Improvements to disabled facilities at Charlton Athletic’s stadium are among the ideas pitched to the club by students from the University of Greenwich.

The students, who have all just graduated from the university’s School of Architecture & Construction, met with representatives from the Championship club and its Community Trust to discuss their ideas to improve The Valley’s away section in the South Stand.

Christine Gausden, Senior Lecturer at the university, says: “The students were set a brief which required them to come up with proposals to improve the seating arrangements for disabled supporters in the south stand at The Valley. They were also asked for ways to maximise the benefit on non match days from the strip of land in Valley Grove, which is currently leased by the club from the Thames Water Authority, for use as a match day car park. More … http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2013/a2700-greenwich-students-offer-big-plans-to-charlton