Palace quarantine quiz

PALACE PAST AND PRESENT EMOJI QUIZ

Bored?

Love Palace?

This crap Palace emoji quiz is for you!

Made this for some mates yesterday and thought some BBSers might like to while away a few minutes having a go themselves. All players are from the 80’s onwards.

Disclaimer....some of them I’ve taken a bit of liberty with the English language but they’re all doable with a bit of thought. Will try and fill in answers as people get them so we know where we are.


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Tiger King

Anybody else watched this on Netflix? My god :eek:

It's like a trailer trash Game Of Thrones no spoilers but its crazy. It's like a zoo version of Charlton Athletic. Well worth a watch

Poll tax 2020/21 Are you paying ?

Most of us have had the dreaded poll tax bills land on our doorsteps and in our case 1st payment is on the 1st April 2020

No talk of help on this so i guess its payment as normal then

Anyone built a Selhurst lego/puzzle model?

Seeing as most are now stuck indoors and trying to kill time and days. Anyone had a go at something like this? Only 3754 pieces.


Although I'm still at work, I'm temped to have a go at it with my Daughter at weekends


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April Betting Masters 197

BM - 197 ...All welcome, show the BBS who the best punter is; don't delay join today!

Order of Merit update



Previous winners:

1: el mico
2: three-way 0-0-0 final draw !!!(Plugster, late mail and odds against)
3: Finbar
4: Grim Reaper
5: EagleSE24
6: LLCOOLSTEVE
7: Stigma
8: Stigma
9: Stigma
10: Tor
11: Finbar
12: Finbar
13: old git
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Overall best betting in 2004: Stigma
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14. Reps AJ
15. bradley eagle
16. Tor
17. LLCOOLSTEVE
18. stevejfh
19. Tor
20. Finbar
21. Drunk eagle
22. Ozeagle
23. LLCOOLSTEVE
24. Wildcat Army
25. LLCOOLSTEVE
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Overall best better in 2005: stevejfh
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26: si1965
27: Ozeagle
28: srs9jps
29. si1965
30: hakers
31: Tor (WC '06)
32: srs9jps
33: NO1FAN
34: Drunk eagle
35: Stigma
36: Stigma
37: DedBallSpeshlst
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Overall best better in 2006: Flat Noodle
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38: LLCOOLSTEVE
39: Finbar
40: richdeniro
41: Stigma
Champions league winner 06/07: Ian Hart
UEFA Cup winner 06/07: Gav The Hamster
42: Finbar
43: Funk Butter
44: PoolKing
45: Funk Butter
46: Drunk Eagle
47: StuNick
48: Stigma
49: StuNick
Champions league winner 07/08-1: Finbar
UEFA Cup winner 07/08-1: Gav The Hamster
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Overall best better in 2007: Finbar
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50: GodstoneEagle
51: Funk Butter
52: Finbar
53: Funk Butter
54: LLCOOLSTEVE
55: Al From Bromley
56: Stigma
2008 Olympics: pauldrulez
57: pauldrulez
58: NO1FAN
59: Al From Bromley
60: Drunk Eagle
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Overall best better in 2008: StuNick
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61: StuNick
62: ardeo
63: Stigma
64: LLCOOLSTEVE
65: Finbar
66: No1Fan
67: Al From Bromley
68: Al From Bromley
69: Funk Butter
70: DedBallSpeshlst
71: Kayjay
72: Gooders
73: gjohnk
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Overall best better in 2009: Funk Butter
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74: Finbar
75: StuNick
76: DedBallSpeshlst
77: Swanny32
78: Funk Butter
79: Funk Butter
80: gjohnk
81: Finbar
82: MynamenisnotMax
83: No1Fan
84: gjohnk
85: Little Fozzie
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World Cup 2010 winner: old git
Overall best better in 2010: ?????
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86: Flat Noodle
87: Finbar
88: GodstoneEagle
89: Flat Noodle
90: mynameisnotmax
91: Louis
92: Funk Butter
93: gjohnk
94: DedBallSpeshlst
95: Stigma
96: cantspell
97: No1Fan
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2011 Order of Merit Winner: Finbar
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March 100th edition knockout special: Little Fozzie
Champions league winner 1st half 2011: Finbar
Champions league winner 2nd half 2011: StuNick
Jan - May UEFA Cup winner 2011: StuNick
Aug - Dec UEFA Cup winner 2011: Housey100

