Mr Putdown
Well-known member
Eh ??
I was asking if, after all these years, I am no longer welcome to comment on Brighton related threads?
Eh ??
You do occasionally write utter shite...and this is one of them.
13, 000+ posts and you say I thumb you down on pretty much anything.....pathetic.
sounds sexy.
Has he had an "episode" ?Well that was a eventful Sunday evening . In all seriousness I hope cjd is ok and I hope my pm wasn't the tipping point . If it was I really feel for the fella .
Support REMF... Well that,s not many is it.
Have a look at their forum. The thread on Tonys death was put in the away fans section and prompted just 6..yes 6 , replies. Two of which were from Brighton supporters.
They shouldn't be allowed anywhere near our forum, but thanks to the ineptitude of you moderators they proliferate on our forum with impunity.
I wonder for how long though? I have already checked it out (ages ago) and he does have another account, want me to merge them?
I thankyou for taking the time to answer my PM with a request for information regarding my so-called...2nd Account.
I am pleased you have confirmed that there was indeed a 2nd account and I hope you have accepted my explanation as for the reasons.
For the benefit of the many, many Palace trolls on this forum, this ..so-called 2nd account... was an original account way back in 2006 (over 8 years ago). At the time I mislaid my password and following a few e-mails to Bozza, it was suggested I open a new account, which was done. From memory I did request Bozza to cancel/ delete my original account, but of course he is a very busy person and this appears to have been overlooked.
It has been confirmed by Hitony that since the new account (Cjd) was opened in 2006, of course, absolutely no postings or even viewings have been used/taken by the old account....(how could they when it was made clear to Bozza at the time in 2006 that the password was forever lost..? ! ).
I hope this clears matters up with the veiled insinuations that the 2nd account would be used and I confirm to Hitony that I do indeed wish the old account to be deleted.
May I take this opportunity to thank the Moderators for their assistance and although they have made some horrendously unfair decisions against me, I hold no grudges...time to move on , I say.
Oh **** , just as I was getting a few thumbs up as well
I've had great enjoyment in viewing this thread to & fro with great debate.
I guess CJD has accumulated more points than England in a Eurovision contest, but will probably be back with gusto.
The Mods do a great job on a voluntary basis, 'policing' this forum, dealing with characters that range from Einsteins to amoebas
Its good that there is a healthy see saw of points of view.
As to the Palace fan invasion on the site, happens sometimes.
HISTORY IN THE MAKING..............
Alan Mullery and Terry Venables had been team-mates at Tottenham Hotspur and landed their first jobs in management within weeks of one another at the start of the 1976-77 season at Brighton and Palace respectively. Both were ambitious Third Division clubs at the time fighting for promotion and – separated by just over 40 miles down the old A23 – had built up a healthy rivalry. That all changed over the course of 90 minutes at Stamford Bridge on 6 December 1976.
After the first two games at Selhurst Park and the Goldstone Ground finished level, Chelsea’s ground was chosen as the venue for the second replay. The match eventually went ahead following two postponements owing to bad weather, with Palace booking their place in the next round courtesy of a goal from PHIL Holder.
However, it was Mullery’s reaction to two decisions by referee Ron Challis – subsequently rechristened “Challis of the Palace” by Brighton fans – which sealed the mutual hatred that exists to this day.
“I don’t think there was any love lost between Terry and Alan,” remembered Jim Cannon, the former Palace defender who played in all five of that season’s matches between the two. “They were winding each other up through the press and that helped build up the atmosphere among the fans. I think it was all about Alan in the end because he went crazy on the touchline about the disallowed goal and the penalty.”
What happened next has gone down in terrace folklore. Having approached Challis after the game to remonstrate, Mullery was making his way down the tunnel when he claims to have had boiling coffee thrown over him by a supporter.
He reacted by taking some change out of his pocket and hurling it on the ground, shouting “You’re not worth that, Palace” and flashing a V sign. His actions earned the former England midfielder a £100 fine and a lifetime of notoriety in south London.
“I don’t really want to talk about it. That was nearly 40 years ago and I’m not really interested in what happened in a Cup tie,” Mullery told The Independent this week.
“I think it’s a waste of time. It’s ridiculous. I was a manager for 12 years and that one thing – because Crystal Palace are playing Brighton – stands out. I find it quite strange, actually. The rivalry was between two managers. We were rivals when he was at Chelsea and then he came to Tottenham for two years. We became very good friends and used to room with each other and then after two years he went off to QPR.”
When both sides were promoted, hostilities resumed the following season and culminated when Palace pipped their arch-enemies to the Second Division title in 1979. By then, the battle lines had been drawn.
“It was a bit of give and take – we’d beat them and then they’d beat us but we still used to go out and have a drink with the Brighton lads because they were all mates of ours,” said Cannon. “Obviously, things were different when we got on the pitch and we’d go out there and kick lumps out of each other.”
After Venables departed in 1980 to embark on a career that would eventually take him to Barcelona and the England manager’s job, Mullery even had an ill-judged spell as Palace manager after they had been relegated from the top flight before returning to Brighton for a second spell in 1986. Violent battles between supporters outside the Goldstone Ground after a Boxing Day fixture led to police using CS gas to disperse the crowds.
Three years later, a remarkable game ended with Palace winning 2-1 despite somehow contriving to miss three out of four penalties they were awarded. Just for good measure, Brighton had also missed their only one.
The clubs’ contrasting fortunes meant the rivalry lay largely dormant for the best part of a decade before former Palace manager Steve Coppell returned at the helm of Brighton in 2002. More regular meetings in the last 10 years have helped to rekindle the animosity, which resulted in 28 fans being arrested when Palace visited the new Amex Stadium for the first time in September 2011.
Away supporters travelling to yesterday’s game and Monday’s second leg were warned by Sussex and the Metropolitan Police that they must carry identification with their match tickets at all times, although Parish believes both clubs have since made great progress in improving relations between the two clubs.
“I applaud what they’ve done for their football club and the sacrifices they have made to get the new stadium,” he said of Brighton supporters. “The biggest problem that we have sometimes is that people are quite apathetic towards us so to have 30,000 Brighton fans singing ‘We hate Palace’ gives me a sense of pride. I don’t think you can be considered a proper football club unless you’ve got a proper rival.”
As for the man who made it all happen, Mullery expects the winner to go all the way to the promised land of the Premier League.
“It’s very important to both teams and it will be a huge financial boost to both clubs if either of them can go up,” he said. “But other than that it’s just another game of football as far as I’m concerned.”
There ya go sweet cheeks.