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View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Online Flag 11 Jun 19 9.01pm Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Spiderman

Just read he became wheelchair bound after a car crash at the age of 32 and died in 2015. So sad, shame Palace don't seem to care about many ex-players, the best example being Peter Simpson

My Granddad used to rave about Peter Simpson. Just looked his record up - 165 goals in 195 games. If only.

 

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View Fatherken's Profile Fatherken Flag 11 Jun 19 9.56pm Send a Private Message to Fatherken Add Fatherken as a friend

We are old gits on here
Mine was Vic Rouse 1959/60 season

 

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I have vague recollections of having watched Ray Potter and Roy Bailey, but like many others Vic Rouse was my first Palace hero followed by Bert Howe and the great Johnny Byrne.
Agree with fellow old supporters - moving from one end to the other at half time, and buying a Wagon Wheel on the way, was all part of the fun of visiting and supporting Palace

 

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View Harpo's Profile Harpo Flag Oxfordshire 18 Jun 19 10.06am Send a Private Message to Harpo Add Harpo as a friend

Originally posted by NEILLO

Caswell was also in goal at Wrexham the night we won 4-2

Understandably, he was a complete bag of nerves...

I thought it was just me that was a bag of nerves at that match!

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Online Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 18 Jun 19 10.46am Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by Harpo

I thought it was just me that was a bag of nerves at that match!

I have a feeling that the Wrexham game was Caswell's only appearance that season and it was his debut.He didn't play many times for us.He must now be in his 60s.

Edited by Willo (18 Jun 2019 10.48am)

 

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View Elpis's Profile Elpis Flag In a pub 19 Jun 19 7.48am Send a Private Message to Elpis Add Elpis as a friend

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle


The great Jacko for me. The papers sometimes called him as Stonewall Jackson. Can’t see many footballers being compared to civil war generals these days.
The reserve goalie was Frank Parsons who I think used to drink in the Man of Kent in lower Sydenham.

Jacko for me too though I cant ever remember him missing a game while he was no 1 .(though I have some vague memory of Steve Kember between the sticks ) So hats off to your recollection of the reserve keeper who of course in those days wasn't on the bench but just stayed in the pub .
He really was a great Keeper in an era of great keepers and would have achieved international honours in any other period .

 


And we still need a striker

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View Teddy Eagle's Profile Teddy Eagle Online Flag 19 Jun 19 8.10am Send a Private Message to Teddy Eagle Add Teddy Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by Elpis

Jacko for me too though I cant ever remember him missing a game while he was no 1 .(though I have some vague memory of Steve Kember between the sticks ) So hats off to your recollection of the reserve keeper who of course in those days wasn't on the bench but just stayed in the pub .
He really was a great Keeper in an era of great keepers and would have achieved international honours in any other period .

He was also a very nice man who would always stop after games to sign autographs for anyone who asked. He and John McCormick would stay signing until everyone was happy which meant a lot to us as kids.

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Online Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 19 Jun 19 9.23am Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Not sure he has been mentioned in this thread but there might be some who recall Tony Burns as their 'First goalie'.
He was signed from a club in S.Africa and made a lot of appearances for us.

He went on to be goalkeeper coach at Millwall for several years and was caretaker manager with Alan McLeary for a few games after our former player David Tuttle left his managerial post.

Edited by Willo (19 Jun 2019 9.30am)

 

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View gerry theagle's Profile gerry theagle Flag newbury 19 Jun 19 10.27am Send a Private Message to gerry theagle Add gerry theagle as a friend

Vic Rouse,1958/59 season. First went to Selhurst Park in 1953 was only seven so can't remember who was in goal then.
Incidentally got an Autograph book signed by all the players in the above season including Johnny Byrne, in those days you could actually read the signature unlike those of todays players.

 

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View Osvaldo's Profile Osvaldo Flag Epsom 19 Jun 19 10.58am Send a Private Message to Osvaldo Add Osvaldo as a friend

Vic Rouse, I think a 4th Division goalkeeper who was a Welsh International, great GK.
Followed by another great GK, Bill Glazier, I think sold to Coventry City for a record £35,000!!!

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Online Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 19 Jun 19 12.47pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by gerry theagle

Vic Rouse,1958/59 season. First went to Selhurst Park in 1953 was only seven so can't remember who was in goal then.
Incidentally got an Autograph book signed by all the players in the above season including Johnny Byrne, in those days you could actually read the signature unlike those of todays players.

I reached the age of 1 in November 1953 !
I think in those bygone days Roy Bailey was the goalkeeper, the father of Ex-Man Utd goalkeeper Gary Bailey.

 

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View ex hibitionist's Profile ex hibitionist Flag Hastings 19 Jun 19 2.55pm Send a Private Message to ex hibitionist Add ex hibitionist as a friend

Originally posted by Willo

Not sure he has been mentioned in this thread but there might be some who recall Tony Burns as their 'First goalie'.
He was signed from a club in S.Africa and made a lot of appearances for us.

He went on to be goalkeeper coach at Millwall for several years and was caretaker manager with Alan McLeary for a few games after our former player David Tuttle left his managerial post.

Edited by Willo (19 Jun 2019 9.30am)

really good keeper from Durban, shot stopper, better than Paul Hammond, we had few sarth effrikanss back then, Bobby Bell b4 Big Mal, Stewart Jump? But Tony Burns was another gem unearthed from obscurity - actually between Jacko and Burridge the keeper situation was a bit unsettled, as it was b4 we got Nigel Martyn in.

 

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