Charlton Athletic is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich, South East London. Also known by their nickname, ‘The Addicks’, the club was founded in 1905 with the combination of a number of local youth clubs. Charlton’s home stadium is The Valley, which seats around 27,000 fans. In 1920, Charlton first became a professional football club, and in 1921 joined the Football League. Charlton have won the FA Cup once (1947) and were finalists in 1946. They also were two-time champions of the old Division One (1998, 2000) and twice champions of Division Three South (1929, 1935).
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Charlton considers its greatest rival to be Crystal Palace F.C., although it maintains rivalries with Millwall FC and Gillingham.
The club’s crest features a black circle around a red disc, in which is a hand holding a sword
Charlton’s home colours include white socks with red tops, white shorts, and red shirts with a white vertical stripe on the left side. The away colours consist of black socks, black shorts, with a white shirt with black trim on the arms, and a black horizontal stripe on the chest with a red base.
Charlton’s record home attendance stands at 75,031. This was achieved in 1938 (12 February) during a match against Aston Villa in the FA Cup
Charlton’s current manager is Phil Parkinson, who was appointed permanent manager on New Years Eve 2008
Charlton will play the 2009/2010 season in Football League One, after being relegated from the Championship at the end of the 2008/209 season
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