CHARLTON ATHLETIC

In 1905 several youth clubs combined to create Charlton Athletic before rising through the Kent League and Southern League to become members of the Football League Third Division in 1921. Sixteen years later the Addicks reached the big time with promotion to the top flight in 1936 and eleven years after that came their greatest day when Chris Duffy fired the only goal of the game against Burnley to win the cup in 1947. The Addicks have been down to the tier, back among the elite and then down to the third tier a second time in the half century since, currently about to play their first game in the third tier for over thirty years in 2009. As a lower division club Charlton have produced some minor cup upsets but it was their home defeat by Cardiff in 1939 that stands out as the blackest day in the club's FA cup history.

Magic Moments

1923

2-1 @ Manchester City

First round: Saturday January 13th 1923

Attendance:28,445

Scorers: Abraham 'Kosha' Goodman, Arthur Whalley

Ranked at the time:17

Today: outside the top 100

Team: 1:Freddy Wood, 2:Frank Burton, 3:Baden Herod, 4:Seth Plum, 5:Arthur Whalley, 6:, 7:Bobby Thomson, 8:Alex Steele, 9:Abraham 'Kosha' Goodman