Not sure why they'd repeat that, awful night, not sure even Man Utd got any real pleasure from it. Horrible atmosphere, really nasty.

Not sure they'd realise the implication of the first match. Was dreadful, not helped by Keane being his usual self. Completely out of order.

This was actually the first match I attended at Selhurst. I actually went as a Chelsea fan:frown:due to the influence of the older son of the lady who looked after me while my Mum was at work. Have memories of having to stand on the stairs where you came into the New Stand between there and the old Whitehorse. Only being 8 and short I couldn't see much more than the penalty area down that end and we left quite early. We lost something like 4 -2 but left before the last couple of goals. Found out about them in the Standard "stop press" which was then still issued on Saturday's as we walked home from Forest Hill.

Luckily the influence of my best friend and his elder brother took over and by time of the 1976 FA Cup game I was supporting Palace.:)

Wrong game this was the 2-2
I would guess you are confused with 1970 when we lost 4-1

Showed Rotherham 1 palace 1.this week rashid harkouk good strike probaly repeated again for those interested.

I had almost forgotten this game. The black and white coverage made it feel even colder, but there seemed to be plenty of warmth off the pitch with “aggro” between rival fans in the Whitehorse. Great atmosphere though and extended coverage does give a different perspective on our team at the time. Jacko was being watched by England boss Alf Ramsey but he didn’t have his best game!

Thanks for this. It would have been the 4-1 game in 1970 as I know that Palace lost. Should have known this would have been an omen for many more games after becoming a Palace fan. Seeing as soon of the best days out I have had have been following Palace, especially to away games or the finals I hate to think of what I would have missed out on if I had stayed with Chelsea. At least that's a part of my childhood properly sorted out now.

Was that 4-1 defeat on a Boxing Day?

BY Sport2 showing our October 76 visit to the goldstone again on Thursday 12th July at 16:00.

No that was 5-1. I think the 4-1 was an FA cup match in the January

Not exactly the Big Match but tonight at 3am highlights of our 2013 play off final are being shown on Sky Football

The Big Match revisited is currently doing the rounds on BT Sport,around 1983

Anybody else hear the first few notes of The Big Match theme tune in their heads whenever it's recalled here?

Plus the LWT ident

La soiree by David Ordini - available on Spotify :p :p

Always worth another look and listen :p

:lux: :lux: :lux:

Makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck, happy days!!

Always reminds me of our sunday roast which I'm sure we had after The Big Match.

Our roast was always before and I wasn’t allowed down from the table till I’d eaten my dinner, the frustration of having to eat ‘orrible greens and parsnips knowing the big match was about to start. My dad was a git, he’d put the TV on so I could hear the theme tune from the kitchen:hmph:

This is the full 2:35 version.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsFi_7yd1vs

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I'm trying to think what time TBM used to be on. We might well have had sunday dinner before too. I tried googling the show's time but no luck.
Also, don't ever slag parsnips off again please.

I always loved that save by the keeper on 0:33 of that video.
Like something out of Roy Of The Rovers.

Our dining room & lounge were knocked through to make one bigger room.

The TV faced the lounge part most of the time, except when Mum yelled 'Sunday dinner, turn the TV round'! from the kitchen. I was then tasked with turning the TV cabinet (on wheels) round so it faced the dining room part so we could watch The Big Match whilst eating dinner.

Sometimes Sunday dinner was ready a bit early so we had to watch the end of 'Out of Town' featuring Jack Hargreaves before it was Brian Moore's turn to guide us through Ian Evans' commanding performance for Palace vs Grimsby the previous afternoon...

Same here. It was the style of Fort Neef at the time.
I know Catweazle and University Challenge were always the build up to The Big Match.

For the record, I actually like parsnips now:D

I can’t remember the exact time either, but I do remember when I was really young ‘The Persuaders’ was always on straight after it:lux:

The Big Match was on at 2pm. Please see attachment on April 17 1971. The games on were not advertised before hand. This ones main match was Palace 3 Man Utd 5. Those of us will remember that game!

So we would've been eating our sunday dinner then.
Thanks.
:p

Police 5 with Shaw Taylor was the usual warm up act if I recall...keep 'em peeled.

The Golden Shot was on later I see!! :D those were the days :lux:

Bernie the bolt.

That’s the one :p All I really remember was the contestants firing a crossbow at apples and balloons?? Or something like that

Left a bit, right a bit fire! And Annie Ashton I think?

