What's your most painful memory as a Palace fan?
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Physical pain:

Back in the 70's I was 10yrs old and standing at the front of the Holmesdale with my partially sighted grandfather at THAT game on THAT night against Burnley.
Obviously with the importance of the game, he knew there'd be a pitch invasion so he told me that the moment the final whistle went, to jump over and curl into a ball by the hoarding and don't move until he told me too while everyone get's onto the pitch.
'OK gramps' I said and done as was told when the game was over.
All I can remember is being trodden on for 10 bloody mins by big men with dodgy 'taches lol!!! But in the heat of the moment and the excitement it didn't hurt.......................but boy was I aching the next day

Emotional pain:

Many to choose from over the years but the goal by Claridge tops it for me.
That really hurt.

I was absolutely gutted.

All the usuals
FA Cup final replay as our chance had come and gone, it still burns that in winning the cup that jock c*** kept his.

93 relegation, f*** knows how oldham did that......just look at them now though !

relegation at charls*** happened on a mates birthday. I couldnt get a ticket to go and kept checking the radio now and again. Needless to say i ruined his bbq by getting pissed and sulking loudly !

Claridge, i was truly speechless after that final, didnt speak for hours ... pikey c*** !

Edited by martinb75 (09 Apr 2014 6.19pm)

I need a little help with mine, as I cannot remember the year!

It was Crystal Palace v. Birmingham....I think we scored and then I remember a huge amount of Birmingham supporters invading the pitch and taunting the palace faithful. I was only in my early teens and got the fright of my life! Worse still, a few blokes pushed me out of the way to try and get to the Birmingham fans. They dislocated my shoulder in the process. Yes, a painful memory!

Nowhere near my most painful memory, but painful nonetheless- losing 4-0 to scunthorpe at home.

Cup Final replay & relegation in '05

Arsenal '93 probably the worse for me. I remember standing on the terraces at Highbury at half time, desperately trying to conceal from my mate the fact that tears were streaming down my face; just couldn't stop them. I know it was only 1-0 at that point, but I think the reality of it suddenly hit me. Up until then, despite knowing it was a possibility, never truly believed that so many things could conspire against us for it to happen.

The FA Cup Final replay hurt bad too at the final whistle, but I think the pain was more sadness that we'd come to the end of a most wonderful, once in a lifetime trip.

As others have said, Charlton, Leicester, QPR Qtr Final, Higginbotams last gasp equaliser.....

Going into administration in 2010 was not the best night I've had supporting us either. Remember phoning Sky up as my box had buggered up somehow. Anyway, the woman on the other end talked me through getting it back up and running again. Thanked her, all happy that I could get my football fix again. Flicked straight to Sky Sports News and BAM! Streamer at the bottom announced, 'Crystal Palace placed into administration'.

'Better stop dreaming of the quiet life 'cos it's the one we'll never know'