QPR boss Ian Holloway reckons Gavin Peacock
clinched the £350,000 signing of Danny Shittu from
Charlton.<br> Holloway was first alerted to the 21-year-old
defender's potential by Peacock, who watched him while on
loan at The Valley.<br> And after Shittu's loan spell
at Loftus Road, Holloway was so impressed he gambled
a huge sum for a club in administration to secure
his services on a long-term deal.<br>Holloway said:
<br>"We identified him in the summer as a great young
player and we kept in touch with him through
Gavin.<br>He's a fantastic kid and Gavin's admired him for some
time - he gave us rave reviews while they were at
Charlton together.<br>At 21 he needs first-team football
and he will get that here. We get on well and that
chemistry is important."<br><br>©FA-Premier.com

Charlton striker Shaun Bartlett flew off for
African Nations Cup duty yesterday (Monday, January 7)
but admitted he was leaving with a bitter taste in
his mouth.<br> Bartlett wanted to stay at the Valley
and fight to win back his place in the the Addicks
starting line-up.<br> He was even willing to sacrifice a
place in his country's World Cup squad this summer.<br>
However the South African FA put their foot down and made
it clear they would ask FIFA to impose sanctions
against Bartlett if he stayed away.<br> That would have
seen Bartlett banned from playing for his club side
during the course of the competition.<br> Bartlett's
only other option would have been to completely retire
from international football at the age of 29.<br> Now
he could miss a month of Premiership action. And he
revealed: <br>"It was a tough decision but I go to the
African Nations Cup against my wishes and against
Charlton's wishes.<br>I have no choice. It's a FIFA ruling -
and I would have faced a ban. I wanted to stay and
fight for my place at Charlton.<br>There is strong
competition for strikers now and I wanted to concentrate on
my future at the club and show my loyalty to
Charlton as well.<br>It's a sad thing but I was more than
happy to lose my World Cup place -that was no longer
the issue. I've played in a World Cup already -
Charlton is my bread and butter.<br>And I played in the
African Nations Cup in 1996 and won it and scored in
it.<br>But I've always wanted to play in England and I feel
I've taken the long route in getting here.<br>I feel I
should've been here earlier in my career and I don't want
to jeopardise that. I go reluctantly. I'm not happy
but I can't go there in two minds, there's no point
in moping around about it - I'll go there and give
it my best."<br><br>©IcSouthlondon.icnetwork

A Grieving dad has praised Charlton Athletic
footballer Chris Powell for helping ease his sick son's last
week alive.<br> The England international visited
desperately ill Andy Mills in hospital on Christmas Day, just
days before the brave 16-year-old died.<br> He spent
half an hour with the kid who 'hero-worshipped' him,
chatting and handing over a signed England shirt as a
Christmas present.<br> Dad Stuart Mills said: <br>"It was
the most remarkable gesture, and totally unplanned.
Chris left his own family at home to go to the
hospital, and I know it meant the world to Andy."<br> Andy,
who died of pneumonia on December 27, was rarely
conscious over the Christmas period, and heavily sedated to
fight the pain of a respiratory infection, but Stuart
says the visit from his football hero changed
that.<br>He said: <br>"I know it sounds corny, but just after
Chris left, Andy was able to answer his mum's questions
and move his eyes around - he'd not been able to do
that for a week."<br> Andy, who had been severely
physically disabled by a rare metabolic disorder, was the
left back's 'number one fan' for three-and-a-half
years, and had collected scores of signed pictures and
autographs.<br> The soccer star regularly singled Andy out in the
crowd at Charlton games, giving him the thumbs-up
whenever the team scored, and often came over to Andy's
pitchside spot at the end of matches.<br> And at Charlton's
away game at Everton just after Christmas, Chris had
one last tribute for Andy.<br> Stuart, from Gerda
Street, New Eltham, said: <br>"After Charlton's second
goal, Chris came running up and said 'That one's for
Andy'. He was just so fantastic with Andy - guys like
that deserve the highest praise."<br> Andy's funeral
is today at St Lawrence's Church in Sidcup. Stuart
and Andy's mum Gilian ask that any donations should
go to the Charlton Athletic Disabled Supporters'
Club.<br><br>©IcSouthlondon.icnetwork

