Peter Burridge

[hythemaceagle]

I've been reading the contributions to HOL for years without being tempted to throw in my own two penn'orth - until now. I can't let this occasion pass.
My first visit to Selhurst Park was in Sept 1959. I was 8 and must have badgered my dad to take me as he was not really a football man. He preferred rugby union. This was the era of the great Johnny Byrne and on that day we beat Hartlepools Utd 5-2. Thereafter, Mum wouldn't let me go to games on my own but promised that I could do so when I was 12. So in March 1963 I finally became a regular, often attending reserves as well as all first team games.
I have a framed photo of the 1963 team hanging proudly at home and those players have a very special place in my heart. Peter Burridge is sitting between captain Ronnie Allen and Cliff Holton, his fellow 20 goals in a season hero. Imagine that: two Palace players each scoring 20!
Peter Burridge was my boyhood idol. He just seemed so stylish (why is it that left footed players look so good?) And the goal he scored against the mighty Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup (we won 3-1) remains my all time favourite to this day. These days I struggle to remember what I had for breakfast but that goal, struck perfectly first time with his magical left foot, is etched perfectly in my mind.
The only occasion in my life when I attended a football match just to see a particular player was when Peter Burridge had moved to Charlton. I got the 54 bus to the Valley to see him. My first experience of that vertiginous concrete terrace!
Apologies for this rambling reminiscence, but it always hurts me a little when the name Burridge is mentioned and no one thinks of Peter. He was far from the greatest player to play for Palace (or the Glaziers, as I still like to think of our club) but he'll always remain the first name on my teamsheet. RIP Peter.

Hi Salop. Congratulations on a very good piece. It’s interesting that you mention March 63, as that was the first ever Palace match I went to, v Peterborough. We got beat 2-0, but the love affair had started. I watched most of the home games during the 63/64 promotion season. Both Peter and Cliff Holton will always remain in the memory……a great combination. R.I.P. Peter. I hope you’ll be looking down on us when we lift the FA Cup for the first time later this month.

 

[Superwag]

Such sad news.
Peter Burridge was at our club alongside Bill Glazier, Eddie Werge, Bert Howe, Bobby Kellard, Cliff Holton, Terry Long etc etc.
Condolences to all his family and friends.
RIP.

My first memories of Palace are these players plus the likes of Roy Summersby, Alan Woan, Mike Deakin, Alfie Noakes, Vic Rouse etc. Been a follower ever since those days in the late 50’s and early 60’s

 

[Johng]

I've been reading the contributions to HOL for years without being tempted to throw in my own two penn'orth - until now. I can't let this occasion pass.
My first visit to Selhurst Park was in Sept 1959. I was 8 and must have badgered my dad to take me as he was not really a football man. He preferred rugby union. This was the era of the great Johnny Byrne and on that day we beat Hartlepools Utd 5-2. Thereafter, Mum wouldn't let me go to games on my own but promised that I could do so when I was 12. So in March 1963 I finally became a regular, often attending reserves as well as all first team games.
I have a framed photo of the 1963 team hanging proudly at home and those players have a very special place in my heart. Peter Burridge is sitting between captain Ronnie Allen and Cliff Holton, his fellow 20 goals in a season hero. Imagine that: two Palace players each scoring 20!
Peter Burridge was my boyhood idol. He just seemed so stylish (why is it that left footed players look so good?) And the goal he scored against the mighty Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup (we won 3-1) remains my all time favourite to this day. These days I struggle to remember what I had for breakfast but that goal, struck perfectly first time with his magical left foot, is etched perfectly in my mind.
The only occasion in my life when I attended a football match just to see a particular player was when Peter Burridge had moved to Charlton. I got the 54 bus to the Valley to see him. My first experience of that vertiginous concrete terrace!
Apologies for this rambling reminiscence, but it always hurts me a little when the name Burridge is mentioned and no one thinks of Peter. He was far from the greatest player to play for Palace (or the Glaziers, as I still like to think of our club) but he'll always remain the first name on my teamsheet. RIP Peter.

That is an excellent and heart warming post. Thank you. By the way, I think we should campaign for a return to the nickname 'The Glaziers'. I'd like to see us embrace tradition and our history a little more.

 

[Glazier#1]

That is an excellent and heart warming post. Thank you. By the way, I think we should campaign for a return to the nickname 'The Glaziers'. I'd like to see us embrace tradition and our history a little more.

Yes. Claret and blue, too.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

That is an excellent and heart warming post. Thank you. By the way, I think we should campaign for a return to the nickname 'The Glaziers'. I'd like to see us embrace tradition and our history a little more.

We could attract new sponsors too. It's a shame Everest went out of business because supporting Palace feels like climbing it on a regular basis.