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JRW2 Dulwich 14 May 19 3.19pm
Originally posted by Willo On the Holmesdale terrace a temulant chap was seen urinating on to the floor as it would have taken a considerable effort and a month of sundays to make it to the toilets.I suspect he was one of quite a few who decided to take this course of action.Just grateful they were not in my vicinity. Decades ago I read an article by a journalist who had ventured onto the the Liverpool Kop, which in those standing days accommodated 30,000 fans. Right in the crowd, he asked someone about urinating, and was told that people just peed down the trousers of the person in front, and it was known locally as a hot leg. When he asked, Don't people feel it?, his informant just said, You didn't, did you?
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Dulwich 14 May 19 3.19pm

Originally posted by Willo

On the Holmesdale terrace a temulant chap was seen urinating on to the floor as it would have taken a considerable effort and a month of sundays to make it to the toilets.I suspect he was one of quite a few who decided to take this course of action.Just grateful they were not in my vicinity.

Decades ago I read an article by a journalist who had ventured onto the the Liverpool Kop, which in those standing days accommodated 30,000 fans. Right in the crowd, he asked someone about urinating, and was told that people just peed down the trousers of the person in front, and it was known locally as a hot leg. When he asked, Don't people feel it?, his informant just said, You didn't, did you?

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The Dolphin 18 May 19 9.06am
What a night that was - 50,000 plus inside Selhurst Park - quite incredible - no "'elf and safety" then thank God!
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What a night that was - 50,000 plus inside Selhurst Park - quite incredible - no "'elf and safety" then thank God!

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Pete53 Hassocks 22 May 19 5.43pm
And the only film of it is a grainy clip that appeared on News at Ten that night, but at least you get the goals.
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Hassocks 22 May 19 5.43pm

And the only film of it is a grainy clip that appeared on News at Ten that night, but at least you get the goals.

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Midlands Eagle 08 Jun 19 10.29am
Originally posted by monkey I can’t remember much about the game, I don't remember anything about the game but that's nothing unusual for me. I used to smoke in those days and my only memory of the day was that I was squashed so tightly that I couldn't smoke
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Originally posted by monkey

I can’t remember much about the game,

I don't remember anything about the game but that's nothing unusual for me.

I used to smoke in those days and my only memory of the day was that I was squashed so tightly that I couldn't smoke

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Spiderman Horsham 08 Jun 19 7.00pm
Originally posted by Midlands Eagle I don't remember anything about the game but that's nothing unusual for me. I used to smoke in those days and my only memory of the day was that I was squashed so tightly that I couldn't smoke I was standing in the Whitehorse. I seem to remember Leighton James missing a good chance just before Palace scored the first goal. Had a good view of both goals
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Horsham 08 Jun 19 7.00pm

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

I don't remember anything about the game but that's nothing unusual for me.

I used to smoke in those days and my only memory of the day was that I was squashed so tightly that I couldn't smoke

I was standing in the Whitehorse. I seem to remember Leighton James missing a good chance just before Palace scored the first goal. Had a good view of both goals

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monkey Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 09 Jun 19 11.05am
Originally posted by Midlands Eagle I don't remember anything about the game but that's nothing unusual for me. I used to smoke in those days and my only memory of the day was that I was squashed so tightly that I couldn't smoke I’ve watched that grainy news clip of the goals on YouTube over the years, but I really can’t remember it happening on the night, maybe because I was in my early teens and I was struggling to see. But I don’t remember any mayhem or limbs or getting squashed or anything when we scored. As I’ve said, all I remember is I kept glancing to my left and being mesmerised by the incredible sea of heads swaying in the Holmesdale and the walk up to the ground before Edited by monkey (09 Jun 2019 11.06am)
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Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 09 Jun 19 11.05am

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

I don't remember anything about the game but that's nothing unusual for me.

I used to smoke in those days and my only memory of the day was that I was squashed so tightly that I couldn't smoke

I’ve watched that grainy news clip of the goals on YouTube over the years, but I really can’t remember it happening on the night, maybe because I was in my early teens and I was struggling to see. But I don’t remember any mayhem or limbs or getting squashed or anything when we scored. As I’ve said, all I remember is I kept glancing to my left and being mesmerised by the incredible sea of heads swaying in the Holmesdale and the walk up to the ground before

Edited by monkey (09 Jun 2019 11.06am)

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ex hibitionist Hastings 26 Dec 19 7.16pm
we lost 0-3 at the Goldstone 40 years ago to this day - Venables and Mullery - that damnded Peter Ward!
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we lost 0-3 at the Goldstone 40 years ago to this day - Venables and Mullery - that damnded Peter Ward!

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monkey Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 26 Dec 19 10.23pm
Originally posted by ex hibitionist we lost 0-3 at the Goldstone 40 years ago to this day - Venables and Mullery - that damnded Peter Ward! I was there!! Had to wait outside the ground for big Dave Swindlehurst to get off the coach and give us our tickets. 40 years!! Fook me, where’s my life gone??
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Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 26 Dec 19 10.23pm

Originally posted by ex hibitionist

we lost 0-3 at the Goldstone 40 years ago to this day - Venables and Mullery - that damnded Peter Ward!

I was there!! Had to wait outside the ground for big Dave Swindlehurst to get off the coach and give us our tickets. 40 years!! Fook me, where’s my life gone??

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Tom-the-eagle Croydon 26 Dec 19 10.31pm
Originally posted by ex hibitionist we lost 0-3 at the Goldstone 40 years ago to this day - Venables and Mullery - that damnded Peter Ward! I remember this as a young lad standing in the away end in the corner with my grandad and getting pelted with two pence pieces. "It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit
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Croydon 26 Dec 19 10.31pm

Originally posted by ex hibitionist

we lost 0-3 at the Goldstone 40 years ago to this day - Venables and Mullery - that damnded Peter Ward!

I remember this as a young lad standing in the away end in the corner with my grandad and getting pelted with two pence pieces.

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

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ex hibitionist Hastings 27 Dec 19 12.28pm
Originally posted by Tom-the-eagle I remember this as a young lad standing in the away end in the corner with my grandad and getting pelted with two pence pieces. it was bits of broken bottled glass - we threw coins back the next game at the Goldstone.
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Hastings 27 Dec 19 12.28pm

Originally posted by Tom-the-eagle

I remember this as a young lad standing in the away end in the corner with my grandad and getting pelted with two pence pieces.

it was bits of broken bottled glass - we threw coins back the next game at the Goldstone.

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peterg Anerley 01 Jan 20 11.02am
I remember a buzz in the Palace crowd at Orient in the minutes before we scored - there seemed to be a confidence that we were going to do it. I got there at 5.30 for Burnley too. I am impressed that people arriving after 7pm got it - so was no-one shut out of the game? The right place at the right time
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Anerley 01 Jan 20 11.02am

I remember a buzz in the Palace crowd at Orient in the minutes before we scored - there seemed to be a confidence that we were going to do it.
I got there at 5.30 for Burnley too. I am impressed that people arriving after 7pm got it - so was no-one shut out of the game?

The right place at the right time

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