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OK thanks. Funny the things one remembers.
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25th Feb 1969 Bristol City 1 - Palace 1
Having beaten Hull City the "run" still in its early stages started to gain momentum with a hard one point at Ashton Gate. Palace scored through Bobby Woodruff. We were keeping on Bert's target average of 1.5 points a game to secure promotion. Ahead the next game was at home to then current second placers Cardiff with a free scoring your striker John Toshack leading the line. This would be a big test of our promotion credentials.
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I remember seeing the great Dave Mackay play for Derby when they beat us at Selhurst, but something happened in the return fixture, but I cannot remember what. I think we were winning and the game was abandoned with not long to go, but I could be wrong. I cannot seem to find any evidence of an abandoned match apart from the one all verses Blackpool in December. Anyone enlighten me?
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I recall that we beat Derby away 1-0 midweek and I think we were the only team to win there in the season. There was no radio commentary or tv updates and I had to wait until the 10pm news and sport bulletin to find out the score. It was that game which finally convinced everyone that we could actually go up. My memory says that Bobby Woodruff (my first real football hero) scored the only goal but that could easily be wrong.
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Derby County v Crystal Palace March 1969. Palace had five goals disallowed before Bobby Woodruffe scored the only goal of the game!
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At six the next morning I had in my possession a sackful of papers for my paper round. I was too nervous to look so I made a deal with God that I wouldn't check out the scores until I only had only one paper left. The deal included saying silent prayers along my route. I don't know if the bloke upstairs changed the score but at the last house I saw the magic words Woodruff stuns Derby. Cue to start jumping around the street as local curtains started to peep. As they say 'you'll never meet an atheist in a trench' well you don't meet many on a paper round either when they don't know their team's result.
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Didn't old Bert Head cry out for VAR the next day? Or am I just imagining it?
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You misheard him, he said "ooh arr"
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Thanks for that, two matches same year, different season,fifty years ago. That’s my excuse anyway!!
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Buggered if I remember the abandoned game. Remember the win a kid at school, Graham Nash had gone to the game and filled in all the details.
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I was there... frozen pitch. I think it was only my second game.
Blackpool at home right? |
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What did Crosby, Stills and Young think of the game?
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50 years ago today Palace hosted Cardiff City who were currently second and in the final promotion place. Nearly 20000 crowd at Selhurst and I seem to recall it was very vocal that day. Palace started off very quickly and battered Cardiff. Goals from Tony Taylor, a cracker from Roger Hoy (I think this was the first game I recall the "He's here his there his every f#####g where, Roger Hoy, Roger Hoy" rolled off the terraces) a third goal from Colin Taylor sealed a big win as we moved into fifth place just 7 points behind Derby in top spot. Ahead we had two tough away games Derby in midweek then Birmingham the following Saturday. Our Chairman the legendary Arthur Wait thought if we could get two points from those two games we may have a chance.
The Cardiff win gave us the double over the Welshmen after our crushing win down there on the opening day of the season. Cardiff where a tough nut to crack, especially as they had an exciting young striker John Toshack scoring freely up front. We were really on a roll now and you had a feeling something special as going to happen.
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Was at the game, Bobby Woodruff's strike was the only one of 5 we put in the Derby net that stood. IHMO two of the three the ref chalked out were good goals. In the end it was still a massive win for Palace.
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I remember that season well. Was about my eight season watching them. Woodruff was my hero that year, took throwing like corner kicks! My biggest regret was playing for chipstead on the first game the following season when palace had Man U at home. Never got to see charlton , law or best in person
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