What was special about your day?

[Trapsix]

Yesterday I brought my son to Dublin airport,our tickets hadn't come through,no fault of anyone's,long story,
We decided we would go anyway,enjoy the day and atmosphere,watch in a pub somewhere!
I put a few posts on here and amazingly a fellow fan( whom I will not name ,incase some one feels aggrieved) messaged me ,got in contact,he told me that himself and his son could not get there and emailed me his tickets for FREE!!!.
They were front row level 2!!!
I will be talking to said fan today to say thank you,and sort some form of remuneration for himself ..
My son had a ball,like many other children there ,is palace forever now .
My day was special in 2 ways...
We had a great day .
My son got to see first hand,how the generously of a total stranger can sometimes be so greatly appreciated!
I will be eternally grateful to that palace fan for those tickets ,to enhance our day!
Proud to be palace .
Trap and son!

 

[Spiderman]

Wow!

 

[NEILLO]

What was special about my day ?

Having my children with me to witness that historic win.

Both have been going to Palace with me since they were three years old. Grew up in Sussex and were the only kids at school not wearing Man U, Liverpool, Arsenal etc shirts ( noone cared about Brighton in those days ! )

Now we all have season tickets in the LH and have had for longer than I remember.

I'm glad they didn't have to wait as long as I have had to for Palace to win a major trophy - a mere 35/36 years - they got off lightly !

 

[madcap_v2]

My dad came over from Jamaica for the game, I've not been to a Palace match with him for over 20 years, so finally getting that moment that we thought might not ever come.
I got to take my wife to Wembley for the first time.
I got to catch up with friends I hadn't seen in over a decade
Got interviewed for ESPN and asked to model the 1990 FA Cup final shirt for eBay in the space of 5 minutes
I've never really been into it, but it was my only way of getting to the same - I got to experience Wembley hospitality thanks to some networking at work, with amazing food, drinks and company before the game and after, probably ate my bodyweight in smoked salmon.
The game itself.
Embracing the Palace fans next to me like I'd known them all my life when we scored
The floods of tears at the final whistle and then of course the celebrations
My Palace shirt and scarf still being in the bushes I left it in after being told I couldn't go into Club Wembley with it.

 

[DenTyler]

I wasn't going to go as I firmly believed I would jinx the whole thing if I went again.

This whole cup run I have not worn a shirt but instead had it on the seat next to me with my hand on the badge from time to time when a bit of luck was needed.

Anyway I got hold of a ticket late in the day (fantastic seat too on level 2 just left of the goal). I was overwhelmed with the whole thing. I suffer with ringing ears and my watch kept going off to warn me of the high noise level.

I wore the 1991 Zenith data winning shirt (the 91 team was amazing) and I thought that it may bring luck. However I took the new shirt that normally sits beside me in a my bag. The guy next to me must have wondered why I kept reaching in to it (I was touching the badge). I had my hand on it the whole time during the penalty... when Hendo saved it I thought this was going to be our day.

54 years old and running around with my lucky shirt in a bag because it might be bad luck to actually wear it 🤣🤣

Anyway I cried like a baby when we won. I am still in dreamland. Nothing will ever beat that feeling even if we go on to win the Europa or later in life the champions league. As a kid it was the FA cup.

Now if I could just see England lift a trophy I will be a happy happy man.

Thank you Eagles. Thank you

 

[Part Time James]

As a kid it was the FA Cup is exactly right. I have been saying for 35 years or so I want to see us win the FA Cup more than any other achievement.

 

[MrRobbo]

My father-in-law, teary eyed, holding aloft my 4 year old.

Hugging an 88 year old man in the row infront.

Making memories that will endure

 

[Normandie Eagle]

What a day! I was there with my two sons and my brother. The first Palace match for my brother and I was a 9-2 win over Accrington Stanley in August 1960. We had waited 65 years for this moment.

I took my oldest son to the 1990 final when he was 7. My other son was born between the first game and the replay. All 3 of us were at the 2016 final.

It doesn't get any better than Saturday!

 

[SpyroCrystal]

A team called Crystal Palace hadn;t won a trophy in 120 years of it's history until they faced Pep Guardiola's, treble winning, Manchester City in the FA Cup final at Wembley.
Other than that an interesting few days.

 

[nhp61]

What was special about my day?

Being there at Wembley to see it done!!

 

[Part Time James]

My day was a really weird one. Wasn't going to share this because it probably sounds like a sympathy story or an excuse for my, admittedly, odd behaviour on this forum.

For context, my five year old son is part way through assessment for ASD, albeit, if autistic they don't really believe it to be severe. It's made me reflect upon myself and I have toyed with seeking assessment for myself for ASD and/or ADHD. I've probably put it off because I'm not sure I need to know.

Saturday going up to Wembley felt like a day of seeing how (what I perceive to be) "normal" people behave. I was watching people chat to each other, talk to strangers and just feel utterly comfortable interacting socially. I suddenly realised just how crap I am at it. Possibly just incredibly introverted but I realised how little I fit in. The chap next to me in the stadium was an utterly lovely bloke as was his girlfriend and we talked a little but every time I said something I realised what a little weirdo I am and how stupid I must come across! He nust have thought he was sat next to a proper stuttery little oddball!

What made my day special was that the language of celebrating a goal, a saved penalty, a final whistle transcended vocal communication and I loved all the hugging and jumping and singing. During those aspects of my day I was part of a group of people behaving the same as me.

And my only PS to this is that I apologise for my contributions to this forum, both before my long hiatus and in more recent weeks. I don't fit in really and often say stupid shocking things to try to get a cheap laugh but I just want to say - I'm harmless in real life! Felt like I ought to explain that!