FORMER Colchester United utility player Greg Halford today joined Charlton on loan until the end of the season.Halford, who left Colchester a year ago to join Reading, subsequently signed for Sunderland.

FORMER Colchester United utility player Greg Halford today joined Charlton on loan until the end of the season.

Halford, who left Colchester a year ago to join Reading, subsequently signed for Sunderland.

He will link up with former U's manager Phil Parkinson, who is Alan Pardew's assistant, at The Valley.