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Uphill Bedford 05 Jan 22 7.44pm
Originally posted by merganser Dennis Uphill? My hero !! Of all the most useless forwards we've ever had (and there are plenty of other claimants) he was the worse. Couldn't hit the side of a double-decker bus from five yards despite countless tee-ups from Johnny Byrne. However, he was a tryer - even if it tried the patience of the Selhurst crowd. Still my hero though. Man and boy Palace since my first game in 1948 sitting on my dad's shoulders
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Uphill

Bedford 05 Jan 22 7.44pm

Originally posted by merganser

Dennis Uphill?

My hero !!
Of all the most useless forwards we've ever had (and there are plenty of other claimants) he was the worse.

Couldn't hit the side of a double-decker bus from five yards despite countless tee-ups from Johnny Byrne.

However, he was a tryer - even if it tried the patience of the Selhurst crowd. Still my hero though.

Man and boy Palace since my first game in 1948 sitting on my dad's shoulders

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merganser 06 Jan 22 9.00pm
It’s all coming back to me. Didn’t he score a couple, including a superb chipped effort, in a 5-2 home win over Peterborough? Did he sign from Watford? I seem to recall our fans always resented that he seemed to be preferred to the flashier Ronnie Allen.
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merganser

06 Jan 22 9.00pm

It’s all coming back to me. Didn’t he score a couple, including a superb chipped effort, in a 5-2 home win over Peterborough?

Did he sign from Watford?

I seem to recall our fans always resented that he seemed to be preferred to the flashier Ronnie Allen.

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Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 06 Jan 22 9.05pm
Originally posted by merganser It’s all coming back to me. Didn’t he score a couple, including a superb chipped effort, in a 5-2 home win over Peterborough? Did he sign from Watford? I seem to recall our fans always resented that he seemed to be preferred to the flashier Ronnie Allen. I believe that Dennis Uphill was signed from Watford. Played for our club in the early 60s.
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Willo

South coast - west of Brighton. 06 Jan 22 9.05pm

Originally posted by merganser

It’s all coming back to me. Didn’t he score a couple, including a superb chipped effort, in a 5-2 home win over Peterborough?

Did he sign from Watford?

I seem to recall our fans always resented that he seemed to be preferred to the flashier Ronnie Allen.

I believe that Dennis Uphill was signed from Watford.
Played for our club in the early 60s.

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Terry Ven 07 Jan 22 9.23am
Originally posted by dreamwaverider Personally I would turn the Arthur into a single tier cantilever stand. I would make the Homesdale single tier and I would build a far simpler new main stand. Spending say £50-80 m. That new stand although impressive will be massive and make the rest of the ground look really dated. Which it is. Scale black take the capacity up to say 30,000. Quicker job more balanced. I completely agree about the new stand; it just looks like a vanity project and would further emphasise the complete lack of coherence at SP. Why not build something simpler that matches the Holmesdale stand?
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Terry Ven

07 Jan 22 9.23am

Originally posted by dreamwaverider

Personally I would turn the Arthur into a single tier cantilever stand. I would make the Homesdale single tier and I would build a far simpler new main stand. Spending say £50-80 m.
That new stand although impressive will be massive and make the rest of the ground look really dated. Which it is.
Scale black take the capacity up to say 30,000. Quicker job more balanced.

I completely agree about the new stand; it just looks like a vanity project and would further emphasise the complete lack of coherence at SP. Why not build something simpler that matches the Holmesdale stand?

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