Charlton held the record for most appearances for Manchester United ( 758 ), but this was surpassed by Ryan Giggs on 21 May 2008 ( the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final ).

Charlton also held the club record for most league appearances ( 606 ) until this too was overtaken by Giggs on 6 March 2011.

Charlton was related to several professional footballers on his mother's side of the family: his uncles were Jack Milburn ( Leeds United and Bradford City ), George Milburn ( Leeds United and Chesterfield ), Jim Milburn ( Leeds United and Bradford City ) and Stan Milburn ( Chesterfield, Leicester City and Rochdale ), and legendary Newcastle United and England footballer Jackie Milburn, was his mother's cousin.

Charlton went on to play for England schoolboys, and despite offers that followed from several other clubs, the 15-year-old signed with United on 1 January 1953, along with Wilf McGuinness, also aged 15.

Charlton played 14 times for United in that first season, scoring twice on his debut and managing a total of 12 goals in all competitions, and including a hat-trick in a 5 – 1 away win over Charlton Athletic in the February.

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 ".

His last game was against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on 28 April 1973, and before the game the BBC cameras for Match of the Day captured the Chelsea chairman handing Charlton a commemorative cigarette case.

The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area, including East Street Mission and Blundell Mission, combined to form Charlton Athletic.

Charlton Athletic were formed on 9 June 1905 by a group of 15-to 17-year-old boys in an area of Charlton which is no longer residential, near to the present-day site of the Thames Barrier.

Charlton finally secured promotion to the First Division by beating local rivals West Ham in front of 41, 254 fans at the Valley, with their valiant centre-half John Oakes playing on despite concussion and a broken nose.

Charlton won 7 – 6 on penalties, with the match described as " arguably the most dramatic game of football in Wembley ’ s history ", and were promoted to the Premier League.

However, Charlton failed to build on this achievement and Curbishley left two years afterwards in 2006, after 15 years as manager, with the club still established as a solid mid table side.

More recently, on 10 October 2008 Charlton received an indicative offer for the club from a Dubai-based diversified investment company.

After spending almost the entire 2009 / 2010 season in the top six of League One, Charlton were defeated in the Football League One play-offs semi-final second leg on penalties to Swindon Town, condemning Charlton to another season in the third tier of English Football.

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.

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.

Charlton were rare among football clubs, in that they reserved a seat on their directors ' board for a supporter.

The progression of the nickname can be seen in the book The Addicks Cartoons: An Affectionate Look into the Early History of Charlton Athletic, which covers the pre-First World War history of Charlton through a narrative based on 56 cartoons which appeared in the now defunct Kentish Independent.

England defeated Argentina 1 – 0 – the game was the only one in which Charlton received a caution – and faced Portugal in the semi finals.

A production scene from the 1950 Hollywood film Julius Caesar ( 1950 film ) | Julius Caesar starring Charlton Heston.

A Camera operator filming a scene from the 1950 Hollywood film Julius Caesar ( 1950 film ) | Julius Caesar starring Charlton Heston

File: CharltonHestonCivilRightsMarch1963Retouched. jpg | Charlton Heston at the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, D. C.

Baldwin ( right of center ) with Hollywood actors Charlton Heston and Marlon Brando at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom | Civil Rights March on Washington, D. C. Sidney Poitier ( rear ) and Harry Belafonte ( right of Brando ) can also be seen in the crowd.

Into the Valley of Death by John Charlton ( artist ) | John Charlton.

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| 2001 – 02 || Charlton || Premier League || 24 || 0 ||||||||||||||||

| 2003 – 04 || Charlton Athletic || 31 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || colspan =" 2 "|–|| 33 || 5

| PLACE OF BIRTH = Charlton Park, Wiltshire, England, UK

| 2006 – 07 || rowspan =" 2 "| Charlton Athletic || rowspan =" 1 "| Premier League || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

| 2000-01 || rowspan =" 4 "| Charlton Athletic || rowspan =" 4 "| Premier League || 38 || 5 ||||||||||||||||

| 1992 – 93 || rowspan =" 2 "| Charlton Athletic || rowspan =" 2 "| First Division || 4 || 0 || colspan =" 2 "|-|| 1 || 0 || colspan =" 2 "|-|| 5 || 0

| 2008 – 09 || rowspan =" 1 "| Charlton Athletic || rowspan =" 1 "| Championship || 10 || 1 || colspan =" 2 "|-|| colspan =" 2 "|-|| colspan =" 2 "|-|| 10 || 1

| 2006 – 07 || Charlton Athletic || Premier League || 11 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 13 || 0

| 2006 – 07 || Charlton Athletic ( loan )|| rowspan =" 3 "| Premier League || 36 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 38 || 0

Image: Charlton station look east. JPG | Platforms looking east

Image: Charlton station look west. JPG | Platforms looking west

Image: Charlton station signage. JPG | Platform signage

| 1982 / 83 || Charlton Athletic || Second Division || 16 || 9

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| align =" center "| John Charlton Kinchant

| align = left | Gary Charlton