Curbishley Factfile

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Following Alan Curbishley's decision to resign as West Ham boss, skysports.com take an in-depth look at the former Charlton manager's career to date.

1957: Born, London, November 8.

Played in midfield for England schools, youth and under-21 level.

1974: Joins West Ham. Makes 85 appearances and scores five goals.

1979: Joins Birmingham and in his first season does not miss one league game.

1983: Signed by Aston Villa but has an unhappy time, making only 36 appearances in one and a half seasons.

1984: Joins Charlton early in the season and makes a total of 63 appearances with six goals in three seasons.

1987: Moves to Brighton and quickly becomes a regular, scoring 13 goals in 116 matches.

1990: Rejoins Charlton but after a first season when he appeared 27 times, only plays once in each of the next two seasons.

1991: Takes over as joint manager with Steve Gritt.

1992: Club returns to The Valley.

1995: Gritt leaves, putting Curbishley in full control but Charlton finish a disappointing 15th.

1996: Charlton lose in the play-off semi-finals to Crystal Palace. Lee Bowyer sold to Leeds for £2.6million.

1998: Charlton qualify for the play-offs again and this time win promotion in the most dramatic of climaxes. At 4-4 after extra time, they defeat Sunderland in a penalty shoot-out at Wembley.

1999: Relegated from Premier League.

2000: Promoted as champions of Division One.

Breaks club transfer record with £4million deal for Bolton's Danish midfielder

Claus Jensen.

2001: Addicks finish ninth in the Premier League.

June 8 - Curbishley signs new four-year contract to quash speculation linking him with vacant West Ham hotseat.

2002: Charlton finish 14th in the league.

2003: The Addicks improve to 12th in the Premier League.

2004: February - Signs three-and-a-half year extension to his contract at Charlton.

May - Charlton finish seventh in Premier League.

June - Linked with vacancy at Liverpool but Anfield club appoint Rafael Benitez.

2005: May 1 - Admits he might consider his future after losing 4-0 to Manchester United at The Valley, leaving the side languishing in 11th after pushing for UEFA Cup place just weeks earlier.

2006: March - Holds preliminary talks with FA chief Brian Barwick about the possibility of replacing Sven-Goran Eriksson as England manager after the World Cup.

April - Denies speculation he has had a second meeting with the FA about the England job, claiming continued the continued reports had "hijacked" Charlton's season.

April 29 - Announces he is to leave Charlton at the end of the season after almost 15 years in charge.

December - Appointed West Ham manager with Mervyn Day as his assistant.

Beats Manchester United in first game in charge but club become embroiled in a relegation battle and a controversial legal saga over the registration of striker Carlos Tevez.

2007: May - West Ham complete their escape from relegation with a 1-0 defeat of Manchester United in their final game, Tevez scoring the winner.

2008: May - West Ham finish 10th in the Premier League.

September 3 - Resigns as West Ham manager.