Alan Curbishley spent 15 years in Charlton in 1991–2006 and approached the qualification to Europe, but to the sale of one of his key players to Chelsea.
After receiving Charlton down Premier League In 1998, Curbishley managed to keep the club’s faith when he suffered a back to the second level after just one season. The former manager kept the faith of the club board to immediately reject straight in 2000, where they remained for six seasons at Curbishley.
During this period, Charlton became a strong side of the medium table, and the European challenge appeared even in 2003/04. Scott Parker proved the driving force from the midfielder on the Curbishley side when they climbed to the fourth place in the table after 21 matches, but his January departure to Chelsea I saw the Addicks tail in the second half of the season.
Alan Curbishley Lamentus losing Scott Parker in Charlton
“We came to Europe in 2003/04,” says Curbishley Fourfour. “I am sure that we would end up in the top four or five if Scott Parker did not join Chelsea in January.
“We arrived seventh, three points from European qualifications. This page was good enough. Scott leaving damage to the team, but we couldn’t stand in his way.
“We got 12 million pounds, but so late in the window that I couldn’t spend it – I bought Jerome Thomas ArsenalBut that was what it was. “
Former striker Charlton Jason Euell agreedemphasizing the difference that Parker made aside. Indeed, after Parker left Charlton, he could collect only 16 points from the last 17 Premier League campaign, with LiverpoolIN Newcastle AND Aston Villa They all overtake them. Finally they finished only seven points behind Liverpool in fourth place, with the promise of the Football League of the Champions League.
But while Curbishley could not fight for European football again in the last two seasons in the club, before his departure in the summer of 2006, he assured that the club did not have to worry about the inheritance from the highest flight.
In the season after the departure, Charlton was falling, and Addicks did not return to the Premier League within two decades.
