Tuesday 2nd April 1985, a 1-1 draw, attendance 8,025 - Henry Hughton breaks Gerry Ryan's leg, the snap could be heard all round the ground, the Palace fans laughed and it destroyed Gerry's career. From that moment on.
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
One of the seemingly endless stream of Irish authors currently bombarding our bookshelves - initially a difficult read because his writing style (solid unending blocks of breathless descriptive narrative text) requires the reader to re calibrate their normal reading...
Indeed, and one of the progress indicators will surely be a team that has learnt how to overcome the dreaded and hitherto unfathomable “low block” and who can therefore convert draws into wins???
I've watched a squirrel climb up a single pole, eat from an unprotected bird feeder and slide back down!! Hunger and determination and an inability to be embarrassed at slipping and sliding up/down the stand is all it takes!