[Football] Guess the abandoned ground

[Nobby]

I remember standing half way up the biggest terrace in the country to watch the Abion play there sometime in the mid 70s. Hard to believe it was once one of the highest capacity grounds in the country.

Maybe the 3-0 win? My memory is rubbish though.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

I was hoping the bonfire in the middle was enough to throw people off the track!

I don't think the lights are still there though on that flats ...

Please tell me I'm being whooshed here - you don't really think those lights are on the flats, do you?

 

[Bodian]

Slim folk only!

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Could be the 78 match or 77 and Poskett scored a hat-trick ?

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

From the 80's era... (I believe)

View attachment 171978View attachment 171979

Spent long enough outside those flats last year to know it’s the Valley

 

[tigertim68]

Saw the Albion win 4-0 there in the 70s , might have been boxing day ,did Ronnie Howell score 3or 4,and a massive fight broke out on that terrace in the. second half

I thought it was the Saturday before Christmas, I think poskett scored a hat trick

 

[POSKETT AT THE VALLEY]

Could be the 78 match or 77 and Poskett scored a hat-trick ?

Remember it well. Free train travel and match ticket after the debacle at Forest. Massive open terrace with vegetation adding to its charm. West Ham game was postponed, hence a fair few of them knocking about.

 

[wolfie]

Saw the Albion win 4-0 there in the 70s , might have been boxing day ,did Ronnie Howell score 3or 4,and a massive fight broke out on that terrace in the. second half

That was the only game I saw when Cloughie was the manager, and also my biggest away win for decades (until we won by the same score at Ashton Gate)
Howell 3 (1 pen) and O'Sullivan

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

https://forum.charltonlife.com/disc...at-was-4th-october-1977-charlton-4-brighton-3

Remember this one, arrived late as did the team.

 

[Official Old Man]

I remember standing half way up the biggest terrace in the country to watch the Abion play there sometime in the mid 70s. Hard to believe it was once one of the highest capacity grounds in the country.

Me too. Didn't it hold 77,000 or something on a grass bank. Limited by the time we got there to just a few thousand.
Great video here

Just found my programme for the game in 1977

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

I was hoping the bonfire in the middle was enough to throw people off the track!

I don't think the lights are still there though on that flats ...

They never were

 

[Leekbrookgull]

This one anybody ?

 

[peterward]

This one anybody ?

Know the answer, but won't ruin it! Read about their history and remember that double arch roof, an iconic name in English football.

My favourite Smiths loving, BBC DJ of my yoof (RIP) may share something in common!

 

[Lincolnshire Seagull]

Saw the Albion win 4-0 there in the 70s , might have been boxing day ,did Ronnie Howell score 3or 4,and a massive fight broke out on that terrace in the. second half

That was the only game I've been punched at - on that huge terrace. Think I must have been celebrating too much. Fortunately the bloke slunk back off into the crowd after hitting me.

 

[Eeyore]

I saw us there New Year's Day 1985. 1-0 after 46 seconds and held on for dear life for the remainder of the match.

 

[Perry's Tracksuit Bottoms]

This one anybody ?

Peel Park, Accrington

And unlike most abandoned grounds, you can still play football on that pitch today

 

[Giraffe]

View attachment 171985
I thought this was Selhurst prior to the nuclear fallout.

More like Selhurst prior to kick off tonight (yes tonight)

 

[Bald Head]

That was the only game I've been punched at - on that huge terrace. Think I must have been celebrating too much. Fortunately the bloke slunk back off into the crowd after hitting me.

Lots of trouble during and after the game, lots of west ham among the Brighton as their game was called off.

 

[Lincolnshire Seagull]

Lots of trouble during and after the game, lots of west ham among the Brighton as their game was called off.

He didn't leave a calling card. Just punched and vanished. My brother and friend just laughed.

 

[hoveboyslim]

I saw us there New Year's Day 1985. 1-0 after 46 seconds and held on for dear life for the remainder of the match.

I was at that too. Gary O'Reilly getting the winner. I think this was the only time we were in Charlton's half for the entire match -