Why, what's going to happen?

Surprised no-one's mentioned the 5-0 defeat away at Liverpool in the League Cup semi 2nd leg in 2001, after we'd beat them 2-1 in the home leg with a fantastic goal by Andrejs Rubins.

Clinton Morrison had been giving it large in the papers saying he was better than Michael Owen (or that's how it was reported). The scousers gave him absolute dog's abuse the whole game and he had a ridiculously embarrassing air shot with practically his only kick of the game right in front of the Kop. I can still hear their jeers now.

It was a long trip home that night.

"You can feel the stadium jumping. The stadium is actually physically moving up and down"
FA Cup MOTD 24/4/16

Can't remember the year, about 71-72. We had beaten Stoke midweek to stay up in the old first division & the following saturday we were at home to relegated Huddersfield. I would have gone on my own anyway but, persueded my mum to come with me as 'we will easily win 6-0!.'

Even after a dreary 0-0 first half, I was still confident my predictiuon would come true but, alas, the second half was even worse than the first & 0-0 was the final score.

It was a long trudge back to Hayes after the game

agreed. One of only 2 games in 43 years where I left before the final whistle - absolutely gutless and shameless performance that day.

Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand!

My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.

(Member of the School of Optimism 1969-2016 inclusive)

Huddersfield last game of the season 1971-72. Nothing at stake, cold, wet, no goals and no football to speak of. Truly dire.

Two games toward the end of 1975-1976 season. Just when we should have been clinching promotion our form disintegrated. We had consecutive mid-week home games against Aldershot and Chesterfield, both ending 0-0, both absolutely atrocious. I seem to remember in one of these games injuries necessitated a half-time re-shuffle which resulted in us being treated to Palace coming out with a twin strike force of Doris Hinshlewood and Jim Cannon - why we couldn't score I'll never know!

As suggested by someone earlier, it's not always those games when you get thrashed that are the most painful. It is those dire matches when you come up against some dross side and sink to their level and lose by the odd goal - or in the case of the Aldershot/Chesterfiled games, actually draw the game.

This one and it pi**ed down too so I was wet, miserable and pi**ed off!!

I remember one game last season at home we were equally dire - Doncaster - however we managed to get a point at 1-1!

Supporting Crystal Palace since 19.45 on 29th August 1972 (approximately)!

Have a look at the post labelled When Palace was Dis- graced on Nostalgia. While we have certainly had bad days since then but the happenings reported in the aforementioned post must rank as bottom of the barrel in Palace history.We could not even beat non-league teams home or away and when we did play a league game we let 10 in!.