We should be grateful that Palace just keep doing it. The proposed tie-up with Disney that led to the unforgettable headline 'Palace are a Mickey Mouse club' in the Standard, the 'buy-in' by everyone's best-loved terror sponsor Colonel Ghaddafi...long may it last.
Just been looking at today's edition of the Sun (page 23) and there is a cracking story of how Crystal Palace scored a spectacular own goal - spelling their name wrongly on the new team shirts.
Botched batches of £ 39.99 adult red and blue replica tops show the name as CHRYSTAL Palace.
Supporter Peter Munday, 68, "You'd have thought the one thing they would get right is the club's name."
Another fan was horrified and said " I've feared that we would be the whipping boys in the premiership since we went up, but i never thought we would be a laughing stock BEFORE the season started."
Another fan was horrified and said " I've feared that we would be the whipping boys in the premiership since we went up, but i never thought we would be a laughing stock BEFORE the season started."
You should see what Diadora have done to their squad names:
Julian Spertyre
Granny Danville
Dawn Sherry
Tony Popovideoplayer
Neil Shitterley
Cedric Berthelinecabinnumber6
Aki Riihilahtiwithchips
Emmerson Lake and Palmer
Joonas Kolkka (this one sounds stupid enough already!)
Tom Shagwell
Zsa zsa Gabor