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Charlton Athletic

Value$24MHeartbreak#13611.6

London, London · England · Championship

Major cups
1
last 1947
Top-2 finishes
1
Top-4 finishes
3

Power-ranking history

Rank (1 = best)1386Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.089/9094/9599/0004/05

Against expectation

Every English top-flight match this club has played, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 26 seasons from 1936-37 to 2006-07 it has fallen short of them by −5.8 match points.

1936-37 to 2006-07one bar per season · height in match points

Best season against expectation
1936-37 +12.3 league pts
54 points on 41.8 expected as Charlton Athletic
Worst season against expectation
1989-90 −11.5 league pts
30 points on 41.5 expected as Charlton Athletic

Season points use that season’s own scoring, two for a win before 1981-82 and three after; the bars use match points so the whole series is comparable. The rating only starts telling you much after about 1960. Before that, knowing the era’s home-and-away split is almost as good as knowing the teams.

London against expectation →How this is measured →

Who controls the club

The entity that holds control today, one per franchise; co-controllers and minority holders are listed, never summed.

How this is measured

Exactly one control entity is recorded per franchise, so a portfolio can never count a club twice. Co-controllers and minority holders are shown as published and carry no weight in any total.

The chip names the evidence. Sourced: a primary source is linked (league, club, filing or tier-one outlet). Cross-checked: matched against the ownership-change sweep. Contested: disputed or mid-sale. Rows are reviewed weekly.

Stakes are as published, often only “majority”, and are not pro-rated. A record of control is not a claim about anyone’s intent or conduct.

Who controls the clubGlobal Football Partners
Global Football Partnerscorporate· Majority
Cross-checkedas of 24 Sep 2026

Wikipedia's infobox lists Global Football Partners as current owner; SE7 Partners (Charlie Methven and Edward Warrick) had completed a takeover on 21 July 2023, and this appears to be a subsequent ownership change. Gavin Carter is chairman.

Also controls

Global Football Partners on the owners board →

Greatest games

Charlton Athletic's top matches by the club Game Score: closeness, stakes, quality and upset over one unified rating of league and European play. H, A and N mark home, away and a neutral venue; a ★ is a curated all-time classic (tap it for the model's own score).All-time board.

1
1947-04-26 · FA Cup · Final
71.8
game score
2
1947-03-01 · FA Cup · Quarterfinals
64.2
game score
3
1953-04-06 · First Division
62.3
game score
4
1950-04-29 · First Division
61.1
game score
5
1954-01-14 · FA Cup · Round 3
60.6
game score
6
1947-01-25 · FA Cup · Round 4
58.9
game score
7
1953-04-18 · First Division
58.8
game score
8
1953-04-04 · First Division
58.5
game score
9
1946-03-23 · FA Cup · Semifinals
58.3
game score
10
1938-04-09 · First Division
58.3
game score

Footprint

Tiers played
L1, L2, L3
Top-flight (L1) seasons
26
Lower-tier league seasons
72
First season
1922
Most recent season
2026

The Heartbreak Index11.6 · #136

The Damned · Major trophy, 1947

11.6
Heartbreak
#136
of 1,138 clubs
#66
in Football
8.7
agony · 2.9 despair
The clocks
  • Major trophy since 19478.6
  • Major final appearance since 19474.3
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 2007 · relegated from the top flight, 1990 · relegated from the top flight, 1999 · relegated from the top flight, 1957

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Season-by-season

Most recent season first. Covers Levels 1 through 5 of the English pyramid. Rows tagged "national playoff" are pre-modern formats where the workbook records only playoff participants, not round-robin standings.

2027
Championship (2) · P20● live
13 P · 3-5-5 · 11:21 · -10
14
pts
2026
Championship (2) · P19
46 P · 13-14-19 · 44:58 · -14
53
pts
2025
League One (3) · P4↑
46 P · 25-10-11 · 67:43 · +24
85
pts
2024
League One (3) · P16
46 P · 11-20-15 · 64:65 · -1
53
pts
2023
League One (3) · P10
46 P · 16-14-16 · 70:66 · +4
62
pts
2022
League One (3) · P13
46 P · 17-8-21 · 55:59 · -4
59
pts
2021
League One (3) · P7
46 P · 20-14-12 · 70:56 · +14
74
pts
2020
Championship (2) · P22↓
46 P · 12-12-22 · 50:65 · -15
48
pts
2019
League One (3) · P3↑
46 P · 26-10-10 · 73:40 · +33
88
pts
2018
League One (3) · P6PO
46 P · 20-11-15 · 58:51 · +7
71
pts
2017
League One (3) · P13
46 P · 14-18-14 · 60:53 · +7
60
pts
2016
Championship (2) · P22↓
46 P · 9-13-24 · 40:80 · -40
40
pts
Domestic Cup Finals

Most recent first. Every domestic cup final the club has played, including losses. Scheduled finals (date not yet passed) are flagged.

1947
FA Cup
Won
1946
FA Cup
Runner-up