Best EVER atmosphere? [Archive]

23-11-1999, 06:50 PM

The obvious ones are:

1) Sheff Utd playoff (last 20 mins);
2) Cup Final;
3) Semi Final;
4) Blackburn play-off 2nd leg.
5) I wasn't at Burnley so don't know...

HOWEVER! For me, the best non-"big"-game atmosphere was away at Ipswich on Feb 4th 1989 - a bizarre choice, but there you go! We won 2-1 (both by Wright within 3 minutes of each other), had Pemberton sent off in a case of mistaken identity (should have been Jeff Hopkins) and held on despite the onslaught in the 2nd half.

Others? (The more obscure the better...)

JJ

simon2

23-11-1999, 07:15 PM

Leicester away Sept/Oct 1989 2nd leg of a League Cup match. We won 3-2 to go through on away goals.

Also 2 Liverpool games, both away in 1991, one April which we lost 3-0 and one in November, I think, when we won 2-1. The one in April was the commentary game on the radio and my brother said the support sounded phenomenal.

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24-11-1999, 01:23 PM

Palace 2 Burnley 0 Great night 7000 above old ground record. Also our first game in Div 1 against Moan Utd.

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Steve Morris

24-11-1999, 01:47 PM

yeah Palace v Burnley, they reckon there was over 50000 that night.What about the best tv coverage had to be that 4-3 semi final with all those lovley clever pundits eating their words

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James Varcoe

24-11-1999, 01:52 PM

JJ
You are so right I was at that game and the atmosphere was great.
Were you in the pub over the road from the station before the game?

Also
Liverpool away 2-1 win 1991/2 great win great crowd. What hat did you wear?

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Egg Sample

24-11-1999, 02:23 PM

With regard to pundits eating their words re Livpl Cup semi, just remember that during half time chit chat and even with Palace 1-0 down Big Malcolm Allison still did not right us off.

as for atmosphere, going back a bit we played away at charlton on a very wet Tues eve, probably in 1977/8 ish. The only covered standing area was their end, and thats where all Palace went. We had half their end, big line of Police down the middle, generated a fantastic atmosphere, as I remember.

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Steve H

24-11-1999, 02:30 PM

I know this was quite recent, but Norwich away last season was a fantastic atmosphere. If really put their home support to shame (and judging from last night their away support isn't much better! http://cpfc.org/ubb/smile.gif )

The Wembley play-off is another great example - the last 20-25 minutes were excellent. Where are those 35 thousand fans now though?

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Steve Morris

24-11-1999, 02:45 PM

I remember now, they interviewed Big Mal at half time in the players tunnel. He said Palace looked the stonger team & will go on to win.They then went back to the studio where they were still laughing (was it Hansen?)not for long though ha!

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budgie

24-11-1999, 03:14 PM

Don' forget Butch Wilkins, I remember getting back from the game, and having to watch it again. I deliberately listened to the pundits at half time so I could gloat at them getting it so wrong, but Wilkins wouldn't write us off like the others.

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Al From Bromley

24-11-1999, 05:42 PM

Hansen was on the pitch wasn't he? My fondest memory is the way the Liverpool players were all over each other when they took the lead. Their normal celebrations at that time were normally a sort of arrogant shake of the hand and jog back to the half way line. That day they were leaping all over each other until Palace shut them up. Dalglish's face. What a picture.

Best recent atmosphere? Away to Everton on opening day a couple of yearsd ago was great. Sunny day. Lombardo. The season wasn't going to be too bad in my eyes at that stage! Leicester away same season. "We've only got 10 men" rang round the ground for a long time after Rennie sent Edworthy off for tripping over one of their players (not tripping up, tripping over!)until Izzet came back on the pitch in injury time and scored an equaliser.

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Dai the Swansea Eagle

24-11-1999, 06:07 PM

A bit off topic but did anyone see Big Mal on "Match of Their Day" last week. Pretty interesting to here what he had to say about CPFC (and his coaching, managerial and motivational skills too) and showed the goals from the 76 game against Chelsea.

Back to topic and aside from some of those mentioned above, the buzz coming out of Highbury having seen Salako's goals beat the Arse, and seeing all those Arse fans not understanding why we were buzzing. What a moment to be a Palace fan - and to this day I bet all those Arse fans won't get it (same for manUre, Liverpool and to a certain extent Newcastle).

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ajp

24-11-1999, 06:10 PM

Whilst it may be impossible to mention a certain game in which we have had a best atmostphere ever, I reckon Spurs away a 1-0 Palace win in 91-92 was brilliant.Arsenal away the same season was also great, we lost 4-1 but never stopped singing. I also reckon we've had some great Selhurst atmostpheres(the bottom of the Holmsdale anyway) over the last few seasons. Also wasn't the singing brilliant at Port Vale last saturday, whatever anyone says I think the crowd played their part in that last minute equaliser.

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25-11-1999, 01:53 PM

Originally posted by James Varcoe on 11-24-1999 09:52 AM
JJ
You are so right I was at that game and the atmosphere was great.
Were you in the pub over the road from the station before the game?

No, I went on the coach, which in a funny way also led to it being a great day for me, because I'd got to SP to get on it but the bloody cash machine at Sainsbury's wasn't working, I had no time to get to another one and so didn't have any cash to get into the ground. The guy running the coach was Big Dave (who I think sadly died a couple of years ago?) and he told me not to worry we'd sort it out. The bloke next to me on the coach lent me the money to get in, and when we got back to SP after that brilliant game I managed to get to a machine and give him his money back. It summed up Palace fans for me - he didn't know me but was prepared to trust me to give him his money back.

To make the day complete, I went to a club that night, met some old school friends who I hadn't seen for years, and met my future wife.

Top day!

James Varcoe

25-11-1999, 06:40 PM

Regarding the half time 'experts' at the FA semi it was none other than Venables who laughed at Mal and our chances

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Phil

25-11-1999, 06:56 PM

last game of the season we were relegated vs Shefield Wednesday. Eveyone in the Holmsedale stripping off and doing the conga. Then on comes Clinton and scores with his first touch in the last minute to give us a one-nil win.

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The Trigger

25-11-1999, 07:14 PM

Best aptmosphere after a game ...

Bolton at The Reebok a couple of years ago
- we were relegated and their fans applauded us - we danced - we threw them our shirts and
they threw theirs. Outside the Bill couldn't
work it out. Finally they broke it up because
they thought that we were too freindly.

Funny old game eh ?

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Spikemeister

26-11-1999, 01:18 AM

Pretty special atmosphere when we sang throughout the second half of the 9-0 at Anfield in 1990.
The Liverpool fans at the end were applauding us.

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palacenut

26-11-1999, 04:12 AM

Sunderland Away in the Q/Final F.A Cup 1975
We went up they and we sang our hearts out and when Whittle's goal went in we went mad.

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Oisin

26-11-1999, 04:24 AM

I thought that Bolton game was special as well. we were singing "Bolton's staying up" anmd they were singing "We love you Palace". Meanwhile several Red Indians were doing a war dance.

The best home atmosphere of recent years came the week before as we lost to MUPLC.

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little al

26-11-1999, 11:16 AM

The Bolton game was excellent. I was one of the Red'n'blue indians from the Woolpack. We had some cardboard canoes as well but they never got to us on time for the game unfortunately. The song of the day was, "we're going to Bolton ibn a Red and Blue canue! to Yellow submarine. Going home was special too. I can't begin to tell you what I had to drink etc. This was the time PISA shared our luxury double decker coach, strangely, they never asked again!!

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Gavin Axten

27-11-1999, 12:53 PM

Originally posted by Egg Sample on 11-24-1999 10:23 AM
s off.

as for atmosphere, going back a bit we played away at charlton on a very wet Tues eve, probably in 1977/8 ish. The only covered standing area was their end, and thats where all Palace went. We had half their end, big line of Police down the middle, generated a fantastic atmosphere, as I remember.

I was at that game also in the Charlton end, it was 1979-80. The reason we had half of their end was because their stand was being done up. We won 2-1 if i remember rightly. Best atmosphere has to be the Burnley game the same year.

29-11-1999, 06:55 PM

Originally posted by tomario on 11-29-1999 12:24 PM
Swindon in the play offs at Selhurst was a brilliant atmosphere

On his video Do The Wright Thing, Ian Wright says this was the best atmosphere he had been in at Selhurst. It was a great night, but the crowd was "only" 23,000 or so - bearing in mind we were 2 games from promotion I remember being a bit pissed off about that.

tomario

30-11-1999, 04:24 AM

Swindon in the play offs at Selhurst was a brilliant atmosphere, any trip to Anfield, and the Man City home game in the cup final season.

