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blind eagle - great post.
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I did not realize my memory is so bad until I re-read my previous post. I said Bert Kurz,it should have been Fred Kurz and the Bert belonged to Albert Dawes,Fred Dawes the captains brother. I also forgot to mention that I cried my eyes out when my idol Arfur Hudgell was transferred in 1947 to Sunderland which was the first team in Britain to cost a million quid. Len Shackleton played for them and my Arfur Hudge played for them a long time as a great defender. God Bless em all!.
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I was born and raised in Croydon but never really got into football until high school when me and my mates kicked about and started a team.
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SO HERE'S TO YOU FAMOUS RED AND BLUE!!! |
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When i was about 5 years old ( early 60s ) i like i think a lot of kids do at that age started to take a bit of an interest in some of the more glam teams of the day Man utd Leeds Chelsea ect. My Dad god bless him seemed to get wind of this and told me "You WILL support one of your local teams boy ! " i grew up in Walworth SE 17 on the kinglake est. He was more a Millwall fan than Palace but was never one for travelling outside of London for away games and when one team was at home the other away and so he started taking me with him to the Den and Selhurst park. As Palace started to become more succsesfull the more we went watching us rise from the third to first division and by then i was well and truly hooked! Also by the promotion of 69 was by then 13 and going with me mates from our estate and Walworth secondary school. Good luck to Cardiff mate i know a lot of the Palace lads here are giving you a bit of stick but i will always remember a monday night in Cardiff back in 1980 when we played Swansea in a fa cup second replay. Sadly one of our boys got done for murder that night for killing a Swansea fan ( although it was the next day he actually got nicked ) but i remember how Cardiff fans were out in force supporting Palace big time ! We needed it to i reckon swansea fans outnumbered us 3 or 4 to one ! Your lads saved me and a couple of mates from a right kicking that night ! Have always had a soft spot for Cardiff since then ))
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When my family moved from Battersea to Addiscombe, my sister starting seeing a palace supporter. Being your typical 7 year old kid at the time i supported Liverpool (i know i realise the error of my ways). But as i could here the crowds at Selhurst from my garden it was decided that Palace would be my first experience of live football. I went on a Boxing day - played Chelsea drew 2-2 and have been hooked ever since, even managed to get my Dad to be a fan.
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First match was against Notts Forest in the FA Cup, 1965 I think, we won 3-1.
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First ever game, Palace v Bolton 1993. My old man took me. Went again that season and saw us play West Brom. The last game I went to that season was the home game v Watford when we lifted the 1st Division title in front of our fans before the game, going on to lose 2-0. Went to Leicester at Wembley. Got a Season ticket at 15, 1st season under Jordan and was at Stockport away. Held that season ticket until the season we went up. In the 2002-2003 season did every league and cup game home and away. Finally renewed my ST this season since my son is now old enough to go. Shift work limits what games i can attend but i did do the Amex!!! What got me hooked? Seeing the old Holmesdale rocking like a b****** from the Arthur Waite back in 93. 20 years hooked, f***ing hell....im 27..
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first ever game not sure when but it was early 2000s and we were against sheffield united and we were losing and david hopkin had a free kick in the last min my dad said watch this it will be amazing, it was hit straight at the wall, my dad then told me we're never coming here again, been going ever since then.
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I started in 1969 my grandad use to take me to the palace that just got promotion to 1st division , the first game was palace v Newcastle what a game even in those days there was crowd trouble Newcastle fans started fire in the old white,horse lane end palace won 1,0 I use to wait for the old 68 bus that would drop me of like most of the old palace fans the crowds were great over the years , and I just got the bite for the club as the years went on I got to age were I use to take my self and stand in the homes dale end , I now moved near Norwich and at 51 years I still love the club more then the wife I even use to make sure my kids every night went to bed in there palace shirts now there got kids and I take the gran kids to palace now great days
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I was only thinking about this the other day ! The madness that started the madness of being a Palace fan. I used to go to school in Orpington (sooooooo don't miss that dive!!) All my friend at school were Spurs, Arsenal or Liverpool (glory hunters!) One of my friends wanted to take me to a Spurs game ~ he went with his old mad. For some reason (maybe Int call ups or something) the Spuds game was called off. I think his old man suggested going to Palace. It was the first season we were promoted under Palace with Sir Steve. I think we played Plymouth(88/89 maybe?) and won 3-1 (help me out ! I could be wrong!) Im sure Wright scored at least one! I was hooked from there ! After that my Spud friend kept asking me to go to WHL never went apart from when we played them ! I wouldn't change this insane roller-coaster for anything!!
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Very simple reason really - I was taken to my first league match v ManU (by a ManU supporting relative) and we beat them 3-0 (2 from Wright, 1 from Salako).
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Quote favshirt at 15 Dec 2012 2.11pm
A big question this one, I know but I am genuinely interested in reading your replies. Can you remember when you first developed a thing for the club? Did you visit as a youngster? See a great bit of skill/ a memorable game or atmosphere? I look forawrd to reading your replies.
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