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Mapletree Croydon 14 Sep 16 2.08pm
Originally posted by johnallen My sister first took me in 1955 when I was 4. She went to Lady Edridge grammar school which is now the site of the players and staff car park. I was so little the turnstile operator allowed my sister to lift me over the turnstile. In 1964 my brother-in-law, John Henty, first played Glad all Over and everyone around the front row banged the old advertising hoardings. It was immediately adopted as a Palace favourite and despite other clubs trying to hijack it (God - can't they come up with their own anthem?)we were the original and still current users. When the Arthur Wait stand was being built I went up there in the summer for a look and ended up holding a piece of shuttering in place with Bert Head at the other end whilst they poured the concrete. Those were the good old days and these are the good old days again for the current generation. The ground atmosphere and phenomenal sound produced by the Holmesdale today are better though than anything of have ever experienced at the ground including the 51K at the Burnley play off match. Keep it up lads and lasses, you are brilliant. My sister went to Lady Edridge too. They used to climb the fence to look at the footballers. T'was a dump though. I could be wrong but I thought bit and pieces was the first tune we banged the hoardings to - or rather stamped our feet on the wooden main stand floor in my case - but we then found glad all over worked better.
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Croydon 14 Sep 16 2.08pm

Originally posted by johnallen

My sister first took me in 1955 when I was 4. She went to Lady Edridge grammar school which is now the site of the players and staff car park. I was so little the turnstile operator allowed my sister to lift me over the turnstile. In 1964 my brother-in-law, John Henty, first played Glad all Over and everyone around the front row banged the old advertising hoardings. It was immediately adopted as a Palace favourite and despite other clubs trying to hijack it (God - can't they come up with their own anthem?)we were the original and still current users. When the Arthur Wait stand was being built I went up there in the summer for a look and ended up holding a piece of shuttering in place with Bert Head at the other end whilst they poured the concrete. Those were the good old days and these are the good old days again for the current generation. The ground atmosphere and phenomenal sound produced by the Holmesdale today are better though than anything of have ever experienced at the ground including the 51K at the Burnley play off match. Keep it up lads and lasses, you are brilliant.

My sister went to Lady Edridge too. They used to climb the fence to look at the footballers. T'was a dump though.

I could be wrong but I thought bit and pieces was the first tune we banged the hoardings to - or rather stamped our feet on the wooden main stand floor in my case - but we then found glad all over worked better.

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OhthisbloodyPC 14 Sep 16 2.20pm
They used to play The LIquidator too, which people used to stamp along to (This now seems to have been colonised by Chelsea fans, but I think they played it at every ground) Of course, before I was re-incarnated in 1960, I remember from a previous life when Selhurst was just a clearing in the wood. (That's what the name Sel-hurst means in Anglo Saxon) As the players came out on the itch the druids used to chant.... oh, but that's another story
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14 Sep 16 2.20pm

They used to play The LIquidator too, which people used to stamp along to

(This now seems to have been colonised by Chelsea fans, but I think they played it at every ground)

Of course, before I was re-incarnated in 1960, I remember from a previous life when Selhurst was just a clearing in the wood. (That's what the name Sel-hurst means in Anglo Saxon)

As the players came out on the itch the druids used to chant.... oh, but that's another story

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cp forever south london 14 Sep 16 2.40pm
This is such an enjoyable thread, thank you op for starting it and the lunacy of one contributor.....sniffing the smoke from somewhere.
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south london 14 Sep 16 2.40pm

This is such an enjoyable thread, thank you op for starting it and the lunacy of one contributor.....sniffing the smoke from somewhere.

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Hoof Hearted 14 Sep 16 4.03pm
Originally posted by OhthisbloodyPC You're obviously a Plastic, If you don't remember when we used to put Nicky Chatterton in the stocks at half time, then you can't be a real fan. I remember when one of the Palace Dollies was placed in a ducking stool and..... Oh hang on, you're going to say I made this up. Ask Bert Head. He was there... I remember Chatterton's dad Len driving a VW Beetle with big rollers on the front and back called "The Flatterer" in the 70's. That was bizarre enough and actually happened!
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Hoof Hearted 14 Sep 16 4.03pm

Originally posted by OhthisbloodyPC

You're obviously a Plastic,

If you don't remember when we used to put Nicky Chatterton in the stocks at half time, then you can't be a real fan.

