1 Is that photo of Selhurst Park really early 70's. A small terrace and grass, behind the goal ? I went to Palace v Charlton September 1974 & there was a large terrace behind both goals.
2 Does The Queen think England is sparsley populated ? There is no one on that tube !
1 Is that photo of Selhurst Park really early 70's. A small terrace and grass, behind the goal ? I went to Palace v Charlton September 1974 & there was a large terrace behind both goals.
2 Does The Queen think England is sparsley populated ? There is no one on that tube !
In 68/69 it was grass & terracing definitely cause in the FA Cup replay it was pissing down & a sea of mud, every crowd surge people were slipping over :-) Happy days lol
30,000 on just one terrace..the East terrace..The Valley!! unbelievable!! Now RD/KM what you got to say about that....twunts!!
30000 ? I remember reading it was 45000
Might have been when the capacity was restricted to 66k. Think at that time we had the worst (best) ratio of terracing/seats 63500 /2500. I agree - when when think that the Kop held 27k our East Stand dwarfed it. Mind you our Open end was enormous too.
1 Is that photo of Selhurst Park really early 70's. A small terrace and grass, behind the goal ? I went to Palace v Charlton September 1974 & there was a large terrace behind both goals.
2 Does The Queen think England is sparsley populated ? There is no one on that tube !
In 68/69 it was grass & terracing definitely cause in the FA Cup replay it was pissing down & a sea of mud, every crowd surge people were slipping over :-) Happy days lol
Think I was at the same game. We filled the White Horse Lane end and it was a fair size.
1 Is that photo of Selhurst Park really early 70's. A small terrace and grass, behind the goal ? I went to Palace v Charlton September 1974 & there was a large terrace behind both goals.
2 Does The Queen think England is sparsley populated ? There is no one on that tube !
In 68/69 it was grass & terracing definitely cause in the FA Cup replay it was pissing down & a sea of mud, every crowd surge people were slipping over :-) Happy days lol
My dad was a Palace supporter and carted me off there at some point around 1966 for a match. I remember walking through mud. I didn't return to Selhurst until some time in the 80's.
1 Is that photo of Selhurst Park really early 70's. A small terrace and grass, behind the goal ? I went to Palace v Charlton September 1974 & there was a large terrace behind both goals.
2 Does The Queen think England is sparsley populated ? There is no one on that tube !
In 68/69 it was grass & terracing definitely cause in the FA Cup replay it was pissing down & a sea of mud, every crowd surge people were slipping over :-) Happy days lol
Was there that night traffic was horrendous going up Sydenham Hill. Missed the opening goal as a result, second one made up for it though, howitzer from Treacle from about 25 yards just under the bar. Definitely grass / mud terracing, at what is now the Sainsbury's End. It was a poxy old third division south ground and has always been a sh*thole.
04 Jan 1969 Charlton Athletic v Crystal Palace D 0-0 FA Cup 3rd Rnd 08 Jan 1969 Crystal Palace v Charlton Athletic L 0-2 FA Cup 3rd Rnd Replay
Hadn't seen this one before. Tagged as "Spotter, watching out for German air raids, during a Charlton Athletic vs Arsenal match at The Valley, 1940" though surely competitive football had stopped by then.
Hadn't seen this one before. Tagged as "Spotter, watching out for German air raids, during a Charlton Athletic vs Arsenal match at The Valley, 1940" though surely competitive football had stopped by then.
Either that or Dave Basset era Wimbledon were in town..
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1 Is that photo of Selhurst Park really early 70's. A small terrace and grass, behind the goal ?
I went to Palace v Charlton September 1974 & there was a large terrace behind both goals.
2 Does The Queen think England is sparsley populated ? There is no one on that tube !
04 Jan 1969 Charlton Athletic v Crystal Palace D 0-0 FA Cup 3rd Rnd
08 Jan 1969 Crystal Palace v Charlton Athletic L 0-2 FA Cup 3rd Rnd Replay
Great photos MOG btw, very nostalgic.
http://londonist.com/london/art-and-photography/london-s-football-grounds-through-the-years?rel=handpicked
Hadn't seen this one before. Tagged as "Spotter, watching out for German air raids, during a Charlton Athletic vs Arsenal match at The Valley, 1940" though surely competitive football had stopped by then.