Palace for life
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- Jan 30, 2013
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As you have already noted by my user name you will know by now that I am a Palace fan. Dont shoot me down yet.
I got asked last night by a bloke at work what this Palace v Brighton thing was all about as he could not understand it.
He was under the impression that it was not a derby and our rivalry should be Millwall.
Took some explaining but in the end it sunk in.
It is nothing to do with being next door to each other or even in the same county. Its a rivalry and not a derby.
A lot of your boys will understand.
A few months ago I came on this site and a lot was being said that it started in 76.
One of your lot said it didnt as it started in 74. Well the bloke who said it started in 74 was right.
One thing he did say was there were not loads of Palace in the Brighton end.
This was not the case as I was there along with hundreds of Palace fans.
Now back then I was 14 and this was to be my first away game to Brighton. Me and loads of mates who were mostly young skinheads boarded the train at East Croydon and were amazed to see the numbers of Palace fans heading down to the south coast. When we got off at Brighton there were Palace fans everywhere. There was trouble kicking off all over Brighton. Back then there was no have to have a ticket to get in at grounds and me and about 300 Palace fans were herded by OB into the Brighton end of the Goldstone as the away end was getting filled up pretty quickly. About 20 mins before kick off about 2 hundred of the Palace fans decided to join up with the rest of the Palace fans in the away end and went straight over the pitch that left about 100 or so Palace fans in with the Brighton fans in the home end. Lets make it quite clear we were not chased out of the Brighton end. It was just great fun running on the pitch. The hundred or so that stayed in your home end had quite a lively day.
When the game was over it was kicking off in the park and again at the station.
This was the begining of the rivalry. So the bloke that said it started in 74 was right.
Now over the years since then our rivalry has kept up and I look forward to hearing you loose games as I reckon you do the same with us.
40 Years on I dont want to kick any off your heads in as I would have liked in the late 70s. Had many a to do with your boys back then. Won some lost some.
Some of you lot who were around then and must be at least in their 40s and 50s now will understand.
I and some of your lot now have kids of our own and breed it into them about our rivalry. Hate Brighton. Hate Palace. But lets face it now its all bollocks. Most of the wanabee hooligans dont have a clue what they are chanting about and why.
Got to say. I saw a clip on you tube when 1 palace fan was taking a load of banter from quite a few Brighton fans in London. Fair play to your lot as it was only banter and with the wrong lot he could have taken a good kicking. I'd like to think if it was the other way around then the Brighton fan would get nothing but banter also.
So I will end it there and wish you the worst possible end to this and every future season. (You will understand)
Nice stadium by the way.
I got asked last night by a bloke at work what this Palace v Brighton thing was all about as he could not understand it.
He was under the impression that it was not a derby and our rivalry should be Millwall.
Took some explaining but in the end it sunk in.
It is nothing to do with being next door to each other or even in the same county. Its a rivalry and not a derby.
A lot of your boys will understand.
A few months ago I came on this site and a lot was being said that it started in 76.
One of your lot said it didnt as it started in 74. Well the bloke who said it started in 74 was right.
One thing he did say was there were not loads of Palace in the Brighton end.
This was not the case as I was there along with hundreds of Palace fans.
Now back then I was 14 and this was to be my first away game to Brighton. Me and loads of mates who were mostly young skinheads boarded the train at East Croydon and were amazed to see the numbers of Palace fans heading down to the south coast. When we got off at Brighton there were Palace fans everywhere. There was trouble kicking off all over Brighton. Back then there was no have to have a ticket to get in at grounds and me and about 300 Palace fans were herded by OB into the Brighton end of the Goldstone as the away end was getting filled up pretty quickly. About 20 mins before kick off about 2 hundred of the Palace fans decided to join up with the rest of the Palace fans in the away end and went straight over the pitch that left about 100 or so Palace fans in with the Brighton fans in the home end. Lets make it quite clear we were not chased out of the Brighton end. It was just great fun running on the pitch. The hundred or so that stayed in your home end had quite a lively day.
When the game was over it was kicking off in the park and again at the station.
This was the begining of the rivalry. So the bloke that said it started in 74 was right.
Now over the years since then our rivalry has kept up and I look forward to hearing you loose games as I reckon you do the same with us.
40 Years on I dont want to kick any off your heads in as I would have liked in the late 70s. Had many a to do with your boys back then. Won some lost some.
Some of you lot who were around then and must be at least in their 40s and 50s now will understand.
I and some of your lot now have kids of our own and breed it into them about our rivalry. Hate Brighton. Hate Palace. But lets face it now its all bollocks. Most of the wanabee hooligans dont have a clue what they are chanting about and why.
Got to say. I saw a clip on you tube when 1 palace fan was taking a load of banter from quite a few Brighton fans in London. Fair play to your lot as it was only banter and with the wrong lot he could have taken a good kicking. I'd like to think if it was the other way around then the Brighton fan would get nothing but banter also.
So I will end it there and wish you the worst possible end to this and every future season. (You will understand)
Nice stadium by the way.