I remember when one of the Palace Dollies was placed in a ducking stool and..... Oh hang on, you're going to say I made this up.

Ask Bert Head. He was there...

I remember Chatterton's dad Len driving a VW Beetle with big rollers on the front and back called "The Flatterer" in the 70's.

That was bizarre enough and actually happened!

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rmdavis02 14 Sep 16 4.22pm
And only cost 3.5p
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14 Sep 16 4.22pm

And only cost 3.5p

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Lyons550 Shirley 14 Sep 16 4.29pm
Originally posted by Hoof Hearted I remember Chatterton's dad Len driving a VW Beetle with big rollers on the front and back called "The Flatterer" in the 70's. That was bizarre enough and actually happened! Blimey...even I remember that and I was born in 1970!...it used to be parked over in the corner between the Whitehorse and the Main Stand... The Voice of Reason In An Otherwise Mediocre World
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Shirley 14 Sep 16 4.29pm

Originally posted by Hoof Hearted

I remember Chatterton's dad Len driving a VW Beetle with big rollers on the front and back called "The Flatterer" in the 70's.

That was bizarre enough and actually happened!

Blimey...even I remember that and I was born in 1970!...it used to be parked over in the corner between the Whitehorse and the Main Stand...

The Voice of Reason In An Otherwise Mediocre World

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Mr. Talons Southampton 14 Sep 16 5.09pm
Originally posted by iheartcpfc I'd have had those 50 blokes' boot up my arse if I was around then if this is right... Oh I assure you it's true.. and I never wrote that it was '50 blokes' - roughly 1/4 were women/wives. ..and 'Monkey' Willard with his bucket and magic sponge.. ..and 'Handbag', aka '50 pence piece head'. Anyone remember him?
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Southampton 14 Sep 16 5.09pm

Originally posted by iheartcpfc I'd have had those 50 blokes' boot up my arse if I was around then if this is right...

Oh I assure you it's true.. and I never wrote that it was '50 blokes' - roughly 1/4 were women/wives.

..and 'Monkey' Willard with his bucket and magic sponge..

..and 'Handbag', aka '50 pence piece head'. Anyone remember him?

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midlandspalace kidderminster 14 Sep 16 5.25pm
I used to love standing on the steps of the Croydon Hospital hut at the top of the bank right on halfway. Had to be careful not to get knocked off when they opened the door.
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I used to love standing on the steps of the Croydon Hospital hut at the top of the bank right on halfway. Had to be careful not to get knocked off when they opened the door.

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OhthisbloodyPC 15 Sep 16 11.46pm
I'm a bit trollied now, so forgive me But does anyone remember when Gerry Queen (our scottish number nine) used to go to the same mass as us in..... what was that church in Thornton heath, St Andrews? Can you imagine that happening today? Although, hang on, Richard Shaw used to play pool in a pub in Gloucester road. i'm too drunk to remember the pub's name now, and that was my own area. I used to drink in the Selhurst Arms, which was at the end of my road, but now when I go back it's a Co-op shop Mind you, in my previous life, i didn't mind that as I was a Roman General, who built Purley Way, and I made sure that all the showers on the football pitches were extra cold, to keep discipline among the sunday footballers er....
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15 Sep 16 11.46pm

I'm a bit trollied now, so forgive me

But does anyone remember when Gerry Queen (our scottish number nine) used to go to the same mass as us in..... what was that church in Thornton heath, St Andrews?

Can you imagine that happening today?

Although, hang on, Richard Shaw used to play pool in a pub in Gloucester road. i'm too drunk to remember the pub's name now, and that was my own area.

I used to drink in the Selhurst Arms, which was at the end of my road, but now when I go back it's a Co-op shop

Mind you, in my previous life, i didn't mind that as I was a Roman General, who built Purley Way, and I made sure that all the showers on the football pitches were extra cold, to keep discipline among the sunday footballers

er....

