I was hooked as a 9 year old so there wasn't much choice for me.

If I were only now looking at Football and deciding what club to support....when you take geographic out of it the biggest aspect for me would be the stadium.

On that ground (forgive the pun) Palace probably wouldn't get the vote. If I lived in London it would probably be Spurs.

But I'm Palace, win, lose or draw and that's pretty much full stop.

Edited by Stirlingsays (22 Apr 2019 2.23pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Oh dear o dear.

I wasn't at Hillsborough but I was at Stockport, waiting listening to the radio for the final whistle to go at Huddersfield.

For those who accuse me of "lack of ambition", as far as the top tier is concerned there is top 6 and the rest. there is currently a 15 point gap between 6th and 7th place. We are "the rest". Burnley finished 7th last season and almost got relegated this. Southampton finished 8th twice and have struggled since. Everton spent £150 million trying to break into the top 6 and ended up appointing Allardyce to stop them getting relegated.

It is impossible for a normal club to compete with Emirati oil money, Russian Oligarch money, etc etc. The top 6 all have stadiums seating 60,000 give or take, and unlimited reserves of cash to burn. This is now working its way down the division, with huge outside money at clubs like Bournemouth even.

It is not a lack of ambition that says "we are not going to break into the top 6". This is a golden time to be a Palace fan so enjoy it and stop whinging.

If I could wave a magic wand that'd guarantee us exactly the same results/performances as this season for the next 5 years then I would. It might not be pretty or exciting but it'd allow us to become a financially stable, fully established side with an improved stadium to boot. Sorry if that's aiming low but I'm in it for the long run.

The premier league is the place to be, im loving every min of it. Watching the best players in the world every week is amazing, full stadiums every week. The thought of watching championship football makes me shudder. when i see old clips of us in the championship and the s***e players we had to watch, im so glad we are where we are, long may it continue.

I think I’m more frustrated than bored, especially in relation to the home form. There are times when we play the same at home against the top 6 as well as the those below them. Not sure why that is, but that’s the frustration as there are times we should just go for it rather than sitting back? With that said I love having this long run in the prem and long may it continue. It is a thin line though as a few weeks back we were heading for the semi final at Wembley and perhaps even the final? Then we lost Sakho followed by Tompkins. Plus we had a home match against Brighton for which Sakho was injured the match before. I’m sure if we had beaten Watford in the quarter finals and Brighton at home our season would have been superb rather than mediocre. It really is a thin line, but I know as an old geezer that’s followed Palace for over 50 years what division I want to see us in. Premier every time :-)