This is heartbreaking to watch, but an extremely valuable resource for anyone that wishes to see how the ground looked two full years after the club vacated. I've been trawling the Internet looking for pictures of the derelict Valley for ages now, so this was perfect for me - thank you for uploading it. And UP THE ADDICKS! ⚽️❤
@garethsavin4464 Жыл бұрын
I broke into the Valley the day after the hurricane that wasn’t and I got some amazing photos of the place. My Nan took me to Charlton to see my 1st ever football match and I was just blown away by the place.
@mrkipling22015 ай бұрын
Makes you wonder about what the standard was for the safety of terraces back then. They closed the huge terrace at the Valley down for safety reasons, yet they allowed the death trap that was the Leppings Lane terrace at Hillsborough to remain open.
@pauldavenport75032 жыл бұрын
Still Remember taking my bit of turf home.All the way on a 161.
@pauldavenport94272 жыл бұрын
The 89 for me. Unfortunately I put it in an envelope - and left it there. Never occurred to me that it might require light and water🙄
@stuartwatson6345 Жыл бұрын
I think this is Rick Everitt now Labour Councillor and main man for Voice of the Valley . A lot owed to him for the return , let’s hope we can improve things again 👍
@petewhite41382 жыл бұрын
Sad to see the old ground in such a state, they were dark days. What an achievement to get back in 1992!
@cyberlad2 Жыл бұрын
Facinated by that video (from Dublin). What a massive terrace , can just imagine when it was full what the atmosphere used be like
@danhowarth-roffe2499 Жыл бұрын
Amazing footage. Thanks for publishing. I’ve just watched this with my 10 & 12 year old who both join me at every game in the family stand. I used to hate football right up to the age of 45… Now nearly 50 and on my 4th season ticket!! How Charlton has changed my life! UTA
@lykmejoe9 ай бұрын
That's amazing, what made you change your mind on football?
@danhowarth-roffe24999 ай бұрын
@@lykmejoe 2 boys and The Valley! 😊
@anthonykilgannon3443 Жыл бұрын
Woolwich arsenal had to go north London because Charlton were so well supported.
@pauldavenport94272 жыл бұрын
The days when match programmes carried cigarette advertising - how times have changed! I also used to stand near the halfway line on the east terrace, although further up, but lost out on that spot for the last game I ever watched from there (Jan '85 FA Cup replay vs Spurs). Had to stand over near the covered end as the terrace was rammed. The official attendance was about 20,000. I always believed it was more like 30,000.
@charltonathleticmuseum-foo84262 жыл бұрын
It's actually Rick Everitt. Mick Everitt worked for Charlton but is a different person.
@pauldavenport94272 жыл бұрын
My bad! I'm a VOTV subscriber and follow Rick on Twitter - so the fact it was the early hours is no excuse🙄 And Mick is a Charlton stalwart in his own right of course.
@mrkipling22015 ай бұрын
I remember watching my team, Manchester United, play Charlton at Selhurst Park twice in 1989. 1st time was a week after the Hillsborough disaster, 22nd April. 2nd time was in November i think. One of the programmes from 1 of the games had pictures of the Valley, overgrown and derelict, along with the plans to return to the Valley.
@robpope-jz2hz9 ай бұрын
My second home in the seventies and early eighties loved the place never forgive those that let it get like this
@spud74 Жыл бұрын
Christmas Day 1987?! I love the terracing that runs the full length of the pitch. That’s huge!
@mrcurlywurly9338 Жыл бұрын
I remeber my grandad gave me a sign that he took from the old staduim it was a charlton sign that was posted on an entrance of wich i cannot recall, i have it nailed to my wall in my room.
@FriendlyHenry11 ай бұрын
Decades of under-investment clearly visible... but we arose from the ashes! Hopefully we can again... Thanks for sharing this historic footage.
@johncafcturner7142 Жыл бұрын
I remember it well as a kid it's upsetting.
@clarelowtoxliving2132 ай бұрын
What a sorry state our club was in. Amazing history.
@mrkipling22015 ай бұрын
The comment in the video that got me was when he said " what a waste ". Absolutely agree. Although the stand with the directors box in looked like the floor was wooden. That would have needed replacing after the Bradford fire disaster. Wasn't the big East terrace badly in need of repairs as well?? I remember reading somewhere that it was a big factor in Charlton leaving the Valley??
@elliott3162 жыл бұрын
Ran on the pitch at the end of the Stoke game,thanks to the policeman that said if I ran faster than him to the next gate I would make it on.
@adrianmadden Жыл бұрын
Just noticed it was filmed on Christmas day......!!!!!
@markharrington27625 ай бұрын
My nan lived on floyd Road and my dad took me in here to look around, must of been around the same year. I remember we went into the changing rooms and when we walked out an iron bar fell.from above and nearly wiped him out. We left straight away after that 😂
@mayorip Жыл бұрын
That terracing is amazing, wonder what the capacity was ? I believe i sat in the stand that was built in 1981 in 2009 when Wycombe were playing their first away match there that season.
@bigmanjeeb Жыл бұрын
80,000 at its largest
@ianclarke18529 ай бұрын
@@bigmanjeebthey had 75000 in before the war but there was still room for more I’m told.
@mrraoulandtheking11 Жыл бұрын
Honest question I’m not taking the mick or being nasty but did you get the video camera for Christmas earlier on that day and decided to film this video later on in the day?
@charltonathleticmuseum-foo8426 Жыл бұрын
The videos posted mainly come from other fans from our archive. I was told the date on this had not been set.
@mrraoulandtheking11 Жыл бұрын
@@charltonathleticmuseum-foo8426 oh right okay just saw the date and put two and two together that’s all. Like I said I wasn’t taking the piss it was an honest question
@stephencohen5752 жыл бұрын
For years the club was starved of investment. All the money they spent bringing Alan Simmonson over could have been put to better use. Glickstine didn't care and Hullier didn't know what he was doing, just muddled through. And in the recent past we've come close to going under again with owners that didn't care and managers who, quite honestly could not manage a Sunday league side.
@timothywigmore952 Жыл бұрын
Christmas Day!!
@andrewskues4466 Жыл бұрын
Was a ball boy back in the day .My Grandads mate sponsored the tracksuits of the ball boys.Vernoak insurance I think was his company.