I stand corrected! Palace won 4-1, and I do remember Gerry Francis - former England and Palace captain!

Supporting Crystal Palace since 19.45 on 29th August 1972 (approximately)!

Oh I totally agree. We got a few appearances that way in those dark early 80's days: Wolves at home (lost 4-3) and Man C away (lost 2-1) spring to mind.

'Better stop dreaming of the quiet life 'cos it's the one we'll never know'

Remember this WELL! Was my first ever game, bottom right corner of the Arthur Wait terrace. Pre game had my uncle get me the starter kit of scarf, badge, and a sheet of "pen pics" of the squad, if anyone remembers those!!! 8 years old and hooked for life. We were pony 12 months later....

For some reason there is an incident in that game that I always remember (aside from Jim's magnificent volley). I was standing on the Holmesdale and Ipswich were attacking that end in the 2nd half (not very much mind you).

At one point Paul Mariner, Ipswich's centre forward, broke through into the Palace penalty area but somehow or other tripped over his own feet and landed flat on his face. He lay face down for a couple of seconds appearing to have injured himself. The Holmesdale crowd, to a man, broke into cheers and jeers, at which point Mariner jumped to his feet, looked up to the crowd with a smile on his face and tapped his nose as if to say "fooled you".

I think the reason this has stuck with me is because, apart from goal celebrations, it is very rare during the course of play for a player to interact with the crowd in any way. Mariner's response showed a nice touch of humour.