What a day that was, the ground was literally rocking at points. It was a truly awesome atmosphere. I will never forget scannels lay off for Ambrose, the subsequent goal and the most nerve wracking ten minutes of my life waiting for the final whistle. When people ask what was the biggest game in Palace history it has to be that one, all day long. I have some serious man love for Hart and all the players on the pitch that day. We have come so far.

I wasn't there (its called having a job)nor am I a season ticket holder (its called having a job!) but I went to Halifax twice (lost 3-1 once), Bury, Shrewsbury, Chesterfield..shall I go on? Yes in your eyes probably a plastic but I know that I have been going to watch my team since 1961 through hell and highwater, if that is a plastic well I am glad to be one!!

In fairness to the OP I think many of you have taken him a little too personally. He was referring to the plastics that are spoken about willy nilly on other threads. I don't think he was saying that anyone who didn't go is plastic. If you lot can't relax on a weekend when we're not playing then what chance do you stand. Chill.

Were you at the home game v Middlesbrough in the early 80's when it snowed like buggery?
We won 1-0, had a player sent off and there were about 8000 in the ground.
I was but it don't make me a better fan than anyone else on here or anywhere for that matter.
These "I'm a hardcore better than you" threads are boring now.

I wasn't at Hillsborough but I was at Stockport as well as the Valley. Two opposite sides of the being a Palace fan. While there is absolutely nothing whatsoever wrong with being proud to be able to say 'I was there' at key moments in our history, failing to acknowledge (or embrace) new followers of our great club is adopting a small club mentality. Of being afraid of change and have a preference for remaining a struggling Championship club instead of a forward thinking top division one that wants to grow. I for one have followed Palace for many years but would like to actually stay up and see how big we can become.
Nothing wrong with nostalgia but history is in the past. Lets look forward.

I was not there, but so what!! still felt physically sick for the whole morning and early afternoon until the game was over. We could of sold that 5,000 four times over that Sunday, and what makes me laugh, it says you was born in 83, i was watching Palace before you was born, and am sure there are plenty who watched before i was born, so stop being so smug, Palace is not a team that attracts plastic fans, you either have palace in your blood or you dont..

And how can you not be gutted if we went down? No guarantee we would bounce back, and suddenly we are in a situation again of losing our best players and a manager who is doing wonders, the Premier League is the pinnacle of English football, so why would anyone want to leave it?

Just when I thought that I was out...........they pull me back in