With this weekend's FA Cup ties meaning there was no game for manager Alan Pardew's men, assistant manager Phil Parkinson and himself took his squad to a training camp in Marbella to get the side ready for a run of important Premiership games, which starts next Saturday at home to his former club, West Ham United, now managed by former Addicks boss Alan Curbishley.
And after a week of intense training, along with fun activities including go-karting and table tennis, Pardew has declared England duo Darren Bent and Luke Young fully fit for the relegation six-pointer. Defender Hermann Hreidarrson will also be ready after missing the away trip to Old Trafford with a knee injury.