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View ex hibitionist's Profile ex hibitionist Flag Hastings 17 Feb 20 2.01pm Send a Private Message to ex hibitionist Add ex hibitionist as a friend

There were three years in the old third div 74-77 but I think we were a worse side around 83 and 84 late Mullery and early Coppell - Aylott, John Lacy,
Andy mcCulloch, Ketteridge etc also very pony after the minus 10 in 2010 - that first season under Doogie when we just stayed up, Stefan Iversen up front, God we were awful. Older fans may remember pre Johnny Byrne - but examples of my three crappest times would be (1) 1-1 draws at home to Aldershot and Peterboro in 74 75 under Big Mal - (2) 0-0 draw at home to Carlisle in 84/85 league cup - got about 20 sec highlights on itv that night, (3) and the Adam Barrett, Andy Dorman era - we were dog food - but I'd go for those 1-1 draws at home to Barnsley and shrewsbury around 84 and 85 as the time when we were most cr*p. Not trying to be negative but reminiscing about awful games and players is all good fun. thoughts?

 

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Originally posted by ex hibitionist

There were three years in the old third div 74-77 but I think we were a worse side around 83 and 84 late Mullery and early Coppell - Aylott, John Lacy,
Andy mcCulloch, Ketteridge etc also very pony after the minus 10 in 2010 - that first season under Doogie when we just stayed up, Stefan Iversen up front, God we were awful. Older fans may remember pre Johnny Byrne - but examples of my three crappest times would be (1) 1-1 draws at home to Aldershot and Peterboro in 74 75 under Big Mal - (2) 0-0 draw at home to Carlisle in 84/85 league cup - got about 20 sec highlights on itv that night, (3) and the Adam Barrett, Andy Dorman era - we were dog food - but I'd go for those 1-1 draws at home to Barnsley and shrewsbury around 84 and 85 as the time when we were most cr*p. Not trying to be negative but reminiscing about awful games and players is all good fun. thoughts?

in my living memory, the period before Coppell. but some of the times in division 4 must have been grim. although perhaps people were less mad back then with expectations

 


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Originally posted by ex hibitionist

There were three years in the old third div 74-77 but I think we were a worse side around 83 and 84 late Mullery and early Coppell - Aylott, John Lacy,
Andy mcCulloch, Ketteridge etc also very pony after the minus 10 in 2010 - that first season under Doogie when we just stayed up, Stefan Iversen up front, God we were awful. Older fans may remember pre Johnny Byrne - but examples of my three crappest times would be (1) 1-1 draws at home to Aldershot and Peterboro in 74 75 under Big Mal - (2) 0-0 draw at home to Carlisle in 84/85 league cup - got about 20 sec highlights on itv that night, (3) and the Adam Barrett, Andy Dorman era - we were dog food - but I'd go for those 1-1 draws at home to Barnsley and shrewsbury around 84 and 85 as the time when we were most cr*p. Not trying to be negative but reminiscing about awful games and players is all good fun. thoughts?

had some great times watching palace home & away through the 80s.
as you say, really s***e early 80s, however there was a limited small support that all pulled together & had a laugh.

 


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often at the expense of Phil Barber, I liked some of the youngsters that came through about 86, Tony Finnegan and the young striker Andy Gray, bot not so much Andy (sic) Higginbottom

 

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View monkey's Profile monkey Flag Sittingbourne,Kent 17 Feb 20 6.51pm Send a Private Message to monkey Add monkey as a friend

Originally posted by kingdowieonthewall

had some great times watching palace home & away through the 80s.
as you say, really s***e early 80s, however there was a limited small support that all pulled together & had a laugh.

Exactly that, the days when you could actually stand and count our fans at some away games, I think 57 at Middlesbrough and 63 at Shrewsbury was the lowest I counted, enjoyable days though, crap team, losing all the time in some far flung northern s*** hole, usually 1-0, but we all got to know each other, and the result didn’t seem to matter a lot of the time, we were going into enemy territory representing our little corner of South London and that was all that mattered, if we got some sort of result it was a bonus

 


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Tom-the-eagle Flag Croydon 17 Feb 20 6.53pm

Originally posted by ex hibitionist

There were three years in the old third div 74-77 but I think we were a worse side around 83 and 84 late Mullery and early Coppell - Aylott, John Lacy,
Andy mcCulloch, Ketteridge etc also very pony after the minus 10 in 2010 - that first season under Doogie when we just stayed up, Stefan Iversen up front, God we were awful. Older fans may remember pre Johnny Byrne - but examples of my three crappest times would be (1) 1-1 draws at home to Aldershot and Peterboro in 74 75 under Big Mal - (2) 0-0 draw at home to Carlisle in 84/85 league cup - got about 20 sec highlights on itv that night, (3) and the Adam Barrett, Andy Dorman era - we were dog food - but I'd go for those 1-1 draws at home to Barnsley and shrewsbury around 84 and 85 as the time when we were most cr*p. Not trying to be negative but reminiscing about awful games and players is all good fun. thoughts?


Yes early to mid eighties were crap. Crowds were also rubbish as well if memory serves correct.

Football wasn’t the global sport it is today with all the money and trimmings, not that that is particularly a bad thing.

Just seem to remember low crowds, old stadiums and the threat of violence in the air.

Coppell performed a miracle at Palace. Every year he added another few pieces and year in year we got better and better. Never has Selhurst seen anything that compares to the Wright and Bright era.

Starting to waffle and get off subject. Was all that viagra I took

 


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View OldFart's Profile OldFart Flag By the sea 17 Feb 20 7.06pm Send a Private Message to OldFart Add OldFart as a friend

Originally posted by Ginger Pubic Wig
Division 4 was actually very good but before that some of the 3rd division south periods were really grim

in my living memory, the period before Coppell. but some of the times in division 4 must have been grim. although perhaps people were less mad back then with expectations

 

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The Mullery years were certainly very poor but we must have been terrible back in the old division 3 south days, I think I’m correct in saying we hold the record for the greatest number of times a team had.to apply for re-election in the days when you finished in the bottom two.

 

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Originally posted by ex hibitionist

There were three years in the old third div 74-77 but I think we were a worse side around 83 and 84 late Mullery and early Coppell - Aylott, John Lacy,
Andy mcCulloch, Ketteridge etc

I'd certainly go along with the mid-80s as being the pits. Poor football, poor players, poor crowds (down to around 5,000 on occasions).

To be honest we weren't that good when we went up to the top flight for the first time in 1969. We only won 6 games in a 42 match season and it was something of a miracle that we stayed up, and that there were two worse sides than us.I remember us labouring through many a game with our backs to the wall. But I guess it is better being poor in the top division than a lower one.

The three seasons in Division 3 weren't too bad as we were generally competitive and played some very good football, and there was the famous cup run in that period.

 

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Dad started taking me to games in 3rd Division South and we used to lose a lot. I used to be glued to the radio for the result of away games and remember losing 6-0 or 6-1 to Exeter.
After dropping to the newly formed 4th Division we improved a lot, thanks mainly to Arthur Rowe's management and Johnny Byrne.

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 04 Mar 20 3.54pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

I recall the dark and dismal days as highlighted in the plethora of posts when I often pulled crab apple grimaces and expressions of disgust were plentiful! Mouth frequently forming a downward crescent and head hung heavily akin to a despondent mule.Been some grim times since I first started supporting the club in the 60s.

 

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