Picture of Charlton's ground They Valley when it was abandonded

[Cyriel Todder]

So take it they built a new ground in the 90s and called it The Valley as well?

 

[trashcansinatra]

Used to pass it every day when first started working and commuting in from Kent on the train, crying shame.

 

[Chager]

No it's in exactly the same place. Ground was modernised and some evidence of the past can still be found. The Valley is in amongst housing as a lot of the old stadiums are/We're.

 

[Chager]

No it's in exactly the same place. Ground was modernised and some evidence of the past can still be found. The Valley is in amongst housing as a lot of the old stadiums are/were.

 

[DKS137]

The mother-in-laws partner is a big Charlton fan. Need to show him these

 

[Coopers left foot.]

Maybe a bit off topic, but a wee bit of trivia - when The Who did their Who Put The Boot In tour in 1976, they played three football stadiums across the UK. The Valley and Swansea’s Vetch Field are no more - the third was the Chamber of Secrets. Here’s hoping it’s an omen.
Edit - is it still the same stadium or is it now the”New Valley”?

The Valley was the loudest rock gig ever recorded at the time. Had the pleasure of going to the Valley a few times as a kid, my old football team Marvels Lane had links with their youth. Great stadium at it's time.

 

[Coopers left foot.]

Charlton fans fought a long campaign to get back to the Valley and spent years at Sellhurst Park as tenants.

I old the old East Terrace was said to be able to hold 44,000.

From a facebook page -

Ive finally found my old photo album with pics i took of The Valley when it was abandoned from 1985 to 1992. Here is a pic i took from the top of the massive east terrace.

They played at Upton Park for a while too.

 

[niktbelfast]

Charlton fans fought a long campaign to get back to the Valley and spent years at Sellhurst Park as tenants.

I old the old East Terrace was said to be able to hold 44,000.

From a facebook page -

Ive finally found my old photo album with pics i took of The Valley when it was abandoned from 1985 to 1992. Here is a pic i took from the top of the massive east terrace.

Stuff like this always interests me. Can only imagine the crowds this place would have seen

 

[Coopers left foot.]

Used to live near there. The Charlton lads I knew were a good bunch and had a lot of time for Rangers.

Where in SE London did you live? I had 30 years in Mottingham and Sidcup.

 

[Coopers left foot.]

Used to pass it every day when first started working and commuting in from Kent on the train, crying shame.

Plumstead line?

 

[napierblue]

Love seeing picture of old grounds. Took a trip to Cathkin Park a few years back and it was incredibly atmospheric

 

[lanarkshire_bear]

Where in SE London did you live? I had 30 years in Mottingham and Sidcup.

Nr Abbey Wood / Plumstead. My da came down for a visit and arrived before I got home from work. He plonked himself in the roughest pub in the area (I was always too feart to go in) and was best pals with the other bar flys and the landlady by the time I fearfully poked my head in the door. That was my local afterwards and they were always asking after him

 

[Art Freeman]

I read that the only time it ever reached capacity was for a Who concert

All my older siblings were there that day, l was jealous as f*ck!

 

[Scoot1975]

christ,looks like beirut..

 

[Porto Loyal]

There is a lesson for us with Charlton, if you can mobilise the support you can influence the council:

However, the Greenwich Borough Council overwhelmingly turned down plans to renovate the ground. Club supporters formed their own local political party, the Valley Party, in response to the council's decision. The party ran candidates for all but two Greenwich Council seats, sparing the two councillors who had approved the new stadium plans. The party won almost 15,000 votes in the 1990 elections,[ successfully pressuring the council to approve the plans for the new stadium.

 

[Stephenj5]

Something chilling about an abandoned stadium. I suppose even an empty building can be chilling.

 

[tuc]

brilliant thread

 

[Coopers left foot.]

Nr Abbey Wood / Plumstead. My da came down for a visit and arrived before I got home from work. He plonked himself in the roughest pub in the area (I was always too feart to go in) and was best pals with the other bar flys and the landlady by the time I fearfully poked my head in the door. That was my local afterwards and they were always asking after him

I know the area well, I went to Woolwich college to do my sparking. Being in Mottingham I tended to lean towards Millwall myself.

