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Is this really the Valley in 1991?

Red_in_SE8
Red_in_SE8 Posts: 5,961
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https://mobile.twitter.com/GreatestCapital/status/777834883951591424/photo/1

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  • HardyAddick
    HardyAddick Posts: 1,638
    yes
  • bristoladdick
    bristoladdick Posts: 1,147
    And in 2021?
  • Red_in_SE8
    Red_in_SE8 Posts: 5,961
    Why is the pitch in such good condition? Was the pitch restored before any work on the stands was started?
  • Red_in_SE8
    Red_in_SE8 Posts: 5,961
    image
  • jonseventyfive
    jonseventyfive Posts: 3,354
    These boys still live in the scoreboard and twiddle with knobs.
  • 25May98
    25May98 Posts: 712
    I went to both of the Valley clear ups but I can't remember what year it was but it must have been before 1991.

    I'm sure that all the trees were removed from the east terrace during the two clear up days but I'm confused by the pitch. It was not in good state like this.
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,648
    jonseventyfive said:

    These boys still live in the scoreboard and twiddle with knobs.

    my mum told me I'd go blind if i did that.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,648
    I would say summer of '92.
  • SomervilleAddick
    SomervilleAddick Posts: 3,577
    The old stand was still there for the first big cleanup. It's missing in this photo, so I'm guessing 92 as well, getting ready to build the replacement.
  • JohnnyH2
    JohnnyH2 Posts: 5,344
    I would agree that it is 1991, probably taken after the planning consent was given in the April.

    The reason why the pitch is in such good condition is the club started work on the pitch after the second clean up (1989). Obviously no work could occur on the stands until the planning permission was granted
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  • NapaAddick
    NapaAddick Posts: 4,657
    It's actually a pic taken from the future if RD continues to own the club.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    We use to go in and play on the corner of the pitch and get off with birds in the stands, late 80's and the grass would be up to our knees before we trod it down
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    ....I actually scored the greatest goal the ground has ever seen, but there was only 4 of us there to witness it. Do you want my photo in the museum Henners?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,234
    edited May 2017
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    ....I actually scored the greatest goal the ground has ever seen, but there was only 4 of us there to witness it. Do you want my photo in the museum Henners?

    Already got a statue of you in your 80s prime on display @i_b_b_o_r_g


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  • SWEnglandAddick
    SWEnglandAddick Posts: 877
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    ....I actually scored the greatest goal the ground has ever seen, but there was only 4 of us there to witness it. Do you want my photo in the museum Henners?

    Didn't know you played this season?
  • illichassavedit
    illichassavedit Posts: 254
    A few more in the ground than for recent games ;)
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,875
    I thought the temporary West Stand or at least the roof was installed in 1991, well before we returned, so I'd date the photo sometime in 1991
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,266
    Exactly ....... another addition for pinocchios list of achievements. Look at the ground then & look at it now that she's in full control of the cloob
  • up_the_valley
    up_the_valley Posts: 4,217
    guinnessaddick said:

    I would say summer of '92.

    No way they would've been ready for the first game in December.
  • Darty Valiant
    Darty Valiant Posts: 618
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    We use to go in and play on the corner of the pitch and get off with birds in the stands, late 80's and the grass would be up to our knees before we trod it down

    Didnt know you were a pigeon fancier.
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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,033
    Henry Irving said:

    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    ....I actually scored the greatest goal the ground has ever seen, but there was only 4 of us there to witness it. Do you want my photo in the museum Henners?

    Already got a statue of you in your 80s prime on display @i_b_b_o_r_g


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    Completely legless. And he always claims to be a non-drinker.

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