![]() Sadly, Clive Mendonca would play his last first-team game for the club in 1999/2000 as injury curtailed his career, but fellow striker Andy Hunt stepped up to take over the goalscoring mantle, finishing as top scorer with 25 goals, including back-to-back hat-tricks against Norwich City and Stockport County.Īn incredible run of form saw the Addicks win a record 12 league matches in a row with a stretch of results that began with a victory over Crystal Palace at The Valley on Boxing Day and ended with defeat to bottom club Swindon Town on March 11th thanks only to a freak own goal.Ĭharlton would finish the season with 91 points, sealing promotion a day after drawing 1-1 with Portsmouth in SE7, with Ipswich Town’s defeat to Queens Park Rangers meaning they could not be caught. ![]() That consistency proved key and Charlton bounced back at the first time of asking, winning the Division One title, while breaking records along the way. After relegation from the Premier League, Alan Curbishley managed to keep together the core of his side with Danny Mills the only major departure in the summer of 1999 when he joined Leeds United for £4.1m.
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