Glazed Expression
Member
- Location
- York
- Country
England
Commentators and pundits seem to take pleasure in this statement, often with a smirk. As if this club doesn’t warrant the success it’s having. Maybe shouldn’t be at the party.
My Mum always said that my brother and I first went to see Palace before we started school: so, we’re talking 1953/54 here. My memories from then are just of big crowds with tall people but I clearly remember Third Division South and then the Fourth Division. Terry Long, Vic Rouse and George Petchey, among others.
What this club HAS won is my heart and my loyalty over more than seventy years. I’m sure that these passions can be repeated thousands of times with other Palace supporters.
What Crystal Palace has also won is the respect from lots of other ‘smaller clubs’ who see Palace as a model for their own development. Brighton, Bournemouth and Brentford almost certainly. Maybe Wrexham nowadays
Whatever happens today, I won’t walk out on this club. In these past seventy years I’ve never felt more comfortable with the team. It’s no longer a question of how many Palace will lose by. I’m quietly confident. And, we HAVE won quite a lot, to be honest.
My Mum always said that my brother and I first went to see Palace before we started school: so, we’re talking 1953/54 here. My memories from then are just of big crowds with tall people but I clearly remember Third Division South and then the Fourth Division. Terry Long, Vic Rouse and George Petchey, among others.
What this club HAS won is my heart and my loyalty over more than seventy years. I’m sure that these passions can be repeated thousands of times with other Palace supporters.
What Crystal Palace has also won is the respect from lots of other ‘smaller clubs’ who see Palace as a model for their own development. Brighton, Bournemouth and Brentford almost certainly. Maybe Wrexham nowadays
Whatever happens today, I won’t walk out on this club. In these past seventy years I’ve never felt more comfortable with the team. It’s no longer a question of how many Palace will lose by. I’m quietly confident. And, we HAVE won quite a lot, to be honest.