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 Palacetinian  Surrey Fam 30 Mar 14 11.30am |
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Does any one remember Malcolm Allison's first game in charge of Palace this weekend 41 years ago (31st March 1973)? Under the cameras of the Big Match we won at home against Chelsea 2-0! After that we went on to change our colours to red and blue gained lots more fans and became the biggest football club in South London. The end of that decade we were promoted back to the First division with a crowd in excess of 53,000 against Burnley but not before Terry Venables had taken us up from the old third division! On the 29th September 1979 we were at the top of the table for the one and only time in our history. I think this victory is a sign that we could be entering another golden era with the plaudits we have been getting and the style with which we have embraced life in the Premier League. By the way the above game was Steve Parish's first ever at Palace!! Not a coincidence surely!
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SloveniaDave  Tirana, Albania 30 Mar 14 11.50am |
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Quote Palacetinian at 30 Mar 2014 11.30am
Does any one remember Malcolm Allison's first game in charge of Palace this weekend 41 years ago (31st March 1973)? Under the cameras of the Big Match we won at home against Chelsea 2-0! After that we went on to change our colours to red and blue gained lots more fans and became the biggest football club in South London. The end of that decade we were promoted back to the First division with a crowd in excess of 53,000 against Burnley but not before Terry Venables had taken us up from the old third division! On the 29th September 1979 we were at the top of the table for the one and only time in our history. I think this victory is a sign that we could be entering another golden era with the plaudits we have been getting and the style with which we have embraced life in the Premier League. By the way the above game was Steve Parish's first ever at Palace!! Not a coincidence surely!
Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand! My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right. (Member of the School of Optimism 1969-2016 inclusive) |
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Quote SloveniaDave at 30 Mar 2014 11.50am
Quote Palacetinian at 30 Mar 2014 11.30am
Does any one remember Malcolm Allison's first game in charge of Palace this weekend 41 years ago (31st March 1973)? Under the cameras of the Big Match we won at home against Chelsea 2-0! After that we went on to change our colours to red and blue gained lots more fans and became the biggest football club in South London. The end of that decade we were promoted back to the First division with a crowd in excess of 53,000 against Burnley but not before Terry Venables had taken us up from the old third division! On the 29th September 1979 we were at the top of the table for the one and only time in our history. I think this victory is a sign that we could be entering another golden era with the plaudits we have been getting and the style with which we have embraced life in the Premier League. By the way the above game was Steve Parish's first ever at Palace!! Not a coincidence surely!
Having led the table we fell away but did not go down that same year. I'm sure I am right in saying we finished 12th that year. It was the following year we went down I'm sure of it.
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| PsychoPaul 30 Mar 14 12.53pm |
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Quote Palacetinian at 30 Mar 2014 11.30am
Does any one remember Malcolm Allison's first game in charge of Palace this weekend 41 years ago (31st March 1973)? Under the cameras of the Big Match we won at home against Chelsea 2-0! After that we went on to change our colours to red and blue gained lots more fans and became the biggest football club in South London. The end of that decade we were promoted back to the First division with a crowd in excess of 53,000 against Burnley but not before Terry Venables had taken us up from the old third division! On the 29th September 1979 we were at the top of the table for the one and only time in our history. I think this victory is a sign that we could be entering another golden era with the plaudits we have been getting and the style with which we have embraced life in the Premier League. By the way the above game was Steve Parish's first ever at Palace!! Not a coincidence surely! Not forgetting Chelsea finished last in the 1st division & were relegated
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