Indeed he was. My favourite player of the time. A buzz went around the ground everytime he got the ball. A genius with his quick thinking, and equally quick feet. Was at the Man U 5-0 game, a great memory of a past era.

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You're welcome. Great to hear Brian Moore commentating as well.

That was one hellava game. Rogers was at his very best. Still stands as one of my top 5 Palace matches ever.

One of my first games and Don Rogers was my first Palace hero ! Gret feeling around the club at the moment . Onwards and upwards !

Never forget that day,standing on the Holmesdale Terrace as the goals went in and it was magic brushing Man U aside,one of the best in my life long support for Palace.

I was gutted on the Monday after the game though,Man U sacked Manager Frank O'Farrell,as if being beaten by us was not our great display but because Frank O'Farrell was the reason for the defeat.

Wonder if anyone else remembers the signing of Don from Swindon,for just under £150.000.
Our Manager,Bert Head,who had Managed Swindon at one time,had made many attempts to lure him away from Swindon without any success.
Rogers had demolished Arsenal in the League Cup Final at Wembley in 69,scoring twice.

However,his persistence paid off when he did land him but the strange thing was that Dave Mackay Managed Swindon for just one season and whilst other Managers there wouldn't allow him to leave Mackay did........And shortly after that he left Swindon,which seemed very strange indeed at the time.

I always thought it was convenient that Mackay allowed the deal to go through just before his departure.

Nice one Bert!!

........................Then along came Johnny Byrne! and the rest, as they say, is history.....................