Since Charlton's return to the Valley in 1992, the ground itself has undergone some remarkable changes.

Charlton's next England game was his 75th as England beat Northern Ireland ; 2 caps later and he had become England's second most-capped player, behind the veteran Billy Wright, who was approaching his 100th appearance when Charlton was starting out and ended with 105 caps.

Charlton's new Blue Beetle retained the original's name ( adding a second " t "), but none of his powers or origin.

In January, in a 1 – 1 Premier League draw against Charlton Athletic, Carvalho received the first red card of his Chelsea career, after he received his second yellow for what the referee judged to be a tackle from behind on Charlton's striker Darren Bent.

Initially second choice goalkeeper behind Stephan Andersen, Myhre established himself as Charlton's starting goalkeeper in December 2005.

However, Charlton's long absence from the top level of English football prevented much-needed renovation.

At the same time, Charlton's emergence as the country's leading young football talent was completed when he was called up to join the England squad for a British Home Championship game against Scotland at Hampden Park.

He retired from international football with 80 caps and 48 goals, one fewer goal than Bobby Charlton's England record ( although Charlton took 26 more caps to score his one extra goal ).

By his own choice, Charlton's involvement in football since then has been limited to punditry and speaking.

Bent finished the 2006 – 07 season with 13 goals in the Premier League, again finishing as Charlton's top goalscorer, but was unable to prevent them from being relegated to the Championship after seven successive seasons of Premier League football.

Readers would typically offer varied domestic problems, Charlton's answers would frequently liken all life's problems to events on a football pitch.

Charlton's role was developing from traditional inside-forward to what today would be termed an attacking midfield player, with Ramsey planning to build the team for the 1966 World Cup around him.

At times, Charlton was not on speaking terms with United's other superstars George Best and Denis Law, and Best refused to play in Charlton's testimonial match against Celtic, saying that " to do so would be hypocritical ".

Historically, Charlton's most successful period was the 1930s, when the club's highest league finishes were recorded, including runners-up of the First Division in 1937.

Charlton's first Football League match was against Exeter City in August 1921, which they won 1 – 0.

1997 – 98 was Charlton's best season for years.

Les Reed replaced Dowie as manager, however he too failed to improve Charlton's position in the league table and on Christmas Eve 2006, Reed was replaced by former player Alan Pardew.

Charlton's relegation from the Championship was all but confirmed on Easter Monday ( 13 April ) when, despite picking up a point in a 0 – 0 draw at Coventry, they found themselves 12 points from safety with four games remaining.

Another Charlton legend, Chris Powell was appointed manager of the club in January, winning his first game in charge 2 – 0 over Plymouth at the Valley, Charlton's first win since November.

After the end of the First World War, a chalk quarry known as the Swamps was identified as Charlton's new ground, and in the summer of 1919 work began to create the level playing area and remove debris from the site.

In 1963, a competition was held to find a new badge for the club, and the winning entry was a hand holding a sword, which complied with Charlton's nickname of the time, the Valiants.

In what proved to be his last England match, against Sweden at Euro 1992, he was substituted by England coach Graham Taylor, in favour of Arsenal striker Alan Smith, ultimately denying Lineker the chance to equal — or even better — Charlton's record of 49 goals.

* 1665 – Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects, which was ridiculed by Swift in A Meditation Upon a Broom-Stick, and by Butler in An Occasional Reflection on Dr Charlton's Feeling a Dog's Pulse at Gresham College

Nicola Cuti made creative improvements to Charlton's line in the early 1970s Bronze Age of comic books as assistant editor under George Wildman, who was occupied primarily with administrative duties.

Most of Charlton's superhero characters were acquired in 1983 by DC Comics, where Giordano was then managing editor.

According to Peter Charlton's biography, Sir Arthur Sullivan's tribute to Stainer was blunt and memorable: " He is a genius ".

Giordano's artwork from Charlton's Strange Suspense Stories was used as inspiration for artist Roy Lichtenstein's 1965 / 1966 Brushstroke series, including Brushstroke, Big Painting No. 6, Little Big Painting and Yellow and Green Brushstrokes.

He was the son of Alexander Milburn, the uncle of the four professional footballing Milburn brothers John (' Jack ') Milburn b. 1908 ( Leeds United and Bradford City ), George Milburn b. 1910 ( Leeds United and Chesterfield ), James (' Jimmy ') Milburn b. 1919 ( Leeds United and Bradford City ), and Stanley (' Stan ') Milburn b. 1926 ( Chesterfield, Leicester City and Rochdale ), who were brothers of Jack and Bobby Charlton's mother Elizabeth ' Cissie ' Milburn b. 1912..

The series then took over the numbering of the defunct title Son of Vulcan, and ran from issue # 50-60 ( March-April 1966-Nov. 1967 ), after which Morisi, a New York City Police Department officer and time-pressed with police work, left the title, which was canceled along with the rest of Charlton's " Action Heroes " comics line.

At the beginning, Charlton's main characters were Yellowjacket, not to be confused with the later Marvel character, and Diana the Huntress.

Ramsey chopped and changed other areas of his team as the World Cup neared, but Charlton's defensive partnership with captain Bobby Moore remained a constant fixture.

Pardew moved to Charlton Athletic in November 1991, and was Charlton's top scorer in the 1992 – 93 season with ten goals.

This stand is named after Charlton's manager, Jimmy Seed – with whom Charlton won the FA Cup in 1947.

Primus, along with Jermaine Darlington, was chosen to travel to Charlton's temporary stadium Selhurst Park to lay out the kits and the boots for the senior players and he admitted this may have earned him " Brownie points " with the youth management.

He went to Italy with Jack Charlton's squad as the Republic of Ireland competed in their first ever FIFA World Cup finals.

Parker soon became the linchpin of Charlton's midfield, combining tenacious tackling with an ability to carry the ball quickly from defence to attack and play telling passes, creating many chances for his teammates.

Coppell is well known for not voicing controversial opinions, but he broke with this habit on 9 April 2007, when he accused Charlton's Talal El Karkouri of cheating and faking a " death roll " to get Leroy Lita sent off after Lita appeared to headbutt him.

Nature Boy was Charlton's attempt at gauging the strength of the superhero market ( they did the same thing with the romance market by introducing Brides in Love ).

Charlton's reign got off to the worst possible of starts with relegation in 1947.

Tragedy would end Charlton's era as boss in March 1965 as the longest serving manager in Dragons history died following a heart attack during a league game with Blackburn at Addison Road.

Arthur Charlton's assistant Jim Stephenson instantly became the manager following the tragedy but disasters on the pitch were to follow with relegation in 1966 / 67.

In a way it was the end of an era, with Bill Foulkes having retired, Bobby Charlton's testimonial having been held the previous day and George Best once again announced his retirement on the same day.

Bent was the highest scoring Englishman in the Premier League in the 2005 – 06 season, with 18 goals ( 22 overall ) which made him third highest scorer and was given Charlton's Player of the Season award.