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My favourite performance was the Plough Lane 3-0 end of season game mentioned a couple of times already. I think he missed a couple of decent chances first half and got the piss taken out of him by the Wimbledon fans at the other end. Comes out second half and scores a hat-trick, with the lob probably his best goal for us.
Seeing him on the back page of the Daily Mirror the day after he signed for Arsenal wearing that horrible yellow away kit they had was truly gut-wrenching. Incredible to think he was 27 when he left us.
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Wrighty is often at Palace. I know him well and he still has Palace deep in his heart despite what others may think. Don't forget that it was Palace that gave him his break when others, such as Brighton, told him he had no chance!
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I worked in a shop called Cullens in Warlingham at the time and Wrighty and his then Mrs (Debbie) were always in. He was happy to speak to anyone and had an infectious personality - got to know them quite well and was truly devastated when he left but looking back on it, and having grown up as well, do understand the reasons why. |
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Regardless of what you think of him as a person the performances on the pitch were the best ever seen at Palace. Doubt anyone will disagree with that.
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Ah what a player. Remember we used to say his first touch was poor but his second was in the back of the net. That season that we finished 3rd you just had a feeling that every time he went on the pitch it was his time. It is just a coincidence in life that he had arrived at Palace at the same time I started going to see them and we went on this journey to the first division and then the cup final together.
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My favourite ever player. When ever Wrighty got the ball anything was possible. When he first started playing for us SSC used him as a sub in the last 15 minutes or so. The amount of goals that he got after coming on as a sub.Super sub is what he was. His partnership with Brighty was magic. Like Wilf, inside you always knew that he was too good for Palace.We never replaced Ian until AJ came along. We also never replaced AJ until Glen Murray came along. What a great player. I used to tell my mates it was well worth the admission price just to watch Ian Wright.
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It wasn't just that he was an incredibley dangerous striker it was also his affect in the dressing room, he was the personality the jester but also the guy with the burning desire to win.
When he left that very short period of euphoric success left with him and though we've seen a few false dawns since then i feel we've never been as close to regaining them as we are now
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I always think that neither Wright or the Palace fans can really look at the period after he'd left and their behaviour during this time with much pride. For me though that's been forgotten and his interview on the centenary dvd with Bright, the swapping of shirts with Lombardo and his goal and massive celebration with the Holmesdale during the Geoff Thomas 1990 replay game have left him with a good relationship with the club again.
My first ever Palace game was the Wimbledon away match where he scored the hat-trick, so I only caught the end of his CP career. But always hugely grateful I did.
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Secondly, how very sad is the part I have quoted. I suppose it is like the modern day urge for a small minority to publicly slate a player's family on Twitter. It feels like Wright's departure is more akin to Dougie's as a manager rather than other players. Time will tell.
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I have just watched the video and it is an eye opener; look how hard he worked compared to others 9 to 4, because h had been in the outside world. Other players did 1030 to 1230.
As he says he was honest, an honest player and we were lucky to have him for 6 years |
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Has he actually ever explained why he celebrated like he did the time he scored against us at Highbury?
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Great post. Same memories, same sentiments. Was one of those players where you always thought/knew he would make something happen.
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He always had such a positive attitude which I think rubbed off on the rest of the team and supporters. He was infectuous
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