This is brilliant. I worked as a teaching assistment with special needs kids briefly and some of them had effectively been disowned or bullied and all sorts, but despite that most of these kids were still so pure of heart and excited about the day to day. Brought out the best in others, and it's fantastic when there are community pushes to get them involved. So heartwarming. Well done lads and thanks Geezer for posting this. This is what it's all about...

Christ, mate; what a memory you have. I'd completely forgotten about that, but now I can see it as clear as yesterday.

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

You can tell he’s been out of the team for a while when his hair has grown about a foot since his last appearance.

What a great club we support, players, staff and kids thoroughly enjoying a day to remember. Makes you feel very humble.

I stumbled over the video and came here to post a link, then found this thread. The tears are still in my eyes.

What a refreshing thing to watch in these troubled days. The smiles from everyone were so genuine and heart-warming that you just know there is a really close bond there between the group.

The affection that pours out of those with DS can be a bit overwhelming at times, but our boys seemed to be totally at ease and really happy to be making them happy.

I hope it goes viral. It deserves to.

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Exactly, it's beyond predictable at this point!