February 13 2003
Terry Venables
Leeds United boss Terry Venables can expect a hard time from Palace supporters when he returns to Selhurst Park for the FA Cup fifth round clash this weekend.
A massive 91 per cent of Holmesdale Online viewers said they will give him a bad reception on Sunday.
Out of nearly 500 votes cast over the past seven days, just six per cent said they would cheer him, while three per cent were unsure.
Venables made 14 league appearances for the Palace in 1974 while at the end of his career before joining Malcolm Allison's coaching staff. He became manager in 1976 and guided a team of young stars, who were nutured through by Allison, to two promotions in three years.
After falling out with the board following a few controversial transfers, he deserted to QPR and promptly took Palace's best players with him, much to the dismay of the Selhurst faithful.
He was appointed head coach at Palace by Mark Goldberg in April 1998, and some supporters were still angry at the way he left the club in the late 70s.
Nevertheless, he was given a good welcome on his return. But Venables proved his lack of managerial ability by making a host of appalling signings on massive wages, while acting as agent for many of them.
Remember the "talented" players he signed such as David Amsalem, Matt Gregg, Lee Bradbury, Fraser Digby, Andy Turner, Walter Del Rio (and the other Argie who didn't turn up) and Craig Foster? While selling Neil Shipperley, Marc Edworthy, Hermann Hreidarsson and Marcus Bent who were good players.
His appalling lack of commitment was evident in the team's terrible run of results and made even worse by the fact he was picking up an exhorbitant salary along with various bonuses, house and car allowances.
Palace nearly went out of business partly by trying to keep up with Venables' expensive wages and signings, although Goldberg should shoulder most of the blame for sanctioning it all. Venables even filed for loss of earnings as the club was about to go under.
The supporters haven't forgotten those bad times and Sunday will be the first time they can vent their anger at the former England coach.
If you thought the reception Steve Bruce got was bad, this could be even worse!
InvictaK9 Security 'firm'
at 11.52pm by Pierre
Palace potentially denied entry to Europa League?
at 10.19pm by Eaglecoops
Marc Guéhi
at 4.48pm by est1905
Team 2025/6
at 10.26pm by sprites
African Cup of Nations
at 3.57pm by Lanzo-Ad
Winners Shirt
at 3.09pm by eaglesdare
Odsonne Edouard
at 10.57am by BromleyMonkey
Main Stand redevelopment thread
at 8.34pm by ex hibitionist
FA cup final commerative ticket
at 1.39pm by BromleyMonkey
Crystal Palace Fans — Help with University Research on Club Ownership
at 10.39pm by Spindle
Registration is now on our new message board
To login with your existing username you will need to convert your account over to the new message board.
All images and text on this site are copyright © 1999-2025 The Holmesdale Online, unless otherwise stated.
Web Design by Guntrisoft Ltd.