Charlton missed the chance to climb out of the Barclays Premiership drop zone as fellow relegation battlers Sheffield United earned a share of the spoils at The Valley.

DAVID MOYES paid tribute to Everton’s resilience as they grabbed an injury-time winner against Charlton to force themselves a step nearer UEFA Cup qualification.

Everton 2 Charlton 1

CHARLTON picked up another point in their battle for Premiership survival following a goalless draw against Reading at The Valley – but will know it should have been more.

Charlton 0 Reading 0

Manchester City 0 Charlton 0

Watford moved off the bottom of the Premiership for the first time since early December but the 2-2 draw with Charlton effectively pushes both sides nearer to the drop.

Charlton 4 West Ham 0

Charlton manager Alan Pardew will not risk striker Darren Bent in tomorrow’s daunting Barclays Premiership meeting with Manchester United.

CHARLTON clung on for a precious point in their fight to beat the drop after withstanding a sustained second half assault at the Reebok Stadium.

Manchester United took their time before turning on the style against Watford to maintain their six-point lead at the top of the Barclays Premiership.

Charlton’s bid to overturn the extra one-game suspension handed to defender Osei Sankofa is being backed by the Premier League.

Charlton have appealed against the red card shown to full-back Osei Sankofa during the Addicks’ 4-0 defeat at Arsenal last night.

Charlton midfielder Bryan Hughes climbed off the bench to give Alan Pardew the first win of his reign as Addicks boss today.

Charlton 2 Fulham 2

Julio Arca saved Middlesbrough from the grisly prospect of spending Christmas Day in the Barclays Premiership drop zone as his second-half strike sunk Charlton at the Riverside Stadium.

Charlton 0 Liverpool 3

Djimi Traore will miss Charlton’s trip to Tottenham after pulling his hamstring in the first half of Tuesday’s win over Blackburn.

MOROCCAN defender Talal El Karkouri crashed home a dramatic stoppage-time winner as Charlton celebrated 14 years back at The Valley by climbing off the foot of the Barclays Premiership and giving new manager Les Reed his first win.

Charlton 1 Blackburn 0

Charlton 1 Blackburn 0

Darren Bent scored again as Charlton clung on for only their second Premiership win of the season after Manchester City failed to end their away-day misery.

Newcastle 0 Charlton 0

Fulham 2 Charlton 1

Jose Mourinho offered Frank Lampard his total support after the England midfielder missed another penalty.

Chelsea 2 Charlton 1

Charlton 2 Bolton 0

Charlton defender Talal El Karkouri has joined Qatar side Al Gharafa for the rest of the season with a view to a permanent move.

Alexei Smertin, Chris Powell and Talal El Karkouri are all pushing for recalls to the Charlton starting line-up at home to Aston Villa tomorrow after they were rested for the midweek draw at Newcastle.

Stuart Pearce has confirmed Manchester City have made unsettled midfielder Joey Barton a revised contract offer.

Charlton midfielder Matt Holland faces a late fitness test before Sunday’s Barclays Premiership derby at Tottenham.

A controversial first-half penalty by Chelsea striker Didier Drogba gave Ivory Coast a 1-0 victory over Morocco in their opening Group A match in the African Nations Cup.

Charlton’s new £2.5m (€3.6m) striker Marcus Bent could make his debut against Barclays Premiership leaders Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, but may start on the bench.

Charlton are set to be without defender Gonzalo Sorondo for around six weeks after it was confirmed he had fractured a bone in his foot.

Charlton will assess the fitness of Danny Murphy ahead of tomorrow’s FA Cup third-round tie at Sheffield Wednesday.

Charlton manager Alan Curbishley could again make several changes to his out-of-form side against Arsenal on Boxing Day.

Alan Curbishley has called for Charlton to get back to the basics of defending as a team in an attempt to turn around their alarming slump in form.

Charlton 2 Blackburn 3

Charlton 1 Manchester United 3

Alexei Smertin is set to return to the Charlton squad for tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership clash with Bolton at The Valley.

Alan Curbishley must again decide whether to change a winning side when Charlton host Tottenham tomorrow.

Alexei Smertin is expected to be recalled to Charlton’s side for the trip to West Brom after sitting out the match against Chelsea last week under the terms of his loan deal.

Charlton boss Alan Curbishley is set to name an unchanged side for his team’s trip to Middlesbrough in the Barclays Premiership on Sunday.

Charlton will assess the fitness of captain Matt Holland ahead of tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership clash with Wigan at The Valley.