Reid earns Charlton point

Andy Reid's equaliser was not enough to lift Charlton off the foot of the Premiership, but the 1-1 home draw with Everton gave new boss Les Reed reason to believe his team could soon be climbing the table.

As soon as Reid struck with an 18-yard rocket in the 68th minute, the Addicks were transformed and had chances to seal three points.

Everton had taken the lead when Mikel Arteta floated in a free-kick which was touched on by James McFadden and went in off the right leg of Charlton defender Hermann Hreidarsson.

That was in the 52nd minute after a first half which had bored a packed Valley crowd. But when Darren Bent robbed a dawdling Nuno Valente to lay on Reid's first goal for the club, the home side gave it all they had.

Darren Bent could not make contact with Dennis Rommedahl's cross-shot and then Amady Faye's header bounced over the bar from Darren Ambrose's perfect cross.

Everton almost snatched victory when James Beattie and Simon Davies were both inches too high near the end, but they let their best chances slip.

In the first half Lee Carsley's goalbound shot was deflected for a corner, before Beattie's header from Arteta's free-kick was hacked clear and McFadden had an effort blocked by Talal El Karkouri.

But Marcus Bent almost stole a goal when sliding in to meet Darren Ambrose's header, only for Tim Howard to beat him to it, and then Rommedahl cut inside Valente's challenge, only to scuff his shot wide.

Charlton looked dead and buried after Hreidarsson's own goal and they could have trailed 2-0 when Osman went close six minutes later.

But Reid's precise finish brought a whole new complexion to the game with Charlton dominating, although it was not enough to clinch all three points.