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2nd April 1989

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  • Covered End
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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,084
    edited April 2021
    From the back page of The Mercury.
    I'm in the middle. 

  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,096
    edited April 2021
    Was there in shirt & tie, came direct from a christening in Greenwich, had a few beers with Steve Sutherland afterwards in the valley club 
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,922
    i was there and remember big Tommy W asking if he could borrow our pick axe and sledge hammer - he then demolished the turnstiles at the top of the east stand and somebody came over and said they were meant to stay intact !!! 
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    edited April 2021
    Covered End said:

    Is that the old covered end behind? I always thought it was a terrace. I never got to go to a match at the old Valley.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Try looking sideways.

    Covered End is pretty clear then.

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  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    Addickted said:
    Try looking sideways.

    Covered End is pretty clear then.
    Your sarcasm is unnecessary. All the old recordings I've seen it was a terrace.

    Anyone know what year those seats went in?
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    I wasn't being sarcastic. 

    Just thought it was pretty obvious it was the covered end to a fellow Charlton fan.
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    Addickted said:
    I wasn't being sarcastic. 

    Just thought it was pretty obvious it was the covered end to a fellow Charlton fan.
    Ok argumentative, whatever. I suggested it was the covered end and was making chat. I don't recall ever seeing it pre 1992 with seats.

    Anyway, let's change the subject. It feels like some people have a way of turning every comment in to an arguement.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,233
    https://youtu.be/GKRhHKdrieM


    26mins and a bit in Charlton v Brum for the Loyal Lee Bowyer Cup can see seats in the Covered End November 1984
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,850
    edited April 2021
    The seats went into the Covered End in the middle of the 1980-1 promotion season, part one of making The Valley all seater. I know that's standard nowadays, at the time it seemed a strange decision, particularly with the wide open East terrace. It had the feel of many other Charlton schemes over the years, veering between bad timing and the completely bonkers.
  • PopIcon
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    oohaahmortimer said:
    https://youtu.be/GKRhHKdrieM


    26mins and a bit in Charlton v Brum for the Loyal Lee Bowyer Cup can see seats in the Covered End November 1984
    Great, never seen that before. Almost a full two years before my first match at Selhurst.

    The Valley looks grim.
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,913
    oohaahmortimer said:
    https://youtu.be/GKRhHKdrieM


    26mins and a bit in Charlton v Brum for the Loyal Lee Bowyer Cup can see seats in the Covered End November 1984
    when you think you've seen all of the "pre-sky" highlights, this little nugget comes along..

    A magnificent crowd of 4,850 - shame the cameras didn't pan around at some point to show the East Terrace in all its glory.

    Thanks @oohaahmortimer - what did you think of Birmingham's away support?  :)
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,233
    edited April 2021
    Solid 400  which was double what we took to brum that season 😜
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,778
    Match of The Day back then showed two matches - one from each of the two top divisions. 
    They showed a decent length of both matches so that you could get a decent feel of the match.
    The referee was virtually invisible and there was no feigning injury.

    Back on topic: I reckon that there were about 800 at the Valley clean up. 
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,861
    some great pictures, I'm in there somewhere and recognise plenty of old faces

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