I was just starting to go regularly when these changes happened. I think they kicked in just as Palace were relegated from the then Division 1.

I don't remember anyone being upset. Perhaps having just been relegated and with the excitement of Malcolm Allison as manager, it seemed like a god time for a change.

I immediately liked the new red and blue strip. I bought a red and blue barred scarf at the first home game that season and I still wear it to games.

I think that first home game was Notts County and we lost 4-1 and went on to be relegated again.

Different topic, but I do miss the excitement of being in playoff contention or dire relegation battles.

This game was in the season when we never won a game until November.Alan Whittle scored in a 1-0 away win at Bristol C to secure our first victory.

I have been going to Selhurst for 61 years . In the early years you never heard " come on you Glaziers " it was always " come on the Palace " . When Big Mal rebranded it to The Eagles (with the blessing from the board ) you then heard " come on you Eagles " . Even though we lost a lot of game under Big Mal they were fun years .

I have been a supporter since 1958 and I remember we had a goalkeeper called Bill Glazier but he was not around when Allison was manager otherwise he would have had to change his name

I don't actually remember hearing that. But what's interesting is that our modern nickname is the only one (at least that I can think of) which is chanted by the crowd: "Eagles, eagles........" We don't hear that in relation to the Gunners, Hammers, Toffees, Canaries, etc. Or do those strange people in Brighton also do it? And then there are those clubs that don't seem to have a nickname at all: nonentities like Liverpool and Southampton.