1982–83 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

Charlton Athletic
1982–83 season
Chairman	Mark Hulyer
Manager	Lennie Lawrence
Stadium	The Valley
Second Division	17th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

During the 1982–83 English football season, Charlton Athletic F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

Charlton stunned the footballing world when they saw off competition from Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur^[1] to sign Danish striker Allan Simonsen, the European Footballer of the Year only 5 years earlier, from Spanish giants Barcelona. The club had hopes of regaining promotion to the First Division, but things went horribly wrong for Charlton. Barcelona wanted the money from the transfer of Simonsen up-front, and demanded bank guarantees of £100,000, delaying Simonsen's debut by six weeks. By February, the Addicks were nearly bankrupt and facing relegation. Simonsen left in March after 9 goals in 16 games, and Charlton only survived relegation with a last-day win.

Chairman Mark Hulyer had to reach an agreement with the Inland Revenue in the summer over a £145,000 tax bill, and also faced both a petition for bankruptcy from former chairman Michael Gliksten and a winding-up order from creditors Leeds.^[2] Goalkeeper Nicky Johns was voted the club's Player of the Season.

Kit

German company Adidas remained Charlton's kit manufacturers. No kit sponsor was found for the team's kits during the season.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Nicky Johns
—	DF	ENG	Les Berry
—	DF	ENG	Terry Naylor
—	DF	WAL	Mark Aizlewood


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Steve Gritt
—	MF	ENG	Kevin Smith
—	FW	ENG	Derek Hales
—	FW	ENG	Martin Robinson

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	DEN	Allan Simonsen (released)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Transfers

In

Allan Simonsen - Barcelona, £300,000, October

Results

Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Crystal Palace	42	12	12	18	43	52	−9	48
16	Middlesbrough	42	11	15	16	46	67	−21	48
17	Charlton Athletic	42	13	9	20	63	86	−23	48
18	Chelsea	42	11	14	17	51	61	−10	47
19	Grimsby Town	42	12	11	19	45	70	−25	47

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

November

Middlesbrough 3-2 Charlton Athletic

References

^ "Farvel til Catalonien". 26 September 2008.
^ "The transfers that rocked the world: Part IV - FourFourTwo's Inside Track - FourFourTwo". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011.

[1] "Farvel til Catalonien". 26 September 2008.

[2] "The transfers that rocked the world: Part IV - FourFourTwo's Inside Track - FourFourTwo". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011.

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