paki_Faz
December 24th, 2006, 04:33 PM
Charlton head coach Les Reed has left the club by mutual consent to be replaced by recently sacked West Ham United manager Alan Pardew.
Pardew has signed a three-and-a-half year deal at the Valley and becomes the team's third manager this season.
Reed was originally drafted in to replace Iain Dowie but has failed to turn the club's fortunes around.
He managed just one victory at the helm and lost to League Two side Wycombe in the Carling Cup quarter-finals.
Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Middlesbrough left Charlton seven points adrift of Premiership safety and in increasing danger of losing their top-flight status for the first time in seven years.
Reed was promoted from his job as assistant manager after Charlton parted company with Dowie 12 games into the Premiership season in the middle of November.
Dowie himself had only been appointed in the close-season to replace the long-serving Alan Curbishley, who ironically has now taken over from Pardew at Upton Park.
The news was announced at 1900 GMT on Christmas Eve and Charlton say they will make no further comment until holding a press conference at 1330 GMT on Boxing Day.
Their next match is not until Wednesday night when they entertain Fulham.
Curbishley had been in charge at The Valley for 15 years.
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Pardew has signed a three-and-a-half year deal at the Valley and becomes the team's third manager this season.
Reed was originally drafted in to replace Iain Dowie but has failed to turn the club's fortunes around.
He managed just one victory at the helm and lost to League Two side Wycombe in the Carling Cup quarter-finals.
Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Middlesbrough left Charlton seven points adrift of Premiership safety and in increasing danger of losing their top-flight status for the first time in seven years.
Reed was promoted from his job as assistant manager after Charlton parted company with Dowie 12 games into the Premiership season in the middle of November.
Dowie himself had only been appointed in the close-season to replace the long-serving Alan Curbishley, who ironically has now taken over from Pardew at Upton Park.
The news was announced at 1900 GMT on Christmas Eve and Charlton say they will make no further comment until holding a press conference at 1330 GMT on Boxing Day.
Their next match is not until Wednesday night when they entertain Fulham.
Curbishley had been in charge at The Valley for 15 years.
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