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Oh yes of course! He was a really forlorn figure by that stage. His sparkle seemed to have left him. Like a great old boxing champion flogging himself at the end of his career.
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The two saddest days in football for me as a kid were (1) Vince Hilaire leaving Palace and (2) him getting a load of racist abuse at Selhurst when he came back with Pompey. Everyone did it at the time, Palace were no better or worse. Among the happiest days was watching Vince single handedly take apart Leeds Utd circa 1980ish, took on several players then slotted in from a tight angle. Like Wright and Zaha after him, you expected something special whenever he got the ball. Unlike them, he had a certain floating elegance to his style. A bit like Michael Jordan, the top half seemed to stay still as he ran.
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Remember him getting sent off in that game. Put their promotion on hold which was amusing
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In that clip Venables mentioned just coming back from Holland, I think that was the first time I saw Palace play I was born in NL (Dads from Thornton Heath), saw Palace play a local semi pro side, Rijnsburger boys. The only thing I remember from the game is Venables shouted 'give the ref some ******* verbals' to one of our players. Anyway I want the book!
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The Thames programme was titled Young ,Gifted and Black , pretty certain
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Was at that game, a 6-0 win if I recall correctly.
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He was a brilliant player. My second favourite growing up, after the Smurf
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Eagle Eye mention IIRC that Phil Holder wasn't best pleased as I think winning away by 7 might have been a club record!
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Yep, he was a genius at that particular move. These days of course the player losing the ball would just sit down and wait for the referee to award him a free kick.
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[QUOTE=Am Phibian;14073907]The one and only player ever who could do a whole body clean diving tackle from behind and use his right buttock as a fulcrum and lift himself back up and be flying away with the ball taken from a bemused opponent in 0.55 seconds.[/QUOTE)
The best player for performing that maneuver was Peter Taylor.
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I, however, was there. 1978/79 was my first season as a supporter - we went to 15 home games and Vince was sublime. The whole crowd on their toes every time he set off. Unlike Wilf he was only one of a number of talented individuals. It seems crazy now that he wasn't a shoo-in for Player of The Year but with Sansom, Cannon, Gilbert et al we were an embarrassment of riches. Great times, Great player. Hope it's a good book. |
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22 March now. This is like one of our transfers!!
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Thanks. Really looking forward to getting this, any news on its release?
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