The Addicks will begin what everyone connected with the club hopes will be a successful season in time-honoured fashion, with a short trip to Welling United on Wednesday night.

Boss Phil Parkinson is looking to build a squad capable of challenging for an immediate return to the Championship although most of the current rumours doing the rounds involve players leaving the club, with Darren Ambrose and Mark Hudson possibly being joined through the exit door by Andy Gray before too long.