Memries of Palace

[grafikhaus]

It’s over eight years since we last met Crystal Palace. Since then, we’ve spent six years in League One and have returned to the Premier League. Palace are starting their seventh successive season in the PL.

Recent games against Palace:



Full history Sheffield United v Crystal Palace. (P: 53 W: 20 D: 12 L: 21).

No recollection of Blades v Palace games would be complete without mention of the play-off final on 26th May 1997 at the ‘old’ Wembley. Fighting for a place in the top-flight, the game was 0-0 until a very late goal by Palace’s David Hopkin broke our hearts…



More recently, we beat Palace at 1-0 Bramall Lane on 30th April, 2006 – our last game of the season before promotion to the Premier League.

In our ‘Triple Assault’ season (2002-03), we beat Palace 2-1 in the Quarter-Final of the Worthington (League) Cup. Think Pesch was offside..?



A special mention to Palace who – on 2nd May 2010 drew 2-2 at Hillsborough and sent Wednesday down to League One . This sparked a crowd invasion where Palace players and fans were attacked, just another shameful incident in the long, disgraceful history of Wednesday.

Transfer activity:

Palace reject £65m bid from Everton for Wilfried Zaha but right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka has left for Manchester United for £49.5m.

Centre-forward Jordan Ayew has been brought in from Swansea for a fee of £2.5m.

On 6th August, Gary Cahill joined Palace on a free transfer from Chelsea. The 2-year deal sees Cahill on £75k per week.

Victor Camarasa (Real Betis, loan); James McCarthy (Everton £2.97m) complete Palace’s pre-transfer window activity.

Top Scorers:



Men to Watch:



Wilfried Zaha caused rumoured upset on the training ground last week when his hoped-for move to Everton was denied and is likely to be named in the starting 11 for Palace's game at Bramall Lane this Sunday.

Hodgson will be desperately hoping that the winger can repeat his form of last season, where Zaha's ten goals and five assists helped Palace to a safe 12th place finish in the Premier League.



Serbian Luka Milivojević was Palace’s leading scorer last season and has just signed a new 4-year deal. He was one of only three players who played every minute of the 2018-19 Premier League season (Ben Mee of Burnley and Wolves’ Conor Coady being the others).

The Manager:



Woy Hodgson became Palace manager two years ago. It is Hodgson’s 22nd managerial appointment in a mostly undistinguished career.

 

[jono_t2000]

It’s over eight years since we last met Crystal Palace. Since then, we’ve spent six years in League One and have returned to the Premier League. Palace are starting their seventh successive season in the PL.

Recent games against Palace:

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Full history Sheffield United v Crystal Palace. (P: 53 W: 20 D: 12 L: 21).

No recollection of Blades v Palace games would be complete without mention of the play-off final on 26th May 1997 at the ‘old’ Wembley. Fighting for a place in the top-flight, the game was 0-0 until a very late goal by Palace’s David Hopkin broke our hearts…



More recently, we beat Palace at 1-0 Bramall Lane on 30th April, 2006 – our last game of the season before promotion to the Premier League.

In our ‘Triple Assault’ season (2002-03), we beat Palace 2-1 in the Quarter-Final of the Worthington (League) Cup. Think Pesch was offside..?



A special mention to Palace who – on 2nd May 2010 drew 2-2 at Hillsborough and sent Wednesday down to League One . This sparked a crowd invasion where Palace players and fans were attacked, just another shameful incident in the long, disgraceful history of Wednesday.

Transfer activity:

Palace reject £65m bid from Everton for Wilfried Zaha but right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka has left for Manchester United for £49.5m.

Centre-forward Jordan Ayew has been brought in from Swansea for a fee of £2.5m.

On 6th August, Gary Cahill joined Palace on a free transfer from Chelsea. The 2-year deal sees Cahill on £75k per week.

Victor Camarasa (Real Betis, loan); James McCarthy (Everton £2.97m) complete Palace’s pre-transfer window activity.

Top Scorers:

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Men to Watch:

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Wilfried Zaha caused rumoured upset on the training ground last week when his hoped-for move to Everton was denied and is likely to be named in the starting 11 for Palace's game at Bramall Lane this Sunday.

