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View nweagle's Profile nweagle Flag cleveleys 30 Apr 19 9.30am Send a Private Message to nweagle Add nweagle as a friend

Probably,Margate v Palace FA Cup 1958,went on the train with older so called mate,who ran off as soon as we got there,and left me to quickly learn what it was all about.Worst match 2-0 defeat at Preston when Moyes was in charge,most of us in old wooden stand,booed off Ruddock and co at half time

 

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lindzay Flag 17 May 19 12.48am

47 yrs Best moment beating Liverpool...at Villa park.Holt end was bouncing.

 

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View The Dolphin's Profile The Dolphin Flag 18 May 19 9.04am Send a Private Message to The Dolphin Add The Dolphin as a friend

Since I was born because everyone else in my Family supported them - my first game was in the late 60's.

 

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View gerry theagle's Profile gerry theagle Flag newbury 18 May 19 11.33am Send a Private Message to gerry theagle Add gerry theagle as a friend

1953,age 7,with my Dad, think it was against Bishop Auckland in the FA CUP and we lost 4-3.
Best game when we beat Burnley to get promotion 54,000 or so at Selhurst.
Worst game 9-0 defeat at Anfield when we even managed to miss a penalty.

 

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View batcountry's Profile batcountry Flag Melbourne 18 May 19 12.38pm Send a Private Message to batcountry Add batcountry as a friend

60 years now.
Highs: Real Madrid and getting Johnny Byrne back for a night.
Semi final v Liverpool
Burnley record crowd
Villa in the cup lost 4 - 3 but what a game.
Lows: Every time we got relegated
Every time we sold a favourite player

 

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View JRW2's Profile JRW2 Flag Dulwich 18 May 19 12.46pm Send a Private Message to JRW2 Add JRW2 as a friend

Originally posted by Sir James Hird

I am 76 and recall my great grandfather taking me to Selhurst in 1947, I cannot remember the game I was more interested in the peanuts that he bought me that I chundered a little while later.
it may not have been that game but at some stage, "Chopper" Len Choules became my hero.

Choules didn't come on the scene till the early fifties. And I don't recall him being known as "Chopper". But a few years later Tony Collins and Bert Howe both took on that nickname. I'll never forget Choules, on account of one of the most spectacular own goals I've seen. I believe he was a good forty yards from the Whitehorse goal, but he passed back, and to everyone's horror the ball took off and sailed over the goalie (?Vic Rouse). That made it 2-0 to Carlisle. The other reason for remembering this is that in those days there was a raffle for the match ball, which a schoolboy syndicate to which I belonged won on that day. For a long time afterwards the Len Choules ball was kicked about in Brockwell Park.

By the way, Sir James, I am the same age as you, but didn't start till 1954 - so a novice compared with you!

 

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View silvercobra73's Profile silvercobra73 Flag Christchurch 29 Aug 22 4.13pm Send a Private Message to silvercobra73 Add silvercobra73 as a friend

70 years a fan. Since my first match in 1948 as a 5 year old. My mother and father’s families all came from Beckenham and Crystal Palace. I grew up in Woodland Road, Crystal Palace and went to Paxton primary school at the bottom of the hill.

 

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View 1969eagle's Profile 1969eagle Flag manchester 29 Aug 22 4.20pm Send a Private Message to 1969eagle Add 1969eagle as a friend

1969 I saw palace lose 5-1 to another london club their first season in division one. (honestly cant remember whether it was arsenal or west ham ). I was smitten.
Best game....4-2 away to wrexham to secure promotion out of 3rd division...or Liverpool semi-final
Worst game.....too many to mention
Best squad....what we have now
Best team...Stevie Coppells Wright n Bright gang 90/91
Best player.....Don Rogers, Peter Taylor. Wilf.

 

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View Joe Bloggs's Profile Joe Bloggs Flag Nr Norwich 29 Aug 22 4.38pm Send a Private Message to Joe Bloggs Add Joe Bloggs as a friend

First official game was in 1945 but I am told that my parents took me to a pre war game ( we lived in Grange Road) but I have zero recollection of this.

At that time several games were between Probable versus Possible sides. Games were sometimes proceeded by bycycle polo, Norwood Paragon remaining in my memory!

In the early post war years I can still recall a man dropping dead at the back of the stand ( the only one) He was putting out some placards about future games and was angry with some kids cheeking him, about four minutes later he collapsed and died.

 

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View PE Supporter's Profile PE Supporter Flag Port Elizabeth 29 Aug 22 7.54pm Send a Private Message to PE Supporter Add PE Supporter as a friend

My Dad was a lifelong Arsenal fan, and took me to Highbury twice before he took me to Selhurst Park in 1957 when I was 10 years old. I was immediately hooked and went as frequently as possible thereafter, often walking from Durban Road in Beckenham, cutting across the sewage farm at Elmers End to Norwood. My heroes of the early years were Vic Rouse, Bert Howe, Johnny Byrne and Mike Deakin. After that came the likes of Alan Stephenson, Cliff Holton, Alan Woan and Gerry Queen and many many more
As a teenager, I worked in a couple of betting shops in Thornton Heath and Norwood, alongside Len Choules. One of our regular customers was Johnny Byrne, who owned a racing greyhound named "Find The Ball"
What pleasant times they were

 

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View jackosperoni's Profile jackosperoni Flag Penzance, Cornwall 29 Aug 22 10.15pm Send a Private Message to jackosperoni Add jackosperoni as a friend

First game: Palace v QPR 1-0 Terry Long Sept. 1967
Favourite players: Jacko, Stevie Kember, Don Rogers, Peter Taylor, Nigel Martyn, Wright& Bright, Lombardo, Zaha, Jedinak, Speroni and the undersung heroes of 2013, Cabaye.
Worst managers: Pardew, Holloway, Warnock, Venables (walking away twice), and Mullery, of course.
Best managers: Bert Head, Malcolm Allison (in some ways), Stevie Coppell.
Favourite games: v Fulham for promotion 1969, v Burnley for propmotion 1979, v Blackburn for promotion 1989, v Liverpool FA Cup Semi-Final 1990 and an odd one Palce losing 5-3 to Man Ure with a wonderful second half hat trick by Denis Law and seeing Georgie Best and Bobby Charlton play at the Temple of Football.

 


55 years on the Palace rollercoaster!

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View jackosperoni's Profile jackosperoni Flag Penzance, Cornwall 29 Aug 22 10.23pm Send a Private Message to jackosperoni Add jackosperoni as a friend

First game: Palace v QPR 1-0 Terry Long Sept. 1967
Favourite players: Jacko, Stevie Kember, Don Rogers, Peter Taylor, Nigel Martyn, Wright& Bright, Lombardo, Zaha, Jedinak, Speroni and the unsung heroes of 2013, Cabaye.
Worst managers: Pardew, Holloway, Warnock, Venables (walking away twice), and Mullery, of course.
Best managers: Bert Head, Malcolm Allison (in some ways), Stevie Coppell.
Favourite games: v Fulham for promotion 1969, v Burnley for promotion 1979, v Blackburn for promotion 1989, v Liverpool FA Cup Semi-Final 1990 and an odd one Palace losing 5-3 to Man Ure with a wonderful second half hat trick by Denis Law and seeing Georgie Best and Bobby Charlton play at the Temple of Football.
PS - my grandad was the middle of five brothers who followed Palace right from the start in 1905. They probably supported Croydon Common at the Nest before the Palace took over the ground on the former's demise.

 


55 years on the Palace rollercoaster!

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