98: 3 Beers at HT
99: StuNick
100: cantspell
101: Funk Butter
102: Finbar
103: Swanny32
104: Funk Butter
105: Louis
106: srs9jps
107: Funk Butter
108: LLCOOLSTEVE
109: Funk Butter
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2012 Order of Merit Winner: Funk Butter
August - Dec 2012 Champions League winner: Swanny32
August - Dec 2012 UEFA Cup winner: JamTheEagle
Jan - May 2012 Champions League winner: No1Fan
Jan - May 2012 UEFA Cup winner: Ian Hart
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110: Louis
111: Louis
112: Gooders
113: Finbar
114: Little Fozzie
115: StuNick
116: Flat Noodle
117: Louis
118: evvo111
119: srs9jps
120: StuNick
121: LLCOOLSTEVE
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2013 Order of Merit Winner: Louis

Jan - May 2013 Champions League Winner: Gooders
Jan - May 2013 UEFA Cup winner: Scoopster
Aug - Dec 2013 Champions League Winner: Little Fozzie
Aug - Dec 2013 UEFA Cup Winner: Stigma
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122: No1Fan
123: PoolKing
124: LLCOOLSTEVE
125: 3 Beers at HT
126: Louis
127: Finbar
128: LLCOOLSTEVE
129: 3 Beers at HT
130: Finbar
131: Funk Butter
132: Stig
133: Louis

2014 Order of Merit winner: Finbar
Jan - May 2014 Champions League Winner: Stigma
Jan - May 2014 UEFA Cup winner: Bellyman
Aug - Dec 2014 Champions League Winner: Ardeo
Aug - Dec 2014 UEFA Cup Winner: PoolKing
Winter Olympics 2014 Winner: srs9jps

134: Gooders
135: Finbar
136: 3 Beers at HT
137: Funk Butter
138: €pfc
139: Gooders
140: Funk Butter
141: Louis
142: evvo111
143: pauldrulez
144: Louis
145: evvo111

2015 Order of Merit winner: Finbar
Jan - May 2015 Champions League Winner: Funk Butter
Jan - May 2015 UEFA Cup winner: Flat Noodle
Aug - Dec 2015 Champions League Winner: PoolKing
Aug - Dec 2015 UEFA Cup Winner: Little Fozzie
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146: Louis
147: PoolKing
148: Louis
149: evvo111
150: LLCOOLSTEVE
151: StuNick
152: 3 Beers at HT
153: evvo111
154: Finbar
155: 3 Beers at HT
156: Finbar
157: StuNick
2016 Order of Merit winner: StuNick
Jan - May 2016 Champions League Winner: Finbar
Jan - May 2016 UEFA Cup winner: Little Fozzie
Euros 2016 special winner: 3 Beers at HT
2016 Olympics Winner: Funk Butter
Aug - Dec 2016 Champions League Winner: gjohnk
Aug - Dec 2016 UEFA Cup Winner: €pfc

158: 3 Beers at HT
159: Stigma
160: Finbar
161: 3 Beers at HT
162: StuNick
163: Louis
164: Louis
165: PoolKing
166: Louis
167: Finbar
168: Kayjay
169: StuNick
2017 Order of Merit winner: StuNick
Jan - May 2017 Champions League Winner: gjohnk
Jan - May 2017 UEFA Cup winner: Funk Butter
Aug - Dec 2017 Champions League Winner: StuNick
Aug - Dec 2017 UEFA Cup Winner: Louis

170: Louis
171: Finbar
172: Louis
173: Stigma
174: Finbar
175: Louis
176: Stigma
177: StuNick
178: Funk Butter
179: Stigma
180: Finbar
181: Funk Butter
2018 Order of Merit winner: Stigma
Jan - May 2018 Champions League Winner: gjohnk
Jan - May 2018 UEFA Cup winner: eagles073
World Cup BM 2018: 3 Beers at HT
Aug - Dec 2018 Champions League Winner: Stigma
Aug - Dec 2018 UEFA Cup Winner: StuNick

182: Stigma
183: PoolKing
184: StuNick
185: Louis
186: Funk Butter
187: Funk Butter
188: Louis
189: aj4england
190: StuNick
191: Finbar
192: PoolKing
193: Funk Butter
2019 Order of Merit winner: PoolKing
Jan - May 2019 Champions League Winner: StuNick
Jan - May 2019 UEFA Cup winner: Little Fozzie
Aug - Dec 2019 Champions League Winner: Little Fozzie
Aug - Dec 2019 UEFA Cup Winner: PoolKing

