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On this day 50 years ago

Davepalace707 said:
I went to my first Palace game aged 11. Beat the mighty Swindon 6-2 in division three and I was hooked, having clearly seen the future of football
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Another good choice for a first game.
Here's the line up that day.

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I was in the Arthur that day, a day we set a record by scoring 5 goals in 11 minutes. We'd been playing mostly rubbish having been relegated the previous TWO seasons. An obvious half time standing ovation was followed by a second half in which we reverted to type and duly lost the half 1-2.
 
In my memory Don Rogers ripped his old club up that day so it was a surprise to see he was a late sub for Roy Barry.
I've mentioned before that Roy Barry lives quite near me - he's 82 in a couple of weeks and recently retired from his job delivering fish for a local shop. He was a tough player and is still hale and hearty.
 
Teddy Eagle said:
In my memory Don Rogers ripped his old club up that day so it was a surprise to see he was a late sub for Roy Barry.
I've mentioned before that Roy Barry lives quite near me - he's 82 in a couple of weeks and recently retired from his job delivering fish for a local shop. He was a tough player and is still hale and hearty.
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Barry is usually an Irish heritage surname.
 
NEILLO said:
My recollection of that game was a young Peter Taylor taking apart Swindon's veteran full back, John Trollope.
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He was a fantastic player - so quick and one of the best sliding tackles ever. He could come from anywhere and be back on his feet and away in a flash.
 
Teddy Eagle said:
In my memory Don Rogers ripped his old club up that day so it was a surprise to see he was a late sub for Roy Barry.
I've mentioned before that Roy Barry lives quite near me - he's 82 in a couple of weeks and recently retired from his job delivering fish for a local shop. He was a tough player and is still hale and hearty.
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I was only 9 or 10 years old watching Roy Barry but I could tell he was a class centre back - what were those players doing in the 3rd division: Barry, Derek Jeffries, Taylor, Whittle and Rogers. We had that terrible start in 73/74 , rallied and then stuttered on the run-in, we were favourites for promotion and should never have gone down. Loved Big Mal but he needed to be a bit more pragmatic and a bit less purist. So all five goals were scored in 11 minutes but not from the kick off! Aha! Only a few weeks later Rogers went to QPR and Venables came our way in return.
 
ex hibitionist said:
I was only 9 or 10 years old watching Roy Barry but I could tell he was a class centre back - what were those players doing in the 3rd division: Barry, Derek Jeffries, Taylor, Whittle and Rogers. We had that terrible start in 73/74 , rallied and then stuttered on the run-in, we were favourites for promotion and should never have gone down. Loved Big Mal but he needed to be a bit more pragmatic and a bit less purist. So all five goals were scored in 11 minutes but not from the kick off! Aha! Only a few weeks later Rogers went to QPR and Venables came our way in return.
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I've always thought that if there could have been a match where both teams were coached by Big Mal it would've been a brilliant game. Unfortunately the opposition never seemed to have read the script.
 
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