Charlton Athletic 4-2 Reading: result and report

Championship · Saturday 23 August 2008

Result

Charlton Athletic 4-2 Reading

Championship · Saturday 23 August 2008, 11:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Charlton Athletic 4-2 Reading: match report

Charlton Athletic defeated Reading 4-2 in the Championship on Saturday 23 August 2008. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Matt Holland opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Charlton Athletic's goals came from Matt Holland (26'), Andy Gray (42', penalty), Luke Varney (69') and Hameur Bouazza (72'). Reading scored through I. Sonko (44') and Noel Hunt (54', penalty).

Discipline: Charlton Athletic received 1 yellow card; Reading received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Charlton Athletic were 12th on 3 points from 2 and Reading 5th on 4 points from 2. Charlton Athletic went on to finish that season 24th with 39 points, and Reading 5th with 77.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Charlton Athletic wins, 1 draw and 1 for Reading.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Matt HollandCharlton Athletic · 1-0
  • 35'Missed penalty · Kevin DoyleReading
  • 42'Penalty goal · Andy GrayCharlton Athletic · 2-0
  • 44'Goal · I. SonkoReading · 2-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Hameur BouazzaCharlton Athletic
  • 54'Penalty goal · Noel HuntReading · 2-2
  • 67'Yellow card · I. SonkoReading
  • 69'Goal · Luke VarneyCharlton Athletic · 3-2
  • 72'Goal · Hameur BouazzaCharlton Athletic · 4-2
  • 84'Second yellow · I. SonkoReading
  • 90'Yellow card · N. HuntReading

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Charlton Athletic 0, draws 1, Reading 1.

Team news

Charlton Athletic expected line-up

Scott Carson, Luke Young, Souleymane Diawara, Alex Song, Zhi Zheng, Darren Ambrose, Matt Holland, Darren Bent, Hermann Hreidarsson, Talal El Karkouri

Reading expected line-up (4-4-2)

Marcus Hahnemann, Ivar Ingimarsson, Nicky Shorey, Michael Duberry, James Harper, Noel Hunt, Dave Kitson, Leroy Lita, Liam Rosenior