I remember all those times we went to away matches and the opposition fans would sing "Your only babies from 1905". Probably the biggest form of football banter.
Now we can sing "We're OAPs of the league", such wonderful times await.
I suspect our fan-base will probably expand exponentially, almost overnight, with the significant news of putting a new year on the badge and some wonderful new merchandise.
In the grand scheme of things, this is particularly important and poignant news for many of us. I can almost feel a connection to those cricketers and everything they stood for. I sincerely hope we change to those Blackburn Rovers colours, as we need to be making the most of this opportunity.
Worldwide, Wikipedia readers can now see we are genuinely an old club, a behemoth of the league, with an outstanding list of honours and achievements, which sometimes make me wonder why the whole club is not awarded the Freedom of the City, or even Selhurst anointed by Her Majesty the Queen?
The sense of excitement is almost overwhelming, there are ex players in Heaven, smiling as angels gazing down on upon the sheer brilliance and beauty of Thornton Heath and its environs as the right and proper home of a proud legacy. Hurrah for us and a certain Mr S. Parish.

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Red and Blue Army!

No because I’ve just read a couple of short articles sourcing documents that back their narrative. I’m not a historian with a lot of time on my hands so to most people it’s down to which story you prefer or which suites your agenda.

Goes back even further than that! The Ship of Theseus thought puzzle was proposed by Greek philosophers such as Heraclitus and Plato with the premise of if the ship of Theseus were kept in a harbour and every part on the ship were replaced one at a time, would it then be a new ship?

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I prefer the Trigger's broom version personally

The trouble with computers, of course, is that they're very sophisticated idiots

Even though its a quote from a long time ago, im not sure if its exactly 100% true. There definitely was a connection.

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i agree lefty! Its very intriguing and fascinating, but i dont see any negatives from it.

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I can't really see why there's so much argument about whether 1861 is right or wrong as pretty much everyone (pro-1861 and against-1861) agrees that there is no definitive claim to the earlier date; it's simply a question of how you interpret various facts. You either think the thread that runs from the earlier club to the 1905 club is strong enough to make the 1861 claim or you don't. But you can't absolutely prove the former beyond any reasonable doubt.

Personally, my view is that we shouldn't adopt 1861 as our date of birth (note; I said "shouldn't", not "can't" but that's simply because I err on the side of respecting a proven tradition rather than engaging in what can surely only be seen as revisionist history. I think you should only make the 1861 claim if the historical evidence for doing so is absolutely incontrovertible in support of the earlier date; nothing I've read persuades me that's the case.

However, as I've noted before the change to 1861 gives the club a nice little marketing/media opportunity and we all know that anything that looks like a new revenue stream is welcome. I suspect that's what's behind the club's enthusiasm for the earlier date as much as any interest in historical accuracy.

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.