Good write up in the guardian of Mark Bright’s book.
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Will definitely read this, this will be interesting to see how this compares to Ian Wright’s book released many years ago. For me Mark has been the best target man to wear the Palace shirt.

A proper centre forward who mixed it with central defenders and opposition goal keepers alike. If anyone that was at the Palace v Man City game where he had a one on one with the City goalkeeper at the time, Nixon. A 50/50 where they both wanted the ball it was top draw.

Mark Bright yeah Palace legend...

Was in the City end for that game. Nixon lost it and punched Brighty conceding a penalty and getting sent off.

Brilliant game which we won 3-1 and. Paul Stewart missed a pen for them.

Very lively outside

Among numerous tales about his playing days at Palace, some of the most entertaining involve his friendship with team-mate Andy Gray.

On one occasion. Bright was appalled that,just hours before an important match, Gray (unbeknown to manager Steve Coppell) had happily scoffed down a Big Mac, French fries and a milkshake.

Bright told him he would never be able to run around for 90 minutes and should be ashamed.

Come the match, Gray played a blinder and scored a spectacular goal.

Recalls Bright: "As he ran back to the goalline after getting everyone's congratulations, he looked across at me, tapped his stomach with this right hand and mouthed 'Macky D' to me with a wide grin.

Other anecdotes in this absorbing book include a road rage incident when he and a couple team-mates found themselves confronted by a dangerously aggressive motorist armed with a gun plus a fascinating encounter with a faith-healer who apparently 'cured' his hamstring injury less than 24 hours after having treated it.

During his lively career, Bright also had spells with Port Vale, Leicester, Wednesday and Charlton, hut his happiest times were obviously at Palace.

That is why today he is director of the club's under-23s and regularly to be seen in the Selhurst stand on matchdays alongside club chairman and co-owner Steve Parish (both of them invariably looking extremely anxious).

My Story is a really generous-spirited and inspiring autobiography by a player who overcame many obstacles (including racist abuse) both to fulfil his potential and to achieve his ambitions.

Edited by auk (28 Dec 2019 9.32am)