Comments on: Charlton Athletic – The Valley

By: JON

JON — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:38:04 +0000

Like most of the other comments from fans up and down the country, I found the day out to Charlton a very enjoyable experience. A pint or two in the Antigallican pub before the game, was a new experience, having the same drink from the same barmaid and getting a different price for the round everytime, add to this having to use a bucket round the back to empty yourself – WOW.. The atmosphere inside the pub was friendly and a good sing song amongst the many Blades that made the trip only added to the Enjoyment..
Then the 5 minute walk to the Ground, a frisk search from the Stewards, not had that since the 80′s and into the Ground, I found myself on the lower of the 2 levels in the away stand and a some what obscured view, and had to that the 5 annoying teenagers in the stand to our right that think to goad the away fans into a fight outside is fun Knobheads. Stewards and Police must be trained to look for trouble that isn’t there. As at any way ground the Blades go the atmosphere and constant singing was great , just a 1-0 defeat and a referee that even the Charlton fans booed spoilt the day..
After the game a 20 minute delay for the coaches and the fighting thru the London traffic had tempers heated to say the least.. 8 out of 10 for the day.. Hopefully will go next year in the championship..

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:40:13 +0000

Ooh! a negative review from a Millwall fan What a surprise! Do yourself a favour and take note of the other reviews. The Valley is a good ground and a nice day out. It was redeveloped for the premier league. Something they haven’t had to worry about down the New Den.

By: Stu

Stu — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:16:19 +0000

Travelled down to Charlton by coach………seemed to be chaos at first, as we were guided from outside Makro, up the road, around a roundabout and right back to where we began…..then let off the coach.

Antigallican pub was given a thumbs down by a lot of the CFC fans, poor decor and inflated prices.

The Valley was great, although the Jimmy Seed stand we were in was showing it’s age (also had sharp screws sticking out from the corrugated sides) but was comfortable and afforded a great view from where I was sat (next to the police control room)

There was a crowd of just over 22,000 there but, I was surprised at how quiet the Charlton fans were……Chesterfield were belting out some noise.

All in all a very enjoyable day out, never felt intimidated, Stewards were brilliant and, so were the Police outside the ground……….would certainly like to visit again, although would prefer a better result for CFC (we lost 3-1)

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:20:47 +0000

Been here three times in recent years (one time we were relegated to league one and on another occasion we were promoted back into the Championship). Always a very good day out. Rose of Denmark is a nice away friendly pub but the nominated away pub is the antigallican which is just outside Charlton train station. It gets really really busy, but this also creates a good away fan atmosphere. Also been into the Labour club on the High Street which is away freindly. Much less cramped and relaxed. You have to pay a couple of quid to get in though.
The facilities in the away end are limited. Only one refreshment bar for the whole end and we sent a friend to get some beers about 10minutes before half time. They still had not been served 10 minutes before the second half and at this point, staff announced that no more beer was available!
Charlton fans always freindly and had some chats on the train whilst travelling back into central London. A good day out will always be had (except the time you get relegated by getting stuffed 4.1!)

By: jk

jk — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:42:30 +0000

Went to this ground by coach which once on the M25 seemed to take forever, busy around the ground, pubs were over spilling so didn’t bother, good stand for away fans who were far more vocal than the home fans.
Toilets ok, refreshments ok good view from behind the goal.

By: Will

Will — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:45:10 +0000

Great day out at The Valley! Views of the play were excellent excluding the single pillar which was not the end of the world. Very suprised and impressed with the atmosphere inside the ground from the home fans in the opposite stand whow ere very loud at times. Only downside was leg room was slightley cramped where i was sat and quite slow getting away from the ground on the club coach but overall a great trip!

By: Mike Wilkins

Mike Wilkins — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:07:33 +0000

Great day out! The antigallican pub outside the away end was brilliant with hundreds of away fans causing a brilliant atmosphere which continued in the away south stand end. Stewards were relaxed about letting the Southampton fan stand but the tanoe system asked us to sit down which we certainly did not. However poor atmosphere by the home fans and all the noise was coming from the away end.

By: Ritchy

Ritchy — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:35:28 +0000

Useless ground, useless home support. The atmosphere created by the home “support” is non existent, and the club try to counter this by not serving alcohol to the away fans, hoping that it will give them the edge.

Joke team, joke club, joke support!

If it wasn’t for the fact that it is as close to me as the Den, I don’t think I’d ever bother going back! 2 out of 10 from me, don’t bother!

By: Shaun Leasley

Shaun Leasley — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:58:47 +0000

I found my away day trip to the valley a good day out. We visited the antigallitian pub near the train station and found it busy but the wednesday fans made it a good atmosphere. Inside the ground you have 2 sides for food and drink and found that very easy and less queueing at half time and before the game. THanks the Valley UTO

By: John

John — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:30:30 +0000

We were staying at the Novotel London Excel for a conference, and were lucky enough to have a Tuesday night game at Charlton, enabling us to mix business with pleasure (and it was a pleasure to watch us win 2-1). Charlton train station was actually closed that evening which made things a little trickier to get to the ground – we ended up grabbing a cab there and back, which cost us around £15 each way.

We found a pub very close to the ground, which was pretty busy, with a good mix of home and away fans. I’m not totally sure of the name, but it might have been The Pickwick, as mentioned in the review above.

The atmosphere in the ground was pretty good, and no complaints about the view from our seats at all. We grabbed a quick Hot Dog inside the ground before the game, which was quite tasty – queues for drinks were far too long, so we didn’t bother trying to get any.

The roads were well and truly gridlocked for about an hour after the game, so it might be an idea to duck back inside one of the pubs until things have quietened down a little – Although we caught a cab back, we saw that the trains out of Charlton station were very frequent – queues were long, but cleared quicker than by car.