Charlton Athletic 3-1 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 March 2006

Result

Charlton Athletic 3-1 Newcastle United

Premier League · Sunday 26 March 2006, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Charlton Athletic 3-1 Newcastle United: match report

Charlton Athletic defeated Newcastle United 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 March 2006. The half-time score was 2-1.

Darren Bent opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Charlton Athletic's goals came from Darren Bent (24', penalty), an own goal by Lee Bowyer (37') and Jay Bothroyd (89'). Newcastle United scored through Scott Parker (35').

Discipline: Charlton Athletic received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Charlton Athletic were 13th on 39 points from 30 and Newcastle United 12th on 39 points from 30. Charlton Athletic went on to finish that season 13th with 47 points, and Newcastle United 7th with 58.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Charlton Athletic win, 5 draws and 4 for Newcastle United.

Going into the match Charlton Athletic's last five read L-W-D-D-D and Newcastle United's L-L-W-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Penalty goal · Darren BentCharlton Athletic · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · Scott ParkerNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 37'Own goal · Lee BowyerCharlton Athletic · 2-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Stephen CarrNewcastle United
  • 68'Yellow card · Chris PerryCharlton Athletic
  • 89'Goal · Jay BothroydCharlton Athletic · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Charlton Athletic 1, draws 5, Newcastle United 4.

Team news

Charlton Athletic line-up

T. Myhre, Luke Young, Matt Holland, Jerome Thomas, Marcus Bent, Darren Bent, Hermann Hreidarsson, Chris Perry, Radostin Kishishev, Bryan Hughes, Chris Powell

Newcastle United line-up

Shay Given, Stephen Carr, Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong, Craig Moore, Peter Ramage, Shola Ameobi, N. Solano, Emre Belözoğlu, Alan Shearer, Lee Bowyer, Scott Parker