Chatting yesterday to a mate of a mate (West Ham fan) asked me if I was at that game as he went with a Charlton mate of his, I was there but can't see myself in the picture.
I yes! Just found myself. About 5 heads up from the 2 WPCs south east of the white bag or whatever it is. I was working in Greenwich hospital that morning and walked to the valley to meet my mate who is also there with his arm in the air. Brilliant brilliant photo.
"Kenny Everett" looks like "Motor-bike Mike" who was a regular at away games in the 80s. But no leathers....so probably not him. Bloke in white just above him looks like another away regular....Dave?....really nice bloke....lorry driver.
I would usually have been in there. Unfortunately, by the time I got back from my Saturday job at LBC, they’d closed the turnstiles there because of the overcrowding. Sods coming over from their usual Covered End home! ;-) I had to pay £5.20 to get into the seats in the West Stand instead. I was right on the end, right by that paddock.
21 September 1985, presumably celebrating one of the last goals at the Valley.
Where are ya?
Is that the Valley ?
Ok, Looks like it is, just couldn’t work out why there are so many fans in that bit or recall the small car park to the right
Don't think that was a car park, but the yard of a timber merchants (?) in situ before the ground was built. The building with the door half way up and the white patch was their building, not Charltons. Their offices (visible with the white window) eventually became the first club shop when we returned to The Valley, and was later demolished and replaced by the "superstore"..
21 September 1985, presumably celebrating one of the last goals at the Valley.
Where are ya?
Is that the Valley ?
Ok, Looks like it is, just couldn’t work out why there are so many fans in that bit or recall the small car park to the right
Don't think that was a car park, but the yard of a timber merchants (?) in situ before the ground was built. The building with the door half way up and the white patch was their building, not Charltons. Their offices (visible with the white window) eventually became the first club shop when we returned to The Valley, and was later demolished and replaced by the "superstore"..
Just worked it out it was probably a building I would have walked past at least 400 times on the way into the ground by that game when we usually entered by turnstiles close to the covered end or main stand (but not always) and never given a second thought to…
21 September 1985, presumably celebrating one of the last goals at the Valley.
Where are ya?
Is that the Valley ?
Ok, Looks like it is, just couldn’t work out why there are so many fans in that bit or recall the small car park to the right
Don't think that was a car park, but the yard of a timber merchants (?) in situ before the ground was built. The building with the door half way up and the white patch was their building, not Charltons. Their offices (visible with the white window) eventually became the first club shop when we returned to The Valley, and was later demolished and replaced by the "superstore"..
Just worked it out it was probably a building I would have walked past at least 400 times on the way into the ground by that game when we usually entered by turnstiles close to the covered end or main stand (but not always) and never given a second thought to…
This shows how far the property cut into the club's land.
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