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  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,617
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    guinnessaddick said:
    Smack 'im Ray.
    (Dunphy not Beckenbauer)  ;)
  • HardyAddick
    HardyAddick Posts: 1,637
    edited January 2020
    TellyTubby said:
    This link has just been posted on another thread, but thought it would be useful here.

    https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA7OUIVEZLOFM7AA200QLT27FBP-ARSENAL-WINS-SOCCER-MATCH-AGAINST-CHARLTON/query/charlton+athletic
    Not sure if I have seen this before. Fans on the covered end roof and standing around the pitch - amazing. More than 77,000 there! My uncle may have been there. 
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,801
    If you've never looked at it, the old Thames News archieve is on YouTube, loads of Charlton stuff like this 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPkmgPqTCjg
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,960
    Rothko said:
    If you've never looked at it, the old Thames News archieve is on YouTube, loads of Charlton stuff like this 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPkmgPqTCjg
    Cheers for that. I was at that Swansea reserve game when he made his debut after ht. Always thought the fans were in the west stand only but clearly some were on the East terrace. Forgotten that.
  • HardyAddick
    HardyAddick Posts: 1,637
    Was there too. Happy days but Charlton never change!!!
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,992
    TellyTubby said:
    This link has just been posted on another thread, but thought it would be useful here.

    https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA7OUIVEZLOFM7AA200QLT27FBP-ARSENAL-WINS-SOCCER-MATCH-AGAINST-CHARLTON/query/charlton+athletic
    Wow fans sitting on the roof of The Covered End !
  • stockportaddick
    stockportaddick Posts: 1,132
    Blimey, great video that. Compare the east and covered end in that film with pics of the villa cup game where 75k were in attendance and I’d say there is nearer 90k for the arsenal game
  • The_Organiser
    The_Organiser Posts: 3,999
    Great find that. Love the commentators back in those days. 
  • NapaAddick
    NapaAddick Posts: 4,657
    edited January 2020
    TellyTubby said:

    It appears Connor Gallagher is a time traveler.
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  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145

  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    That Arsenal fixture was our first one against them and our only loss at home that season 
    we drew 1-1 away to them that season 
    poxy gooners cost us the title ! 

    Our goal diff that season away from home -15 ! 
    Crazy days 
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,998


  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    oohaahmortimer said:
    That Arsenal fixture was our first one against them and our only loss at home that season 
    we drew 1-1 away to them that season 
    poxy gooners cost us the title ! 

    Our goal diff that season away from home -15 ! 
    Crazy days 
    What was the average away following?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
    Early 50s team line.

    Unusual setting in the carpark.


  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,992
    Covered End said:
    TellyTubby said:
    This link has just been posted on another thread, but thought it would be useful here.

    https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA7OUIVEZLOFM7AA200QLT27FBP-ARSENAL-WINS-SOCCER-MATCH-AGAINST-CHARLTON/query/charlton+athletic
    Wow fans sitting on the roof of The Covered End !
    Bumping this, it's only about 1 min, with about 90,000 at The Valley, loads sitting on roof of The Covered End.
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,621
    guinnessaddick said:
    Not read whole thread, but interested to know why Super Mac had this photo taken - he has no connection to Charlton as far as I am aware ?
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    edited January 2020
    Lordflashheart said:
    guinnessaddick said:
    Not read whole thread, but interested to know why Super Mac had this photo taken - he has no connection to Charlton as far as I am aware ?
    I think he had a column - or someone wrote a column for him - in one of the national papers, or maybe the Standard.
  • E_cafc
    E_cafc Posts: 2,617
    I remember Supermac playing for us in Graham Tutt's testimonial against Sunderland.  
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    Lordflashheart said:
    guinnessaddick said:
    Not read whole thread, but interested to know why Super Mac had this photo taken - he has no connection to Charlton as far as I am aware ?
    Here are two facts that are probably no help on this quest whatsoever:

    1. In 1987 Malcolm Macdonald was the manager of Huddersfield Town.
    2. Charlton did not play Huddersfield in 1987.
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  • TellyTubby
    TellyTubby Posts: 3,550
    stonemuse said:


    I helped organise a Samba band when we had those changing rooms. 
    We were outside them, car park side as fans arrived and had a request to move along as the team couldn't hear the pre match talk.