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Croydonlad sydenham 16 Sep 16 1.33am
This is a great thread Maybe its the nostalgia But hey nostalgia is not what it used to be I found my palace rosette the other day that I wore to Stamford Bridge when we lost to Southampton in the cup I was 12 at the time I had been supporting since 67 Funny reading some of the posts on here when calling a player or a manager a " legend " But back to the OP , yes indeed supporting CPFC has been a slippery slope But that really doesn't mean that it should always be that way Its human nature to raise expectation The squad now seems better than our ones in the past due to hype or inflated fees , but how much would players such as Kenny Sansom , Swindlehurst , Taylor , Rogers , Wright etc etc be worth in todays market ? Improvement and change is good , slowly but surely I hope it carries on .
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sydenham 16 Sep 16 1.33am

This is a great thread
Maybe its the nostalgia
But hey nostalgia is not what it used to be
I found my palace rosette the other day that I wore to Stamford Bridge when we lost to Southampton in the cup
I was 12 at the time
I had been supporting since 67
Funny reading some of the posts on here when calling a player or a manager a " legend "
But back to the OP , yes indeed supporting CPFC has been a slippery slope
But that really doesn't mean that it should always be that way
Its human nature to raise expectation
The squad now seems better than our ones in the past due to hype or inflated fees , but how much would players such as
Kenny Sansom , Swindlehurst , Taylor , Rogers , Wright etc etc be worth in todays market ?
Improvement and change is good , slowly but surely I hope it carries on .

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NICK THE EAGLE Coulsdon 16 Sep 16 7.08am
Originally posted by Croydonlad This is a great thread Maybe its the nostalgia But hey nostalgia is not what it used to be I found my palace rosette the other day that I wore to Stamford Bridge when we lost to Southampton in the cup I was 12 at the time I had been supporting since 67 Funny reading some of the posts on here when calling a player or a manager a " legend " But back to the OP , yes indeed supporting CPFC has been a slippery slope But that really doesn't mean that it should always be that way Its human nature to raise expectation The squad now seems better than our ones in the past due to hype or inflated fees , but how much would players such as Kenny Sansom , Swindlehurst , Taylor , Rogers , Wright etc etc be worth in todays market ? Improvement and change is good , slowly but surely I hope it carries on . "..........................,....... Thank you for bringing this up, I too was at that game. Am I getting old or was there a bonfire lit in the middle of the terracing by our fans? I have been thinking about this for some time but as I was so young then I'm thinking maybe that didn't really happen. Can someone shed some light on it please. Edited by NICK THE EAGLE (16 Sep 2016 7.17am)
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Originally posted by Croydonlad

This is a great thread
Maybe its the nostalgia
But hey nostalgia is not what it used to be
I found my palace rosette the other day that I wore to Stamford Bridge when we lost to Southampton in the cup
I was 12 at the time
I had been supporting since 67
Funny reading some of the posts on here when calling a player or a manager a " legend "
But back to the OP , yes indeed supporting CPFC has been a slippery slope
But that really doesn't mean that it should always be that way
Its human nature to raise expectation
The squad now seems better than our ones in the past due to hype or inflated fees , but how much would players such as
Kenny Sansom , Swindlehurst , Taylor , Rogers , Wright etc etc be worth in todays market ?
Improvement and change is good , slowly but surely I hope it carries on .

"..........................,.......
Thank you for bringing this up, I too was at that game. Am I getting old or was there a bonfire lit in the middle of the terracing by our fans? I have been thinking about this for some time but as I was so young then I'm thinking maybe that didn't really happen. Can someone shed some light on it please.

Edited by NICK THE EAGLE (16 Sep 2016 7.17am)

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harleygrove Uckfield, East Sussex 16 Sep 16 7.39am
I remember buying monkey nuts in a paper bag and throwing the shells on the gravel path around the pitch. One time I hit a copper on the head by accident and he lifted me out of the stand (probably about 8/9) and made me stay in the police hut for the whole game. Was bricking it as I had a penknife in my pocket as a friend had returned it to me before the game as I had lent it to them but the copper didn't search me luckily.
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Uckfield, East Sussex 16 Sep 16 7.39am

I remember buying monkey nuts in a paper bag and throwing the shells on the gravel path around the pitch. One time I hit a copper on the head by accident and he lifted me out of the stand (probably about 8/9) and made me stay in the police hut for the whole game. Was bricking it as I had a penknife in my pocket as a friend had returned it to me before the game as I had lent it to them but the copper didn't search me luckily.

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