Founded: 1905
Nickname: the Addicks
Honours: FA Cup Winners 1947, 1999/00 Division One – champions 2011/12 League One – champions

It all began close to the River Thames in East Steet (now known as Eastmoor), which today lies between Woolwich Road and the Thames Barrier. On June 9th, 1905, a group of teenagers who once kicked a ball around that very street decided to get together and form a fully-fledged football club that was to become Charlton Athletic.

After relegation from the Premier League, Alan Curbishley managed to keep together the core of his side with Danny Mills the only major departure in the summer of 1999 when he joined Leeds United for £4.1m.

2019 saw Charlton storm the league, losing only twice in the new year as they narrowly missed out on automatic promotion.

Charlton would face Doncaster Rovers in the play-off semi-final, with Charlton winning 2-1 away before a Doncaster comeback forced a dramatic penalty shootout which The Addicks edged.

Storylines – Charlton

We look at some storylines leading up to this afternoons game.

Northampton 4 Portsmouth 1- League One

Ryan Watson scored twice in two minutes before Fraser Horsfall and Sam Hoskins made it 4-0 at the break and the visitors never had any way back.

The win took the Cobblers two points clear of the relegation zone.

The game started slowly but it soon burst into life in dramatic fashion.

Watson opened the scoring in the 21st minute when Mickel Miller was fouled and he curled a superb free-kick into the top corner, leaving Craig MacGillivray grasping at thin air.

And the in-form midfielder wasted no time in scoring his second, heading in Miller’s corner just two minutes later, for his sixth goal in five games.

Northampton had a third just past the half-hour as another Miller corner caused problems and Horsfall forced the ball home from close range.

And it got even better when Hoskins’ wonderful effort floated over a stranded MacGillivray after the keeper had come out of his area to head a ball clear.

Portsmouth tried to get back into the game in the second half as Jordy Hiwula dragged a shot just wide before Ellis Harrison scored from the spot after Harvey White was brought down, but that was scant consolation.

Oxford 0 Charlton 0- League One

Referee Tom Nield pointed to the spot when Addicks substitute Jayden Stockley was tripped by Alex Gorrin with less than a minute to go.

But Stevens diverted Ronnie Schwartz’s powerfully-struck penalty over the bar.

The stalemate was Oxford’s third successive draw.

The teams joined a minute’s applause before kick-off for former Oxford midfielder and player-manager Mickey Lewis, who died on Friday at the age of 56.

Jake Forster-Caskey twice went close for the visitors in a fiercely competitive first half.

The midfielder shot over from a tight angle and later headed Chris Gunter’s right-wing cross narrowly over the bar.

The U’s came closest to breaking through when Anthony Forde smashed a 20-yard drive against the post after 62 minutes.

Charlton’s Liam Millar then curled an effort just past the far upright from the same distance before Stevens’ late heroics ensured the points were shared.

24/11/20 – The Cobblers 0 Charlton 2

Substitute Darren Pratley broke the deadlock shortly after half-time and then Jack Sowerby’s own goal confirmed a fourth defeat in five League One games for the Cobblers.

Northampton made the brighter start and would have been ahead if not for the reactions of Ben Amos who brilliantly denied Sam Hoskins at close range.

That was the only clear chance of a lacklustre first half, although Northampton felt they should have had a penalty after Danny Rose went down in the box.

The visitors were ahead out of the blue after 54 minutes when Ryan Inniss nodded down a corner and Pratley, only just off the bench, smacked into the roof of the net.

Paul Smyth missed a great chance for 2-0 but it did not matter as the visitors doubled their lead on the hour when Alfie Doughty’s low cross was turned into his own net by Sowerby.

Benny Ashley-Seal almost got Northampton back into it but he shot over and Charlton saw out a third successive win.

Last 5 meetings

Played	Won	Draw	Lost	F	A
35	9	13	13	37	54

Biggest Win	25/08/1928 – Div 3 South – Jack Tresadern – 4-1
Biggest Loss	30/03/2018 – Sixfields – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink – Leauge One – 4-0
First-Ever Game	10/12/1921 – Div 3 South – Bob Hewison – The Valley – 2-2

Played for Both – Charlton Athletic

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PAUL HOWARD has been appointed Match Referee for Tuesday’s Sky Bet League One match V Charlton at the Valley.

The London-based referee will travel to The Valley for his 22nd game this season. So far this season he has booked 60 players and sent 3 off.

The London based official was promoted to the EFL list of referees after just two seasons in the National League.

Mr Howard’s final non-league task was to take charge of the National League play-off final between Boreham Wood and FC Halifax in July.

During the curtailed 2019/2020 season, in 14 games, he showed 35 Yellow Cards and Two Red Cards.

His latest Cobblers Game

Date	Comp	Match	Y	R
09/11/20	FA Cup	Oxford City 2 Northampton 1	3	0

His latest Charlton Games

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Due to the BBC’s current travelling restrictions for reporters, there will be no BBC Radio Northampton commentary accompanying the iFollow pictures.

On iFollow, viewers will have the choice to watch the game with stadium sound only or with home commentary.

BBC Radio Northampton audio commentary will be available for listeners in Northamptonshire on 104.2 or 103.6 FM and DAB, and for audio only subscribers on iFollow.

BBC Radio Northampton commentating from the iFollow feed from the studio will be for radio use. Unfortunately, this would have too much of a delay to be used alongside the iFollow pictures.

Northampton have won 55% of their last 20 home league games and Charlton have lost 60% of their last 20 away league games.

The last time Charlton won away in the league was 1 game ago against Blackpool. The last time Northampton lost a home league game was 2 matches ago against Peterborough.

Northampton last kept a clean sheet at home 5 games ago, and have kept 8 clean sheets in their last 20 home games. Charlton last failed to score away in the league, 2 games ago and have missed the net in 7 of their last 20 away league games.

Of the 11 league games Northampton has won at home, they scored first 11 times. Of the 12 away games Charlton has lost, they conceded first 9 times.

Stats	Charlton	Northampton
Games Played	33	33
Goals	46	30
Shots on target	123	109
Shooting accuracy	44.40%	43.30%
Goals conceded	44	50
Clean sheets	13	8
Yellow cards	68	64
Red Cards	8	3

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