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Al From Bromley

03-12-1999, 04:06 AM

Palacenut - I agree about the Sunderland game, except I was in the enclosure down the side of the ground right by the home end and when Palace scored they came piling in like the troops over the top of the trenches. Scary stuff believe me. The only game I've ever left before the end because I feared for my life.

Happy days too though!

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DANPEPPER

13-12-1999, 09:30 PM

Man Utd two seasons ago. 3-0 down but we didn't shut up once.

If only Shipperly had got that rebound in...

...just one goal...just one goal...

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GreatGonzo

14-12-1999, 12:57 AM

Wasn't it 2-0 with herman scoring that wonderful own goal and we still out-sung the Scum at their place? or were you talking about the home game?

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Tony

22-12-1999, 10:07 PM

Going to Bradford City early in the 1988-89 promotion campaign. They were going well having just missed out the year before.

We won 1-0, Redfearn scored it or made it, and our small(ish) bunch of travellers made a real impression.

After the Dark Ages, I really began to think we might be going places again.

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Jimmy The Lips

22-12-1999, 11:17 PM

Southend away in 94-95 was pretty impressive. We went in the home end (couldn't be arsed to queue) and the sight of 2/3 of the ground (and one or two others) singing 'going up', 'e i o' etc is etched in my fast-disappearing memory.

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Chris K

23-12-1999, 01:53 AM

I also remember that Southend game, the whole town was red and blue all day and everyone sang there hearts out.

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15-03-2000, 08:57 AM

Originally posted by Gavin Axten on 11-27-1999 08:53 AM
I was at that game also in the Charlton end, it was 1979-80. The reason we had half of their end was because their stand was being done up. We won 2-1 if i remember rightly. Best atmosphere has to be the Burnley game the same year.

close but no cigar; the midweek match at the Valley in the rainstorm that you mentioned was 78/79 (promotion) season and it finished 1-1. I remember arriving late, being taken by my Dad when I was 11 and heading for the only covered terracing available behind the goal and a copper advising my Dad not to take us in there cos of the fighting that they were struggling to control so we watched getting drenched on that enormous bank of terracing that was soon to be shut down. even there, the people standing around us that we talked to were Palace fans. great view; definitely 1-1. can't remember who scored though. thanks for bringing back the memory.

15-03-2000, 08:57 AM

Justin

15-03-2000, 11:19 AM

Again maybe because it was a long time ago...i will never forget the 3-1 win over Brighton at SP in 1978/79.

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James Varcoe

15-03-2000, 06:41 PM

Was that when Rachid Harkouk ran riot?

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Ralph

15-03-2000, 06:54 PM

What about Palace V Man City, the game before the cup final. When a whole load of Man City fans got on the pitch before the game with a banner wishing us luck!

It was actually good to see both sides getting a point at the end of the day!!!
and a brilliant Andy Gray free kick!!

(and the ZDS Cup Final!!)

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Justin

15-03-2000, 09:30 PM

and the bloke we signed from QPR who was cup tied so couldn't play in the final. He was huge and used to be a star at West Brom with Cyril Regis - came on as sub and absolutely pole axed a city player and got sent off. Gary?? can't temember his name and now its bugging me!!

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Symon10

15-03-2000, 10:33 PM

being quite young i haven't experienced many palace matches compared to a lot of you but one of my favourite and most obscure matches was Oxford Vs Palace last season.

it poored with rain absolutely all game. The atmosphere wasn't that amazing but the way we came back from 1 down to win 3-1 was quality! "Jingle bells, jingle all the way, oh what fun it is to see the Palace win away" was one song i remembered well.

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16-03-2000, 07:44 AM

... the 'cup-tied Gary' that you refered to Justin was Gary Thompson, I think. Straight from the John Fashanu school of centre forwards: good in the air and at elbowing people but little else. Mind you he got the only goal in a pretty important game against Villa late on that season, from all of about 2 yards if memory serves correct. I think he played and scored in the 8-0 against Southend the following season. Did he ever score another ?

eagle mart

16-03-2000, 05:42 PM

I was a bit young to join in with the drinking and all that it's So much a part of my day out now, though. But the early nineties where we always took a good few thousand wherever we went. I used to be walking up to, Upton Park, White Hart Lane & Highbury and all you could here was "eagleeeeess, eagleessss" You'd walk in and you just couldn't move because it was packed and that was 30mins before kick-off.
There are too many to mention all of them but the special ones for me are
SheffU Play-off- (Me and my mate just kept starting the REdandblue army chant every time it looked like it was going to die a death)and to look around the ground and see EVERY Palace fan joining in was breathtaking.
West Ham- The game that relegated them, we won 2-0. "It must be love, love, love duh der" and "que sera sera..... you're going to Barnsley" and West Ham sung it back with "we're going to Barnsley" It was brilliant.

Boro, championship game- Cris Lehman running around trying to sell his championship T-Shirts before we'd even won it. Trying to get on the pitch after the final whistle. I had my mate pushing me over the fence while a steward was puching me back. I didn't care one way or another I just wanted to get down!
Not forgetting the train back through Eaglescliffe!
Liverpool (palace in scouseland ii or iii or iv)we won 2-1, lost 3-0 and lost 5-0 (I think.) Being 5-0 down and still on our feet waving our scarves round our heads. The scousers faces were a picture.

Oooh those were the days http://cpfc-bbs.com/ubb/redface.gif

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Pistike

16-03-2000, 06:43 PM

Loads of favourites but Posh away during the Alan Smith Championship season was pure magic. Dull 1-1 draw but a full terrace behind one goal with endless "ee ay ee ay ee ay oh up the footba...".
I remember as we approached the ground this kid, about 8 or 9, whispers to his dad "There's thousands of them!" in a reverential tone of voice.
Later I read something in a magazine from an exiled supporter in Milan. He described Peterborough away as better than anything experienced at the San Siro.
Palace away my idea of heaven!

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16-03-2000, 10:46 PM

I thought Man City this season was superb, even the old stand started singing, the atmospheres always good at the moment though. Man United at home the last time we played them, they relegated us that night and yet the atmosphere was amazing, also a special mention must be given to the half time sing song at half time in the Holmesdale concourse during that game.

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17-03-2000, 12:15 AM

Originally posted by Pistike on 03-16-2000 02:43 PM
Palace away my idea of heaven!

You're right Pistike - just reading through all these again I can't wait for the next two away games - QPR and Foolham - I reckon the atmosphere from us will be superb. Everyone MUST go and sing very loud! Especially looking forward to the terraces at Craven Cottage - just like old days...going misty eyed now! http://cpfc-bbs.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

Pistike

17-03-2000, 12:33 AM

We can feed the ducks at half time.
Last time I was at Craven Cottage for a Palace game was a pre-season friendly.
Anyhow must dash, I'm off the pub.

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select 5

17-03-2000, 01:00 AM

one of my best memories of a Palace away match was at Maine Road in 88/89(?)season. It was a Bank Holiday Monday and there must have been 4-5,000 fans who went ooopp North! It must have been one of the first times that Palace fans used the red and blue balloons to greet the team onto the pitch.We totally out sang Man.City and the game finished 1-1.Beautiful sunny day and there was a bar at the back of the stand !!!I was only 17 yrs old but I knew that I was a Palace fan through and through.Also the game at Anfield we lost 3-0 and we never shut up from start to finsh!!!

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17-03-2000, 01:03 AM

Gooders

17-03-2000, 01:39 AM

I agree Danpepper - I have never felt so moved as I did that night against the red scum - out of our depth and completely outclassed, we sang as if we were the champions of the world and all they could do was stare in open-mouthed wonderment, agog at the noise we were making saluting "Lombardo's Red 'n' Blue Army"...fabulous stuff.

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lightweight

17-03-2000, 02:28 AM

Originally posted by Pistike on 03-16-2000 08:33 PM
I'm off the pub.

Pistike - are you not felling well or something? http://cpfc-bbs.com/ubb/embarass.gif

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Matty

17-03-2000, 04:53 AM

No doubt about it, the Liverpool cup semi final.

There were three things at/after the end of the game that i particularly remember:

- the Liverpool fans in the away end staying to applaud Palace (you'd never get that from Man U remember how quiet they were when we were winning the other semi final?)

- after we'd sang ourselves hoarse going back to the coaches. I went into the bogs and everyone was just grinning at each other. SOme little kid about six years old says to his Dad "So that proves the 9-0 was a fluke. Everyone pissed themselves (laughing as well)

- the coach on the way back listening to the other game hoping Oldham would win. As the coach neared Selhurst we started dropping people off. There was a chap at the back who nobody had noticed in a Liverpool away shirt (yellow not birdshit grey) who got off at Thornton Heath. Everybody just looked at him and it all went quiet until someone at the front said "bad luck, mate"

Got home and watched it on the telly (we fast forwarded through the first half. Still got the video somewhere. It was Venables who laughed at Allison. Hansen was playing (he was shown head down standing behind Pardew as he celebrated the winner - the pictures made the back pages of all the tabloids and most of the broadsheets and was on the front sheet of either the Times or Indy.

