Premiership strugglers Charlton have parted company with manager Iain Dowie.

Dowie only took over from Alan Curbishley at the Valley in May but has won just two Barclays Premiership games out of 12 this season, leaving the club bottom of the table.

The former Crystal Palace boss did lead the Addicks to the Carling Cup quarter-final this week but it was not enough to save his job after Saturday's league defeat at Wigan.

Dowie took up the reins at the Valley in controversial circumstances after leaving London rivals Palace.

He was involved in a high profile fall-out with Eagles chairman Simon Jordan, who claimed Dowie misled him about his reasons for quitting Selhurst Park.

Dowie had a compensation clause in his contract which meant if he left for another club, they would then have to pay Palace #1million.

However, Jordan agreed to waive the clause — and this prompted the Palace chairman to take action for "fraudulent statements about his reasons for leaving the club".

In a sensational move, Jordan employed someone to issue Dowie with a writ at the press conference in which he was unveiled as Charlton boss.

The allegations were denied by Dowie, who was promised Charlton's full backing for a court case on the dispute that is due to he heard next summer.

How Dowie's departure will affect that case remains to be seen.