THE VALLEY – CHARLTON ATHLETIC

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First County Visit:Saturday 27th September 1997
Competition:Nationwide Football League – Division 1 – (Tier 2)
Result:Charlton Athletic 1 – 3 Stockport County
Attendance:12,083
Away Trip:87
Away Day:366
County Line-up1 Eric Nixon; 2 Sean Connelly; 3 Colin Woodthorpe; 4 Damon Searle (12 Martin Nash); 5 Martin McIntosh; 6 Tony Dinning; 7 Jim Gannon; 8 Chris Marsden; 9 Brett Angell; 10 Alun Armstrong; 11 Kevin Cooper; (Subs not used: 13 Matt Bound; 14 Andy Mutch)
Scorers:Alun Armstrong; Brett Angell; Own goal
Manager:Gary Megson
County Visits:2

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Reflections on The Valley to be published in due course

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Charlton left The Valley in 1985. It was to be over 7 years before they returned. In the interim the stands remained, but the dereliction was huge.

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The North Stand on my first visit – it was the structure that had been left behind in 1985. By the time of my second trip it had been fully replaced

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The Jimmy Seed Stand where we were located on both trips. It is now the only remaining structure on the ground from the days before the move

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The East Stand was built in 1994, on the site of what had been a huge open terrace – it was in place on my first visit

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The Valley on my second visit – with the Jimmy Seed Stand at the bottom; the East Stand on the right; the North Stand at the top, and the huge West, (Main), Stand on the left

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VISITS

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DayDateCompetitionTier / RoundOpponentsResFACrowdAway Day
Sat27/09/97
(Highlights)
Nationwide Football League – Division 1Tier 2Charlton AthleticW3112,083366
Sat06/03/10
(Highlights)
Coca-Cola Football League – League 1Tier 3Charlton AthleticL0216,609652

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ON MY JOURNEY WITH COUNTY AROUND 180 GROUNDS

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Previously – BRITANNIA STADIUM Next stop – CARROW ROAD

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