Chris Bart-Williams says that Charlton will
decide whether to keep him until the end of the season
when his second loan month ends. <br> The
transfer-listed Nottingham Forest skipper, who has made it clear
that he is looking to stay on loan with The Addicks
until the summer after being told that he does not have
a playing future at the City Ground, is in the
middle of the second month of his loan spell at The
Valley. <br> The 27-year-old made his first start for
Charlton in last Saturday's FA Cup win over Blackpool, and
he said: <br>"The manager said he would like to keep
me for another month and maybe until the end of the
season. The situation is that it suits Charlton and
myself to do another month and then we will look at it
again." <br><br>©teamtalk

Radostin Kishishev is set to continue his return
from a long-term knee injury on Wednesday evening in
the reserve game against Wimbledon. <br> The
Bulgarian international started out on the comeback trail
before Christmas against Nottingham Forest, and he is
hoping that a full 90-minute appearance against The Dons
at The Valley will put him in line for a place
against Blackburn Rovers this weekend. <br> Kishishev
could get his chance against Rovers because Luke Young
is suspended for one game after picking up five
bookings this season. <br> The Addicks could also field
Matt Svensson as he looks to improve his match fitness
after a recent lay-off. <br> Svensson will be looking
to jump up the pecking order with Shaun Bartlett now
away on international duty. <br><br>©teamtalk

Charlton are confident of making light work of
Walsall or Bradford in the fourth round of the FA Cup,
despite a narrow escape against Second Division
strugglers Blackpool. <br> England left-back Chris Powell
said after Saturday's 2-1 triumph: <br>"Our confidence
is sky high at the moment and just to get someone
here at The Valley is all we want." <br> Yet it took
two goals in the final 16 minutes on Saturday to
overcome Steve McMahon's Blackpool, who took a 19th-minute
lead through defender John Hills. Charlton's pressure
finally told when Graham Stuart scored from the penalty
spot in the 74th minute after Brian Reid was ruled to
have handled. They then hit the winner two minutes
later when Jason Euell bagged his third goal in three
games. <br> After an indifferent start to the season,
Charlton have started to reproduce the form that saw them
pushing for a place in Europe last campaign, and Powell
thinks their is more to come from the south London side.
<br>"Our form in the league has picked up after an
upanddown start to the season," he said.<br>"Alan
Curbishley said early on that he never had the chance to
pick from a fully-fit squad, but now we've started
showing what we can do. We've had a good run either side
of Christmas and there are important players such as
Mark Kinsella and Richard Rufus about to come back."
<br><br>©ThisIsLondon

Danny Shittu has signed for Queens Park Rangers,
with the deal being financed by the consortium hoping
to buy the Loftus Road club.<br> The 21-year-old had
stated that he would not re-sign for The Addicks when
his current contract expired at the end of the season
and he has now joined the Second Division club to
resurrect his career. <br> The deal will be financed by the
Winton family - Matthew and Alex, and their father
Harold - who are members of the Maurice Fitzgerald
consortium which has been trying to buy Rangers. <br>
Charlton have agreed a complicated deal based largely on
appearances and The Addicks have also insisted on a 25 per
cent sell-on clause. <br> Shittu has just started his
third month on loan at Loftus Road and Fitzgerald was
keen to tie up a permanent deal with the youngster as
soon as it was possible. <br> Shittu has become a
crowd favourite since moving to Rangers and boss Ian
Holloway was keen to sign him as soon as possible. He now
has his man and can concentrate on Rangers' push
towards gaining promotion to Division One.
<br><br>©teamtalk

