Was walking down the street in Ireland the other day and a guy runs up to me to ask if I'm a Palace fan. I was wearing a Palace hat - it was cold and I'm bald. Turns out he works in the shop over the road from me. However, his Mum is from Bromley - as am I. We were chatting about the usual (how rubbish we are). Roy etc.
Anyway, I can say there are more foreign supporters since we're in the Premier League. You see the Americans, for instance, on this forum - although maybe they got bored with us! (Who'd blame them).
I would guess being Premier League, and now established Premier League, brings more supporters. There aren't many reasons to be embarrassed to be Palace anymore are there? Although, I never was, of course. I always support a local team - well at least go to the matches. I presume quite a few are like me. So if they're in the area, they will likely be casual followers at least.

Red and Blue Army!

Ten years in the Premier League should have made a difference, but I think we have to win something to boost numbers of young fans

We'd better all have some more kids.

Red and Blue Army!

I take my 4yo son to a football thing every Saturday morning and there's definitely a few Palace shirts around.

Can't really compare it to the past but I feel like in years gone by some of those certainly might have been Chelsea or Arsenal.

Still a disproportionately high number of Liverpool and United shirts which I find baffling considering I'm in Kent. Daresay they all 'have family in the area'.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...

I think when I was at school in the 70’s it seemed to me that there was more Millwall than Palace in Bromley, but you make the point about Downham, well my school, although not in Downham, it was pretty close at the top of Bromley Hill, so it would make sense although it was a long time ago

Edited by monkey (06 Mar 2024 12.39pm)

Made in Bromley

ERR, the name sort of gives it away

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn