Coming home
December 1992, first game back at The Valley after seven years away. I was 12. My dad cried. The Liam Daish goal. The stand we'd rebuilt with our own hands. Football as community, in one afternoon.
Mark, Charlton
Your matchday around Charlton
Returned to The Valley in 1992 after a seven-year exile, fan power restored it. One of the great community clubs in English football.
Stadium
The Valley
Capacity
27,111
Area
Charlton
Floyd Rd, London SE7 8BL
Price
£25 for adults and £10 for U18s
60 minutes
Heads up: Affordable and friendly, great for kids.
Learn the words before kick-off. Nothing gives you away as a tourist faster than silence in the stands.
Charlton Athletic anthem
Valley, Floyd Road, the mist rolling in from the Thames, My desire is always to be here, oh Valley, Floyd Road.
Sung to Mull of Kintyre. Played before kick-off at The Valley, everyone sings.
Goals, tours and atmosphere from The Valley.
Memories from the people who actually go.
December 1992, first game back at The Valley after seven years away. I was 12. My dad cried. The Liam Daish goal. The stand we'd rebuilt with our own hands. Football as community, in one afternoon.
Mark, Charlton
Founded
1905
Home
The Valley
The Addicks
Returned to The Valley in 1992 after a seven-year exile, fan power restored it. One of the great community clubs in English football.
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