The Addicks are poised to have talks with the
Metropolitan Police and Millwall to make a decision about
their FA Cup fourth-round ties. <br> The Addicks have
been drawn at home to either Walsall or Bradford City
in the next round of the competition, while The
Lions have also landed a home draw - this time against
either Barnsley or Blackburn Rovers. <br> The police may
decide that one of the games will have to be played on
the Sunday. <br> Although they allowed both teams to
be at home last Saturday against Blackpool and
Scunthorpe respectively, they may decide that a clash
represents too much of a risk this time around and order one
of the games to be switched. <br><br>©teamtalk

Shaun Bartlett has reluctantly left The Valley to
join up with his South African team-mates ahead of the
African Nations Cup tournament. <br> It is understood
that Bartlett told the South African FA last week that
he wanted to remain with The Addicks but was ordered
to attend by South Africa, who had threatened to
call FIFA in if he stayed away. <br> The Addicks
striker would not have been able to play for Charlton for
the duration of the competition had he stayed in
London. <br> Bartlett has been on the sidelines for much
of the season and wanted to fight for his first-team
place. He will now miss around six games for the club
while he plays for South Africa and is due back in
February. <br> The South African's departure will give Matt
Svensson the chance to move up the pecking order and stake
a claim along with Jonatan Johansson.
<br><br>©teamtalk

Everyone turns up for the third round of the FA
Cup with different expectations. Lower league sides
expend blood, sweat and a few tears trying to create an
upset, while their higher placed opposition frequently
wriggles uncomfortably, trying to ensure that they somehow
end up in the draw for the next round. <br> The
formbook goes sailing out of the window, as the need to
take your chances becomes far more important than the
desire to play attractive football. After an
uncomfortable opening half against a determined Blackpool side,
the Addicks are now more aware than ever before of
just how unpredictable a beast cup football can be.
Thankfully, when the draw for the fourth round is made
tomorrow, it will feature the name of Charlton Athletic,
but it was very nearly a different story. <br> Before
the game, much was made of the need for an early
goal, in order to settle a few nerves and calm things
down a little. Blackpool, it was presumed, would come
at the Addicks with all guns firing, looking for
something on the break that they could subsequently defend
with their lives. <br><br>For the rest of this match
report by Mick Collins at CAFC.co.uk, go
to:<br><a
href=http://www.cafc.co.uk/match_reports_01_02/facup/round3/report.shtml
target=new>http://www.cafc.co.uk/match_reports_01_02/facup/round3/report.shtml</\
a><br>For the match statistics, go
to:<br><a
href=http://www.cafc.co.uk/match_reports_01_02/facup/round3/stats.shtml
target=new>http://www.cafc.co.uk/match_reports_01_02/facup/round3/stats.shtml</a\
>

Boca Juniors' Nahuel Fioretto is set to take a
two-week trial with Charlton Athletic, according to
reports in Argentina. <br> The midfielder, who is
approaching his 21st birthday, will travel to South London
next week in a bid to persuade Addicks boss Alan
Curbishley to sign him permanently.<br> Fioretto played four
games for Boca in the recently finished Apertura
season, helping them to third place in the table. <br> As
Fioretto - who can play in central midfield or the right
hand side - holds an EU passport he would not require
a passport to move to The
Valley.<br><br>©PlanetFootball

Charlton expect defender Danny Shittu to complete
a permanent move to Second Division QPR early this
week.<br> The clubs have agreed a £350,000 deal, with an
initial fee of £250,000, plus four instalments of £25,000
after 25, 50, 75 and 100 appearances, and a 25 per cent
sell-on.<br> The 21-year-old, who had indicated he would not
re-sign for the Addicks when his contract expires at the
end of the season, has just started his third month
on loan at Loftus Road.<br> With Jon Fortune signing
a new deal, Jorge Costa recruited in a £500,000
loan at least until the end of the season and Richard
Rufus returning to fitness, as well as Mark Fish, Steve
Brown and Eddie Youds in the squad, it was felt
Shittu's first-team opportunities would be
limited.<br><br>©CAFC.co.uk

