From 1999 until 2007, Charlton Reserves were members of the
FA Premier Reserve League Southern; however, due to the relegation of the first team at the end of the
2006–2007 season from the
Premier League to the
Football League Championship, they were demoted to the
Football Combination Central where they played against other
Football League reserve teams and successful
Football Conference reserve sides. At the end of the
2008–09 season the first team were relegated to
Football League One and the reserve side was dissolved as a competitive team.
Under Glynn Snodin In 1999 the team joined the
FA Premier Reserve League Southern. Led by reserve-team coach
Glynn Snodin had relative success in their first season, finishing 2nd, however in comparison the next three seasons were disappointing as the club finished 8th, 7th & 7th respectively. After this however things picked up, and Charlton became unexpected winners of the league in
2003–2004, and this was then followed by a second success at the Charlton team won the division again in
2004–2005, just a season later. This was followed by another good season, seeing the Addicks finish fourth, however popular reserve-team coach Snodin left to join
Southampton as first-team coach. Snodin was replaced by
Mark Robson for the remainder; however, this was short-lived as Charlton faced a managerial re-shuffle after the resignation of
Alan Curbishley,
Mervyn Day and
Keith Peacock.
Under Mark Kinsella With the installation of
Iain Dowie as head-coach, Robson was moved to development coach, working with both the Reserve & First Team sides, however after Dowie was fired he was named assistant head-coach, under
Les Reed.
Mark Kinsella replaced Robson as development coach until this hiring of current club manager
Alan Pardew when Kinsella was moved to reserve-team coach. Despite a hectic season the team still managed to finish 6th, however due to the relegation of the first-team the club were demoted to the
Football Combination Central where after spending much of the season top of the table were pipped to the post by
Southampton Reserves on the last game of the season. In 2008 Mark Kinsella moved to a more senior role within the first team under Caretaker manager
Phil Parkinson while the club sought after a replacement for
Alan Pardew, who parted company with the club on 22 November 2008. He was replaced by the club's U18 Youth Coach,
Damian Matthew, for the interim period. When Parkinson assumed the role of first team manager Matthew was designated Development coach, based on the same role Mark Robson had held previously. In 2009 the reserve team was disbanded as a competitive side. With the relegation of the first team from the
Football League Championship to the
Football League One it was decided that the team would no longer play in the Football Combination and instead only played a number of friendly matches throughout the season.
Home ground , November 2007 In the last nine years the reserves had many different stadia. In their first season they played their matches at
Welling United's ground,
Park View Road, but the stay was short-lived. For the 2000–2001 season the reserve team played their matches at the first-team's ground,
The Valley, however when there was a clash in matches the reserve teams would play their games at Park View Road. This system continued until the 2006–2007 season, when the team moved their matches to
Gravesend & Northfleet's ground,
Stonebridge Road. The reserve team continued to play their games there in the 2007–2008 season, after the change of club name from Gravesend & Northfleet to
Ebbsfleet United.
Reserve team managers Recent reserves seasons ==Notable players==