17-01-2019, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by CP Satellite
Depending on who you talk too, many older fans feel the rivalry kicked off following a pre-season friendly at Brighton in 1973, plenty of stories of incidents before, during and after the match, this was Malcolm Allison’s first full season in charge at Palace (he had been appointed in March 1973) and we were relegated to Division Two - Brighton were still in the Third Division at the time of this ‘friendly’ - when their manager was the aptly named Pat Seaweed, later that season, Brian Clough took over, briefly, quiting in the summer of 1974 to take over at Leeds, by which time Palace had a second straight relegation to join Brighton in Division Three - Clough’s assistant Peter Taylor ( no relation to the Palace winger ) was in charge until they appointed Muggery in the summer of 1976, by which time Big Mal had resigned and Venereals had taken over as Palace boss.
The rivalry certainly took a quantum leap during the 1976/77 season, as there were two league matches and an FA Cup tie that lasted three games, with major clashes at all 5 games.
However, many older fans feel the rivalry was already started around three years before Mullery became the Weeds boss.
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That’s pretty much how I remember it.
Just seen your age, same as me, which probably explains that. Happy memories.
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Well swivel on this one, because Crystal Palace sell 34 different designs of hat and cap. Thirty-f*cking-four?!
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