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==Stadium== {{See also|The Valley (London)|l1=The Valley}} [[File:Maryon Park 1905.jpg|left|thumb|275px|One of Charlton's early grounds, Siemens Meadow]] The club's first ground was Siemens Meadow (1905β1907), a patch of rough ground by the River Thames. This was over-shadowed by the [[Siemens Brothers]] Telegraph Works. Then followed [[Woolwich Common]] (1907β1908), Pound Park (1908β1913), and Angerstein Lane (1913β1915). After the end of the First World War, a chalk quarry known as the Swamps was identified as Charlton's new ground, and in the summer of 1919 work began to create the level playing area and remove debris from the site.<ref name = "Details about Charlton Athletic"/> The first match at this site, now known as the club's current ground The Valley, was in September 1919. Charlton stayed at The Valley until 1923, when the club moved to [[The Mount (stadium)|The Mount stadium]] in [[Catford]] as part of a proposed merger with [[Catford Southend F.C.|Catford Southend]]. However, after this move collapsed in 1924, Charlton returned to The Valley. During the 1930s and 1940s, significant improvements were made to the ground, making it one of the largest in the country at that time.<ref name = "Details about Charlton Athletic"/> In 1938 the highest attendance to date at the ground was recorded at over 75,000 for a [[FA Cup]] match against [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]. During the 1940s and 1950s the attendance was often above 40,000, and Charlton had one of the largest support bases in the country. However, after the club's relegation little investment was made in The Valley as it fell into decline. In the 1980s matters came to a head as the ownership of the club and The Valley was divided. The large East Terrace had been closed down by the authorities after the [[Bradford City stadium fire]] and the ground's owner wanted to use part of the site for housing. In September 1985, Charlton made the controversial move to ground-share with South London neighbours [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] at [[Selhurst Park]]. This move was unpopular with supporters and in the late 1980s significant steps were taken to bring about the club's return to The Valley. A [[Single-issue politics|single issue]] political party, the Valley Party, contested the 1990 local [[Royal Borough of Greenwich|Greenwich Borough Council]] elections on a ticket of reopening the stadium, capturing 11% of the vote,<ref name = "Details about Charlton Athletic"/> aiding the club's return. The Valley Gold investment scheme was created to help supporters fund the return to The Valley, and several players were also sold to raise funds. For the 1991β92 season and part of the 1992β93 season, the Addicks played at [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham]]'s [[The Boleyn Ground|Upton Park]]<ref name="Details about Charlton Athletic">{{cite web |title = Details about Charlton Athletic |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/05/18/charlton_athletic_team.shtml |publisher = BBC London |date = 15 June 2007 |access-date = 10 July 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070921182315/http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/05/18/charlton_athletic_team.shtml |archive-date = 21 September 2007 |url-status = live |df = dmy-all }}</ref> as [[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]] had moved into Selhurst Park alongside Crystal Palace. Charlton finally returned to The Valley in December 1992, celebrating with a 1β0 victory against [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]].<ref name="Charlton 1 - 0 Portsmouth">{{cite web| title = Charlton 1 β 0 Portsmouth| url = http://www.cafc.co.uk/personality.ink?page=7772| publisher=Charlton Athletic FC| access-date =26 August 2013| archive-date=19 September 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100919130743/http://cafc.co.uk/personality.ink?page=7772}}</ref> Since the return to The Valley, three sides of the ground have been completely redeveloped turning The Valley into a modern, all-seater stadium with a 27,111 capacity which is the biggest in South London. There are plans in place to increase the ground's capacity to approximately 31,000 and even around 40,000 in the future.<ref name="Expansion plans underway">{{cite web | title = Expansion plans underway | url = http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=21303&newstype=n | publisher = Charlton Athletic FC | date = 29 November 2004 | access-date = 5 July 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927175927/http://www.cafc.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=21303&newstype=n | archive-date = 27 September 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> In the May 2024, a new Desso [[GrassMaster]] pitch was laid.
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