Charlton manager Alan Curbishley has urged the FA
and UEFA to put their heads together and dangle the
carrot of a Champions League place in front of the FA
Cup winners.<br> The Addicks chief believes the
prospect of a chance to play in Europe's leading club
competition rather than the UEFA Cup would prevent some of
England's bigger clubs from not taking the FA Cup
seriously.<br> Curbishley insists his men were fully committed
for last year's tie with non-league Dagenham and
Redbridge, which Charlton won 1-0 in a nervy replay, and is
shocked some top flight clubs could ever consider
fielding weakened sides.<br>"I still can't get my head
round the fact it's not as important as it used to be -
because I think it is," said Curbishley, whose side face
Second Division Blackpool at The Valley on
Saturday.<br>"Perhaps they should make it a Champions League place,
let's make it worth a little bit more. I can't tell you
how other teams approach it, but the third round of
the FA Cup is one of those days everyone looks
forward to.<br>"I don't know if it's possible to have
Champions League place at the end of the FA Cup, but it
used to be a Cup Winners' Cup place and that was as
important as anything."<br>Curbishley added:<br>"The FA
have put more money into the FA Cup so it is
financially more important, but I don't think players go out
there thinking about the money.<br>They want to go out
and win the cup."<br><br>©Teletext

John Robinson believes the Charlton players have
learned from their last FA Cup Third Round ordeal and can
see off Second Division Blackpool at The Valley. <br>
Charlton needed a late equaliser from John Salako to spare
their blushes against non-league Dagenham and Redbridge
last season and narrowly won the replay 1-0 at
Victoria Road. <br> But the Welsh winger believes it will
be a different story this time round and is
confident his side can have a good run in the competition.
<br>Robinson said: <br>"We have learned from the Dagenham
experience and want to ensure that Blackpool are not
creating the headlines on the back pages on Sunday
morning. We certainly approached the game last season in
the right manner and never took them lightly.
<br>That just shows what the FA Cup can conjure up and you
never know how these games are going to pan out.
Blackpool are an unknown quantity but I've played against
their manager Steve McMahon and know what he is all
about. I'm sure his team will be fully committed, just
like he was a player. <br>The longer they hold out in
the game, the more chance they have of creating an
upset. It is a big day out for them but we need to get
on top early on and try and score an early goal."
<br> Robinson has never been past the quarter-final
stage of the competition but still dreams of appearing
in the Final at the Millenium Stadium next May. He
added: <br>"I would love nothing more than to win the FA
Cup with Charlton. <br>We are never going to win the
Premiership and it will be a tall order trying to get into
Europe. The next best thing is a major cup competition
and we have another chance to try and win the
competition. <br>I think we are capable of doing it because,
on our day, we can beat any team in the country.
This is the best squad I have played with since I came
to the club and we have got great depth. It is the
dream of every player to lift the FA Cup and I am
certainly no different. <br>It doesn't matter that the
Final is no longer played at Wembley. I just pray the
draw is kind to us this season." <br><br>©soccernet

Sasa Ilic could be looking for a move away from
Charlton after he revealed that the club have not offered
the keeper a new contract.<br>Ilic is out of contract
at the end of the season so would be available to
move under the Bosman ruling. He was also able to open
contracts talks with any foreign clubs from Wednesday.
<br>The Australian is now third-choice keeper at the club
and has spent a spell out on loan at First Division
outfit Portsmouth already this season. <br>The Addicks
turned down a bid from an unnamed Greek side in the
summer but his days at the club now look to be numbered.
<br><br>©teamtalk

Steve Brown revealed he is prepared to work hard
to be involved in Alan Curbishley's first-team plans
again, following Jorge Costa's arrival.<br> The
defender, who has made 11 starts for the club this season,
has seen more competition for places arrive at The
Valley in the shape of Costa. <br> But he is determined
to prove to Curbishley that he can still be a more
than useful member of the first-team squad. <br> Brown
says that even though over the years he has seen a
number of players arrive he has never wanted to leave
the club. <br>He said:<br>"I have never wanted to
move on. I'm comfortable at Charlton, and whenever a
new player has arrived I've just got my head down.
<br>Jorge Costa arriving has put me back in the same
situation. I will just get on with my job and see what
happens." <br><br>©teamtalk