Hodgson will be desperately hoping that the winger can repeat his form of last season, where Zaha's ten goals and five assists helped Palace to a safe 12th place finish in the Premier League.

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Serbian Luka Milivojević was Palace’s leading scorer last season and has just signed a new 4-year deal. He was one of only three players who played every minute of the 2018-19 Premier League season (Ben Mee of Burnley and Wolves’ Conor Coady being the others).

The Manager:

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Woy Hodgson became Palace manager two years ago. It is Hodgson’s 22nd managerial appointment in a mostly undistinguished career.

Great stuff buddy, appreciate your effort and input! Especially the 2-2 to relegate the Wendy's. (Not the violence part of course tho)

Thanks for this!

 

[Paulus]

Decent summary, but thought the cheap shot at Hodgson was unnecessary, there are a lot worse blokes around in football than Hodgson, you don’t stay in the job as long as he has if you’re not doing something right.

 

[Superblades]

That Hopkin goal ..Whitehouse tackle would be a pen these days as well.

 

[grafikhaus]

Decent summary, but thought the cheap shot at Hodgson was unnecessary, there are a lot worse blokes around in football than Hodgson, you don’t stay in the job as long as he has if you’re not doing something right.

And you don't have 22 different jobs if you're doing something right. People like Hogson, Bruce, Pulis, Adkins, McCarthy etc. have all had fleeting 'success' - the law of averages if you stick round long enough - which hides their paucity of achievement. Hodgson's win ratio has been boosted by his long spell at Malmo and at lower-league clubs. Didn't last long at Liverpool, tho.

 

[Whiston Blade]

And you don't have 22 different jobs if you're doing something right. People like Hogson, Bruce, Pulis, Adkins, McCarthy etc. have all had fleeting 'success' - the law of averages if you stick round long enough - which hides their paucity of achievement. Hodgson's win ratio has been boosted by his long spell at Malmo and at lower-league clubs. Didn't last long at Liverpool, tho.

I thought he was talking about your cheap shot at his speech impediment. It might be his unofficial nickname he's been handed but it doesn't make it right, imo.

 

[KeyffSmyff]

Me and my Gillingham supporting mate got tickets for the playoff final and made a flag on Folkestone beach (no fire safety certificate - just aerosols). He had a great intro to the Blades walking up Wembley way. Getting stopped for photos and offered beer. Think it had a pig on it with blades going through it saying bring home the bacon. Anyway, crap match, at half time if they had said go home neither team is good enough to go up you could not have argued.

 

[Billyblade]

We decided to go to Brighton for the weekend before the Palace play-off final. When we got there we couldn't get a hotel because there was some sort of feckin dance festival going on (book online in advance? It was 1996 ) So we ended up in Worthing which for those of that have never been is like God's waiting room.
We had a great time though. There was a nightclub on the end of the pier which had an outdoor balcony directly over the sea. I found that a bit strange and wouldn't be surprised if that's no longer the case in these crazy health and safety times!
On the Sunday we played football on the beach in our Blades shirts while everyone else was trying to relax. We were marvelling ourselves at our Jan-Aage "aeroplane" celebrations every time one of us scored. At one point I scored with one of the sweetest volleys I had ever seen. The moment overtook me and I ran down the beach, swinging my Blades shirt round my head, threw it to the floor, ran along the breakwater and dived into the sea. As I re-emerged (looking as fit as. In a style that Daniel Craig copied some years later) the locals were absolutely pissing themselves.
That night(being the night before the match) we decided to have a "quieter" night and went for a curry as well as a few beers but none of us were wearing colours. In the curry house a group of blokes finished their meal and went to leave. They passed our table and one of them leaned over and said "Good luck at Wembley tomorrow lads". He then looked at me and said "Jan-Aage Fjortoft - top man". Because we weren't wearing colours he must have seen us about town over the weekend, probably when we were samba-styling it on the beach, hence the Fjortoft reference.

On the way to Wembley we stopped at some services or other and bumped into a Blade who was travelling on his own. We were talking about superstitions and he dragged out a bedraggled looking red and white striped carrier bag (the kind you used to get in take-aways). He said he took it with him to every game. In the style of an undercover reporter we made our excuses and left because he was obviously a murderer.

