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Wrexham V Palace 1977
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 ektaff  Whitstable 03 Feb 21 11.51am |
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Footage of this game is on You Tube, sorry not to have posted the link.
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monkey  Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 03 Feb 21 12.18pm |
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Those were the days
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| kingdowieonthewall Sussex, ex-Cronx. 03 Feb 21 12.38pm |
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one of the all time, ultimate Palace rollercoster rides of a game.
Kids,tired of being bothered by your pesky parents? |
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| Plumpton eagle East Sussex 03 Feb 21 1.25pm |
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I was there. We needed to win by 2. We got to 2-0 up but they gt it back level. Then we got the 2 late goals to win 4-2. It was probably the most euphoric I have ever been at a Palace game. I remember walking back to the station taunting the locals. I went with a guy from the Crystal Palace hotel and he had brought loads of beer. What a journey back! Went to Palace on the Saturday and saw our reserves beat Hereford reserves (I think)5-0. This was whilst waiting for the result of Wrexham's last game. If they won they would go up ahead of us. They were beaten at home 1-0 by already promoted Mansfield (Ithink). There can't be many occasions when there is a joyous pitch invasion at the end of a reserves game. Happy days!!
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| ektaff Whitstable 05 Feb 21 10.45am |
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I went up to Wrexham again on the Saturday with about 100 other Palace fans. To start with, Mansfield were giving us a bit of banter, but then when we started shouting for Mansfield, they then started to shout for us and when Moss (I think) scored their winner the Mansfield team came over to us. Happy Daze!!!
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| monkey Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 05 Feb 21 11.57am |
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Originally posted by ektaff
I went up to Wrexham again on the Saturday with about 100 other Palace fans. To start with, Mansfield were giving us a bit of banter, but then when we started shouting for Mansfield, they then started to shout for us and when Moss (I think) scored their winner the Mansfield team came over to us. Happy Daze!!! Love that!! It was a bit of a thing back then, going to other games that mattered to cheer on another team!! obviously can’t be done these days with games needing tickets and memberships etc those were the days
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| ektaff Whitstable 11 Feb 21 10.20am |
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Originally posted by monkey
Love that!! It was a bit of a thing back then, going to other games that mattered to cheer on another team!! obviously can’t be done these days with games needing tickets and memberships etc those were the days We even went round to the players entrance as we had plenty of time for our train home. Met Bill Shankley and have his autograph on the programme (somewhere in the loft).
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| monkey Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 11 Feb 21 12.21pm |
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Originally posted by ektaff
We even went round to the players entrance as we had plenty of time for our train home. Met Bill Shankley and have his autograph on the programme (somewhere in the loft). Can’t be many of those around, might be worth a few quid Thats my favourite saying!! “It’s up in the loft somewhere”
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| crystal-purley Purley 06 Apr 21 12.52pm |
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Shankly (a hero of mine) had just resigned from Liverpool and was there to try and build up Wrexham he said something like you've already won this just go out there and do it again. Edited by crystal-purley (06 Apr 2021 12.54pm)
Enjoying getting up later and not having someone who knows better than me (apart from the missus of course). |
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Melbourne Eagle  Melbourne 07 Jul 21 1.00am |
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Thanks for that footage never seen that before but it resonated with me because the mid 70s was the start of my adulation with Palace. I remember having to win by 2 goals that night but getting any results down under in those days wasn't easy. During school I had to sneak to the public phone over the road from my school and spend my lunch money to call a results service. My heart sank when the BBC voice announced Wrexham 2...but of course Palace got 4. Appreciated the 1976 FA cup footage after the Wrexham game too because that FA cup run got into our newspapers and that was it for me. Malcolm Allison with his hat on and a fat cigar and I knew it was Palace for me. It was another 20 years in the internet age with easier access to live games that I realised Palace were never going to win anything, too late, LOL......
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| Pete53 Hassocks 17 Aug 21 3.42pm |
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I was in the bath with the radio on, and nothing else, when I heard the result.
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croydon proud  Any european country i fancy! 17 Aug 21 7.54pm |
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Originally posted by Pete53
I was in the bath with the radio on, and nothing else, when I heard the result. Yeah, i was home glued to the radio, it was crackling the whole game, reception was crap, but got the result none the less.
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