Recent content by wpdavid

You beat me to it. Maybe Johnny Byrne should come into contention, but he was before my time.

Yeah, I've just double checked, and that was the case. He was on agood little run actually, scoring the second goal in the 2-0 win against Man City and the only goal of the game in the 1-0 win against Arsenal before the one that we've been discussing at Old Trafford. Seven goals in the first...

November 1979. That was the last goal he ever scored for the club.

Was that the conversation at the end of the game?

No, currently 6th in the National League. One place behind Carlisle United, and I'm old enough to remember them briefly topping the old First Division.

Very briefly. One of three England captains who had played for the club. The others being Keegan and Clemence, in case anyone was wondering.

Others may already know this, but I only came across it this morning. Apparently Bert Head offered Botham apprentice terms at Palace in the early 1970s, but he turned it down as he thought he was more likely to be successful in cricket. Not such a bad call I suppose.

I couldn't evaluate players across seveal decades, so I thought I'd have a go at a team combined from the 1970s and 1980s' players. That gave me two big problems. First, which one out of Evans and Gilbert plays alongside Cannon in central defence? Secondly, as they both did their best work...

According to Venables' autobiography, Bloye promised him at £100,000 bonus if he took Palace into the First Division, but never paid up. I don't know whether that's linked to the proceeds from the sale of the Whitehorse Lane end. But I suspect that Venables' autobiography is as telling for...

I suppose he sold his shares about six months after the sale of the Whitehorse Lane end of the ground, so that particular bonus came later, and in the summer of 1980 he didn't know how much he would be able to sell them for in January 1981. On a separate point, I remember reading about what you...

I now know a bit more than when I opened this thread. The land was sold for £1,975,000 but 'costs' of £650,000 were deducted from the gross proceeds, as well as an 'extraordinary item' of £41,274. That's shown retrospecitvely in the 1981 accounts, which are freely available from Companies...

Wonderful player and, based on interviews I've seen, a lovely humble man. I've often argued that Ramsey missed a trick by not including him in the England squads from January 1973, when Don had been in such outstanding form for Palace during the preceding couple of months.

Yes on both counts. Allison would have known Brennan when he joined the Youth set-up at Palace circa 1974, so maybe that's why he signed him for Plymouth. But he didn't get to play many games there before moving to Leatherhead. What I'm really looking for is any information after that move...

Does anyone know where Steve played in the latter stages of his career? I know he briefly went to Plymouth Argyle in 1978 and then to non-league Leatherhead in 1979. But I don't know how long he stayed at Leatherhead or where else he played non-league football. Any help would be gratefully...

All I have read is that Sainsbury's paid £2 million for the land and that, allegedly, not much (if any) of that found its way into the club's bank account. As far as anyone here knows, is that correct? And can anyone provide some more information for me? Thank in advance.