What ever happened to him..?
I was very young when he played for Palace but always remember him as one of my favourite players. Especially in that season that we won the old Div 1, he was class and scored loads of goals if I remember rightly.. and he was lightning quick! I remember him playing in the Prem with us, and then pissing off to Spurs for something like 7mill, is that right..? I find it strange that ive never heard his name mentioned on here since ive been a member. Maybe to some people he isnt a "legend" as such, but from what I remember he was quality...

Didnt we nab him from Millwall aswell thinking about it?

Then what ever happened to him after Spurs, because after that I havnt got a clue?

Edited by WIGGY-WAM-BAM (18 Mar 2011 12.54am)

Hillsboro... Sheffield Weds 2 - 2 Palace. WHAT a day!

I used to love chris armstrong we brought him from millwall for 1m his 1st goals for palace was @ everton away we won 2-0 & he was very very quick . Got a great story about him @ the start of the 93/94 season we played fulham away pre season I was there & the palace coach turned up as chris got off he was holding his boots & for some reason I asked chris if I could touch his boots so he let me that day we won 5-0 chris got a hat- trick. Then @ birmingham away in September I asked in the warm up to touch his boot & he let me palace won 4-2 with chris scoring then month later @ WBA away in the warm up chris come over to the palace fans signing peoples programes I asked to touch his boot again cause when I did @ fulham he got 3 so he let me & in the 2nd half he scored again palace won 4-1. So @ Barnsley away in November in the warm I called chris over & he remembered me he said go on then touch my boot in a joke kind of way. I touched his boot the game kicked off 9 seconds later the ball was in the back of the net chris coming running over to us & celebrated the goal by hugging us & on the season video you can just see him cuddling me & palace won 3-1. The chant that day to Barnsley fans was " are you in England in disguise " after San Marino had scored against England after 7 seconds. Chris went on to score some great goals that season I remember the game against Portsmouth @ Selhurst some great goals palace winning 5-1 millwall @ home 1-0 great goal what a seaon the 93/94 was he did go to tottenham in the end for I think 4.5 m & later on failed a drug test think he got caught smoking the green. Great player & like you said hardly ever mentioned I always have & always will put chris Armstrong up there with wright,bright & aj

I remember the FA Cup Semi-final v Man U at Villa Park in April 1995. It was 1-1 after 90 minutes and Chris put us 2-1 ahead two mins after the restart. I seem to remember that he mis-hit his shot but the ball ended up in the back of the net. He was through on goal again a few minutes later but this time blew his chance to put us 3-1 up. Man U equalised and we lost the replay 2-0.

The first match of course was the occasion of the killing of Paul Nixon by Man U thugs. My sons and I were threatened and attacked as we walked back to our car after the game. My abiding hatred of Man U dates from that day.

As for Chris Armstrong, he seemed to become disaffected at the Palace, and somehow he didn't even appear particularly pleased when he put Palace ahead at Villa Park. I don't know what his problem was, unless he was manoeuvering for the big-money transfer which he eventually got.

Edited by peterg (18 Mar 2011 7.35am)

Edited by peterg (18 Mar 2011 7.36am)

The right place at the right time

I remember the pompy home game (5-0) fantastic diving header to complete his hat-trick..I think?! Wasn't it also him who scored them two corkers at wolves in the fa cup? I remember one wedging in the top corner?!!!!

Edited by ricky s (18 Mar 2011 8.40am)

Maybe offer him a coaching role here, might even help attract George Boyd!

James Vaughan reminds me of him both in terms of looks and style. The promotion winning team with Sir Nigel in goal was a great side.

Bring back Brolin