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POLL: Have you ever been on The Valley pitch?

AFKABartram
AFKABartram Posts: 57,918
in General Charlton

Seeing the pics of The Valley clean up day in the 80s got me thinking this week? Have you ever been on The Valley pitch?

Could have been for that, or a charity game, or a pitch invasion, protest, presentation, broken in overnight etc...

Have you ever been on the pitch and if so, when and what for? 

POLL: Have you ever been on The Valley pitch? 276 votes

Yes
82%
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No
17%
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  • iamdan
    iamdan Posts: 2,422
    Yes
    Work tournament.

    Hit the crossbar at the covered end (from 5 yards)
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,429
    Yes
    Careful, Tone is probably reading and rubbing his hands together. 😜
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Yes
    No iffs, no buts 
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,135
    Yes
    Preston 1975, Bolton 1982, Stoke 1985, Sunderland 80’s 
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,929
    edited April 2019
    Yes

    Pitch invasion celebrating promotion after beating Preston in 1975.

    (44 years ago FFS - feeling very old!)

  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,683
    Yes
    Charlton Life Tour of the ground not long after @AFKABartram and @LoOkOuT set the site up.

    Kevin Nolan hosted.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Yes
    Quite often, but the longest was when I refereed a hire the pitch game soon after our return.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,641
    Yes
    Yes, loads of times. As a kid, I would run on the pitch at the end of the game and try and get the payers autographs. "Last" game against Stoke and more recently at one of The Upbeats events.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,641
    Yes
    A few of us also got into the ground after celebrating the play off final win in the village. Clambered onto the pitch and got screamed at to get out by security. Quite an achievement to get chucked out of Wembley (as I had been earlier in the day) and The Valley in the same day.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,168
    Yes
    School trip, walked round it, may have dangled a foot over the touchline.

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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,918
    Yes

    Ones I can remember:

    CL Ground Tour with Kevin Nolan

    CL Charity game

    3 Blokes from F Block charity singing pre-Liverpool game (No roof Covered End)

    Demelza cheque presentation

    Upbeats Day v Derby when the Upbeats went for an unscheduled (brilliant) 2nd lap of honour

    Burnley last game of season

  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,852
    Yes
    yeah but it was for a charity match. went on after the game to get a few autographs.
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,850
    Yes, several times - presented Shaun Newton with the Internet Player of the month trophy in 1998; received my VIP framed certificate from Richard Murray in around 1994; and a few times back in the early seventies when we won a game!
  • AppyAddick
    AppyAddick Posts: 1,475
    Yes
    I have been on the pitch only once, when i was the treasurer of the East Kent supporters club. think it was the 95/96 season. The supporters club raised money for Demelza and i was on the pitch with Trevor Gardiner. Back in the days of Rick, Mick and BDL, happy times :)
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,838
    Yes
    Played on it a few years back in a tournament for CACT v Welling per profile picture. 

    Lobbed the keeper and was an inch from rolling in until some unkind sod booted it clear. Gutted
  • Halix
    Halix Posts: 2,237
    Yes
    AFKABartram said:

    Seeing the pics of The Valley clean up day in the 80s got me thinking this week? Have you ever been on The Valley pitch?

    Could have been for that, or a charity game, or a pitch invasion, protest, presentation, broken in overnight etc...

    Have you ever been on the pitch and if so, when and what for? 

    Yes Centre Circle Tarp duties.
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,325
    Yes
    Yes. After we secured our place in the play offs against Wolves, I got a bit giddy and invaded. Stood near the penalty spot in front of the CE for about ten seconds and then back in the stand.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,462
    No
    Clicked no, but in fact I have when Pardew did his 'Live' training session at the Valley and again when we stuck Red cards to all the seats ready for our champions celebration.
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,384
    Yes
    In the '70s kids would run on when we scored and for other things, I was one of those kids.
  • stockportugaladdick
    stockportugaladdick Posts: 1,153
    Yes
    As a kid, I used to leg it on the pitch after most home games during the late 60's early 70's to pat the players on the back. Loved the Preston promotion night, first proper full scale pitch invasion I'd ever been involved with 

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  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,748
    Yes
    Our last day at the valley before we left for shithurst. 
    The day we dissembowled the sofa
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,133
    Mostly as a kid in the 60's.
    Once slapped Ron Saunders on the back and got told " fuck off son"   :D
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,304
    Yes
    Slipped over and took out one of our players 
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Yes
    Dazzler21 said:
    Clicked no, but in fact I have when Pardew did his 'Live' training session at the Valley and again when we stuck Red cards to all the seats ready for our champions celebration.
    Well that ruined the poll, well done Daz ffs
  • lancashire lad
    lancashire lad Posts: 15,656
    Yes
    years ago when we got promoted back up to 2nd Div
    Elton John concert
    couple of years ago after the Burnley last game of the season, tried to get other in the West stand to join me but they didn't!
  • Bigbadbozman
    Bigbadbozman Posts: 1,775
    Yes
    I dabbled a foot over the line when I was on the fans sofa - anyone know what happened to it?
  • Pringle
    Pringle Posts: 464
    Yes
    Yes, won a signed football in the raffle in about 1996. 
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,084
    Yes
    bobmunro said:

    Pitch invasion celebrating promotion after beating Preston in 1975.

    (44 years ago FFS - feeling very old!)

    Same
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Yes
    Bigbadbozman said:
    I dabbled a foot over the line when I was on the fans sofa - anyone know what happened to it?
    Lines still there as far as I know 
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,307
    edited April 2019
    Does The Who concert count?

    If not there was the VIP tour with Peter Varney I think in 1998

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