194: Kayjay
195: Finbar
196:

Rules are as follows

1 Every player has 200 points to bet with in the first round.

2 Each separate bet made is 10 points meaning players have 20 bets during the first 20 days. Maximum bet on a single market is 10 points, same rule applies for identical multis (basically no duplicate bets though you can do a team A, team B double on one bet and then add team C for a treble in another bet)

3 In the second round the 4* finalists all start by carrying forward 25% of their score from the first round added to the 150 points that can bet used in the second round. The person who qualifies for the final with the most points also gets an additional 10pt bet. (*if the number of participants gets to 16 or more, then a 5th finalist place will be added and then one more for every 5 players on top of that).

4 Betting Masters, first group stages runs from 0000 on the first of the month (standard UK time) to 2359hrs on the 20th of the month. Then the top four* posters come together in a mini league from there on until the end of the month.
Final bet settlement must occur before 2359 on the last day of the month.

5 Naturally the winner is the person with the highest score at the end of the last day of the month.

6 Scoring consists of total winnings and is inclusive of 10 point stake i.e. someone bets on a 6/4 horse and it wins their score becomes 25 (15 points profits plus the 10 pt stake) There is no score for any bets not used. Losing bets are scored as zero, not -10.
Any bet from an exchange bookie will have a 4% commission (on the winnings), if nothing else is explicitly stated in the post.

7 Players must quote where they're getting their prices.

8 Singles and upwards accepted.

9 For boxed multis and bets such as Yankees, each separate bet within the bet counts as separate and will cost 10pts per bet. e.g. ten trebles from five selections will use up 100 points.

10. E/W bets are counted as two bets in the masters, which means 10 points x 2

11. For tracking purposes, players are requested to put the outcome of their bets on the post for all events other than European soccer/tennis.

12. Where possible players are requested to put down a running total of their bets in their posts, although I'll also try and produce rolling league tables where possible.

13. After a bet has been posted up, one is not allowed to edit it..

14. The bets must be possible to do in real life, meaning for example that if you got a multi, all the odds have to come from 1 bookmaker. You can’t shop around for the highest odds and put them together. "Special promotion" type bets are not allowed though BOG (Best Odds Guaranteed) are.

15. Bets must be placed at odds of 1/10 (or 1.1 in decimal) or higher

16. Any Draw No Bet bets where the result is a push will always have the bet settled as void, never 10pts. Any asian handicap bet where the result is a push (in full) will have the bet settled as void. Any asian handicap where half of the stake is returned will be marked down as 5pts with the remainder of the Asian handicap settled as a win or a loss (this is applicable for asian handicaps such as 2.25 or -2, -2.5 etc)

17. In the event that a player is not sure if their bet will finish in time, before midnight on the 20th or midnight for qualifying midnight on the final day of the month for the final, they can make a provisional bet or bets which then become actual bets only if their original selection(s) finishes at 12.01am or after.

Cancelling BT sport

Has anybody tried, and succeeded, in cancelling their subscriptions? I've had another fruitless attempt at ringing them this morning with the usual messages that l'm in a queue, short staffed (which l understand) etc.. I cant see any way on line to cancel although l can upgrade easily enough if l want to.

BT appear to have buried their head in the sand. Small amount of money l know (£16/month) but another business that l will add to the list of who to cancel/avoid when normality returns.

Victor Orban now has absolute power

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CPFC DSA - Level Playing Field Online Twitter Pub Quiz

The CPFC DSA have been asked to promote an Online Twitter based Pub Quiz being hosted by the Disabled fans Charity group "Level Playing Field"
who assisted in the setting up of the CPFC DSA.

The quiz is for the benefit of football fans staying at home and will take place on the Level Playing Field Twitter page at 2pm on Tuesday 31st March 2020.

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COYP

MISSING: Help find Owen Harding

MISSING TEENAGER - OWEN HARDING, 16, has been missing since Thursday 26 March from Saltdean, Brighton. No one has heard from him since Thursday approx 7pm. Police are following leads that the last known location from his phone is BROMLEY / WEST WICKHAM area of London. Please help us get Owen home, if you think you have seen him or know his whereabouts please contact Sussex Police on 101 quoting Operation Chartwell. IF YOU SEE OWEN DIAL 999

NEVER POSTED BEFORE AND CAN'T UPLOAD IMG OF OWEN - HELP NEEDED URGENTLY

Silent Cinema

At the start of the year I decided to (re) read David Robinson's excellent Charlie Chaplin biography and work my way through every one of Chaplin's films (except the one that didn't survive, for obvious reasons).