And we all knew we were going to win the final.

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sombrero

17-03-2000, 11:22 PM

you want obscure ??
how about readig (a) when bassett was manager.
you can't beat terracing for a great atmosphere, and also the world famous 'surge'.
but to get 6 of the buggers ??
tremendous day !! to be fair to the reading fans, they were great too, singing 'we're sh1te, and we know we are'

days like that are what makes supporting this club so great
(he says wiping away a tear from his eye)

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18-03-2000, 02:56 AM

The Reading game was made better as Bassett had just turned down Man City because he "wanted to see the job through" http://cpfc-bbs.com/ubb/hmph.gif

I can't say it was the loudest we've ever been though, but then again it was just great to score 6 away from home and follow it with another 6 the following week at SP.

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Strathclyde Eagle

18-03-2000, 04:47 AM

Okay, is no-one going to mention the following?

Arsenal away, 2-1, 1st October 1994.
Does no-one remember how much it meant at the time?

Millwall away, 4-1, March 1996.
Sweet, sweet, sweet revenge.

Charlton away, 2-1, play-offs, May 1996.
1-0 down, 2-1, a place where you need to sing so you forget how bad your seating is.

Liverpool away, April 1998.
Going down in style, we showed the famous Kop the way. Extremely under-awed by "You'll Never Walk Alone", sides-split by "Exercise Anfield".

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Jonboy

18-03-2000, 05:07 AM

The last meaningful away game I went to - away at Watford last season. Ok, so we lost the football, but we won the singing.

Thanks everyone - I'll always remember it!

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Gooders

21-03-2000, 02:59 AM

What about that day when we all went to Selhurst park to await the outcome of the Mansfield - Wrexham game?

I can't remember whether there was a reserve game or something on that day or did we just hang around in the ground waiting for news?

The atmosphere was unbelievably tense, I do remember that. And I'm fairly certain that some of the players were there and once the news came through that we'd been promoted, they came out into the Director's Box to take a bow.

Anyone know how many were there that day - I'm sure it was a few thousand.

ammiller

21-03-2000, 05:21 PM

Gooders,

It was a reserve game and half the first team played because they needed to take their mind off the Mansfield wrexham game.

We won 5-0. I seem to remember the attendance that day was about 5000 - although I could be wrong. Usually for reserve games they used to just open up the Old Stand, but for this game they opened up the Holmesdale (and maybe the Whitehorse but I can't remember that bit.)

The beauty at that time was the week before was our last home game against Graham Taylor's Lincoln when we won 4-1, and there was a pitch invasion then, and the players went into the directors box.

After the reserve game there was a pitch invasion and the team (mostly first teamers) went into the directors box.

Then on the following Tuesday was the second leg of the Youth Cup final against Everton or Villa and we won 1-0. Then there was a pitch invasion and the Youth team went into the directors box. Most of that youth team were first teamers as well.

I think the term "Milking it" applies.

Aidan

Al From Bromley

21-03-2000, 09:47 PM

Best ever atmosphere? Any party that Russ Abbot is at!

I'll get my coat.

Gooders

22-03-2000, 12:59 AM

Thanks Aidan. I'm sure I was in the Holmesdale that day. I suspect Chris was too, probably with Paul and/or Mario.

Did you get all this gen from him or were you there - I would have thought you were a bit young then?

I remember the Youth Cup Final quite well - didn't Fenwick score an absolute screamer?

Milking it is the word - but why not?

ammiller

22-03-2000, 12:51 PM

Gooders,

Iy's really hard to call you that, or even Norman as I've only ever known you as Nobby -but that would be just too confusing.

I was there and do remember it all clearly.

Worryingly, I remember inane incidents like that in the 70s more clearly than I remember what I was doing last week.

I've been typing up my "Why I'm an Eagle" piece, and am up to 2 pages, but haven't got out of 76-77 season yet (only started in 73-74).

Aidan

Gooders

22-03-2000, 01:16 PM

Yes indeed Aidan - I haven't been called "Nobby" for years (must be my age?) and there's a far more illustrious Nobby than me on the BBS.

Most of us have Archie to thank for our nicknames...as well as Norman and Nobby he used to call me "Crutch McKinlay" for quite a long time (don't ask!).

The last game I remember going to with Chris and Paul (I don't recall you being there) was against Millwall. It was during the period when there was always trouble so we decided to stand in the Old Stand Enclosure (shows you how long ago it was).

I think the match ended 1-1. When Palace scored we celebrated (a bit) and it became obvious that we were surrounded by Millwall and then Paul thought he saw the glint of a knife so we all left (before half-time!).

Those were the days (not!).

Pistike

22-03-2000, 01:32 PM

Sorry everyone but I thought of a couple more.
Wolves away in the first round of the play-offs.
JV had recommended that I come home for the game because the stadium is great and their fans really passionate and noisy.
He wasn't wrong.
Serious atmosphere throughout but when Hopkins ran through to score it was all generated by Palace.
Tottenham away in the FA Cup. Alan Irvine had scored against Forest to put us through into the next round and we went to White Hart Lane and got stuffed.
Last time I remember being on a terrace that wasn't big enough. Proper surges and immortal songs like:
"We've got fore-skins over here"
"Does your rabbi know you're here?" and
"When Jim goes up, to lift the FA Cup, we'll be dead, we'll be dead"
Magic moments

Egg Sample

22-03-2000, 02:16 PM

I remember that Spurs game. We were jammed in in the terracing bit and just before start there was a 'wee melee'. When I found my feet
the 4 blokes I went with were all being marched out by the police! But the Palace atmosphere was good that day, agreed.

22-03-2000, 02:20 PM

Originally posted by Pistike on 03-22-2000 09:32 AM
Proper surges and immortal songs like:
"We've got fore-skins over here"
"Does your rabbi know you're here?" and
"When Jim goes up, to lift the FA Cup, we'll be dead, we'll be dead"
Magic moments

Superb - I remember them too now you've mentioned them! http://cpfc-bbs.com/ubb/smile.gif

Egg Sample

22-03-2000, 02:33 PM

I've just skipped through this thread and I don't think there is any mention of a BHA away game?!
As a younger fan then these remain as magical days out. Maybe the memory makes the occasions bigger, but these games used to attract 30,000 (home and away) in the 3rd Div.!
The 2 I would mention were; I think it was the cup game when Harkouk came on as sub and scored twice. Anyway I was sitting in their pathetic stand and Palace had one of the biggest mobs I had ever seen (ie of the proportions that Millwall etc used to bring to selhurst) standing in the whole corner next to the fence to their North Stand. The noise was superb. I remember that when you arrived at the Gallstone ground there was always Palace grafitti sprayed over the turnstyle doors!
The other memory was a Boxing Day. Packed in next to them again. A bit of trouble in their end. Swindlehurst/Cannon etc were my heroes but so to was one of the Palace 'boys'. On this occasion he was on his mates shoulders, top off, flashing his muscles and Palace tattoo at 'em. (funnily enough I still see him around the OldStand/Players lounge area - never spoken to him though!)

Which atmosphere would I like to recreate? Semi finals/Finals/play offs/promotions/ ?
The Burnley game takes the buscuit, but Brighton Away was always a great atmoshere.

Pistike

22-03-2000, 03:12 PM

Unfortunately I only went to one game at the Gallstone.
Can't remember exactly when but Henry Hughton (?) was catching the headlines because in the previous season he had broken some seagulls leg.
Anyhow with about 10 minutes remaining (we were losing, which I'm led to believe was a common occurence with Brighton) some twát opened the gates and about 700-1,000 streamed out into the park round the back of the main stand and all hell broke loose.
On the train on the way home 85% of the Palace fans got off at Hassoks and crossed over to get the next train back to Brighton and when we arrived at E.Croydon the Met met any empty train. They looked very bewildered.
At the station on the way home a supermarket shopping trolley full of lit fireworks was sent hurtling across the concourse towards us.
Then our mob threw everything out of the windows to the strains of "if we win if we fail take it out on British Rail la la ..."
A bloke walks up to me and asks if I mind standing up because he wanted to chuck my seat out.
I met him a few years later on Waterloo bridge, he was on his way home from work at Marvel comics. Maybe he was the incredible hulk or something although I never saw him go green!