Well, it’s 2002, a brand new year, but what does
it mean for CACC?<br><br>Here’s
what:<br><br>&gt; CACC News Service, the best yet<br>CACC is now the
best Charlton news portal, I have now extended the
news coverage even further, so as to provide CACC with
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worry about visiting individual Charlton news websites,
just come to CACC, because all the news will be
featured here.<br>And CACC is hardly ever out of date,
check back each day, and you will find different news
or updates from the previous days
postings.<br><br>&gt; Photo Galleries Updated<br>Although still no where near
to completion, slowly but surely the official CACC
photo galleries are being updated.<br>There will be new
pictures on the redevelopment of the North Stand, new
first- team pictures, new young gun pictures, and some
great past pictures of Charlton.<br><br>&gt; Merge Of
Clubs Into Groups<br>It seems as if it is all talk, and
for the past year it has been, but it looks as
though, finally this year, Yahoo! are going to merge
Clubs into groups, which will make CACC even better in
terms of navigation and presentation.<br>Throughout the
merge, I will keep all CACC members informed on the
progress and possible implications of the change
over.<br><br>&gt; More Members<br>CACC is very close to gaining 50
members, but it doesn’t mean it has to stop at this great
milestone, because the more members CACC gets, the more each
member will enjoy meeting and chatting with Charlton
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a great year ahead, oh, and before I forget, Happy
New Year to you all!!!!<br><br>Chris Allen<br>(CACC
Founder)

Charlton midfielder John Robinson is so desperate
to avoid a repeat of last season's FA Cup wobble he
has told his team-mates to treat third-round
opponents Blackpool as if they are Manchester United.<br>
Alan Curbishley's men go into the clash with the
mid-table Division Two club fully aware they came within a
whisker of writing the most embarrassing chapter in the
Addicks history books at the same stage of last year's
competition.<br> Dagenham & Redbridge stunned The Valley by taking
the lead and it took a late goal from John Salako to
force a replay Curbishley's side squeaked through
1-0.<br> Now Robinson, who scored the goal that sparked
the home comeback in the thrilling 3-2 New Year's Day
victory over Ipswich, has now demanded the utmost respect
for Blackpool.<br>"We have to give Blackpool respect,
in the same way as we would against Manchester
United," he said.<br>"People expect us to roll them over
by three or four - but that will not happen. Last
year, it was difficult. Hopefully it won't be Dagenham
and Redbridge all over again. We have to start better
than the Ipswich match and maybe get an early
goal."<br><br>©FA-Premier.com

Jorge Costa has admitted he is homesick but the
incredible character shown by Charlton Athletic could
persuade him to extend his stay with The Addicks.<br> The
Portuguese stopper quit FC Porto in order to obtain regular
first team football ahead of the World Cup finals, but
recently admitted his heart was still with his parent
club.<br> A loan switch to The Valley is with a view to a
permanent deal, and Charlton are doing their best to
convince Costa to stay, after some sterling performances
over the festive period.<br>"It never stops here," he
commented.<br>"The game rhythm is fast, always to run, always to
challenge, breaks are almost non-existent.<br>Things are
going very well for the team and this motivates the
players.<br>Charlton is a combative team, typically English. The
players in The Premiership have an enormous capacity to
fight.<br>I was always a combative player, therefore the
adaptation, in professional terms, has passed by without
great problems."<br> The experienced centre back is
determined not to miss out on the 2002 World Cup finals in
Korea and Japan.<br>"I am very homesick for my country,
clearly," he admitted. <br>"I passed some of the festive
period in Portugal but I had to return to London for
Christmas Day.<br>I arrived during the night and had a game
the next day, at noon, against Fulham.<br>Therefore,
I only played the second half. I am not accustomed
to these dates but that's how it is
here.<br>Happily, things are going well, I am in the plans of the
Charlton coach, therefore I wait to be an option for the
national selectors for the next matches.<br>I have an
enormous desire to play in the World
Cup."<br><br>©Planetfootball