The 78/79 season is doing the rounds again on BT Sport this week, I didn’t notice us on any of them that are showing so far, but I did notice Orient v Brighton and Newcastle v Brighton at the business end which obviously affected us.

If you managed to shoot the apple and release the coins you won 100 guineas :D

Notts County game scheduled for 4pm next Sunday on BTSport3

Good man:p just popped up on the planner, always worth another look

I was at that match. If I remember correctly, we went 2-0 up. And then the sky fell in.

Yes 2-0 up after 30 mins or so.. we were all over them.. then for the next hour they took us apart and they went 5-2 up.. only for us to batter them in the final 15 mins, and get one back, when in truth it should have been more.. It is a game that stands in my memory more than many and and though we lost Ii came out of the ground as a 10 year old very proud of the team.

Tambling 2 Birchenall. Law 2 Best 3. Remember the game well. Very Pardewesque performance before anyone had heard of him.

Oct 76 visit to Brighton scheduled for 9:00 on Wed 24 July on BTSport2

Keep an eye out on BT Sport...the other night Big Match Revisited featured Palace v Charlton in Dec 1974. It was the main game with Malcolm Allison talking Brian Moore through the game at the end. After all these years supporting Palace, I didn’t know Paul Hinshelwood played as a No10 not just at right-back.

Thanks so much for posting this. Not seen it before.:p

Yuk. Those "two exciting young managers" Venables and Mullery?

He started out as a centre forward, but for one reason or another it just didn’t work out. I’m pretty sure that’s where the ‘Doris’ tag come from. His conversion to right back proved to be inspired. Arguably our best ever in that position.

[QUOTE=jhc;14901318] I’m pretty sure that’s where the ‘Doris’ tag come from. QUOTE]

Thought that was because of that dodgy perm?

They all had dodgy perms in those days:D

Thought it was because some fans said he played like an old woman when he played up front, but I stand to be corrected on that!

Whatever, I’ll always regard him as being our best ever right back. A wonderful player & competitor.

Turning a forward into a classy right back seems to be our thing:D

Enjoyed watching the home FA Cup 3rd round 1970-71 game against Chelsea on BT Sport last night.
Was at the game and conditions underfoot were the worst I've ever seen. Most players wore baseball boots as so slippery. They still managed to put on a great spectacle for a massed vocal crowd though. Alan Birchenall particularly impressive against one of his old clubs. Bought back great memories of that team.
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Never seen that one before. Caught it this morning. Nice goal to go ahead. Loved half-time draw being done by John Hollins and the ref as they walk off. Think they just wanted to get in the warm dressing room! See if they can get Van Dijk to do the draw at the weekend!

[QUOTE=Andrew Aitchison;14901380] Pretty sure it’s a reference to Doris Day from his time in the Palace Youth - very similar hairsyles!

Paul Hinshelwood was also known as ‘Fish’ to fellow Palace players and staff due to his drinking exploits!

That was the match I picked out in another thread as the best atmosphere I'd experienced at a Palace game.

Friday 13th December on BT Sport 2:
3am-4am - 29/4/79 Palace v Notts County
4am-5am - 6/5/79 Orient v Palace not mentioned in the summary but it was shown back in the day so I assume that it will be again.
5am-6am - 13/5/79 Cup Final edition. Can't remember whether they had any clips of the Burnley match.

Good memories of that game, despite it being before I was born. The only time I've ever watched it was on the supporters coach to the Villa Park semi final. Slightly strange to show us losing to boost morale for the day.

I guess the coach organisers knew what we'd be getting at VIlla Park that day

Everyone go to EPISODE 4 NOW @ 41 mins. Goes offline in a few hours so not long but there is an incredible piece of Palace history after Best’s goals vs Northampton. Enjoy.

This is on ITV player under sports section.

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Wait a second!! Where’s that come from?!?! There’s a couple of seconds of new footage in there than the original that I believe our James originally placed on You Tube. It’s also bloody good quality. The celebration for the Swindlehurst goal they show I’ve never seen before I’m sure - well, since that night anyway.

I thought there was a bit more footage than I've seen before. That why I posted it . I just going to load the rest of the program with better audio. There is a bit more with Malcom Allison taking about Venables.

Ooooh. I am interested in this. Where did this good quality vid come from? Is it a clip from the mythical Phillips tape? I remember reading that they videoed every game. Someone put together a terrifyingly ruthless search party and report back when it's found.

Failure not an option.

