Alan Curbishley Charlton Ath: Last Season: 1st Div.1, 91pts W27 D10 L9 F79 A45 Stadium: The Valley (111x73 yds) Capacity: 20,000 Year Formed: 1905 Manager: Alan Curbishley Chairman: Mr M. A. Simons

Claus Jensen

This time a couple of shrewd signings may make the vital difference. Claus Jensen, newly arrived from Bolton, will take some of the creative burden away from Mark Kinsella and John Robinson and, more significantly, add extra firepower to their midfield.

Jonatan Johansson

Jensen likes to get forward - Charlton will be more than happy if he matches last season's return of six league goals in 42 starts.

Goals, though, shouldn't be too much of a problem: the signing of Jonatan Johansson from Rangers for £3.75m fee was perhaps the most astute piece of business done by any Premiership club this summer. Johansson, despite never establishing himself in the first team at Ibrox, boasts an impressive record of a goal every three games.

Radostin Kishishev

And with Andy Hunt, Graham Stuart and Martin Pringle being no mean goal poachers themselves, Charlton are far from toothless. Which is just as well, because despite the addition of ball-playing Bulgarian Radostin Kishishev, their defence remains a problem - Curbishley hasn't spent all summer trying to tempt Michael Duberry to the Valley for nothing. So with the lack of a truly commanding presence at the back, Charlton fans better get used to the sight of Dean Kiely or new recruit Ben Roberts picking the ball out of the net at regular intervals.

SQUAD NUMBERS 2000-2001