This is heartbreaking to watch, but an extremely valuable resource for anyone that wishes to see how the ground looked two full years after the club vacated. I've been trawling the Internet looking for pictures of the derelict Valley for ages now, so this was perfect for me - thank you for uploading it. And UP THE ADDICKS! ⚽️❤

Still Remember taking my bit of turf home.All the way on a 161.

Makes you wonder about what the standard was for the safety of terraces back then. They closed the huge terrace at the Valley down for safety reasons, yet they allowed the death trap that was the Leppings Lane terrace at Hillsborough to remain open.

Sad to see the old ground in such a state, they were dark days. What an achievement to get back in 1992!

Facinated by that video (from Dublin). What a massive terrace , can just imagine when it was full what the atmosphere used be like

I think this is Rick Everitt now Labour Councillor and main man for Voice of the Valley . A lot owed to him for the return , let’s hope we can improve things again 👍

Amazing footage. Thanks for publishing. I’ve just watched this with my 10 & 12 year old who both join me at every game in the family stand. I used to hate football right up to the age of 45… Now nearly 50 and on my 4th season ticket!! How Charlton has changed my life! UTA

Woolwich arsenal had to go north London because Charlton were so well supported.

Decades of under-investment clearly visible... but we arose from the ashes! Hopefully we can again... Thanks for sharing this historic footage.

Christmas Day 1987?! I love the terracing that runs the full length of the pitch. That’s huge!

I remember it well as a kid it's upsetting.

My second home in the seventies and early eighties loved the place never forgive those that let it get like this

I remember watching my team, Manchester United, play Charlton at Selhurst Park twice in 1989. 1st time was a week after the Hillsborough disaster, 22nd April. 2nd time was in November i think. One of the programmes from 1 of the games had pictures of the Valley, overgrown and derelict, along with the plans to return to the Valley.

I remeber my grandad gave me a sign that he took from the old staduim it was a charlton sign that was posted on an entrance of wich i cannot recall, i have it nailed to my wall in my room.

The days when match programmes carried cigarette advertising - how times have changed! I also used to stand near the halfway line on the east terrace, although further up, but lost out on that spot for the last game I ever watched from there (Jan '85 FA Cup replay vs Spurs). Had to stand over near the covered end as the terrace was rammed. The official attendance was about 20,000. I always believed it was more like 30,000.

What a sorry state our club was in. Amazing history.

Ran on the pitch at the end of the Stoke game,thanks to the policeman that said if I ran faster than him to the next gate I would make it on.

Just noticed it was filmed on Christmas day......!!!!!

That terracing is amazing, wonder what the capacity was ? I believe i sat in the stand that was built in 1981 in 2009 when Wycombe were playing their first away match there that season.

The comment in the video that got me was when he said " what a waste ". Absolutely agree. Although the stand with the directors box in looked like the floor was wooden. That would have needed replacing after the Bradford fire disaster. Wasn't the big East terrace badly in need of repairs as well?? I remember reading somewhere that it was a big factor in Charlton leaving the Valley??

My nan lived on floyd Road and my dad took me in here to look around, must of been around the same year. I remember we went into the changing rooms and when we walked out an iron bar fell.from above and nearly wiped him out. We left straight away after that 😂

Honest question I’m not taking the mick or being nasty but did you get the video camera for Christmas earlier on that day and decided to film this video later on in the day?

For years the club was starved of investment. All the money they spent bringing Alan Simmonson over could have been put to better use. Glickstine didn't care and Hullier didn't know what he was doing, just muddled through. And in the recent past we've come close to going under again with owners that didn't care and managers who, quite honestly could not manage a Sunday league side.

Christmas Day!!