Sunday May 6th 2001.
Stockport 0 Palace 1.
Yes,THAT game! :lux: Our stunning 2-4 away win at Portsmouth 4 days earlier had breathed life into the decaying corpse of a league season that Alan Smith had presided over for 44 games prior to his sacking (barring that run in November/December)
Anyhow,Stockport,whose front 2 were a certain Aarron Wilbraham & Shefki Kuqi! Stood between us & salvation,from memory & without checking YouTube/Season Reviews it was a game of few chances then THAT moment arrived! Sub David Hopkin rose in his own box to clear a high ball & inexplicably handled! To our utter disbelief the Ref didn't give it & Hoppo hoofed the ball up to Freedman on the halfway line who controlled it & went on a mazy run,past 1 past 2 then BANG! Slams a 87th minute shot into the net!
Cue absolutely pandemonium amongst the 3000 travelling Palace fans in the terrace! Dozens or it may have even been hundreds invaded the pitch in absolute delirium! Including yours trurely! :D
With the game having to be restarted we returned to the terrace to the news Pompey had whipped Barnsley & the odious Kevin Miller 3-0! It meant we either needed a 2nd or hope Birmingham clung on to their 2-1 lead at Huddersfield! We had a heart stopping moment right on full time as a Jamie Smith backheader threatened to beat Kolinko but thankfully he grabbed it on the line.
Our salvation was secure when Brum Keeper Ian Bennett pulled off a fantastic down by the post save from Huddersfield's Andy Booth right on the final whistle meaning Brums 2-1 win,allied to our win at Stockport was enough to secure survival! :lux:
As an aside the Referee was a Mr A.Leave,for missing that handball by Hoppo he will always be a Mr.A.Hero to me!! :lux::D
Stockport 0 Palace 1.
Yes,THAT game! :lux: Our stunning 2-4 away win at Portsmouth 4 days earlier had breathed life into the decaying corpse of a league season that Alan Smith had presided over for 44 games prior to his sacking (barring that run in November/December)
Anyhow,Stockport,whose front 2 were a certain Aarron Wilbraham & Shefki Kuqi! Stood between us & salvation,from memory & without checking YouTube/Season Reviews it was a game of few chances then THAT moment arrived! Sub David Hopkin rose in his own box to clear a high ball & inexplicably handled! To our utter disbelief the Ref didn't give it & Hoppo hoofed the ball up to Freedman on the halfway line who controlled it & went on a mazy run,past 1 past 2 then BANG! Slams a 87th minute shot into the net!
Cue absolutely pandemonium amongst the 3000 travelling Palace fans in the terrace! Dozens or it may have even been hundreds invaded the pitch in absolute delirium! Including yours trurely! :D
With the game having to be restarted we returned to the terrace to the news Pompey had whipped Barnsley & the odious Kevin Miller 3-0! It meant we either needed a 2nd or hope Birmingham clung on to their 2-1 lead at Huddersfield! We had a heart stopping moment right on full time as a Jamie Smith backheader threatened to beat Kolinko but thankfully he grabbed it on the line.
Our salvation was secure when Brum Keeper Ian Bennett pulled off a fantastic down by the post save from Huddersfield's Andy Booth right on the final whistle meaning Brums 2-1 win,allied to our win at Stockport was enough to secure survival! :lux:
As an aside the Referee was a Mr A.Leave,for missing that handball by Hoppo he will always be a Mr.A.Hero to me!! :lux::D
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