly looking set for a play-off position.

But Ambrose believes that while making the top two positions is a tough ask, the Addicks’ dressing room feels anything is possible in an unpredictable league.

Charlton Athletic have one of the best - if not the best - former players associations in the country.

With a whole host of players from the past signed up you can see what the heroes of yesteryear are up to at the Charlton Athletic Former Players' Association website.

Recently relaunched, it includes up coming matches, quiz nights, golf trips and plenty more.

For an insightful fans view on Charlton from across the Atlantic click on www.newyorkaddick.blogspot.com