Out of nowhere today, my mind was cast back to Pardew's dad dance at the cup final.

Was it as excruciating for you as it was for me? OMG....

An abiding memory of his tenure at Palace.

I'm still wincing as I write lol.

That lost us the game - everyone was like sit down idiot the game ain’t over

Forever Palace Proud

I was more bothered by Gayle missing a sitter that would have had his statue built outside Selhurst

Managers express their unbridled joy in different ways.The likes of Arteta and Conteh etc are animated during moments of ecstasy after their teams have scored vital goals.

Apropos Pardew, we had just scored the opening goal in the FA Cup Final against Man Utd and he was just re-enacting his moves on the dance floor.

'Strictly no dancing'.

Yes but the trouble is, I got the impression that it was done for the cameras so it would go down as a great winning image to be replayed in the future. Except that it backfired massively.

I don't know about anybody else but I was there on the day and all around me there were people saying that it looked like tempting fate and that he should address the team, make sure they're organised and keep their concentration.