Charlton midfielder John Robinson has admitted
that his crude challenge on Ipswich defender Thomas
Gaardsoe was done to fire up his somnolent team-mates.
<br> Marcus Bent struck twice in the opening 10
minutes for Town leaving The Addicks shell-shocked and
Robinson repsonded with a bone-crunching late tackle on
Gaardsoe.<br>"I was frustrated at being 2-0 down and wanted to
make something happen," declared the Welsh
midfielder.<br>"A tackle like that gets you into trouble but it
gets the crowd up. It was something to rally the
troops.<br>I may have gone over Gaardsoe a little bit but if
he was that injured, he would have stayed down."<br>
A yellow card was shown to the 30-year-old but
Danish defender Gaardsoe believes it should have been
red.<br>"He went into the back of me and the ball was nowhere
near, so yes, he probably should have gone," said the
Town star. <br> Charlton produced a sterling comeback
to steal all three points in a 3-2 win but whether
Robinson's no-nonsense challenge acted as a catalyst is
uncertain.<br> The result lifted Charlton to eighth in The
Premiership and Robinson has his eye set on a European
place.<br>"There is still half the season left and anything is
possible. This time last year, if you had asked anyonbe
whether Ipswich would carry on and get into Europe, they
would have said no. But it is momentum that takes you
there," added the Welshman.<br><br>©Planetfootball

Radostin Kishishev is looking to step up his
comeback from his knee injury with another appearance for
the reserves next week. <br> The Bulgarian had been
ruled out of the first-team squad for the whole of this
season with the injury, but played 70 minutes of the
reserve defeat against Nottingham Forest before
Christmas. <br> The 27-year-old has been training since
without any problems and will be targeting a full
appearance against Wimbledon next week. Kishishev will
therefore also have one eye on a first-team return against
Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park next weekend. <br> The
Addicks will be without Luke Young for that game as he is
serving a one-match suspension. Kishishev is a natural
replacement for the former Spurs player on the right-hand
side of Alan Curbishley's team so his return will
create further competition for places. <br><br>©teamtalk

Mansfield Town, who had hoped to sign Jon Fortune
during the past two seasons, have wished the player well
since signing a new Addicks contract. <br> Fortune had
two highly successful loan spells at Field Mill last
season and the season before but, when The Stags tried
to make the move permanent, Alan Curbishley said he
wanted to keep him. <br> The young defender has now
signed a new three-and-a-half year deal after some solid
displays for the first team this season. Nevertheless,
Third Division Mansfield are happy the player has
established himself with a Premiership team. <br>"Fair play
to Jon, he got in their team and has done well,"
said Mansfield assistant boss Stuart Watkiss. <br>"We
all wish him well and you never know when our paths
will cross again - maybe later in the FA
Cup?"<br><br>©teamtalk

Alan Curbishley has told Sean Bartlett he must
decide whether to play for South Africa in the African
Nations Cup in the next 48 hours.<br> Addicks boss
Curbishley faces losing the striker for up to half-a-dozen
matches if he accepts the call-up to play in the
tournament in Mali later this month.<br> However the
29-year-old, currently out of favour at The Valley, knows any
prolonged absence from the Charlton camp could have a dire
effect on his hopes of re-establishing himself in
Curbishley's first XI.<br> The former Cape Town Spurs and FC
Zurich frontman made only a late substitute's appearance
in the New Year's Day thriller with Ipswich, after
falling behind Jason Euell, Kevin Lisbie and Jonatan
Johansson in the pecking order.<br> Now his manager has
demanded a decision on a matter that he admits could
shatter Bartlett's World Cup dreams.<br>Curbishley
said:<br>"I know he's made these statements that he doesn't
wish to go and jeopardise his position here, but now I
think he's got to make his decision.<br>If he decides
to go, then he's away for five or six games and
anything could happen here while he's away.<br>If he
doesn't go, because he's unhappy about missing club
games, they might not take him to the World Cup - and
that would be an absolute shame.<br>He's been called
up and I think he'll go. He's got a decision to
make, and I think it's got to be made in the next
couple of days."<br><br>©football365.com