The match was indeed shit and that goal at the end was like a knife through the heart. I was praying for that shot to continue past the net but alas no, the net stopped it's path the twat.

After the game we were walking back to our car and heard this rumbling behind us. We turned to see some Palace fans coming up the hill on a tank. A fucking tank!!! We couldn't help thinking "Now that's the way to travel to a game"

 

[benn5712]

Boxing day 1968 absolutely freezing. Stood on BL end with my Dad. Palace had brought a few fans, none of 'em had a coat daft sods. Supping as much Tea as they could to keep warm. Think it was 1-1 score. Silent will know. Walked it up to my aunty's at Woodseats after.
0-3 at the Lane 2004.
Been to Selhurst a couple of times, never again. Nightmare to get to and get away from.
We''ll do ok on Sunday.

 

[Rusty view]

Couple of memories - Play off game (obviously). Last game of the season when we had a small chance of play offs. and one strange one.

The Strange one:

Game was away and on Sky I think (maybe not). But they had parachutist before the game, one unfortunate guy landed wrong in front of the away fans and broke his leg. No idea the year, probably around '07. Can't even remember the score.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

The game at their place in 2009 stands out. Still had an outside sniff of automatic promotion, thousands of Blades descended. We had seats in the home end behind the goal, thought we were alone, but we weren't loads of Blades in that section. The pub on that High Street before the game was a bit mad, and Linz was wearing an inflatable rubber ring. No, me neither! The actual game was pretty shit.

 

[Paisley Blade]

It’s over eight years since we last met Crystal Palace. Since then, we’ve spent six years in League One and have returned to the Premier League. Palace are starting their seventh successive season in the PL.

Recent games against Palace:

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Full history Sheffield United v Crystal Palace. (P: 53 W: 20 D: 12 L: 21).

No recollection of Blades v Palace games would be complete without mention of the play-off final on 26th May 1997 at the ‘old’ Wembley. Fighting for a place in the top-flight, the game was 0-0 until a very late goal by Palace’s David Hopkin broke our hearts…



More recently, we beat Palace at 1-0 Bramall Lane on 30th April, 2006 – our last game of the season before promotion to the Premier League.

In our ‘Triple Assault’ season (2002-03), we beat Palace 2-1 in the Quarter-Final of the Worthington (League) Cup. Think Pesch was offside..?



A special mention to Palace who – on 2nd May 2010 drew 2-2 at Hillsborough and sent Wednesday down to League One . This sparked a crowd invasion where Palace players and fans were attacked, just another shameful incident in the long, disgraceful history of Wednesday.

Transfer activity:

Palace reject £65m bid from Everton for Wilfried Zaha but right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka has left for Manchester United for £49.5m.

Centre-forward Jordan Ayew has been brought in from Swansea for a fee of £2.5m.

On 6th August, Gary Cahill joined Palace on a free transfer from Chelsea. The 2-year deal sees Cahill on £75k per week.

Victor Camarasa (Real Betis, loan); James McCarthy (Everton £2.97m) complete Palace’s pre-transfer window activity.

Top Scorers:

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Men to Watch:

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Wilfried Zaha caused rumoured upset on the training ground last week when his hoped-for move to Everton was denied and is likely to be named in the starting 11 for Palace's game at Bramall Lane this Sunday.

Hodgson will be desperately hoping that the winger can repeat his form of last season, where Zaha's ten goals and five assists helped Palace to a safe 12th place finish in the Premier League.

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Serbian Luka Milivojević was Palace’s leading scorer last season and has just signed a new 4-year deal. He was one of only three players who played every minute of the 2018-19 Premier League season (Ben Mee of Burnley and Wolves’ Conor Coady being the others).

The Manager:

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Woy Hodgson became Palace manager two years ago. It is Hodgson’s 22nd managerial appointment in a mostly undistinguished career.

Pedants corner - think the League Cup game (Pesch offside) was 3-1 ?

 

[I should coco]

More recently, we beat Palace at 1-0 Bramall Lane on 30th April, 2006 – our last game of the season before promotion to the Premier League.

