Okay then mr picky, we’ll say regular from about 1978 to about 1991, because I went to Orient away 5 times in that period, plus the home games, that’s fairly regular

Possibly before your time but Dave Groombridge who shared goalkeeping duties with Ron George was a local lad to me and often joined in games at Thornton Heath Rec. He used to live in Strathyre Avenue Norbury.

Just googled him, bit before my time, not much

Thank you Monkey

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

Interesting.

A few years back I found a spread sheet on the web which detailed by year and then by division the 92 clubs. Out of interest I wanted to compare how many years Palace were in each division versus Charlton and Millwall e.g. 13 years in the top flight 40 years in 2nd tier and so on.

I don't remember the exact numbers but at the time Palace and Charlton were almost identical with Charlton having been in the top flight more years than us (we must have overtaken them now). Anyway I guess this is how rivalry starts as outside of the top division all 3 clubs seems to be have a similar record over 100 years which meant playing each other more often than not.

One more point

Good morning Palace fans, just bringing this topic back to the top of this forum.
Still really keen to track this footage down.
Are you aware of any Palace fans who might have old footage who may be able to locate it?