2008 Scott Wagstaff - app(2)
2007 James Walker - app(0)
Transferred to Southend, never played for the first team
2006 Darren Randolph - app(2)
Has been on loan to Bury, where he could return permanently after nervy performance in his only game this season.
2005 Lloyd Sam - app(38)
Still at the club but disappointed last season and did not make the expected break through, has been on loan to Southend
2004 Michael Turner - app(0)
Transferred to Brentford where he picked up a couple of senior player of the year awards before Phil Parkinson bought him for Hull and whilst helping them to promotion to the PL this season he won their senior player of the year award!
2003 ????????
2002 Jamal Campbell-Ryce - app(3)
Currently at Barnsley, has been at various League 1 and Championship teams, including Southend
2001 ?????????
2000 Charlie MacDonald - app(8)
Has just signed for Southend after plying his trade for various non-league clubs
1999 ????????
Please feel free to fill in the gaps .... perhaps I should check Southend's squad?!
Did McCafferty win it one year?
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2002 Jon Fortune
2001 Neil McCafferty
1999 Scott Parker
Randolph has wom many Ireland U-21 caps - and apart from those still at Charlton, every one of them has gone on to play League football for other clubs.
Conclusion: they were generally good enough for Pro football but, apart from the obvious exceptions, not good enough for the Prem. Or just that they never got a decent chance to grow as players?
Maybe if we had been a 2nd flight club, they would have all established themselves first at Charlton to one degree or another? Sometimes, most times, you just have to play them.