    Not as bad as when we had the dutch band in the family section and someone @BDL had forgotten to cut the PA to our mike. The ref stopped play and came over to say that the players couldn't hear the whistle. We had no idea as we were amongst the noise anyway.
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,839
    The Malcolm Macdonald pic was from an article he did about Charlton being away from the Valley in one of the tabloids - I seem to remember he was very upset to see the ground in that state and the whole sorry mess we’d got into.

    I was at the testimonial where he guested for us, he was bombing around like it was an England game, fair play to him.
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    I must admit I had never seen this before.
    I presume it dates back to the early 90's when I was in enforced absence from all things Charlton.
    It is described as a proposed rebuild design during our exile.

  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,989
    edited January 2020
    I've got a pennant with a picture of that version on it. Think I bought it in the club shop at Selhurst at one of our last home games there. Pretty sure the matchday programme was promoting season tickets at The Valley for the following season.

    That version had a bowling alley incorporated into the West Stand. Weirdest thing about it for me is that they planned to make the East Stand so small, and the inexplicable cleared, flat area behind it. Think total capacity was due to be about 12,000.
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,063
    Big William said:
    The Malcolm Macdonald pic was from an article he did about Charlton being away from the Valley in one of the tabloids - I seem to remember he was very upset to see the ground in that state and the whole sorry mess we’d got into.

    I was at the testimonial where he guested for us, he was bombing around like it was an England game, fair play to him.
    Pretty sure my mum has still got that article and a few other press cuttings around the time we left the Valley and when we went back. I'd be amazed if she got rid of them 
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    MrLargo said:
    I've got a pennant with a picture of that version on it. Think I bought it in the club shop at Selhurst at one of our last home games there. Pretty sure the matchday programme was promoting season tickets at The Valley for the following season.

    That version had a bowling alley incorporated into the West Stand. Weirdest thing about it for me is that they planned to make the East Stand so small, and the inexplicable cleared, flat area behind it. Think total capacity was due to be about 12,000.
    That pic wasn’t the version that had the bowling alley in, that was a bigger model I think with wrap around stands
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
    MrLargo said:
    I've got a pennant with a picture of that version on it. Think I bought it in the club shop at Selhurst at one of our last home games there. Pretty sure the matchday programme was promoting season tickets at The Valley for the following season.

    That version had a bowling alley incorporated into the West Stand. Weirdest thing about it for me is that they planned to make the East Stand so small, and the inexplicable cleared, flat area behind it. Think total capacity was due to be about 12,000.
    Museum piece @MrLargo

    🤞
  • milo
    milo Posts: 388
    AFKABartram said:
    MrLargo said:
    I've got a pennant with a picture of that version on it. Think I bought it in the club shop at Selhurst at one of our last home games there. Pretty sure the matchday programme was promoting season tickets at The Valley for the following season.

    That version had a bowling alley incorporated into the West Stand. Weirdest thing about it for me is that they planned to make the East Stand so small, and the inexplicable cleared, flat area behind it. Think total capacity was due to be about 12,000.
    That pic wasn’t the version that had the bowling alley in, that was a bigger model I think with wrap around stands

    It was definitely this version that had the bowling alley in it (and a police cell).  I did have the original architects' drawing before I gave them to the museum.  Luckily I took a picture and they appear on page six of this thread if you want to take a look.
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    TellyTubby said:
    stonemuse said:


    I helped organise a Samba band when we had those changing rooms. 
    We were outside them, car park side as fans arrived and had a request to move along as the team couldn't hear the pre match talk.

    Not as bad as when we had the dutch band in the family section and someone @BDL had forgotten to cut the PA to our mike. The ref stopped play and came over to say that the players couldn't hear the whistle. We had no idea as we were amongst the noise anyway.
    I remember us verbally abusing Chris Armstrong from the covered end as he sat outside on the grass in a pre season friendly against the Nigels 
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,677


    Michael Gliksten in the gothic splendour of the oak-panelled boardroom at The Valley in November 1962

    Gliksten was chairman and owner of the club between 1962 and 1982, taking over from his father, Stanley, when aged 23.

    Those of a weak disposition look away now.

    In 1982 he sold to Mark Hulyer for a token fee.  Crucially, he retained ownership of the ground through his company, Adelong - something we all hoped wouldn't repeat itself when Roland Duchatelet off loaded. ... oops.

    Just Saying. 



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