Silly forgetful little Nigel forgets so easily. We've been down this road before. I spoke to his boss, Chief Inspector Alan Goodall at the Met who confirmed that the police had made absolutely no requests or restrictions on away ticket allocation. It was entirely the decision of your board. You even contributed on the thread. Maybe your board were shit scared of us turning Selhurst blue and white or maybe it was just petulance. You'll have to ask your board that.
Here's the link for all you stay-away not-so-loyal Palace fans. Ticket allocation for the Palace game - the Met's response - Page 4
http://www.met.police.uk/foi/pdfs/disclosure_2012/april_2012/2012020000651.pdf
Page 4.
Police requested that Brighton's allocation was 2600, not Palace. Appears your Police mate (snide), was wrong on that front.
And there are some quality quotes in there.
"Normal Brighton fans will be problematic on this day"