 

[JammiesBear]

So it got it's name from the fact one of the terraces is a mountain

 

[lanarkshire_bear]

I know the area well, I went to Woolwich college to do my sparking. Being in Mottingham I tended to lean towards Millwall myself.

I had pals in Eltham and Bexleyheath as well as Sidcup and Bromley. Plus my mate met a girl who's da was from Ayrshire and a Rangers man so I was always welcome there.

 

[R.W.B.]

Great view of the park if you stay in the high flats

 

[Coopers left foot.]

I had pals in Eltham and Bexleyheath as well as Sidcup and Bromley. Plus my mate met a girl who's da was from Ayrshire and a Rangers man so I was always welcome there.

Used to drink in the Golden lion and the polo bar in Bexleyheath.

 

[sofakineazy]

Used to go to Charlton through work. Great bunch of folk and nice stadium.

 

[Number_9]

Nothing a bit of weed killer won’t sort

 

[lanarkshire_bear]

Used to drink in the Golden lion and the polo bar in Bexleyheath.

I can't think of any particular pubs on the Broadway. The Tiger's Head in Chislehurst is one from my younger days

 

[Coopers left foot.]

I can't think of any particular pubs on the Broadway. The Tiger's Head in Chislehurst is one from my younger days

The Tigers was a great pub, Chislehurst village was a good night out.

 

[Coopers left foot.]

The Tigers was a great pub, Chislehurst village was a good night out.

The Golden lion was next to the Esso garage on the Broadway.

 

[Amigo5]

I was there for a match at the start of this season
nice wee ground

 

[imager]

In fairness Hampden used to be pretty massive as well. I think it was the biggest stadium in Europe for a long time.

At one time Glasgow had thre of the 5 biggest grounds in Europe. Iirc.

 

[imager]

In fairness Hampden used to be pretty massive as well. I think it was the biggest stadium in Europe for a long time.

Hampden was the worlds largest stadium from 1903 until the Maracana was built in 1950.

 

[Diamonds Forever]

is the old third lanark ground still standing?

 

[Russell RFC]

Is there any stadiums currently abandoned would like to explore one as sometimes do urban exploring at the weekends

Firs Park, I believe. Former home of East Stirlingshire.

 

[Russell RFC]

is the old third lanark ground still standing?

Yes. It’s been bastardised with green and white barriers, though.

 

[bpfurian]

Charlton fans fought a long campaign to get back to the Valley and spent years at Sellhurst Park as tenants.

I old the old East Terrace was said to be able to hold 44,000.

From a facebook page -

Ive finally found my old photo album with pics i took of The Valley when it was abandoned from 1985 to 1992. Here is a pic i took from the top of the massive east terrace.

Fair play to them fighting the campaign to get back to their home.
Respect.

 

[Diamonds Forever]

Yes. It’s been bastardised with green and white barriers, though.

i actually had to check

 

[Russell RFC]

i actually had to check

Not sure who has done it, but an utter disgrace it’s been allowed to happen.

 

[yosser hughes]

i actually had to check

f@cking madness ,should be red and white if anything,they just cant help themselves can they

 

[dalriada]

Should be red and white.

Total disgrace but not a surprise.

 

[thelangloyal]

Love old pics like this.

 

[Spyro]

Edit - is it still the same stadium or is it now the”New Valley”?

Charlton are my local team.

The New Valley refers to the old stadium surrounding the pitch being demolished and the new one constructed being the "new" valley.

Charlton still play on the same pitch they started on, albeit they have had some real fights over the years to do so.

 

[mdingwall]

I believe there are some good (bad) pictures of the old Omagh Town ground being overgrown.

 

[moreteavicar]

Charlton fans fought a long campaign to get back to the Valley and spent years at Sellhurst Park as tenants.

I old the old East Terrace was said to be able to hold 44,000.

