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worst pitch conditions

paulbaconsarnie
paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,436
edited September 2011 in General Charlton

trawling through youtube again and came across this http://www.youtube.com/user/footballdvdsdirect#p/search/0/GAv3F5dK9Ow

has anyone ever seen the valley (or any other) pitch in a worse state?

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  • adamtheaddick
    adamtheaddick Posts: 8,664
    chelsea's beach a few years back disgrace.
  • redlanered
    redlanered Posts: 2,224

    Amazing bit of footage, never seen it before.  Frank Bough commentating by the sound of it, taking a break from his more 'exotic' activities.

    Our pitch was not as bad as some, Derby's in particular, and of course Wembley at times was awful (1969 league cup).  And then there's this

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmM_IAuwh9E

     

  • Tommy Dowling
    Tommy Dowling Posts: 385

    trawling through youtube again and came across this http://www.youtube.com/user/footballdvdsdirect#p/search/0/GAv3F5dK9Ow

    has anyone ever seen the valley (or any other) pitch in a worse state?

    Perfect conditions for a proper game of football played at a time when men were men. I noticed after Bolton scored that even in the 60's footballers did that 'patting the arse' thing with each other- why DO so many of them do that!?
  • CAFCBourne
    CAFCBourne Posts: 3,817
    Its like West brom in the cup
  • ken from bexley
    ken from bexley Posts: 5,128
    When you see the state of that pitch and the nonsense in regard to the  match that was called of at the valley Christmas last, because of  a bit of frozen  pitch surround,  for the match officials I do wonder  about the modern game?. Football is not an exact science, our officials see to that. I do remember seeing Charlton playing in a snow storm down at the Valley around this time, and a really bad fog where I could not see the other end of the pitch from the covered end. Great bit of footage.
  • Choice
    Choice Posts: 2,863

    trawling through youtube again and came across this http://www.youtube.com/user/footballdvdsdirect#p/search/0/GAv3F5dK9Ow

    has anyone ever seen the valley (or any other) pitch in a worse state?

    Perfect conditions for a proper game of football played at a time when men were men.
    Agreed. Nothing wrong with that pitch
  • Choice
    Choice Posts: 2,863
    Does anyone remember a game against Birmingham at The Valley around 1980 (possibly 81) that got called off during the match due to rain, thunder and lightning, I remember sitting or standing in the South Stand I think Frank Worthington was in the City team, possibly a very young Curbishley aswell. Its the only home game I can recall being called off once it had started, in fact im not sure I can remember any cafc game being called off once it had started that I have attended. 
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,799
    edited September 2011
      And then there's this

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmM_IAuwh9E

     

    Well that's 8 mins of my life I won't get back. :-) 

    Made me laugh when a match got postponed due to rain though.
  • fadgadget
    fadgadget Posts: 1,409
    I recall hearing about a game when sam bartram was in goal and the game was called off due to the fog , but no one told sam and he remained on the pitch while everyone was in the changing rooms .  
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,536
    Does anyone remember a game against Birmingham at The Valley around 1980 (possibly 81) that got called off during the match due to rain, thunder and lightning, I remember sitting or standing in the South Stand I think Frank Worthington was in the City team, possibly a very young Curbishley aswell. Its the only home game I can recall being called off once it had started, in fact im not sure I can remember any cafc game being called off once it had started that I have attended. 
    There was friendly game v. Leyton Orient (i think) that was abandoned after about 5 minutes.

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  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,184
      And then there's this

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmM_IAuwh9E

     

    Well that's 8 mins of my life I won't get back. :-) 

    Made me laugh when a match got postponed due to rain though.
    I imagine it was a water logged pitch.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,823
    I remember a game against Cambridge in the 70s (Think it was 0-0) and the Valley was just mud- absolutely no grass. At least it wasn't a beach like Stamford Bridge. The Baseball Ground was notorius in the 70s - think it was a combination of poorer technology and more football played on the pitches.
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,536
    Sutcliffe Park circa 1976 when the pitch was frozen over and rutted. I would have trouble walking on the pitch now let alone playing football!
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,500
    Such pitch conditions were fairly commonplace right up until the late 1980s/early 1990s when the influx of money into stadium development after Hillsborough and Heysel revolutionised the 'spectator experience' with all seater stadia and decent drained pitches. Remember Ipswich and 1961? Portman Road always had a great surface and the skilful Ipswich players under King Alf were able to play most teams off the park literally and metaphorically during a very hard winter. The players were boffins at home and beasts away from home as my old man, an Ipswich fan would have it.
  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
    I have played on a pitch close to this, complete with jagged stones under every sliding tackle

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