Tony

23-03-2000, 10:01 PM

Egg Sample

The reason the Palace geezer was flashing his muscles was because the PA was playing 'Wheels' the old muscleman tune.

Fortunately, the weather was pretty mild for a Boxing Day.

Raf

24-03-2000, 07:16 AM

A great game that comes to mind straight away was up at Villa in the last relegation season. The sun was out and the atmosphere that day was amazing.
It was around the time that all the madness started. The Lombardo/Brolin had just taken over from Coppell, and we couldn't seem to win a game. One of the main memories I have of that day is of our end standing up throughout the whole game, singing non-stop. They got three in the first half - but the more they scored the more we sang. Conga lines were going on and everything. Villa couldn't believe it - they were 3-0 up, but all the noise was coming from our end. And then Jansen scored a wonder goal in the second half.
It was one of those great games where all the stuff that was happening didn't matter, we were just a massive red'n'blue army.

Egg Sample

24-03-2000, 12:24 PM

Tony, was it you then? (my hero!)

Brian Squire

26-03-2000, 11:09 PM

Real Madrid under the new floodlights 1962. Puskas Di-Stefano and Terry Long.

GoringEagle

30-03-2000, 03:21 AM

Am I allowed a proxy post? My brother and family went to the game at Liverpool when we were edged out 9-0. After the game, when all the locals had gone home, the kept-back Palace fans all roared at the Kop - "You're not singing any more,you're not singing any more!" WISH I'd been there for that.

PalaceFan in Alabama

30-03-2000, 05:34 AM

Originally posted by Brian Squire on 03-26-2000 06:09 PM
Real Madrid under the new floodlights 1962. Puskas Di-Stefano and Terry Long.

I am not alone! My ex-wife was suppose to meet me on the Parade, but she was late and I left without her! Strange how she never forgave me for that! http://cpfc-bbs.com/ubb/surprised.gif

30-03-2000, 03:57 PM

Originally posted by GoringEagle on 03-29-2000 10:21 PM
Liverpool when we were edged out 9-0. After the game, when all the locals had gone home, the kept-back Palace fans all roared at the Kop - "You're not singing any more,you're not singing any more!" WISH I'd been there for that.

I was there - it was very funny. I bought the video which Liverpool released and watched it only last week, just out of curiosity. We really didn't play that badly, Liverpool were just awesome. The only really annoying things were 1) Geoff Thomas skying the penalty at 0-6 (and Martin Tyler saying it had "all got too much for the Palace captain!"); and 2) the coach getting stuck in a very long jam on the motorway afterwards with a car full of Brighton next to us, who'd just won 5-2 away at Walsall that night, and who gave us some SERIOUS abuse!

Spikemeister

31-03-2000, 04:28 AM

I was there too.....
"Signed Joey Boswell.....we've gone and signed Joey Boswell" !!
Brilliant.
Huge ovation from the home fans.......long drive home though.
Serious abuse at work the next day !

Bazza

31-03-2000, 10:09 PM

Has to be the 9-0 at Anfeild singing wer'e going to score in a minute, cheering everything Palace did, waving to the Liverpool supporters, Booing John Aldridge when they brought him on in his last game to take the penalty in front of the Kop, And in answer to the Liverpool supporter who asked me how come we had been stuffed and were still happy "at least you didn't get 10 past us like you did to Fulham in the cup last week.

On the bad side got off the coach in Thornton Heath to find my car broken into and the stereo nicked. Stayed at my girl freinds and had to buy my paper out side West Croydon station in my Palace strip and received condolences from a Millwall supporter.

Went to the match
Brought the Video
Took as much stick as I have ever done.

PS May 79 wasent bad either

Teaser

02-04-2000, 07:45 PM

I enjoyed the Norwich game last season - the atmosphere - was brilliant !!

Txomin Etxaniz

03-04-2000, 07:20 PM

Loads of votes of Burnley 79 (and rightly so), but who recalls the penultimate game that season, away to Orient on the previous Saturday. It was the official end-of-season game (Burnley was our game in hand) and Palace could have been promoted that day if either Stoke or the seaweeds lost (I think). My recollection is that a crowd of some 20,000 squeezed into the O's little ground, including an astonishing 15,000 Palace fans!!!!! If correct, this must rank as our biggest ever away support (apart from Wembley, of course). Can anyone verify this?

Anyway, a Swindle goal gave us a 1-0 win against an Orient side loaded with ex-Eagles/Glaziers including the great Jacko in goal and an ageing Alan Whittle. I also remember waiting for what seemed like an eternity after the game before the other results came through, eventually hearing that our rivals had all won. So everything would hinge on the Burnley match the following Friday night, which is where I came in....

At least that's how I remember it. http://209.15.72.34/ubb/wink.gif

Matty

03-04-2000, 07:33 PM

A Liverpool friend of mine who was at the 9-0 said the Palace fans were brilliant and the best bit was the "score in a minute" song.

I heard that after the match the lads sat down in the dressing room, all very quiet, looking at the floor and then Pembo pipes up "they're a bit good aren't they?"

Matty

03-04-2000, 07:34 PM

I think from that match we got a lot of respect from the scousers, which they showed after the 4-3 at Villa.

TAK

03-04-2000, 08:06 PM

[quote]Originally posted by Raf on 03-24-2000 03:16 AM
A great game that comes to mind straight away was up at Villa in the last relegation season. [quote]

A memorable game if not for Jansens goal but for the first time I met little Al. We didn't say much as I was being searched and he was being dragged out shouting "I was only trying to get people to sing up"

Eagle El

03-04-2000, 10:34 PM

I had completely forgotten that Orient game!I can't remember much of the actual game cos I was in a nearby pub from about twelve playing darts I think. I can vaguely recall missing the kick off though, and eating in a greasy spoon not far from the ground on the way home listening for the other results.Yeah, that was a good day out.......

viking's no1

05-04-2000, 04:40 AM

Bournemouth away late eighties. 2-0 down after five minutes with Georgie Woods a bit dodgy. Won 3-2, fighting on the terraces and a great train ride home

Also Shrewsbury away in mid eighties. First Sunday game. Phil Barber scored in 2-0 win. Away end built for people no more than 6ft 2.

Or Carlisle when 64 Palace were there. 63 after Gerry got thrown out for swearing amid cries of 'You're just a cockney W@nker'.

[This message has been edited by viking's no1 (edited 05 April 2000).]

James Varcoe

05-04-2000, 12:25 PM

Viking I was at that Bournmouth game and it was as you describe a top day out.

As I recall Jim Cannon f****d up for both early goals but we all blamed George Wood poor sod. A great come back and then the police who had been ejecting people all day for no reason tried to lock us in for 25 minutes after the game. The atmosphere was fantastic

Matty

05-04-2000, 05:22 PM

I also remember the Bournemouth game - it was November 1987. We got in late, missing the first goal (scored by Aylott) and just in time to see the second (also scored by Aylott, I think) and right in front of us.

We dominated the rest of the match and were 3-2 up just before half time.

The crowd wasn't big but the atmosphere was fantastic. My abiding memory was the number of chances missed (especially by Phil Barber) in the second half as we attacked toward the away end (i.e. us). Should have been 10-2. Top game. I'd been working down in Bournemouth a few years before then when they played Man U in the cup. Didn't care about the atmosphere. Bournemouth won.

At the end of that season (or was it the one before) went up to Hull, because if we won and Ipswich lost we'd have been in the play offs. Ipswich lost. The atmosphere again was brilliant until we went down 2-0 ten minutes in the match. Then it was crap.

RUSSELL

05-04-2000, 05:38 PM

Millwall away in 89-90 season was top, we won 2-1 and the singing was really loud, the result helped send them down. I was only 13 at the time and my mum only let me go because it was my brothers suprise bithday party and they had to get him out of the house. She still doesn't know how close we came to not making it to that party.

Matty

05-04-2000, 10:55 PM

31 March 1990. I remember - it was my birthday too!

It wasn't just that it sent them down, the win made it pretty well sure that we'd stay up. The next week (sunday) we went and bit Liverpool 4-3 at Villa Park in the semi.

Oh, it's all coming back now...happy days.

Does anybody remember a match a couple of years before (1988 I think)? End of the season, we were playing Oldham or somebody and needed Millwall or somebody else to lose and the rumour went round the ground that the Millwall or whatever team was losing.

The other one that i've just remembered is the last game of the regular 1988-1989 season. Birmingham came down with 6,000 and we knew there was going to be trouble (because the Standard said so. The old Bill of course didn't believe it). We had to win 5-0 with Man City losing. After 20 mins we were 4-0 up (Wright hattrick and an own goal). Wright was brilliant - the first half was probably the best I've ever seen him. Really fired up, motivating everbody and unstoppable on the pitch. Then the Brum scum invaded the pitch, which held everything up by half an hour, but meant we would finish after Man C. THe game restarted, but with 5 minutes left in their game Man C scored and took the automatic place. we cruised 4-1 into the play offs. The atmosphere before the game and until the City result came through was brilliant and we hurled abuse at the Brummies to boot.