Charlton have announced plans to beam the away
match at Blackburn on January 12th back to The
Valley.<br> There will be 400 places in the combined
Millennium/Centre Circle Suite at £8 adults and £5 concessions,
with the match being shown on three big screens and a
number of TV monitors.<br> Floyd's is unavailable as it
needs to be prepared for a private function.<br>
Tickets will go on general sale on Saturday at 10am,
although the ticket office will be unable to sell them
between midday and 3pm due to the <br>need to prioritise
sales for that afternoon's game. Beam back tickets will
go back on sale after the match.<br> As an
alternative, there are 50 places in the Observatory Suite,
priced £25 and including a two-course carvery. The match
will be shown here on <br>standard TV monitors. Please
call 020-8333 4020 to book this
option.<br><br>©CAFC.co.uk

Graham Stuart looks set to miss Saturday's FA Cup
third-round tie at home to Blackpool, as he is still
struggling to recover from a foot injury.<br> Stuart is
still suffering from the knock that he picked up in the
match at Everton last weekend and was ruled out of the
win over Ipswich on New Year's Day. He is now facing
a race to be fit in time for the clash with the
Second Division side. <br> The Addicks will already be
without Scott Parker for the game as he is suspended.
Parker was cautioned for a fifth time this season in the
defeat against Blackburn before Christmas. <br> Chris
Bart-Williams, on loan from Nottingham Forest, has been given
permission to play in the FA Cup by his First Division
employers. He replaced Parker for the last few minutes of
yesterday's match and could now make his full Addicks debut
on Saturday.<br><br>©teamtalk

John Salako:<br>Reading have extended John
Salako's loan from Charlton by a final month, but whether
they can afford to sign him permanently remains
unclear. <br>The former England winger has been in
excellent form since his switch from The Addicks, scoring
four goals, including three in the last four matches.
<br> His current loan agreement was set to expire at
midnight on New Year's Day, but after playing his part in
the 2-0 win over Port Vale yesterday, Reading
confirmed the 32-year-old, who won five England caps, would
be staying for a third month. <br> After that, The
Royals will have to buy Salako or part company with him
as league rules specify that three months is the
maximum loan period for any player. <br> Salako has added
balance to the Reading side since his arrival and
contributed to a fine run which has put Alan Pardew's side
firmly back in contention for automatic promotion. <br>
Pardew is keen to sign Salako on a permanent basis and
will be anxious to secure the finances to keep him on
board. <br> However, it currently appears unlikely that
they will be able to match his wage demands and Salako
says that he can only meet them so much of the
way.<br><br>Danny Shittu:<br>QPR boss Ian Holloway is set to
succeed in his quest to sign on-loan centre-back Danny
Shittu from The Addicks on a permanent basis.<br>
Rangers and Charlton are in talks with a view to a deal
that will see Shittu move to Loftus Road after
impressing during his loan spell. The loan period was
recently extended, allowing Rangers to keep the
21-year-old while the funding for his transfer is being
sorted out, and the move is expected to be tied up well
before his third month on loan expires. <br> Gavin
Peacock recently had a three-month loan spell at The
Valley, and Alan Curbishley is still keeping tabs on him,
but there is no prospect of an exchange deal.
<br>Holloway confirmed:<br>"We're talking to them about
something permanent. Danny is of the quality to take us
forward."<br><br>©teamtalk