"Tracksuit from Matalan......"

 

[bricktop]

My late father was a big Crystal Palace fan, and I’ve got happy memories of going to watch them when they visited the north in the 1980s. He took me to Anfield in the 1989-90 season, stayed with some friends he had made when the South Yorkshire fire service and Merseyside fire brigade came together to find raise for the Hillsborough victims with a series of events and Palace got twatted 9-0. Also went to Villa Park for the cup semi final the same season and the first game of the 1990 FA Cup Final.

Every time United played Palace at the Lane he would go in the away end and me in the home end with other family. The only time he sat in the United end was at the 1997 play off final and it was painful because I was utterly crestfallen and I turned round and looked and he gave me a knowing wink. Stayed at my Grandparents in Croydon that day and ended up going out that night and having to put up with his childhood mates all celebrating promotion.

Still got a big soft spot for the Eagles because I watched them as a kid, but they was never my club, mine has always been the Blades, but Palace at home in the first game has made smile because my lads first PL game will be against his Grandads old club, and the club I spent a lot of watching as a kid.

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

My first real memory of Palace is them beating us 5 - 1 the week after we’d put 7 past Ipswich. Grrrrrr.

 

[DifferentClass]

I thought he was talking about your cheap shot at his speech impediment. It might be his unofficial nickname he's been handed but it doesn't make it right, imo.

People make jokes about Arry's twitch all the time yet it was the result of a serious car accident in which several people died and he was actually pronounced dead. Anything is fair game unless it's racist, homophobic or (some argue) sexist.

It's football. I suppose jokes about Steve Bruce's weight are also out.

 

[Aganarama]

There was a nightclub on the end of the pier which had an outdoor balcony directly over the sea. I found that a bit strange and wouldn't be surprised if that's no longer the case in these crazy health and safety times!

'Rutherfords' - it closed several years ago and has recently re-opened as a cafe.

 

[BushBlade]

And you don't have 22 different jobs if you're doing something right. People like Hogson, Bruce, Pulis, Adkins, McCarthy etc. have all had fleeting 'success' - the law of averages if you stick round long enough - which hides their paucity of achievement. Hodgson's win ratio has been boosted by his long spell at Malmo and at lower-league clubs. Didn't last long at Liverpool, tho.

I’d suggest that if you’re shit at your job there’s no way you’d get 22 attempts at it. How many managerial jobs has Weir had? As in any job, there are levels of competence and suitability. Non of the managers you mention are top managers, they’re not a Ferguson or a Guardiola but non of them are shit either.
Only a few managers get to manage clubs that win trophies, the rest have to manage clubs that might get promoted and getting promoted and staying in a higher league is a success. John Harris never won a trophy, never took a club into Europe. Is he shit?

 

[Wards]

Remember the 2-2 with Wednesday quite fondly as I was living next to Hillsborough Park at the time and took great delight in sitting in my deckchair in the front garden whilst they all traipsed back to their cars, accompanied by a very smug look. That was also the game that Leon broke his foot kicking the advertising hoardings and had to be subbed off. Lovely stuff.

 

[Niceguyeddie]

One of my favourite clubs outside of the blades
Been to selhurst more than any other away ground and always enjoyed the atmosphere and the day out
I've got a few mates who are palace fans and some hilarious stories from away days there that I may or may not have shared on here before

 

[I should coco]

Remember the 2-2 with Wednesday quite fondly as I was living next to Hillsborough Park at the time and took great delight in sitting in my deckchair in the front garden whilst they all traipsed back to their cars, accompanied by a very smug look. That was also the game that Leon broke his foot kicking the advertising hoardings and had to be subbed off. Lovely stuff.

A Blade mate of mine used to have a fruit and veg shop on Middlewood Road. Another Blade mate (Hi Andy!) would go down in the second half if he'd heard they weren't winning.

Once they'd lost, he'd stand outside the shop saying "How've we gone on mate?", so that each Piggy would have to explain in tears how they'd lost.

Pure comedy gold and the lad who owned the shop had to try to keep a straight face.

