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robforbe Flag cornwall 27 Mar 16 11.24am Send a Private Message to robforbe Add robforbe as a friend

Used to love going there with palace, decrepit terrace, crumbling brick $hithouse and dodgy burger outlet at the back, palace everywhere including up trees behind!

 

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Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 27 Mar 16 11.40am Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Yes I remember it !

I recall the "Cuckoo Lane End". When I first went there, Gerry Summers was the manager.

 

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NEILLO Flag Shoreham-by-Sea 27 Mar 16 11.47am Send a Private Message to NEILLO Add NEILLO as a friend

One of my worst away days there...lost 0-5 in torrential rain....0-2 down in first couple of minutes...and I think they missed a pen

 


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punksnotdead Flag croydon 28 Mar 16 8.25am Send a Private Message to punksnotdead Add punksnotdead as a friend

they used to play gary glitter as well when they came on, comeon come on come on OXFORD!!, wonder what they play now?

 

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BarEagle Flag Monmouth 28 Mar 16 8.41am Send a Private Message to BarEagle Add BarEagle as a friend

Ask Willo. He can Wikigoogle it for you

 

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Flightsequence Flag 28 Mar 16 8.52am Send a Private Message to Flightsequence Add Flightsequence as a friend

Originally posted by NEILLO

One of my worst away days there...lost 0-5 in torrential rain....0-2 down in first couple of minutes...and I think they missed a pen

It was a shocking performance. I was there!! Wasn't there a bit of a ruck before or after the match if I remember rightly?

 

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NEILLO Flag Shoreham-by-Sea 28 Mar 16 9.23am Send a Private Message to NEILLO Add NEILLO as a friend

Originally posted by Flightsequence

It was a shocking performance. I was there!! Wasn't there a bit of a ruck before or after the match if I remember rightly?

Before and after I recall !

 


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Lawrie Flag Brooks Green (near Horsham) 28 Mar 16 10.13am Send a Private Message to Lawrie Add Lawrie as a friend

Yeh. I remember that 5-0 drubbing as well. Pi**ed down the whole game.
Also remember the Manor ground for one of the funnier episodes of my Palace supporting life.
The Palace guys had just 'taken' the home end. (The covered end).
Given them a right pasting. I was walking back onto the terracing after a visit to the big as they were carting another Oxford supporter out on a stretcher. Covered in blood, he looked cup at me from the stretcher, pointed, and said "I'm gonna fu**ing get you".
Still makes me s****** to this day.

 

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PalacePhotoMan Flag Wallington 28 Mar 16 11.32am Send a Private Message to PalacePhotoMan Add PalacePhotoMan as a friend

This photo is from our game there on 19th March 1977. Nicky Chatterton is our player, Doris is in the background.

Peter Houseman, the ex Chelsea player, was in their team and he sadly died in a car crash on his way home after the game.


 


Zaha, Williams, Murray, Ambrose, Scannell.

A 5-man forward line who scored 3 goals in 10 minutes on 27th September 2011 at .......................

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PalacePhotoMan Flag Wallington 28 Mar 16 11.33am Send a Private Message to PalacePhotoMan Add PalacePhotoMan as a friend

Here's the photo.....

Oxford v CP 19.3.77.jpg Attachment: Oxford v CP 19.3.77.jpg (136.87Kb)

 


Zaha, Williams, Murray, Ambrose, Scannell.

A 5-man forward line who scored 3 goals in 10 minutes on 27th September 2011 at .......................

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Hoof Hearted 28 Mar 16 12.03pm

Nicky Chatterton - Len our groundsman's son!

Len was famous for building the "flatterer" a converted fiat car into a pitch roller (mark I) and a VW Beetle (mark II) in the 70's.

He used to drive it onto the pitch amidst howls of laughter from the away fans... the VW broke down once and took ages to get it restarted and off the pitch!

 

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Hoof Hearted 28 Mar 16 12.08pm

Originally posted by Lawrie

Yeh. I remember that 5-0 drubbing as well. Pi**ed down the whole game.
Also remember the Manor ground for one of the funnier episodes of my Palace supporting life.
The Palace guys had just 'taken' the home end. (The covered end).
Given them a right pasting. I was walking back onto the terracing after a visit to the big as they were carting another Oxford supporter out on a stretcher. Covered in blood, he looked cup at me from the stretcher, pointed, and said "I'm gonna fu**ing get you".
Still makes me s****** to this day.

The 70's..... Fights like that were going down across the length and breadth of the country.

Dr Martin's boots, levi jeans, monkey jacket and your scarf tied round your wrist as you went into battle on the terraces!

Scary at times, but exciting too.

You could never relax and watch the game 100% - you had to keep an eye out for an ambush.

 

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