CACC Match Highlights For Charlton Athletic v
Ipswich Town game played on the 1/1/02 at The
Valley:<br><br>First Half:<br>1 Min: Ipswich **Goal**: Mark Venus
takes a free-kick that in-swings into the box, Hermann
Hreidarsson then headed the ball back across goal and Marcus
Bent simply nodded the ball past Dean Kiely and into
then net.<br>2 Mins: Charlton: Jensen takes a good
free-kick, the ball swoops in, but Jason Euell just misses
the ball slightly with his head.<br>4 Mins: Ipswich
**Goal**: Marcus Bent broke away from the Charlton defence
with Costa by the side of him, Kiely rushes out, never
should have because Costa was covering, Bent then easily
lobs the ball over Kiely and the ball bounces into an
empty net.<br>15 Mins: Charlton **Goal**: A poor
clearance from Matt Holland let the ball drop in front of
the waiting John Robinson who then struck his shot
across the body of Matteo Serini.<br>31 Mins: Charlton
**Goal**: Mark Fish flicked on from a Luke Young free-kick
to Scott Parker at the far post who then bundled the
ball into the net, with the help of a slight
deflection from the Ipswich keeper, Matteo Sereni. <br>43
Mins: Charlton: Clause Jensen does one of his trademark
corners into the penalty box, Fish connects with his
head, but the ball goes over the
bar.<br><br>-------------------------------------------------<br><br>Second
Half:<br>49 Mins: Ipswich: After a good break by
Ipswich, Bent has a shot outside the box, his shot has a
wicked curve that beats Kiely, but it does not beat the
post and so, the ball is cleared away to safety.<br>60
Mins: Charlton **Goal**: John Robinson completes a good
cross to Lisbie, Lisbie then does a really powerful
header straight in front of Sereni, the best the Ipswich
keeper could do was a weak block, and from which, Jason
Euell eaisly heads in.<br>80 Mins: Charlton: Jensen
does a very good free-kick which is destined for the
bottom left corner of the goal, but Sereni gets down
well and manages to palm away the ball.<br>88 Mins:
Charlton: Martijn Reuser has a shot from the edge of the
18-yard-box, his powerful shot goes across the goal and Alun
Armstrong slides in, but he very narrowly misses the
ball.<br><br>Teamline-ups:<br>Charlton: Kiely, Costa, Fish, Young, Powell,
Jensen
(Johansson 90), Robinson, Parker (Bart-Williams 82),
Konchesky, Euell, Lisbie (Bartlett 86)<br>Subs not used:
Ilic , Fortune<br>Cards: Yellow: Robinson 9, Young 37
<br>Ipswich: Sereni, Clapham (Reuser 67), Gaardsoe, Venus,
Hreidarsson, Makin, George, Magilton (Peralta 67), Holland,
Armstrong, Bent M<br>Subs not used: Branagan , Wright J ,
Naylor<br>Cards: Yellow: Hreidarsson 31, Venus 80<br><br>For a
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Charlton have handed 21-year-old central defender
Jon Fortune a new three-and-a-half year contract
following a string of impressive performances this
season.<br> The youth team product had not made a first-team
appearance for the Addicks before August, but was called
into action on the opening day against Everton and
then scored his first senior goal in the Worthington
Cup clash with Port Vale.<br> He made his full
Premiership debut in the win at Stamford Bridge a month ago
and performed immaculately over the next five games,
before unluckily losing his starting place for
Saturday's trip to Everton.<br> The new deal, which will
keep him at The Valley until 2005, was signed in the
run-up to kick-off against Ipswich on New Year's
Day.<br><br>©CAFC.co.uk

The only disappointment on a memorable afternoon
at Goodison Park was a late booking for Luke Young,
which means he will be suspended for the visit to
Blackburn Rovers on January 12th.<br> With Radostin
Kishishev now recovered from a long-term knee ligament
injury, the most natural replacement for Young will be
hoping to regain match fitness in time to perhaps make
his first start of the season.<br> The Bulgarian
international will be looking to feature in the reserves' next
match against Wimbledon at The Valley on January
9th.<br><br>©CAFC.co.uk

John Salako's second month on loan at Reading
comes to an end after their game against Port Vale when
he is set for further talks on his future. <br>
Salako has been in fine form for The Royals after
joining them on loan in order to play first-team football
and his current spell ends after their New Year's Day
game with Vale. <br> The Second Division outfit are
understood to be interested in making the move permanent but
the former Coventry and Crystal Palace ace's wages
could prove to be a stumbling block. <br> Reading boss
Alan Pardew is expected to contact Alan Curbishley
about the possibility of extending the loan deal in the
middle of the week with a view to a permanent
move.<br><br>©teamtalk