The game at the end of the 1993-1994 season, although we lost 2-0 to Watford was good too. We played exhibition football, all over them, real crowd pleasing stuff, and having won promotion by about 10 points didn't care whether we won or lost. How we lost I just don't know though. A friend of mine, a mad Watford fan (who is the only person I know to have been to every football ground) said the display we gave was the best he'd seen for years.

Matty

05-04-2000, 11:01 PM

I dont' know what I've been drinking, but I keep getting these big game flashbacks:

Wimbledon 4-3 in the 80's. Very close game. I think that was the one Geoff Hopkin scored the great own goal - lob over Suckling.

If that wasn't it it was the 4-3 at home v Millwall agin mid 80's.

I also remember a Man city game 7-1 (or 6-1, we lost count). we were standing in the middle of the Whitehorse we laid siege to the goal right in front of us and some chap at the back started shouting "let's have 4!". AS one everybody turned round and shouted at him " but we've scored 4 you daft bugger" or words to that effect.

eagle mart

05-04-2000, 11:10 PM

hopkin scored that goal against Millwall.
Steve Anthrobus and Teddy sheringham scored for them. Cant remember who scored for us, though.

that Birmingham game was mentioned in the "the best way to end a game" thread about pitch invasions.

ammiller

05-04-2000, 11:51 PM

Originally posted by eagle mart on 04-05-2000 07:10 PM
hopkin scored that goal against Millwall.
Steve Anthrobus and Teddy sheringham scored for them. Cant remember who scored for us, though.

that Birmingham game was mentioned in the "the best way to end a game" thread about pitch invasions.

Sorry to be an anorak but...

0-1 - Hopkin og
1-1 - Wright after a Villa Park style run from Pembo (who can remember the fat gypo Hurlock trying to catch him?)
2-1 - Thomas header from a Wright cross
3-1 - Marky after eddie intercepted a dodgy backpass.

half time

3-2 - The ice cream man
3-3 - Anthrobus

Andy Gray catches the ball, thows it in the air and then palms it on to Wrighty (handball not given!) - Wrighty on to Marky, he's 30 yards out, he smacks it in the WHITEHORSE - it's 4-3......

viking's no1

06-04-2000, 02:12 AM

James Varcoe, You're right, it was Cannon's fault. I remember him staring at Scotland's last resort in an embarrassed way.

Matty, Millwall were playing Blackburn and surprisingly won 4-1 & GLR gave out the wrong score.

At that B'ham home game I saw Batman and Robin run onto the pitch giving it large. Later outside the Wilton, Robin was getting the sh*t kicked out of him whilst being asked the question, 'Where's Batman now you b@stard?'

B'ham away when we won 6-0 was good. Them and Leicester had good atmospheres because of the covered terraces.

At Blackburn in the 80's at Christmas, when you could always rely on winning 2-0, I won 3rd place in a fancy dress competition dressed as Fozzie Bear - prize given by George Wood, my mate won 4th dressed in a skirt. Who won 1st and 2nd?

06-04-2000, 02:12 PM

Matty - the Birmingham riot game was the last day of 87-88, not 88-89 because that's the year we won the play-offs!

James Varcoe

06-04-2000, 02:16 PM

JJ - Matty was right it was 88/9 as after the Birmingham game we went into the play offs having failed to secure automatic promotion and the rest as they say is history.

06-04-2000, 02:55 PM

Ooops http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/embarass.gif http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/embarass.gif http://www.cpfc.org/ubb/embarass.gif

Ash

06-04-2000, 07:21 PM

...all the games mentioned at the top of this thread, that Southend game as mentioned by The Lips, but surely there is one glaring ommission here... top goal celebration - how about that diving header from the man with the coco-pop on his nose against Millwall the same season ? The game where Nigel clattered Jeremy Beadle right in front of their 'fans'. An absolute classic.

06-04-2000, 08:23 PM

the end-of-season game against Watford that Matty mentioned was a great atmosphere as we were presented with the 1st Division Championship trophy beforehand and it was a full-house (the last match before the Holmesdale was demolished). My recollection of the match however was that it was a total anti-climax and that Palace were easily beaten in what was probably their worst performance of the season. "Exhibition football" it most definitely wasn't. It says a lot for the standard of fare that your average Watford fan is used to if your friend described it as the "best display he'd seen for years."
Is my memory playing tricks on me ?

06-04-2000, 08:40 PM

Absolutely not! We were total crap that day, and I reckon it was because they did the presentation before the match instead of after it. Plus everyone in the Arthur Wait enclosure couldn't see it because of the ridiculous sponsors boards behind the players. BTW, the crowd of 28,500 or so was the biggest in the 1st Div that season.

PeterH

06-04-2000, 09:53 PM

Ash, I agree, prior to the goal the atmo was as tense as i've known it at Selhurst. Fantastic header against is former team and slightly offside to boot.

Another great atmo was the C@ntona Man U game. Before kick off there was an eerie silence, once the whistle went fantastic.
Add this to the game two seasons ago when we lost 2-0(?) and hadn't won at home in the Prem all season. Every Palace fan sung their heart out and shut their glory boys right up.
Brings a tear to the eye, what supporters considering what a p!ss poor season we had at home.

07-04-2000, 10:18 PM

Another good atmosphere was away at Leicester in season 88/89 - we were 3rd and going for the 2nd place but went 2 goals down, only for Ian Wright to be tripped in the box twice, right in front of us. Dave Madden kept his nerve (later to be kept in a bigger game!)and scored both penalties and we drew 2-2.

Forever Stripes

08-04-2000, 02:13 AM

Chobham Eagle

05-04-2009, 10:16 PM

As this thread seems to have stopped in 2000, I'd like to add Stockport away in 2001 as a contender! :)

Razza

05-04-2009, 10:44 PM

Despite the late entry of Stockport, for me it has to be Burnley as it was the first match I went to :)
I was conned, the atmosphere has not been the same since ;)

EagleSE24

06-04-2009, 06:40 AM

Recently it has to be Sunderland at home in the first leg of the playoff semi final. All 4 sides of the ground really up for it and a last minute 3-2 win. I loved that game.

Woodside_CP

06-04-2009, 05:20 PM

Man Utd at home in the '97 season (Lombardo) as manager was one of the best at selhurst.

Man U only had the stanard 3,500 in the AW and the rest of the ground was up for it Palace.

We had no chance but the fans got 100% behind the team and there seemed to be a backlash of passion due to the ridiculous situation we had found ourselves in. Non stop singing and taking the piss out of the surrey based manc scum.

Has anyone got the teams for this? Im sure we had a mental midfield of Curcic, Lombaro, Brolin and someone else who got tore apart by Uniteds attacking flare.

Tom's Old Man

06-04-2009, 05:41 PM

Too many away games as contenders, so I'll stick with the home options.
Three stand out for me; Sunderland play-off 2004, Swindon play-off 1989 and the 5-0 Brighton match, all top drawer atmospheres.

ElwissAtMemphis

06-04-2009, 07:00 PM

I'd like to re-endorse the original poster's suggestion of Ipswich Town away in the late-80's. There were 2 very similar matches; Boxing Day 87/88 and Feb' 88/89. Both matches came after a pretty good run of results with Palace close to or in the promotion places. Both matches had relatively large turn-outs of Palace support and both matches ended in Palace wins.

In those days, the away fans were put in a what could only be described as a cage, behind one of the goals at Portman Road. The terrace had a low roof that kept the noise in and Ipswich's most vocal fans were in a similar enclosure, just to our left. It created an amazing atmosphere; everybody in the away end couldn't help but join in with the singing and with Palace winning what were both vital games, they were 2 of the best away days of the 80's.

The only other one that comes close was the Good Friday win at Watford in 88/89. It was an absolute must-win match, as virtually every match was from Easter until the final match that season. Another big Palace turn-out on a terrace under a low roof and a vital Palace win. It was the previous Saturday's win at home to Sunderland that had kept the feint promotion hopes alive; including that game we won 11 of our last 15 matches. We could have done with a run like that a few weeks ago (too late now).

Nth Kent Eagle

06-04-2009, 07:27 PM

The Friday night match at Southend in 76, the Christmas match at Aldershot in 75, the cup win at Leeds, the brilliant away win at Man U in 89, the West Ham win at Cardiff, the Austen goal at Norwich, the 3-2 win at Bournemouth.