My 4 year old daughter watched a few of them with me and really enjoyed them - particularly The Kid.

I've been a Chaplin fan for years but whilst I worked my way through his entire career I realised how little I had seen of his contempories and what else was going on the time.

So I've since started to expand my knowledge and started to work my way through a number of other silent classics. Some of which I had only seen clips of in the past, some I had seen nothing of at all.

Anyway, I've been finding it really interesting. I found a wonderful Thames TV documentary series from the 80s about silent Hollywood on YouTube. Plus a short series on European silent film by the same people (I think). Unfortunately the final episode (6) of that doesn't seem to be there and you can't buy the series anywhere.

So far I have watched three DW Griffiths shorts and Sjostrom's The Wind. A collection of Melies films on a DVD collection. The great Sunrise: A Song of 2 humans (which always comes out very high in sight and sound's greatest films of all time list.

I have a few more Blurays I was given for my recent birthday to work through.

I'm aware it's quite a niche interest but I wondered if any other BBSers have an interest in silent cinema.

Rumour: Nathan Ferguson Summer 2020

Just seen via twitter that the Standard are reporting this as being close to being sorted for him to move to us in the summer.

This was in London Football, but I can’t see a hard link to anything in the Standard.

Palace close to Ferguson deal

According to the Standard, Crystal Palace are closing in on completing a deal for West Bromwich Albion defender Nathan Ferguson.

Ferguson was close to signing for the Eagles in January but the deal fell through due to a knee problem that the defender had, discovered during his medical.

The 19-year-old has made 21 appearances in the Championship this season, and with his deal at the Hawthorns expiring in the summer, it is set to cost Palace very little to sign the young defender.

Are you still going out

Continued with new poll

Setting up a freelance consultancy

Hi all,

Appreciate doing this during global economic meltdown isn’t the best timing, but I was wondering if anyone had any advice for setting up as a freelancer/consultant?

I’m a programme manager for a charity currently, and want to continue along these lines as a consultant.

In particular should one set up a company?

Also any advice around getting a website and marketing would be great!

Cheers

Discussion: This summer's transfer window

Has there been any news on how this summer's window is going to work? If the season isn't finished in normal time, would the transfer window have to wait until after as usual, or would they start it on the usual date regardless of whether all the games have been played?

Life after Corona

One hopes and expects we will get through these times.

The world will no doubt change as a result.

So, how exactly will it?

I would imagine hygene will remain on overdrive. Washing hands etc will be more commonplace.

I would also expect to see contracts include virus related clauses... Especially in football.

Any other thoughts?

The Season 2018/19

Just watched the trailer of this, did it ever feature on the Eagles CPFC site?
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Z87/Z97 mATX motherboard

By some incredible chance, does someone happen to have a Z87 or Z97 mATX motherboard they want to sell??

Dell xps 13 9365

Just bought this today, wondered if anyone had one and how they rate them ? The reviews that i read were very good , and in favour of them , seemed a bargain at 550 so i took the plunge .

List of things that are benefitting from the crisis

1. Urban foxes.

Abdelhak Nouri wakes up from coma

Bit of positive news. Ajax wonder kid (or maybe former wonder kid at this point) has woken up from a coma, after collapsing in a friendly in July 2017.

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Show appreciation for NHS workers. 8pm tonight

Support NHS workers in this small way.

Full sick and isolation pay at Elis Laundry

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Quote:

In a public health crisis all workers should ensure they can be safe. No one should be forced into a dangerous situation due to poverty or financial detriment as they could put themselves and others at greater risk. It is a vital that all workers in the workplace whether directly-employed or outsourced and regardless of contractual status, are guaranteed full pay from day one of any self-isolation or sickness absence. Without these measures, the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus will be quicker and therefore far more deadly. Elis Laundry are contracted to launder for the NHS, we must ensure they have the strongest possible health and safety arrangements. For Elis Laundry Staff to be safe they must: - be guaranteed full pay from day one of any self-isolation due to symptoms, medically recommended isolation or sickness absence - get more frequent breaks for hand-washing and adequate supplies of soap, water and any necessary PPE. We call on the government to ensure all NHS contractors follow these basic public health precautions

I know people who work here. Doing laundry for the NHS is risky right now.

