I was there on the Holmesdale terrace and remember being in awe of the men in white shirts. So fluid and strong. It was a real joy to watch. There have always been special times at Selhurst and this was one of my earliest ones.

I especially remember the Terry Long goal because I had many opportunities to reminisce with him in person about it. He became a neighbour of mine after he retired and, although never a close mate, we socialised a little.

He was very laid back about it. Didn't score too often did Terry but he was a very solid, old fashioned, half back.

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I was on the Holmesdale that night - a young boy - amazed to be watching the team that I had previously seen win the European Cup with 7 goals ! I can clearly remember Puskas scoring from a free kick by blasting through a gap just wide enough for the ball - I was right in line with it.
Looking up the game now it has only just occurred to me that Real played this friendly just 2 weeks before the 1962 European Cup Final. Puskas scored a hat trick but they lost 5-3 to Benfica who had an emerging star in Eusebio.
Can you imagine a finalist in the Champions League now playing their full team even for half a match against a League 1 team 2 weeks before the final?
A magical night and I've always had a soft spot for Real ever since!

A season or two afterwards we changed our colours to an all white Real style strip - and it won us promotion in 1964!

Hi
This is amazing - so you want a programme from this famous game? I think I can fix that for you.
Please let me know if you want me to go ahead and find one.
Pete

Zaha, Williams, Murray, Ambrose, Scannell.

A 5-man forward line who scored 3 goals in 10 minutes on 27th September 2011 at .......................

I was taken to the game. Palace were 4-1 down at half time and recovered to 4-3 with young goalie Bill Glazier coming on for the 2nd half. Johnny Byrne came back for the game although he'd already gone to West Ham. As a 9 year old Gento impressed the most with his mazy dribbling runs. The subtle skills of Di Stefano were probably lost on me at that age. Santa Maria the Real centre half couldn't understand that Johnnie Byrne wasn't in the England 40 for the World cup in Chile that year and neither could I.