[Football] A Palace fan saved my life!

brighton terra

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Dec 5, 2008

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Worthing

• Sunday at 5:54 PM

• #1

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.

 

jimhigham

Je Suis Rhino

Apr 25, 2009

8,130

Woking

• Sunday at 5:57 PM

• #2

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

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Trapped inside the Project for the New American Ce

• Sunday at 6:00 PM

• #3

Would make a good titbit in the next Palace-Brighton programme. Not that you can ever get one at the Stadium of Shite

 

Weststander

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Aug 25, 2011

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Withdean area

• Sunday at 6:04 PM

• #4

Hope you made a full recovery and are well!

 

hart's shirt

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Jul 8, 2003

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Kitbag in Dubai

• Sunday at 6:05 PM

• #5

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.

 

brighton terra

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Dec 5, 2008

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Worthing

• Sunday at 6:07 PM

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Weststander said:

Hope you made a full recovery and are well!

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Thank you for asking, I’m in very good health

 

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portlock seagull

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Jul 28, 2003

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• Sunday at 8:15 PM

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They maybe in scum. But they’re OUR scum.

 

pasty

A different kind of pasty

Jul 5, 2003

31,171

West, West, West Sussex

• Sunday at 8:31 PM

• #8

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

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• Sunday at 9:03 PM

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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”

 

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Yes Chef

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Apr 11, 2016

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In the kitchen

• Monday at 8:11 AM

• #10

'You're going home in a Palace Air Ambulance '



(All in good fun of course )

 

Whitley Bayster

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Jul 4, 2011

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Whitley Bay Tyne and Wear

• Monday at 1:03 PM

• #11

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

 

Dick Swiveller

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Sep 9, 2011

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• Monday at 2:40 PM

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Even more impressive given he doesn't seem to have a real helicopter - just a picture of one stuck on the wall.

 

brighton terra

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Dec 5, 2008

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Worthing

• Tuesday at 8:12 AM

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London Irish said:

Would make a good titbit in the next Palace-Brighton programme. Not that you can ever get one at the Stadium of Shite

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I have emailed Palace’s programme editor.

 

Not Andy Naylor

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Dec 12, 2007

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Seven Dials

• Tuesday at 10:22 AM

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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!

 

AZ Gull

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Oct 14, 2003

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Chandler, AZ

• Tuesday at 7:27 PM

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Weststander said:

Hope you made a full recovery and are well!

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I don't think being a Palace fan is a contagious disease.

 

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Hastings gull

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Nov 23, 2013

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• Wednesday at 7:00 PM

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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.