From a facebook page -

Ive finally found my old photo album with pics i took of The Valley when it was abandoned from 1985 to 1992. Here is a pic i took from the top of the massive east terrace.

That stand behind the goal is still there.

 

[Kangabloodyroo]

Better than the plastic ones in the SPFL.

That was my first thought. Or reminded me of Motherwells a few seasons ago which was the equivalent of a freshly ploughed tattie field.

 

[Kwodman]

Seen worse playing surfaces in the spl. That terrace is massive though.

 

[DA9]

Lot of Rangers support amongst us
I used to run the South East London Loyal out of The Cutty Sark in Thamesmead, the pub later run by Andy Fordham (RIP)

some articles about our return to the valley in December 1992, we left in Septemper 1985, spent 6 years or so at Selhurst Park then a season and a half at Upton Park

If You Know Your 'istory: The Valley Party | CAS Trust

(By Rick Everitt - this article was first published in the club programme in 2010, and is being kindly reproduced in conjunction with our "If You Know Your

www.castrust.org

Remembering When Charlton Fans Took On The Labour Party and Won

In 1990, the predominantly Labour council in Greenwich rejected planning permission for Charlton’s home ground to be rebuilt. This led to the formation of The Valley Party, who launched a spectacular fightback.

www.vice.com

 

[Kentbear]

Lot of Rangers support amongst us
I used to run the South East London Loyal out of The Cutty Sark in Thamesmead, the pub later run by Andy Fordham (RIP)

some articles about our return to the valley in December 1992, we left in Septemper 1985, spent 6 years or so at Selhurst Park then a season and a half at Upton Park

If You Know Your 'istory: The Valley Party | CAS Trust

(By Rick Everitt - this article was first published in the club programme in 2010, and is being kindly reproduced in conjunction with our "If You Know Your

www.castrust.org

Remembering When Charlton Fans Took On The Labour Party and Won

In 1990, the predominantly Labour council in Greenwich rejected planning permission for Charlton’s home ground to be rebuilt. This led to the formation of The Valley Party, who launched a spectacular fightback.

www.vice.com

We were in there Helicopter Sunday, the sheer bedlam is something i will never forget.
Another day i was in when my daughter was small it was a big game and after a goal i chucked her up in the air, the tv was a projector and she rattled into it causing a blank screen, i was not the most popular until the picture came back.

 

[St Andrews Bear]

Football's forgotten man.

Still remember Ewan Cameron saying he was going to be the next rangers manager after big eck. Based on a tip he had received from someone ITK
He got ripped apart on his phone in

 

[St Andrews Bear]

Remember seeing pics years ago of the old plough lane stadium after the original Wimbledon had left there. Always a shame seeing football stadia abandoned like that.

 

[DA9]

We were in there Helicopter Sunday, the sheer bedlam is something i will never forget.
Another day i was in when my daughter was small it was a big game and after a goal i chucked her up in the air, the tv was a projector and she rattled into it causing a blank screen, i was not the most popular until the picture came back.

I remember it well

 

[DartfordRSC]

Lot of Rangers support amongst us
I used to run the South East London Loyal out of The Cutty Sark in Thamesmead, the pub later run by Andy Fordham (RIP)

some articles about our return to the valley in December 1992, we left in Septemper 1985, spent 6 years or so at Selhurst Park then a season and a half at Upton Park

If You Know Your 'istory: The Valley Party | CAS Trust

(By Rick Everitt - this article was first published in the club programme in 2010, and is being kindly reproduced in conjunction with our "If You Know Your

www.castrust.org

Remembering When Charlton Fans Took On The Labour Party and Won

In 1990, the predominantly Labour council in Greenwich rejected planning permission for Charlton’s home ground to be rebuilt. This led to the formation of The Valley Party, who launched a spectacular fightback.

www.vice.com

Watched many a game in the Cutty Sark when I was working in Belvedere, hence the user name Was always given a warm welcome. Loved the Sunday games when there was practically a full roast on the bar to pick from. Also won the meat raffle once!!