liverpool 9 palace 0
palace 0 wimbledon 5
wimbledon 4 palace 0
everton 4 palace 0
grimsby 5 palace 2

Palace 0 wimbledon 5 shocking, but i cheered myself up by joining in the riot outside afterward, windows smashed, old bill on horseback, quite funny really.

Would you class our heaviest defeats as our worst performances? Sometimes there is nothing you can do on the day against a rampant side. Worst performances for me have been when i've seen us play against sides on an equal footing yet show absolutely no desire to attack. I think those games are just criminal. Burnley away last season for instance: One down within 2 minutes and yet we didn't produce one shot on goal in that whole first half despite Burnley just sitting back themselves. Tell a lie, David Wright ballooned a 50 yard pass forward that got taken by the wind and had to be caught by their keeper just incase.

The Liverpool 9-0 was obviously highly embarrassing because it was national news - there was no hiding place. Even the players were getting it while walking down the street with people shouting '9-0' from their cars or the top decks of buses. But would you class it as worst performance? Liverpool were a s*it hot team and were class that night and everything they touched went in.

The 5-0 at home to Wimbledon for me was the most embarrassing moment to be a Palace fan. You have to remember that at that time, Wimbledon in the minds of most, were still that little amateur club down the road that had out done themselves by reaching the heady heights of Division 2. They had no business even playing CRYSTAL PALACE in a league game nevermind totally ripping us to shreds on our very own turf.

My mates dad took this picture of Jim Cannon just after the Wombles raped our defence for a third time. Jim tried in vein to stop it, his momentum carried him onto the barriers in the Whitehorse End right in front of us. As he leaned motionless on the barriers he spoke these immortal words:

'F**king game and a half this is!'

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

Don't let the scoreline fool you. We weren't that bad, on the day Liverpool were that good. They would've demolished most teams that night.

Ian Holloway Palace Managerial record:

P-17 W-5 D-7 L-5 F-26 A-19 GD +7 Points 21/45

Win Rate - 29.41%
Draw Rate - 41.17%
Lose Rate - 29.41%

all these 3 are good shouts!

CH

2 games from 03-04 0-5 away to Wigan,after which Steve Kember was sacked. Then 1-3 at home to Crewe which effectively stopped Kit Symons getting the job full time.
Who'd have thought we'd go up that year after these appalling performances.