The EEEAAAGGGLLLEEE!!!

06-04-2009, 07:41 PM

Brighton away, Boxing Day in the 80's

disco mixx kidd

06-04-2009, 07:51 PM

yeah good laffs they were. struggling with a hang over to get down the coast for midday but everyone made the effort

GDP

06-04-2009, 08:32 PM

Great thread!

I remember Stoke away when we won the title in '94, we packed out the away end and the atmosphere was brilliant. I'll never forget that day as it was my first away game.

Everton away, first game in '97 I think, Lombardo's first game. Sun, beers and Palace winning. Great turnout and support from Palace.

The 5-0 defeat at Anfield in the Worthington Semi. Non stop singing from Palace.

A couple of the stand out home games for me would be from the administration period. Palace fans united, the atmosphere against Blackburn and Sunderland were both special.

Ipswich away in '95, standing on tables and singing in the Drum and Monkey before the game and the atmosphere continued for the whole 90 mins despite being beat.

Great times! :)

pauldrulez

06-04-2009, 08:46 PM

In my relatively short time, i'll go for my top 3.

3) Sheff U play-off final. My 2nd time at Wembley, at the age of 6. I still remember most of the day like it was yesterday.
2) Cardiff play-off final. I was hoarse from 12.30 onwards. Our train pulled in at 9.30 and from that moment the day was perfect. Was it ever a doubt? Hands up who remembers singing the songs after the match :)
1) Sunderland semi-final. What a game. What a crowd. What a moment. Loved every minute of that victory.

Honourable mentions must go to
Watford last year (2-0 to us),
the recent Charlton games.
Burnley 5-0 last year.
Liverpool (a) Worthington Cup semi 5-0
Southampton in the Prem
the Brighton games.

We really need the atmosphere back.

If I could go back and repeat a whole day of my life, it would be Cardiff. The cheers, beers and tears made for a great 17 hour day =)

nealcpfc

06-04-2009, 09:01 PM

GDP

07-04-2009, 05:44 PM

[QUOTE=GDP]Great thread!

I remember Stoke away when we won the title in '94, we packed out the away end and the atmosphere was brilliant. I'll never forget that day as it was my first away game.
QUOTE]

Middlesboro?

Nah mate, not talking about the actual day we won the title but the season. Stoke away, was around the end of March I think, brilliant day out.

Oh south london

07-04-2009, 06:02 PM

My choice for the Palace game with the best ever atmosphere during my time supporting Palace, granted not as long as most of you, however the game that sticks out for atmosphere in my mind was the Charlton relegation match May 2004. The joy when Freedman dinked it into the net to suddenly give us hope from nowhere and to send the away end mad. Then the AJ penalty and furthermore Freedman almost scoring again in the dying seconds and if he had done it would have sent the away end into overdrive and im sure there would have been some sort of pitch invasion come the full time whistle.

GDP

07-04-2009, 07:12 PM

My choice during my time supporting Palace, granted not as long as most of you, the game that sticks out for atmosphere in my mind was the Charlton relegation match May 2004. The joy when Freedman dinked it into the net to suddenly give us hope from nowhere and to send the away end mad. Then the AJ penalty and furthermore Freedman almost scored again in the dying seconds and if that goal had gone in it would have sent the away end into overdrive and im sure there would have been some sort of pitch invasion come the full time whistle.

Good shout OSL. That was about as tense as any Palace game i've been to.

ElwissAtMemphis

07-04-2009, 10:40 PM

One of the best at Selhurst was the League Cup quarter final against Chelsea that took place in the middle of an unbelievably torrential downpour in January 1993. How the referee allowed it to go ahead is an enduring mystery. Our second started with a shot that literally got stuck in a puddle and Chris Coleman had to aquaplane from the penalty spot to where the ball had come to rest a couple of yards short of the line to finish it off.

An eventual 3-1 win for Palace but the weather didn't dampen the atmosphere; the crowd was basically a 50/50 split between Palace & Chelsea (28,510 of them). I was in the Old Stand near the Whitehorse Lane End and even there, when Chelsea scored (to bring it back to 1-2 I think) the vast majority of the people around me stood and cheered so I assume they had the most of that stand along with the usual 2 Homesdale Compounds as well as all the usual places that they used to turn up in those days.

But unlike the usual situation whenever they came or Millwall took over the place and most Palace fans sat on their hands and kept their mouths shut, nobody was hiding their allegiance that night and the noise all-night was fantastic. I'm sure it had something to do with the rain; everybody thought sod-it, we're soaked to the skin, what worse can happen? I guess the soaking kind of sedated Chelsea's neanderthal element too and everybody sung up regardless of their allegiance. A great night in just about the last season that the League Cup actually seemed to matter.

Shakey

08-04-2009, 04:15 PM

Whyteleafe_Sage

09-04-2009, 10:55 PM

In no particular order:

Sheffield United - Play Off Final (last 20 minutes)
Burnley - 1979
ManUre - Wembley 1990
ManUre - Relegation match 1998 - we were down but nobody cared...

Edenbridge Eagle In Exile

10-04-2009, 08:13 AM

Swindon - home leg of the play off semi-final in 89 - magic :p On a beautiful early summer eveing the atmosphere was electric and in many ways better than the Blackburn game which was just soooooo tense!

Edenbridge Eagle In Exile

10-04-2009, 08:16 AM

just a bit of a random one thats not maybe one of the obvious,but we had pompey in the 80's and they had to win to go up,they were given the whole of the holmesdale i think i'm right in saying,we beat them 1-0 and the atmosphere for that game was fantastic.

I remember it well - we scored with about 5 mins to go (Salako or Wright - Can't remember who) and then getting on top of the away dugout and banging on the roof - I don't think I would get away with that now :o :p

Oh and those Pompey fans were not happy afterwards :eek:

Super-Ste-Cious

10-04-2009, 08:24 AM

Sunderland Play-Off Semi
West Ham Play-Off Final
Burnley 5-0
Charlton 2-2

All up there for me.

Edenbridge Eagle In Exile

10-04-2009, 08:26 AM

Away Day Eagle

10-04-2009, 09:48 AM

Palace Dan

10-04-2009, 10:04 AM

For me - apart from the great ones I've actually been to (semi v Liverpool and 1st final v Man U, 1979 v Burnley, Holmesdale last stand v Watford, play off final s v Sheff U and West Ham, my favourite obscure one was Tranmere away in the admin years.

We'd just stayed up the previous week (Ashley Cole goal and Super Matt Jansen NOT celebrating his goal for Blackburn). It was one of the few games where my ears were ringing after the game - 2 goals in 3 mins from M and M, a brilliant defensive performance by David Woozley and Ashley Cole (including an overhead clearance off the line) and a party atmosphere amongst the Palace faithful. Steve Coppell threw his jacket into the crowd at the end and found it rather amusing that the Palace fan who caught it went through the pockets!!!

Aa Wallace and Gromit would say... a grand day out.

Palace Dan

10-04-2009, 10:06 AM

Relegation conga and lap of honour when we went down v Sheff W (Clinton's 1st game and goal) was pretty good too! Can't see many of today's prima donna teams doing that!

10-04-2009, 10:31 AM

Southampton 2-2 and the next 2-2 game away at the clowns in 2005 were ultimately painful but the atmosphere at both was fabulous.

Edenbridge Eagle In Exile

10-04-2009, 10:39 AM

:lux:

We were talking about this at Reading at home this season.

There was a simultaneous 'incident' at their Club Shop that day.

:afro: :cool:

Not the infamous "traffic cone through the window" incident :p

BTW it wasn't me :)

Latvian

10-04-2009, 10:40 AM

Two atmospheres that stand out and have probably already been mentioned were the 6-0 smacking at Loftus Road and 5-0 beatdown at Anfield. Constant chanting, sometimes the occasional pause and slight sigh when we conceeded but then straight back to EVERY eagle being noisy for the duration. We even sang "You'll never walk alone" louder than the home support at the final whistle!

Away Day Eagle

10-04-2009, 10:42 AM

Not the infamous "traffic cone through the window" incident :p

BTW it wasn't me :)

No comment.

It's an on-going investigation.

In the words of Spinal Tap, let's leave it unsolved :D :p

Edenbridge Eagle In Exile

10-04-2009, 10:43 AM

No comment.

It's an on-going investigation.

In the words of Spinal Tap, let's leave it unsolved :D :p

Noted :lux: :p :cool:

ozzieEagle

10-04-2009, 10:51 AM

So many to list, mostly away matches:-
Villa Park (Semi) one of the best days of my life. (Only one of them dear !)
Leeds away (75/76 cup run)
Sunderland (75/76 cup run)
Chelsea (75/76 cup run)
Wrexham away (About 75, we won 4-2 scoring two goals in last minute and we had to win by two clear goals to go up.)
QPR away not long after Venables cleared us out the first time."Burridge took a kicking"
Burnley (Champs 52000 etc)
Infact most away games.....although the atmosphere at home just gets better.

