A shame they still call it Flamingo Park. The National Dock Labour Board Stadium has a much better ring to it.
Not sure when it changed name but I remember it as The dock labour board ground in the early 80s when I used to watch a Sunday side (Eltham Hill) play away there against a team called 279.
Popped along to watch Cray lose 0 - 4 to Sheffield FC this afternoon.
Nice pitch and surronding area. Still a lot of work to do tidying up the old pavilion but a good facility. Only £5 a pint!
Well done for them getting their own ground again.
How strange. My son was watching YouTube earlier (something about SE Dons) and they were playing a pre season at Cray. I was just saying to him how much I loved the idea of the pub tables behind the goal lol and here they are popping up on Charltonlife 😀 I've never been to the ground or seen it online before
Popped along to watch Cray lose 0 - 4 to Sheffield FC this afternoon.
Nice pitch and surronding area. Still a lot of work to do tidying up the old pavilion but a good facility. Only £5 a pint!
Well done for them getting their own ground again.
How strange. My son was watching YouTube earlier (something about SE Dons) and they were playing a pre season at Cray. I was just saying to him how much I loved the idea of the pub tables behind the goal lol and here they are popping up on Charltonlife 😀 I've never been to the ground or seen it online before
If only you knew someone who lives a 10 minute walk away! ;-)
Back in the mists of time I used to stroll down the lane with schoolfriends to watch the Wands when they played at Grassmeade. It's taken them so many years to achieve the dream of getting their own ground again; can only wish them all the best.
I need to look through some old boxes, I may still have some old Cray Wanderers trophies etc, my Grandad gave me. Apparently my Great Uncle owned the club in the 50’s/60’s, although I’m also told he had links to the Richardson’s 😳
Looked at Flamingo Park as a wedding venue in the late 90s on a Saturday morning. They’d had a rave the night before that I suspect only finished a couple hours earlier. The windows were all blacked out, there was netting and black sheeting across all the walls, it stunk and it was an absolute bomb site.
Looked at Flamingo Park as a wedding venue in the late 90s on a Saturday morning. They’d had a rave the night before that I suspect only finished a couple hours earlier. The windows were all blacked out, there was netting and black sheeting across all the walls, it stunk and it was an absolute bomb site.
Looked at Flamingo Park as a wedding venue in the late 90s on a Saturday morning. They’d had a rave the night before that I suspect only finished a couple hours earlier. The windows were all blacked out, there was netting and black sheeting across all the walls, it stunk and it was an absolute bomb site.
Visiting my mum up north next month, she may have some items. My Great Uncle was Mick Slater? Something to do with the club, although apparently I met him a few times times before he passed away, I was only a baby. I’m going to take my Son along to a Cray’s match when I’m next in that area, as we owned it once 😂
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Nice pitch and surronding area. Still a lot of work to do tidying up the old pavilion but a good facility. Only £5 a pint!
Well done for them getting their own ground again.
The club house did look a bit shabby so maybe they don't want to spend a lot on doing up a facility they plan to demolish.
Millwall, Palace and Spurs XIs all playing there, shame no Charlton but we did help them to calculate their safe capacity (about 2400)
I can barely make the end of bed these days but maybe if we all club together and tally up our distances we might.
Apparently my Great Uncle owned the club in the 50’s/60’s, although I’m also told he had links to the Richardson’s 😳
I’m going to take my Son along to a Cray’s match when I’m next in that area, as we owned it once 😂