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Charlton History

The club was formed in 1905 by a group of teenagers in Charlton, which lies in East London on the southern bank of the river Thames. The therefore spent their earliest years playing in youth leagues, and only became a senior club in 1913.

Following a season in the Kent League and the Southern League each, they joined the Third Division South in 1921 and earned promotion to the Second Division eight years later. Their first taste of top-flight football came in 1936/37, which is when they achieved their best league result to this day by finishing second. They stuck in there, surprisingly enough, for over two decades, including World War II when no football was played. But in 1957 it was back to the Second Division and apart from a few brief forays down in the Third, they remained there until the mid-80s when they managed another four-year stint among the elite. The last one they’ve had so far was between 2000 and 2007.

Charlton’s only major trophy remains the 1947 FA Cup, which they won by beating Burnley a year after appearing in their first final which they lost to Derby County.