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[Football] A Palace fan saved my life!



brighton terra

brighton terra

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Dec 5, 2008
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Worthing
Today I met up with the Kent Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Doctor who saved my life following a cardiac arrest.

In the course of our conversation I told him it happened the day after travelling to watch the Albion play at Leicester in January 2023.

A big grin broke out on his face, as he told me he’s a Palace fan?! We had a good laugh about it.
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jimhigham

jimhigham

Je Suis Rhino
Apr 25, 2009
8,144
Woking
brighton terra said:
Today I met up with the Kent Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Doctor who saved my life following a cardiac arrest.

In the course of our conversation I told him it happened the day after travelling to watch the Albion play at Leicester in January 2023.

A big grin broke out on his face, as he told me he’s a Palace fan?! We had a good laugh about it.
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That's lovely. We can get all aggy on matchday, but this is what's important in life. Glad you got to meet your rescuer... and even more glad you're with us to tell this happy tale. Happy holidays, sir.
 


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London Irish

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Nov 25, 2003
22,891
Trapped inside the Project for the New American Ce
Would make a good titbit in the next Palace-Brighton programme. Not that you can ever get one at the Stadium of Shite
 




hart's shirt

hart's shirt

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Jul 8, 2003
11,177
Kitbag in Dubai
brighton terra said:
A big grin broke out on his face, as he told me he’s a Palace fan?! We had a good laugh about it.
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I can't do the obvious joke...it's the season of goodwill to all men, women and Palace fans.

Fair play to him. Some things like life and death are bigger than football, let alone parochial rivalries.
 








pasty

pasty

A different kind of pasty
Jul 5, 2003
31,178
West, West, West Sussex
Seven years ago, working in Croydon I was rushed to St George’s hospital under blues and twos after collapsing with what was originally thought to have been a stroke.

Coincidentally it was Christmas jumper day in the office and I was proudly wearing my Albion one, and both ambulance crew that turned up were Palace fans. A few jokes were shared to lighten the situation.

It wasn’t a stroke btw.
 
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Sirnormangall

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Sep 21, 2017
3,248
I think we need to rewrite the words to the long standing chant, along the the lines of “if I had the blades of a helicopter..etc”
 




Whitley Bayster

Whitley Bayster

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Jul 4, 2011
682
Whitley Bay Tyne and Wear
I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this. I mean did he give you the kiss of life? There could be cross contamination and everything!! Do you wake up in the middle of the night going ...Whoar Whoar Whoar aah ahh? Do you find yourself wearing black hoodies all the time
I'm kidding of course it's a beautiful story and of course a wonderful outcome
 








Not Andy Naylor

Not Andy Naylor

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Dec 12, 2007
9,026
Seven Dials
Speaking of the Palace programme, I happened to be at their next home game after we beat them up there in 2019. Apart from in the results table, there wasn't a single mention of their previous home match. Unusual!
 






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Hastings gull

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Nov 23, 2013
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jimhigham said:
That's lovely. We can get all aggy on matchday, but this is what's important in life. Glad you got to meet your rescuer... and even more glad you're with us to tell this happy tale. Happy holidays, sir.
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Like many Albion fans, I get up and sing about how I hate Palace, but in the end it is football pantomime; the Palace fans I meet when dog walking are as pleasant as any other community reps and always have been.
 


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