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30,000 on just one terrace..the East terrace..The Valley!! unbelievable!! Now RD/KM what you got to say about that....twunts!!1
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Superb photos. 2 questions.
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 -
30000 ? I remember reading it was 45000Redmidland said:30,000 on just one terrace..the East terrace..The Valley!! unbelievable!! Now RD/KM what you got to say about that....twunts!!
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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 lolCovered End said:Superb photos. 2 questions.
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 !2 -
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.charltonbob said:
30000 ? I remember reading it was 45000Redmidland said:30,000 on just one terrace..the East terrace..The Valley!! unbelievable!! Now RD/KM what you got to say about that....twunts!!
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Think I was at the same game. We filled the White Horse Lane end and it was a fair size.charltonbob said:
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 lolCovered End said:Superb photos. 2 questions.
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 !0 -
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.charltonbob said:
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 lolCovered End said:Superb photos. 2 questions.
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 !
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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.charltonbob said:
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 lolCovered End said:Superb photos. 2 questions.
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.0 -
Some good pics of London grounds in the Londonist including some of the Valley
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.
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Either that or Dave Basset era Wimbledon were in town..Jints said:Some good pics of London grounds in the Londonist including some of the Valley
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.0
