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Banter with opposition fans before segregation.
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 It's only a game  Praa Sands 25 May 11 9.25pm |
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My Dad has been following Palace for 70 years and is often reminiscing about some of the away trips he has made over the years. One thing that always stands out from his stories is how fans from both clubs stood side by side. I can remember this myself from when my Dad started taking me to watch Palace both home & away from 1964. The other day I asked him whether the banter with the opposition fans ever got out of hand & he said not really & any bad feeling would all be forgotten by the end of the game. He then reminded me of a match down at Brighton’s Goldstone back in 1976, when amazingly both sets of fans still mixed on the terrace opposite the main stand. My Dad was cheering on the lads & said something to effect that we should be winning by a margin when a Brighton fan just in front of us said that my Dad would see the game more clearly if he took his sun glasses off (my Dad wore reactor glasses). At this point my Dad making reference to Mullery's similar looking glasses, responded “is that why fu***ng Mullery can’t see the s***e he puts out there”! He also recalled another event that happened at the same game, when the guy over the PA system was advertising a Brighton anorak stating it was guaranteed to keep you dry & guaranteed to keep you warm, at which point alaneagle1 who was with us shouts out “and guaranteed to get you beaten up at away games”!
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| alaneagle1 Dunstable,Bedfordshire.England 26 May 11 11.50am |
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Cannot remember that, but can remember the sitting/standing anywhere.
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aquickgame2  Beni = summer,Caribbean = winter 28 May 11 11.03am |
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Quote It's only a game at 25 May 2011 9.25pm
My Dad has been following Palace for 70 years and is often reminiscing about some of the away trips he has made over the years. One thing that always stands out from his stories is how fans from both clubs stood side by side. I can remember this myself from when my Dad started taking me to watch Palace both home & away from 1964. The other day I asked him whether the banter with the opposition fans ever got out of hand & he said not really & any bad feeling would all be forgotten by the end of the game. He then reminded me of a match down at Brighton’s Goldstone back in 1976, when amazingly both sets of fans still mixed on the terrace opposite the main stand. My Dad was cheering on the lads & said something to effect that we should be winning by a margin when a Brighton fan just in front of us said that my Dad would see the game more clearly if he took his sun glasses off (my Dad wore reactor glasses). At this point my Dad responded “is that why fu***ng Mullery can’t see the s***e he puts out there”! He also recalled another event that happened at the same game, when the guy over the PA system was advertising a Brighton anorak stating it was guaranteed to keep you dry & guaranteed to keep you warm, at which point alaneagle1 who was with us shouts out “and guaranteed to get you beaten up at away games”!Happy days!
Absolutly disgusting
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lyeemoon  Girne 28 May 11 10.42pm |
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We played Man City on 16th April 1965 at Maine Road in front of nearly 16,000 and won 2-0 both goals from Keith Smith. Three days later we played them at home in front of just over 12,000 and drew 1-1 with a goal from Alan Stephenson. My mates and I, aged about 19, stood amongst the City fans at the Holmesdale End shouting "s***" in between the "City" chants. Sounds very sad now but it provoked no reaction at all and there were no police there and stewards didn't exist. Supporters changing ends was common in those days. Hey ho!
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collier row eagle  romford essex via another galaxy 28 May 11 10.55pm |
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Quote aquickgame2 at 28 May 2011 11.03am
Quote It's only a game at 25 May 2011 9.25pm
My Dad has been following Palace for 70 years and is often reminiscing about some of the away trips he has made over the years. One thing that always stands out from his stories is how fans from both clubs stood side by side. I can remember this myself from when my Dad started taking me to watch Palace both home & away from 1964. The other day I asked him whether the banter with the opposition fans ever got out of hand & he said not really & any bad feeling would all be forgotten by the end of the game. He then reminded me of a match down at Brighton’s Goldstone back in 1976, when amazingly both sets of fans still mixed on the terrace opposite the main stand. My Dad was cheering on the lads & said something to effect that we should be winning by a margin when a Brighton fan just in front of us said that my Dad would see the game more clearly if he took his sun glasses off (my Dad wore reactor glasses). At this point my Dad responded “is that why fu***ng Mullery can’t see the s***e he puts out there”! He also recalled another event that happened at the same game, when the guy over the PA system was advertising a Brighton anorak stating it was guaranteed to keep you dry & guaranteed to keep you warm, at which point alaneagle1 who was with us shouts out “and guaranteed to get you beaten up at away games”!Happy days!
Absolutly disgusting
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| Barcelona Based Fan No longer Barcelona, now living in... 30 May 11 6.48pm |
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Quote aquickgame2 at 28 May 2011 11.03am
Quote It's only a game at 25 May 2011 9.25pm
My Dad has been following Palace for 70 years and is often reminiscing about some of the away trips he has made over the years. One thing that always stands out from his stories is how fans from both clubs stood side by side. I can remember this myself from when my Dad started taking me to watch Palace both home & away from 1964. The other day I asked him whether the banter with the opposition fans ever got out of hand & he said not really & any bad feeling would all be forgotten by the end of the game. He then reminded me of a match down at Brighton’s Goldstone back in 1976, when amazingly both sets of fans still mixed on the terrace opposite the main stand. My Dad was cheering on the lads & said something to effect that we should be winning by a margin when a Brighton fan just in front of us said that my Dad would see the game more clearly if he took his sun glasses off (my Dad wore reactor glasses). At this point my Dad responded “is that why fu***ng Mullery can’t see the s***e he puts out there”! He also recalled another event that happened at the same game, when the guy over the PA system was advertising a Brighton anorak stating it was guaranteed to keep you dry & guaranteed to keep you warm, at which point alaneagle1 who was with us shouts out “and guaranteed to get you beaten up at away games”!Happy days!
Absolutly disgusting Agreed
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| Eaglesnut Waterford 02 Jun 11 2.24pm |
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I remember quite often changing ends at half time to be behind the goal we were attacking. There was generally very good banter with opposition fans & it very rarely got out of hand.
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| Dulwichsteve (Another Girl) Another Planet 08 Jul 11 4.39pm |
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I remember a bit of banter at the County Ground Swindon in the mid-70s. There was no segregation at all which meant that when my little brother stood at the front and was leant on by a large Wiltshire women the banter ensued: My father avoided the haymaker with consumate ease and knocked the guy out with a fine uppercut. Them were the days
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ektaff  Whitstable 16 Aug 11 2.04pm |
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Best banter for me was Wrexham V Mansfield, when we took around 150 up there for a game which we were not directly involved in. Herded into a side terrace, our chants of Palace were treated with derision from mansfield, then we shouted for Mansfield and all was ok.. When Mansfield won and Palace were up, Mansfield shouted for Palace and their players came over and applauded us... happy days...
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