Apollofuzz
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- On the edge of reason
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- England
First game Palace 2 - Liverpool 3 FA cup 2nd leg went in a Liverpool fan came out a Palace fan. Also went to the game in my dads mates Capri.
I didn’t go, but I remember the game at Anfield and was so proud we got a draw up there, if Liverpool failed to win at home back then in any competition it was a massive shock let alone against a 3rd division sideFirst game Palace 2 - Liverpool 3 FA cup 2nd leg went in a Liverpool fan came out a Palace fan. Also went to the game in my dads mates Capri.
79’ Burnley 2-0
Promoted as champs and the team of the 80s was born… then went down 😳
Blackburn Rovers (h), April 30, 1988. Sat in the Main Stand, it was a surreal experience for a young lad.
Not quite. It was the home match against Fulham which, after some drama, Palace won 3-2, and confirmed promotion. Incidentally I recall there was a crowd of around 40,000 for the Boro game which took place on Good Friday. And yes it was a draw - 0-0.1969 Div 2 vs Middlesborough - a draw which I think it was enough to get us promoted to Div 1 for the first time. I was around 8yrs old and down the front of the Holmesdale and soon banging in the advertising hoardings along with all the other kids. Fond memories of a cinder path behind the goal covered in Mrs Minchilla's peanut shells. 'Peanuts for Sixpence'.
QPR away, 6th round of the Cup. 1982 - a famous game for all the wrong reasons, as usual for us. A riot after - almost customary then.