Yes for me It would be Leeds away, 75/76 that was something else. We actually shell shocked the European Champions, team and supporters... which for a club 2 divisions below them was an unbelievable achievement. Probably the Ultimate "Roy of the Rovers" Palace moment.

I always felt that Burnley game the atmosphere for most of the game was pretty tense.

I also reckon Palace fans put in a fantastic effort at Cardiff in that relegation game in 74....over 2000, to a Wednesday night away game, that was a fantastic atmosphere as well.

tasty_snacks

10-04-2009, 11:00 AM

in more recent times would have to be arsenal at home a few years ago, 1-1. selhurst was electric that evening.

i remember the trip to burnley the following season, when we had already made the play-offs with 3 or 4 games to go, for the comedy value. 'there's only onnnneeeeee jonny macken, onnnnnnneeeeeee jonny macken!' and 'we've got an england striker, on the bench, we've got an england on bench!' brilliant. probably one of the best away games i've been to.

10-04-2009, 01:50 PM

Someone mentioned the 2004 play off final at Cardiff, but my memory of that is that we were all so tense, the atmosphere wasn't anything like as good as it had been for say the Sheff Utd final at Wembley. I remember just feeling totally drained after it.

New LP

10-04-2009, 03:59 PM

Sunderland at home in the playoffs
Liverpool away in the league cup semis 95 and 2001
The last time we played at Millwall
Highbury 1994
The Saints game in the Premiership (though it guts me to remember it now)
Everton away when Lombardo made his debut (just one Lombardo, give him to me)

New LP

10-04-2009, 04:04 PM

in more recent times would have to be arsenal at home a few years ago, 1-1. selhurst was electric that evening.

:p and if Lakis had scored that sitter at the end I don't think there would of been a roof on the Holmesdale anymore!

Number Six

10-04-2009, 04:35 PM

The Swindon playoff has been mentioned a few times. There was something very very intense about that night, huge noise, maybe driven by a desperate need for success after the Mullery years (even though we had slowly been improving for a few years by 1989).

I reckon that's one of the few times I can remember when the Palace crowd actually "scared" the opposition - Swindon just seemed to freeze. Great night.

Ogilvy

10-04-2009, 04:43 PM

Any of the Goldstone games.

The older ones first

Orient Away god know when but we were going up, recon about 1980?
Swindon away the play off
Blackburn away and missing the train home as it was too full, got in 7am!
Forest away simod cup
Boro away simod cup (or Zenith!!) about 400 of us, very scary!!
Villa Park obviously and Duke of York on final day

The middle years

Stockport away----how good was that?
Sheff Utd at Wembley
Brighton 5-0 for the result and Sir Steve

Recent

Coventry away was amazing play off year
Cardiff play off
Arse at home premiership
Spurs at home premiership
Man U away with their missed penalty

But despite all the memories, the thing that piss%s me more than anything is that Clowns away this year was the first time in 20 years that I've had THAT feeling, that electricity and we promptly played so badly, with no spirit that it turned what could have been a very special night on it's arse...

Shipsisourking

10-04-2009, 05:25 PM

May have been mentioned before, but the atmosphere at Narch City, when we were in administration and a certain Mr Austin scored was fantastic.

Also when sir stevie threw his jacket into the masses at tranmere was a good - un as well.

My favourite though was the southend one, thousands of palace here, palace there, palace f'ing everywhere. Brilliant day out, beers in town before the match, a right royal knees up. Cant remember getting home.

lewisham eagle

10-04-2009, 06:14 PM

The best Ive had at selhurst is the Sunderland Home playoff semi voice was gone within 10mins.

Whyteleafe_Sage

11-04-2009, 10:53 AM

Bizarrely, the 6-0 away defeat at QPR in the darkest days of administration also stands out. Guess we thought it might be our last game ever, so the singing didn't stop all game, even at 6-0 down (thanks Miller!) and 2 players sent off.

Happy Days...

Whyteleafe_Sage

11-04-2009, 10:55 AM

the 6-0 smacking at Loftus Road

Apologies, L beat me to it...

jookbeard

11-04-2009, 10:58 AM

I remember when i were a lad and walking to my first game , we missed the kick off , it was against Blackburn circa October 1978 and the roar as we were walking to the Holmsdale put goosebumps and made the hairs stand on end, the very first taste of that cannot be bettered, the att was probably only less then 20k as well

Newozeagle

11-04-2009, 11:38 AM

Anyone go to the last reserve game at selhurst park in 1976/77 (i think) on the day we got promoted? Palace had beat wrexham 4-2 away mid week and had to wait to see if the results went our way to clinch that 3rd promotion spot. Most of the first team could not bear the tension so played for the reserves including Rachid Harkouk, barry silkman etc.... So many turned up (thousands I think) while we waited for the result and had one big party on the pitch at final whistle when scores were confirmed. Fantastic magical atmosphere to rival all others mentioned above (if that counts)...

Trist

07-05-2009, 07:34 AM

I’ll never forget the Sheffield United Playoff atmosphere, it’s weird I can’t really remember much of the day. Uncles and cousins had come down from Newcastle and Aberdeen for the game and it was great to see them, the sunshine was top too.

I can’t really remember much of the atmosphere for much of the game, but the one thing that sticks in my mind is the second half being almost constant singing. The last minute goal at the end just felt perfect! I can’t even remember the final whistle.

Another that I’ll always remember was the atmosphere at the home game to Arsenal during the last Premiership season. To give it a bit of context, I’d just started going out with my girlfriend at the time and it coincided with a turn in the results, a 2-0 win a home to Fulham, 3-0 home to West Brom a 2-1 League Cup win away at the Valley and a win away at Brum. The only blemish being a defeat away at Bolton (but I didn’t go to that game so it doesn’t count in my books).

Then came Arsenal, coincidently my girlfriends family were all staunch Arsenal fans and I was trying my hardest to convert her to Palace... so there had been a fair bit of banter going into the game. A big match under the floodlights always seems to bring out the best in Palace so I was confident we could get something. It was bonfire night too.

The atmosphere was buzzing, I remember every single tackle being cheered like crazy. Even when we went a goal down I remember the crowd going silent for only a couple of seconds before starting off again.

Aki’s equaliser was crazy, he’d been playing brilliantly and was chasing every single Arsenal player around like a madman. He seemed to be everywhere. I’m not sure if I’ve ever been so happy to see a player score a goal as I was when Aki slid that one in.

I think the thing I loved about the atmosphere in the game was that the belief was there both in the players and the fans. We really believed that we were going to stay up.

Selhurst Celtic

07-05-2009, 11:26 AM

No comment.

It's an on-going investigation.

In the words of Spinal Tap, let's leave it unsolved :D :p

A certain cab driving mate of mine (you've met him, N) was found with a big rock in his hand in the vicinity of the club shop that day, but got his collar felt. His explanation that he was a Geologist didn't wash with the Sussex rozzer but he was able to wriggle free and make good his escape.

NB: He was not responsible for the window going through.

Lord Flange

07-05-2009, 11:45 AM

West Ham circa 90-91 or 91-92, the year that the spammers went down.

Standing packed into the old away end which had no crush barriers in the upper last third - great for surging - and singing 'must be love' by Madness.

It was absolutely baking in there and we were all swaying madly in a great huddle of sweat (ooh er) until old Bill came in and ejected about 10 indiscriminate fans in an attempt to calm us down.

London aways were f**ing great then. :love: :love:

cpfc4evandeva

07-05-2009, 02:46 PM

Sunderland at home was awesome. Great game too.

I must also mention Watford at the end of last year. The place was rocking when Ifill and then Moses scored.

Burnley at the end of last year was also good.

eagle mart

07-05-2009, 02:56 PM

Lord Flange

07-05-2009, 03:18 PM

Check my post on the first page of this thread - *gulp* almost ten years ago....

:p

Thinking about it I havenet been to WHL or Upton park since those days, and I'm sure it because I know that I would be so dissapointed with the sterility of seats compared to what I had experienced before.

QPR is still decent though but still not a patch on their old terrace - another one where the coppers piled in to stop the bundles and surges (Although we were doing a left side right side mass rush at each other IIRC :D )

Vince Hilaire's Afro

07-05-2009, 03:48 PM

On his video Do The Wright Thing, Ian Wright says this was the best atmosphere he had been in at Selhurst. It was a great night, but the crowd was "only" 23,000 or so - bearing in mind we were 2 games from promotion I remember being a bit pissed off about that.

