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The club's first ground was Siemens Meadow ( 1905 – 1907 ), a patch of rough ground by the River Thames.

This was over-shadowed by the now demolished Siemens Telegraph Works.

Then followed Woolwich Common ( 1907 – 1908 ), Pound Park ( 1908 – 1913 ), and Angerstein Lane ( 1913 – 1915 ).

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.

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 in Catford as part of a proposed merger with Catford Southend Football Club.

However, after this move collapsed in 1924 Charlton returned to The Valley.