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seandel1 · Joined: 09 Nov 2022 Posts: 84

Congratulations to our resident Palace fans! What a win, what a day! Hope you managed to pick up LOTS of souvenirs!

littlewiggy · Joined: 07 Apr 2013 Posts: 1811 Location: Newport

Delighted for Pete (Picture Palace) & Dorking, days like yesterday make all the suffering worthwhile and these two loyal buggers richly deserve it.

Made up for you, lads.

Easy

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colchestersid · Joined: 08 Mar 2009 Posts: 757

I thought as well of Nick Harling who always used to pop up at various games all over the world when I was groundhopping/following England. Massive Palace fan but we had a bit of a falling out which was a shame. He notably went to every World Cup final from 1966 to 2018

flashhat · Joined: 28 Nov 2010 Posts: 1117 Location: Buckingham

As a side note, I went to Wembley today to the Women's FA Cup Final, I asked at the Wembley shop if they had any programmes left from yesterday, a very nice member of staff disappeared out the back and came back with a mint issue, and wouldn't take any money for it. Made my day
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Pete’s Picture Palace · Posted: Sun May 18, 2025 10:48 pm Post subject:

Thank you for the lovely comments, guys. It was a truly great day and I feel privileged to have been there. And I paid £68 for my ticket. I don't think it's really sunk in yet. As I've been telling people, my grandad took me to my first game, 63 years ago (April 62), which was 57 years after his first game (1905). The closest he got to a cup final was our 1965 quarter final v Leeds (L 0-3). He waited 60 years for that, but he gave up watching after being barged about a bit in October 1968, aged 80, also v Leeds (League Cup, W 2-1). Us young-uns have had it easier than that. And now we are FA Cup winners. And between me and grandad (Ernest Gray), we've covered every season in our history.

I didn't buy any memorabilia yesterday, though the "crispy onions" on my pre-match hot-dog were probably old enough to have qualified.

Got to say it.... I'm feeling, Glad All Over............