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Can anyone please help me identify all of the players in the attached photo? I'm fine with Murphy, Fenwick, Fry and Gilbert in the back row. Likewise Hilaire and Nicholas in the front row. Maybe Steve Mackenzie is second from the left in the front row? And I think Steve Lovell is next to...

Great call. I was there when he scored a hat-trick, but I can't remember the opposition right now. Yes, his leg was broken in a challenge with George Best when we played Fulham in 1977. I suppose one of the 'what ifs' is whether Billy Gilbert would have established himself in the side if...

Flanagan came to us from a stellar season in the North American Soccer League. I think he'd been top scorer in that league and been awarded Most Valuable Player. It was more down to that than his previous time at Charlton. The problem was that the First Division was a higher standard than the...

Not sure about that. I may be wrong, but I don't think his time at Chelsea went all that well. Whereas I absolutely thought the world of him when he was at Palace. Peter Nicholas, on the other hand, went on to carve out a highly successful career elsewhere. But I'd still include him in our...

As long as you don't include Mike Flanagan and Gerry Francis.

Great call. For anyone who isn't aware, Byrne was picked for England while still in the Third Division with Palace.

Mine was a 1-1 draw at home to West Ham in October 1970. Here are the highlights on The Big Match.

Ah, that's great news. It doesn't seem long since Nick published Season 2, so this a real bonus. I'll probably binge watch the lot over the weekend.

The other person I'd love to be able to contact is John Cartwright, who coached the team that won the FA Youth Cup in 1977 and again in 1978. I think he's still alive, albeit in his mid 80s nowadays.

That's a great photo, isn't it. I only became aware of Hy Money a few months ago when I saw her book 'Hy On Palace' in a local charity shop and prompty bought it. I'd never heard of her beforehand. It's a good thought to contact Hy, although I don't know whether she owns the copyright to her...

I'm more than happy to tell people when and if it's available. It's taking a while at the moment. I'm a teacher, so finding the time and energy during term time isn't easy, but I'll be able to get more done later in the year. The other thing I'm hoping to do is intervew as many of the...

I hope not, although you can never be certain. I gather that Ian Walsh was diagnosed with prostate cancer a year or so ago, and you probably know that Paul Hinshelwood passed away three years ago. It's just part of a project that I'm working on right now about the Palace team of that era.

I always rated him highly and remember him scoring some vital goals, especially when we were promoted to the First Division in 1979. I was recently reminded that Terry Venables allowed him to move to Derby County in February 1980, which seemed very odd to me. Does anyone here know the story...