{"id":3982,"date":"2020-07-22T21:25:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T20:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/?p=3982"},"modified":"2025-06-10T19:28:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T18:28:49","slug":"the-valley-charlton-athletic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/index.php\/1990s\/the-valley-charlton-athletic\/","title":{"rendered":"THE VALLEY  &#8211;  CHARLTON ATHLETIC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>First County Visit:<\/td><td>Saturday 27th September 1997<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Competition:<\/td><td>Nationwide Football League &#8211; Division 1 &#8211; (Tier 2)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Result:<\/td><td>Charlton Athletic 1 &#8211; 3 Stockport County<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Attendance:<\/td><td>12,083<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Away Trip:<\/td><td>87<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Away Day:<\/td><td>366<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>County Line-up<\/td><td>1 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)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Scorers:<\/td><td>Alun Armstrong; Brett Angell; Own goal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Manager:<\/td><td>Gary Megson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>County Visits:<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide has-background wp-block-media-text has-very-light-gray-background-color\" style=\"grid-template-columns:17% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/87-The-Valley-Charlton-Athletic-704x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3983 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/87-The-Valley-Charlton-Athletic-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/87-The-Valley-Charlton-Athletic-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/87-The-Valley-Charlton-Athletic-103x150.jpg 103w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/87-The-Valley-Charlton-Athletic-768x1117.jpg 768w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/87-The-Valley-Charlton-Athletic-1056x1536.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/87-The-Valley-Charlton-Athletic-1408x2048.jpg 1408w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/87-The-Valley-Charlton-Athletic-scaled.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Reflections on The Valley to be published in due course<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-background wp-block-media-text has-very-light-gray-background-color\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-derelict.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7212 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-derelict.jpg 604w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-derelict-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-derelict-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-background wp-block-media-text has-very-light-gray-background-color\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"259\" src=\"http:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-Covered-End.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7213 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-Covered-End.jpg 512w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-Covered-End-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-Covered-End-150x76.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>The North Stand on my first visit &#8211; it was the structure that had been left behind in 1985.  By the time of my second trip it had been fully replaced<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-background wp-block-media-text has-very-light-gray-background-color\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"914\" height=\"462\" src=\"http:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-Jimmy-Seed-Stand.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7214 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-Jimmy-Seed-Stand.jpg 914w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-Jimmy-Seed-Stand-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-Jimmy-Seed-Stand-150x76.jpg 150w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-Jimmy-Seed-Stand-768x388.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>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<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-background wp-block-media-text has-very-light-gray-background-color\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"239\" height=\"125\" src=\"http:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-East-Stand.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7218 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-East-Stand.jpg 239w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-East-Stand-150x78.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>The East Stand was built in 1994, on the site of what had been a huge open terrace &#8211; it was in place on my first visit<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile has-background wp-block-media-text has-very-light-gray-background-color\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" src=\"http:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-aerial-1024x535.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7216 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-aerial-1024x535.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-aerial-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-aerial-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-aerial-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Charlton-Athletic-The-Valley-aerial.jpg 1036w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>The Valley on my second visit &#8211; 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<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color\"><strong>VISITS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-style-stripes wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Day<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Competition<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Tier \/ Round<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Opponents<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Res<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>F<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>A<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Crowd<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>Away Day<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sat<\/td><td>27\/09\/97<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZiR-rGUAj5k&amp;t=213s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(Highlights)<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td>Nationwide Football League &#8211; Division 1<\/td><td>Tier 2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Charlton Athletic<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">W<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">12,083<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">366<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sat<\/td><td>06\/03\/10<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U9HQoBioyQc&amp;t=223s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"(Highlights) (opens in a new tab)\">(Highlights)<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td>Coca-Cola Football League &#8211; League 1<\/td><td>Tier 3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Charlton Athletic<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">L<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">16,609<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">652<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color\"><strong>ON MY JOURNEY WITH COUNTY AROUND 180 GROUNDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">..<\/p>\n\n\n<a class=\"maxbutton-9 maxbutton maxbutton-previous-away\" href=\"https:\/\/57hattersyears.co.uk\/index.php\/1990s\/britannia-stadium-stoke-city\"><span class='mb-text'>Previously &#8211; 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