 

[Whiston Blade]

People make jokes about Arry's twitch all the time yet it was the result of a serious car accident in which several people died and he was actually pronounced dead. Anything is fair game unless it's racist, homophobic or (some argue) sexist.

It's football. I suppose jokes about Steve Bruce's weight are also out.

You're right, it is football. Doesn't make it right though. Roy probably doesn't care, he's heard it a million times but it still doesn't make it right because of the thousands who do mock his speech impediment, there is someone who it does have a negative affect towards.

But fuck it, it's football and we can say what we want cos, football...

 

[BushBlade]

People make jokes about Arry's twitch all the time yet it was the result of a serious car accident in which several people died and he was actually pronounced dead. Anything is fair game unless it's racist, homophobic or (some argue) sexist.

It's football. I suppose jokes about Steve Bruce's weight are also out.

It doesn’t make it right though. There’s a big difference between taking the piss out of a former professional sportsperson who manages athletes and has badly let himself go and mocking someone’s speech impediment, something they can do nothing about.

 

[Rochdaleblade]

I always wondered why I had no memory of that playoff final. Having watched the "highlights" I now know that it's because it was shite.all I can recall is Howard Kendall wearing a ridiculous day glo lime green shirt and Petr katchouro going off injured.we finished 12 points above palace and beat them home and away. I remember thinking how unfair the playoffs were. If only I knew. I was teaching at a school in South London at the time and can recall the Monday morning at school vividly. Never liked palace from then on. Or teaching, come to think of it.

 

[Geordie Blade]

A Blade mate of mine used to have a fruit and veg shop on Middlewood Road. Another Blade mate (Hi Andy!) would go down in the second half if he'd heard they weren't winning.

Once they'd lost, he'd stand outside the shop saying "How've we gone on mate?", so that each Piggy would have to explain in tears how they'd lost.

Pure comedy gold and the lad who owned the shop had to try to keep a straight face.

Sometime in the 1980s, I remember Wednesday losing 6-1 against Leicester. As we drove home from Bramall Lane with the radio on, my dad suggested that we pop to his mate's (a pig fan) house to "ask" him how they'd got on. I was only about seven years old, and kept saying "But Dad, we already know how they got on, 'cos we just heard it on the radio". I was told to shut up and keep a straight face as we knocked on his door. Top work, Dad!

 

[Cheets]

My first ever game was against Palace. September 1978. My dad said he'd take us in the cheapest seats so we went in the Bramall Lane stand. I remember I couldn't believe how big the pitch looked when I saw it. It was Woody's last game at Bramall Lane and Imre Varadi's league debut. Terry Venables was manager of Palace, the 'team of the 80s'. United fans were optimistic, having signed Alex Sabella and having beaten European Champions Liverpool in the League Cup the previous Monday, but we lost 2-0.

 

[Carlton Blade]

Appreciated as always

 

[SB_90]

1997 play off final the 1st ever game I remember watching as a utd fan, glutton for punishment. weren't they the final home championship game the last time we got promotion

but Roy Hodgson all I see with him, is the guy that brought his resignation letter to a knockout game at a major tournament v a minnow

 

[super_pig]

heh. the Hopkins free kick.. i was watching it in the Broadfield (too skint to go) .. when they got the free kick i said 'i'm going for a piss, he'll never score from there!'
oh dear

 

[Beans]

Can't believe how far offside that Peschi goal is in the League Cup QF - completely forgot about that. I feel like that was also the first time (or close to) that the dreaded Tom Hark made its appearance as part of our goal celebrations...?

The 2009 draw was a good day out despite the outcome. Can't remember which pub we were in - a Wetherspoons close to one of the nearby train stations, possibly Norwood Junction - but it was quite a sight with Blades fancy dress and some of THE worst conditions in and around the gents that I've ever seen... Glastonbury-levels of bad. A Blade dressed as Amy Winehouse made the wise, probably-justified decision to use the ladies' instead.

I also went in 2010 when we lost 1-0 to an Alan Lee goal and were woeful. They were 21st at the time and beat us comfortably, which was something of a portent for our relegation the next season. This was also the first time I'd experienced the Palace "ultras" - guess they popped up during this season - and it absolutely did my head in (and still kind of does to this day tbh).