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40 years ago
Davidwarren
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A couple of photos I took from our last game at the valley before our move to Selhurst .
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Looks a bigger crowd than the 8.5k attendance0
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Looks like we were playing a flat back seven4
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Anyone under 45 years of age has no idea what we went through over this period of Charlton Athletic history.
Glad you also have a sense of occasion be it or not an unhappy one.
Problem of course being we our no longer owners of our beloved Valley.
Great photos by the way .15 -
So you were in the away end 🤔
A sign of the times there with those bloody huge fencing panels either end of the ground…1 -
No one on the East Terrace.paulsturgess said:Looks a bigger crowd than the 8.5k attendance5 -
I was also in there, simply no room in the Covered End, so you simply walked from one end to the other end inside the crowd, segregation was very laxeastterrace6168 said:So you were in the away end 🤔
A sign of the times there with those bloody huge fencing panels either end of the ground…1 -
My 'no place like home' banner on the fence in the top photo. Made it into press photos. Noone at school believed it was mine and someone at the game took it home with them.5
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In that mob somewhere.Davidwarren said:A couple of photos I took from our last game at the valley before our move to Selhurst .
If only my 22 year old self had known what was to come following Charlton, would I of taken up cross stitch or crochet instead?
Nah!
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Was on the east for quite a bit of the 2nd half, stewarding was extremely lenient once an access route became available4
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One of the few games I watched from the covered end0
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aware of that, but still looks pretty full I'm guessing circa 3k Covered End, terrace along corner / side looks full + West Stand and then can't see Jimmy Seed standard. Not disputing, just looks like more to me at a glance. Blurry pic mind!Airman Brown said:
No one on the East Terrace.paulsturgess said:Looks a bigger crowd than the 8.5k attendance1 -
From memory, the Jimmy Seed stand wasn’t even half fullpaulsturgess said:
aware of that, but still looks pretty full I'm guessing circa 3k Covered End, terrace along corner / side looks full + West Stand and then can't see Jimmy Seed standard. Not disputing, just looks like more to me at a glance. Blurry pic mind!Airman Brown said:
No one on the East Terrace.paulsturgess said:Looks a bigger crowd than the 8.5k attendance0 -
Such history, must of been so strange then having to play at selhurst after that.
As a 9 year old my first experience was watching Charlton at Selhurst. Old man wouldn't let me go to Arsenal with my friends so had to choose Charlton or Palace as that was the closest ground.
Luckily chose Charlton as they were Div 1 and the rest is history!
Btw the old man is Wall but wouldn't take me there either!
Thanks Dad! 😀😀3 -
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Once the East Terrace was closed we moved to that little section of terracing between the Covered End and the Main Stand as was, and we were there for that game in 1985. Upon return from exile in ‘92, they had put the changing rooms double portakabin there. You will recall the nice front garden with two sloping lawns and flower pots!
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I was planning to take a corner flag as a souvenir, but ran on the pitch and forgot in the emotion.1
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I was in the Jimmy Seed, and can’t remember any spare seats. We were in with stoke and I was stuck in the bottom West corner because it was packed everywhere else.DaveMehmet said:
From memory, the Jimmy Seed stand wasn’t even half fullpaulsturgess said:
aware of that, but still looks pretty full I'm guessing circa 3k Covered End, terrace along corner / side looks full + West Stand and then can't see Jimmy Seed standard. Not disputing, just looks like more to me at a glance. Blurry pic mind!Airman Brown said:
No one on the East Terrace.paulsturgess said:Looks a bigger crowd than the 8.5k attendance1 -
A piece of the Valley turf grows to this day in the back garden of my mums old flat in Blendon Road, Blackfen...I hope!4
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40 years is a long time ago, I can’t even remember what I had for breakfastSporadicAddick said:
I was in the Jimmy Seed, and can’t remember any spare seats. We were in with stoke and I was stuck in the bottom West corner because it was packed everywhere else.DaveMehmet said:
From memory, the Jimmy Seed stand wasn’t even half fullpaulsturgess said:
aware of that, but still looks pretty full I'm guessing circa 3k Covered End, terrace along corner / side looks full + West Stand and then can't see Jimmy Seed standard. Not disputing, just looks like more to me at a glance. Blurry pic mind!Airman Brown said:
No one on the East Terrace.paulsturgess said:Looks a bigger crowd than the 8.5k attendance4 -
I was on there before KO before being removed by the police and was on the pitch at half time.Rock Spectacle said:Was on the east for quite a bit of the 2nd half, stewarding was extremely lenient once an access route became available3 - Sponsored links:
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I was sat in the West Stand.
For some reason it never occured to me to nick a souvenir. I wish I had0 -
I was in between the covered end and the main stand. On the pitch at half time. Still got the picture taken when we scored as my screensaver at work.Never forget it. I worked on a tiling job in Greenwich hospital in the morning. Got changed and walked to the Valley to meet my mate. Had my work clothes in a white plastic bag and you can see it in the photo.An atmosphere that went from funny to sad to angry at times. In a very weird way part of me is glad we went through it. And we should never forget what we’ve been through.“You won’t stop us, you won’t stop us “ to the line of sub standard Bobbys in front of us 😂.4
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Anyone remember the guy climbing the floodlight tower as the ground was emptying ? Scary !3
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I think his name was Trevor?Isawlearyplay said:Anyone remember the guy climbing the floodlight tower as the ground was emptying ? Scary !0 -
Well knock me down with a feather.1
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Foresight by @Henry Irvingswords_alive said:My 'no place like home' banner on the fence in the top photo. Made it into press photos. Noone at school believed it was mine and someone at the game took it home with them.2 -
I always called it the Clock End.Peter_G said:Once the East Terrace was closed we moved to that little section of terracing between the Covered End and the Main Stand as was, and we were there for that game in 1985. Upon return from exile in ‘92, they had put the changing rooms double portakabin there. You will recall the nice front garden with two sloping lawns and flower pots!
Vivid memories of abusing palarse striker Chris Armstrong as he sat on the grass outside that portacabin, he was a sub, Anglo Italian cup game I think 93?3 -
I think he was sent off in that game. He subsequently took a load of stick at Colin Walsh testimonial game in 96 against SpursDA9 said:
I always called it the Clock End.Peter_G said:Once the East Terrace was closed we moved to that little section of terracing between the Covered End and the Main Stand as was, and we were there for that game in 1985. Upon return from exile in ‘92, they had put the changing rooms double portakabin there. You will recall the nice front garden with two sloping lawns and flower pots!
Vivid memories of abusing palarse striker Chris Armstrong as he sat on the grass outside that portacabin, he was a sub, Anglo Italian cup game I think 93?1 -
The museum has it?DA9 said:
Foresight by @Henry Irvingswords_alive said:My 'no place like home' banner on the fence in the top photo. Made it into press photos. Noone at school believed it was mine and someone at the game took it home with them.1 -
No, his foresight would have been amazing if so2