Something must have gone wrong somewhere with the tickets because I remember the Holmesdale totally heaving that night.

Perhaps the missing fans had left the stadium as a result of fainting as a result of Rudi Hedman's majestic performance?

Vince Hilaire's Afro

07-05-2009, 03:51 PM

Lord Flange

07-05-2009, 06:31 PM

Something must have gone wrong somewhere with the tickets because I remember the Holmesdale totally heaving that night.

Perhaps the missing fans had left the stadium as a result of fainting as a result of Rudi Hedman's majestic performance?

Loads were locked out because the club stupidly gave Swindon half the Holmesdale - which they woefully underfilled. The Whitehorse end was also members only and thus wasnt full either.

I remember seeing what looked like the whoel arthur enclosure surge at one point, it was so packed in there.

waddoneagle

07-05-2009, 06:48 PM

Loads were locked out because the club stupidly gave Swindon half the Holmesdale - which they woefully underfilled. The Whitehorse end was also members only and thus wasnt full either.

I remember seeing what looked like the whoel arthur enclosure surge at one point, it was so packed in there.

It was a great atmosphere that night and yes there were more people in the ground than what they said, It was the most packed i have seen the 'New Stand':p

tomario

07-05-2009, 07:14 PM

Sheffield United in the play offs was fantastic, especially as I had hit the source at 6am travelling down from Sunderland to be at the Duke of York for opening time. Remeber flying forward about six rows with spud when Mr Hopkin scored

selhurstparkflyer

09-05-2009, 01:13 PM

Nico La Ventola!

The atmosphere in the Arthur against Southmpton in 05 was something else. To my mind, when the whole of Selhurst gets going, there is little to replicate the awe of that excitement.

Rog 007

09-05-2009, 01:20 PM

Sunderland & Wolves in the playoffs at Selhurst
Away at QPR 3-2 Zenith Data Systems great Super Geoff Thomas goal

10-05-2009, 07:21 AM

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this game, but we had an FA Cup away game at Tottenham in the mid 80's. It was our first 'big game' for some time and we totally blew the roof off the away end.

Before being pumped 4-0.

Yes, I was at that game. 1987 I think, as it was the season that Clive Allen got 49 goals for them and they got to the final and lost to Coventry. It's actually the only game at WHL that I've been to that we lost - every time we've played them in the league since 1989 we've either won or drawn, even in seasons when we were relegated.

The atmosphere in the away end at WHL was always good.

Away Day Eagle

10-05-2009, 12:21 PM

It was a great atmosphere that night and yes there were more people in the ground than what they said, It was the most packed i have seen the 'New Stand':p

There was a real air of anticipation/excitement/trepidation that glorious May night, everyone was up really up for it, players and fans.

We knew we were on the verge of something special, a hungry young team managed by Sir Steve, promotion was within our grasp. You could almost touch it.

No more playing Shrewsbury or getting beat at home by Bournemouth (having been in o-Zone (Crystals) the night before and then some mad party in Addo till all hours):lux:

My favourite ever promotion**, went to Burnley 1979 but was too young to fully appreciate it.

But this was our year, probably the only time in my life I never doubted us, not even at Blackburn away (the Earlybirds jumping into Blackburn's end took my mind off the game momentarily :D )

** That isn't to say I didn't enjoy winning the league in 94, Wembley 97 or Cardiff 04

Happy Days :angel:

gallery sex god

14-05-2009, 08:37 PM

Nico La Ventola!

The atmosphere in the Arthur against Southmpton in 05 was something else. To my mind, when the whole of Selhurst gets going, there is little to replicate the awe of that excitement.

got to agree , the best all seater atmosphere ever-that massive banner "BELIEVE" fluttering in the holmsdale pre match, antastic

then Higginbottom ruined it

CPFC-DIEHARD84

14-05-2009, 09:16 PM

Im suprised that the Liverpool league cup semi final game at home in 2001 hasnt come up, palace winning 2-1, and a good atmosphere in the ground! :D

EMLEY EAGLE

14-05-2009, 09:20 PM

Not sure if Norwich away has been mentioned. Could have been our last game,into administration and a team full of reserves.

Dean Austin scoring and we went mad!

trufan

14-05-2009, 09:24 PM

then Higginbottom ruined it

Yep. Never forgiven them for that. For that reason alone, was glad to see them drop this season. A win that day and we'd have stayed up for sure. :veryangry

trufan

14-05-2009, 09:29 PM

I think the thing I loved about the atmosphere in the game was that the belief was there both in the players and the fans. We really believed that we were going to stay up.

And then we didn't. Again. :sob: My fervent hope is that next time we go up (please!) we're properly equipped for the big-time and manage to survive that "difficult" first season. No matter what the cynics say, the potential here is as big as at almost any other club in England. We've "nearly" made it so many times . . . imagine what Selhurst could be like with some proper success.

redders2000

14-05-2009, 09:31 PM

Sunderland Away in the Q/Final F.A Cup 1975
We went up they and we sang our hearts out and when Whittle's goal went in we went mad.

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I agree was a fantastic day, even thou nearly half the palace away fans were late because of problems on the trains and didnt arrive till half time, if i remember correctly we took 7 train loads up there,

Another fantastic night from around that time was wrexham away at least 5 train loads for a wednesday night game

another good one from that time was when we took over the brighton end in an away game

ahh the memories !!!

La Bombonera

19-05-2009, 02:53 PM

I think the game that sticks in my mind for eating away at my stomach days before hand, made me a nervous wreck on the journey down there and then blew me away for the manner in which BOTH the team played and the fans got behind the players was Pompey away in the 2000/01 season. What an immense atmosphere, that was no mean feat to go THERE and do THAT.

The rest is history as they say. The Palace stayed up and The Guv and me bought a budgie that summer, named him Doogie (of course) and taught him to say 'Up The Palace', 'Eagles' and 'Ooooh are ya?' And yes he's still with us! :p

Buglebob

21-05-2009, 12:32 PM

I would have to be boring and pick out the Sheffield Utd play-off final for atmosphere alone. Classic axample of the atmosphere in the stands changing the course of the game. It was us that won that match, not Geoff hopkins (although he might have helped a bit!!)

Another to pick out would be the 5-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield. Non stop singing throughout, even carrying on through one of their goals (the fourth I think) without 'breaking stride'.

The Bishop

21-05-2009, 01:08 PM

Best ever atmosphere during my time of supporting Palace has to be the 1989 play off final second leg against Blackburn (H). We made a heck of a lot of noise that day and several Blackburn players admitted afterwards that they found the atmosphere intimidating that day.

Running a close second to that is the 1997 play off final against Sheffield United. Again, the noise made that day, particularly during the second half, literally 'sucked' the ball into the net. The support seemed to propel the whole team on, and the win more than made up for the previous year's gutting play off final against Leicester. All those demons were laid to rest that day in 1997 :lux:

Seba

21-05-2009, 01:22 PM

Vince Hilaire's Afro

21-05-2009, 01:59 PM

Matt_Hep

21-05-2009, 02:19 PM

I liked Liverpool away in the cup when we lost 5-0....that's what Palace is about for me, non stop singing..

GodstoneEagle

21-05-2009, 02:42 PM

Arsenal away. 5-1.

"Singing AJ's better than Henry French ****"

Outsung them (obviously) despite them outplaying us.

Barberville

21-05-2009, 02:50 PM

Been to quite a few of the most memorable games over the last few years,76 Cup run,Burnley 79, Liverpool semi 1990, all play offs, Cup Final.... but the Sunderland Play Off semi at Selhurst Park had an electric atmosphere which came out of nowhere...awesome

Matt_Hep

21-05-2009, 03:43 PM

The Sheff Utd playoff win was amazing..

Every Palace fan there helped with the goal, it was like none of us wanted a repeat of the year before and realised we'd been edgy and silent for the last moments of the Leicester match

i wish Palace fans would realise the impact of they can have on more occassions!

Buglebob

22-05-2009, 05:56 AM

We certainly had more of an impact on the game than Jeff Hopkins ;)
Yep, him as well ;)

Shaunio15

03-08-2009, 02:30 PM

Man U, December 72', 5-0, cracking atmosphere.

Probably only about my 7-10th game attended at Selhurst, what a day.

Actually many of the 70s evening games under the candles, the mid week after we made the S-F we played Hereford or Port Vale, Mar 76 I guess.

Selhurst was good in those days for night matches, the crowds were quite often much better mid week than at the weekends, whereas the opposite seems to be true now.

One that stands out in recent years, is the 0-5 LC SF 2nd leg at Anfield, the Palace support that night was awesome, 5,000 who sangs their hearts out.