Take a look behind the scenes at Sparrows Lane as the Addicks prepare for their first competitive game of the season against Cheltenham Town in the first round of the Carabao Cup.
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Charlton Athletic is an English professional football club based at the heart of south-east London. The club was founded in June 1905 by a group of local teenagers and has a very storied history from rising to the top-flight of English football in the 1930s (First Division) and again in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, to winning the FA Cup in 1947 and leaving The Valley in the mid-1980s only to make an impassioned return in 1992.
Currently competing in the Sky Bet Championship, the second tier of English football, the club has enjoyed many periods of success over the years.
On April 26th, 1947, Charlton Athletic enjoyed one of its finest hours when the club beat Burnley 1-0 at Wembley Stadium to win the FA Cup for the first time in its history. Since then, the club has gone on to achieve success at Wembley Stadium on two further occasions. The first came when Charlton were crowned First Division play-off final winners in 1997/98, securing a dramatic penalty shootout win against Sunderland in one of the most historic fixtures ever played at the stadium, with the sides level at 4-4 after extra-time. The Addicks claimed victory over Sunderland once again in May 2019 as Patrick Bauer’s 94th-minute strike fired the club back into the Championship, before Macaulay Gillesphey did likewise against Leyton Orient in May 2025.
The Charlton Athletic YouTube channel provides access to all of the pre-match build-up, training footage and behind-the-scenes content at both The Valley and Sparrows Lane, the club’s training ground, as well as match highlights and exclusive interviews.
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