I was flicking through some old programmes and came across this flyer for a game to be played at Selhurst Park on Friday 14th April 1961 against Bangu of Brazil.

Whilst I have been to Rio and know the area I must admit I had never heard of them and it seems strange why a game had been arranged against Palace.

It appears that Bangu won the 1960 New York Tournament but was their prize a trip to London to play Palace?

I cannot find anything about the game, result, attendance etc.

Can anyone shed some light on why it was played and the result?

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All I remember about that game (I didn’t go) was that I believe Bangu won 2-0 and people were interested to see how Palace would play without Johnny Byrne, who didn’t feature, because they were being called a one-man team in some circles (a bit like now in fact). The general consensus was that Palace played well, but were no match for the Brazilians. Palace were promoted from Division 4 at the end of that season.

"Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt."
Mark Twain.

Yes I remember that Bratislava game. We won 3-2 I seem to recall. I've probably got that programme somewhere too.

"Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt."
Mark Twain.

Those were the days

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City played a similar formation to that against us last week

Great to see some of these bits of memorabilia. This is from way before my time. As a kid I always liked to look at the different flags from old friendlies palace (and some international matches I think) had played which were displayed in the old family enclosure.

I'm guessing that that was to make the affair more striking under the new-fangled floodlights.

Also, I note that the officials didn't have too far to travel!

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)