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Things you've not seen at The Valley for ages

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  • On a serious note, something I have noticed When he players come out for the 2nd half they don't do that little warm up before they go on the pitch

    Very serious and requires urgent attention IMO. Thanks for bringing this up.
    Or at least a new thread.
  • One of our midfielders with a shot like Dale Stephens!

    Over the bar you mean?
  • 40,000 fans
    Terrace season tickets
    Floodlight pylons
  • Valley Floyd Road sung more than once in a row.
  • The old programme shop
    A decent corner kick
  • All white with a red shoulder flash.
  • Singing the names of the players when they warmed up before the game.
  • The old boy with a brazier, who used to sell roasted chestnuts on the corner of Floyd Road.

    Terraces.

    Floodlight pylons that presented an irresistible climbing challenge to any nine year old boy worth his salt.

    That lovely old four gabled main stand.

    The mobile food van that used to sell the best hot dogs in the world (well, by 1960's standards, anyway)

    The peanut vendor that used to walk around the edge of the pitch at half time shouting "Peanuts, tanner a bag"

    I could go on but I won't. Too many memories
  • The old main stand looked great from the East terrace, the new ones just don't have the same appeal to me.
  • Crowds dispersing from the terraces after a heavy storm...
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  • The yellow and cerise flags used by linesmen (when linesmen were called linesmen)
  • Victory over the scum.
  • edited December 2014
    scenes like these. Not sure why everyone is laughing but this was the good old days when people were stoic and didn't moan non-stop about everything, you could leave you front door open and wibble, wibble

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  • Great pic...reminds me also miss old bill in proper uniforms (with medals). I too remember the half time peanut seller. You would lob the sixpence at him and the bag came whizzing back. He was accurate usually but saw a couple of accidents and people rubbing their heads. Don't miss the pitch side fencing and those bloody awful toilets behind the North stand.
  • The Red Robin Member
    December 2
    Jensenwasclass said:
    One of our midfielders with a shot like Dale Stephens!

    Over the bar you mean?

    No like the screamer against Doncaster in rearranged game last season.
    Also decent goals against Brum, Sheff Wed and Blackburn, not to mention
    great last minute equaliser against Rochdale when we won league 1
    by a mile, doubt if you saw any of those goals!
  • scenes like these. Not sure why everyone is laughing but this was the good old days when people were stoic and didn't moan non-stop about everything, you could leave you front door open and wibble, wibble

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    Whenever I see photos like that, my first thought is "what happens if you need a piss"
  • Proper goal-nets (which allow the ball to nestle....).

    Floodlight pylons.

    Terracing.

    A proper goalmouth scramble resulting in a Charlton goal. Lots of prone defenders with preferably one of them in the back of the net with the ball.

  • Proper goal-nets (which allow the ball to nestle....).

    Floodlight pylons.

    Terracing.

    A proper goalmouth scramble resulting in a Charlton goal. Lots of prone defenders with preferably one of them in the back of the net with the ball.

  • A decent Ken Bates lookalike
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    The old days version of Where's Wally - or perhaps Where's Walter
  • "Will the owner of car ABC123 please return to his car which is causing an obstruction."
  • The Valley Shop when it was by the toilets at the back of the old west stand, changing ends depending on what way we were kicking
  • the northern announcer from the dowie/pardew era
  • Teams wearing jerseys and knickers
  • Someone having to leave early because their wife has gone into labour
  • That fat bloke from the 1990s
    Always topless, he was called 'Wycombe' or something like that and claimed to be nails.
  • a turnstile you can fit into. Was we thinner, or were the turnstiles bigger?
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