Palace Fan resigns

I know this will come as a shock to everyone, at the end of an ultimately successful struggle to stay in the Premier League. It is no reflection on the administration of the club, on transfer targets, the players, or anything else. However, at _____ (insert current age), I have decided to retire from the tremendously stressful role of supporter of Crystal Palace football club. I want to spend time doing other things and with my family, while I still can. The pressures of following this football club are incredibly high, and there is more to life that I want to experience. I did in my extreme youth, in the early 1970s, disgrace myself by pretending to support Leeds United, and I am grateful that Crystal Palace then gave me the chance to redeem myself, and to support a proper football team. I have no plans to take another supporter role in the future, and look forward to retirement. In some ways this has been a difficult decision, but in other ways an easy one. The stresses and ups and downs of supporting this club in the highest pressure football league in the world are something you can only take for so long. I would like to wish the directors, the fans, the players, and my replacement as supporter all the very best for the future.