Errrrrrrrr we found this spoon sir!

Palace at 31:11
Interesting Doc 'Venables On Venables'

Don't start me off... :)

Hey hey Palace v Charlton 1974 on the itv hub now( or whatever it’s called) . Venables playing, Flanagan playing against us. Never seen it or don’t remember having done. I know it’s been on before, just flagging up it’s current existence.

Love our kit on that, stripes unobstructed and badges on each sleeve :love:

All those folk bemoaning no red shorts nowadays. What is that about :)

Thanks for the heads up.

I have seen most of our Big Match/Match of the Day games from the 70s, but for some reason, have never been able to see this one (even though I was at the game, and remember the cameras being there - we always remembered when the cameras were there back then!.

The goals are on the Centenary DVD, but it's a thing of beauty to see the game as was shown.

Things that stick out:
1. The pitch was terrible - and all they could talk about was how bad the pitch was on the previous Tuesday at Tooting & Mitcham
2. We didn't play very well.
3. No one did.
4. Except Derek Jeffries. He looked class.
5. A forward line of David Swindlehurst (9), Paul Hinshelwood (10), Peter Taylor (11) and Alan Whittle (8) - all forwards - none of them could be described as midfielders, attacking or otherwise
6. Although our goals were scored by our Left-Back (Jim Cannon) and 1 of our 2 midfielders (Nicky Chatterton)
7. Nicky Chatterton always seemed to score when the cameras were there.

How times have changed with one incident in the game where 2 Palace players go down injured after a clash of heads and we have possession with Whittle, instead of playing the ball out he continues with the play trying to set up a attack with a forward pass. Frank Lord our coach pushes one of the players who went down back up to get him to continue. :D

That's when football was played by men

:D

Thanks for flagging this up. Enjoyed watching that. Peter Taylor looked good. Loved Big Mal and the team clapping the "best fans in the country". Quite right too. Wonder why was Whittle in a different shirt (one badge in the middle of the shirt)?

Those blue nets! Quality.

That's probably why we had been relegated in two successive seasons :sob:

I was definitely at that match, but oddly I couldn't recall anything about it except the Charlton goal!

The only thing I could remember about this game was Big Mal & the players coming out and clapping the fans in appreciation of our support.

Big Mal was always beefing up the fans to keep us onside. I can remember Thames television doing a 30 min discussion program about Palace with Big Mal & fans. I think it was just after we were relegated from Division 2. At one point the presenter started to criticise our drop to the 3rd division and asked what do the fans think. Big Mal shouted him down saying something like I tell you what these fans are the best in the land, they are fantastic. Does anyone remember this? Love to watch it again.

Palace v Man City scheduled for big match revisited itv 4 sat 27 th Feb at 10 30 am from 1979/80 season

They had weed v Norwich today.

2-4

There were only 3 London clubs in the top flight that season - Palace plus Spurs and Arsenal.

It's on the itv player, 24.000 crowd, muddy pitch, some memory jerking advertising boards, as well as seeing the Whitehorse with both sets of fans mingling together and a good win . It's a good watch .:p

Its on now!

Its very quiet, where's the HF?

Dodgy keeping by Corrigan

Record low points that season - 19.

You sure? this looks like the 79-80 season, the Whitehorse is still two tiers.

Wrong season
It was our first year back up, 79-80.

Hilaire is the stand out player

Correct Sansom only played the first season up relagation was the next season

Yep my bad.

I thought this was our 2-3 defeat by Man City but that was 12 months later.

"brown boy on the wing tra la la la..."
Also, it appears you couldn't say Joe corrigans name without the prefix 'big'...

Its amazing how we went from looking a decent top division team to a complete shambles in 1 year. Bloye destroyed the club.

No diving, no screaming like a bitch from the slightest touch....great days!

Really noticeable how early Vince got the ball into the box. He was so silky.

He could cross the ball well with both feet, Wilf could learn a lot from watching him.

Hmmm, Bennett definitely "simulated" there

'different game' nowadays but very good point.
Benteke would've loved those.

Haha yes, trust them to focus on that [emoji16]

Brilliant watching Burridge again, such a good keeper.

Was a bonus that Flanagan and Francis were out injured - played better with the promotion winning side. Difficult to believe what happened the next season.

Was Ian Smith, PM of racist Rhodesia really Ray Bloye's guest of honour? I do not remember that at all.

I had no recollection at all of Barry Silkman having made it to top flight football albeit via Big Mal.