Editing Charlton Athletic F.C. (section)

===Return to the Football League (2007–2014)===
Charlton's return to [[EFL Championship|the second tier of English football]] was a disappointment, with their promotion campaign tailing off to an 11th-place finish. Early in the following season the Addicks were linked with a foreign takeover,<ref name="Group eyes £50m Charlton takeover">{{cite news
 |title        = Group eyes £50m Charlton takeover
 |url          = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/6633425.stm
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 |date         = 7 May 2007
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|first        = Mihir
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}}</ref> but this was swiftly denied by the club. On 10 October 2008, Charlton received an indicative offer for the club from a [[Dubai]]-based diversified investment company. However, the deal later fell through. The full significance of this soon became apparent as the club recorded net losses of over £13&nbsp;million for that financial year. Pardew left on 22 November after a 2–5 home loss to Sheffield United that saw the team fall into the relegation places.<ref name="Pardew and Charlton part company">{{cite news
 |title        = Pardew and Charlton part company
 |url          = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/charlton_athletic/7744263.stm
 |work    = BBC Sport
 |date         = 23 November 2008
|access-date   = 23 November 2008
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 |archive-date = 13 January 2016
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}}</ref> Matters did not improve under caretaker manager [[Phil Parkinson]], and the team went a club record 18 games without a win, a new club record, before finally achieving a 1–0 away victory over [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] in an FA Cup third round replay; Parkinson was hired on a permanent basis. The team were relegated to League One after a 2–2 draw against Blackpool on 18 April 2009.<ref name="Charlton 2-2 Blackpool">{{cite news
 |title        = Charlton 2–2 Blackpool
 |url          = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7990049.stm
 |work    = BBC Sport
 |date         = 18 April 2009
|access-date   = 18 April 2009
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 |archive-date = 21 April 2009
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}}</ref>

The 2009–10 season, Charlton's first third-tier league campaign in 29 years, saw them occupy the top six for almost its entirety; they were defeated in the [[Football League One play-offs]] semi-final second leg on penalties against Swindon Town.<ref name="Charlton 2-1 Swindon">{{cite news
 |title        = Charlton 2–1 Swindon (Agg 3–3) Swindon win 5–4 on penalties
 |url          = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/8682146.stm
 |work    = BBC Sport
 |date         = 17 May 2010
|access-date   = 17 May 2010
|first        = Paul
 |last         = Fletcher
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[[File:ChrisPowell.jpg|thumb|Former Charlton player [[Chris Powell]] returned to the club as manager between 2011 and 2014]]
After a change in ownership, Parkinson and Charlton legend [[Mark Kinsella]] left after a poor run of results.  Another Charlton legend, [[Chris Powell]], was appointed manager of the club in January 2011, winning his first game in charge 2–0 over Plymouth at the Valley.  This was Charlton's first league win since November. Powell's bright start continued with a further three victories, before running into a downturn which saw the club go 11 games in succession without a win. Yet the fans' respect for Powell saw him come under remarkably little criticism. The club's fortunes picked up towards the end of the season, but leaving them far short of the play-offs. In a busy summer, Powell brought in 19 new players and after a successful season, on 14 April 2012, Charlton Athletic won promotion back to the Championship with a 1–0 away win at [[Carlisle United]]. A week later, on 21 April 2012, they were confirmed as champions after a 2–1 home win over [[Wycombe Wanderers]]. Charlton then lifted the League One trophy on 5 May 2012, having been in the top position since 15 September 2011, and after recording a 3–2 victory over [[Hartlepool United]], recorded their highest ever league points score of 101, the highest in any professional European league that year.

In the first season back in the Championship, the 2012–13 season saw Charlton finish ninth place with 65 points, just three points short of the play-off places to the Premier League.