This has just been launched. Please sign to support them and pass on :)

Fifa 20 world cup

Who is up for a fifa 20 world cup ? Teams drawn at random, online bit of fun.

Palace good news story

Must post this, brought a tear to even my eyes. It's an update on a previous story.

Mirror iPhone to Tv

Sorry for the basic question but what’s the best way to wirelessly mirror what you have up on your iPhone to a TV?

Thanks.

NTE Question

Apologies for interrupting: what was the Carter USM video featuring NTE as the jogging man? If I don’t ask now, I’ll have forgotten I wanted to know in about 8 hours!

Maurice Drewitt

Very Sad News today folks,

Maurice Drewitt passed away at the age of 83 this morning, he died from Cancer.

He was a gentleman, and all round decent bloke, deepest sympathy to his family circle and I know everyone on here will send their condolence's.

SLEEP WELL MAURICE, WE DID APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DONE FOR US FANS, OF WHICH YOU WERE ONE,

Safe In The Arms Of Jesus.

19/20 ST Corona Refund?

Let's be honest the season is over, we will be in lockdown long past the close of the season and with 4 more home games, Burnley, Chelsea, ManU, Tottenham how is the club going to refund us? Each adult ST equates to around £30 a seat. 4*£30 = £120 refund per adult ST.

NHS Covid-19 Volunteer Sign Up Link

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Your NHS needs you! Join our team today.

NHS Volunteer Responders has been set up to support the NHS during the COVID-19 outbreak. To do this we need an 'army' of volunteers who can support the 1.5m people in England who are at most risk from the virus to stay well. Our doctors, nurses and other professionals will be able to refer people in to NHS Volunteer Responders and be confident that they have been matched with a reliable, named volunteer.

You can help by signing up for one or more of the tasks listed below. Once you have registered and checks are complete you will be provided a log-in to the GoodSAM Responder app. Switch the app to 'on duty', and you'll see live and local volunteer tasks to pick from nearby.

This programme enables volunteers to provide care or to help a vulnerable person, which is permitted under the new rules announced by the Government on 23rd March 2020. Volunteers may be asked to show the active task they are responding to if asked.


Your NHS needs you! Join our team today.

Volunteers must be 18 or over, and fit and well with no symptoms. Those in higher-risk groups (including those over 70, those who are pregnant or with underlying medical conditions) will be able to offer support by telephone.

Your safety is our priority. The majority of tasks can be undertaken while social distancing and volunteers will receive guidance through our 'getting started pack'. If you do become ill you can pause your volunteering.

Patient transport drivers will require an enhanced DBS check and will receive guidance to do this role safely, also included within the 'getting started pack'.

Retro Gaming

If you are looking to play older games then there is an option on Kodi to install a large library of emulators and games.

First install Kodi from here

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How to play games on Kodi

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RIP Manu Dibango

Succumbed to C-19 in Paris aged 86, truly a spiritual and physical giant of African music.

If you get a chance, have a listen to his 1985 album Electric Africa...jazz, funk and Afrobeats blended perfectly.

Time to chill now big man, but I'm saddened at your departure.

Disney+

Anyone subscribing?

Really impressed with the viewing library. It's come at a good time!

Best team ever how many games played?

Interesting article on the beeb today about the legendary teams, who in fact, never or rarely played together.

For me our best ever team, not individuals, but first XI was the 90/91 below

Martyn
Humphrey
Shaw
Gray
Young
Thorn
Salako
Thomas
Wright
Bright
McGoldrick

But how many games did that eleven start? Pardew and Barber occasionally played as did Gary Thompson and Glyn Hodges.

Corona work, furlough and business

Thought it might be helpful to have a side thread, a mutation in current parlance, on the effects of corona on work and business.

Hopefully it will mainly be practical advice and interesting observation, about rates, furloughing, employment rights, rents, server issues etc.

I am due to pay a quarter's rate in advance today, I note the boss of Burger King announced this morning he will be paying no rent.

Lockdown with no internet or tv what would you do ?

Lockdown with no internet or tv what would you do ?

Club initiative

Just had a phone call from one of the ladies in the CPFC Press Office, asking whether there’s anything the club can do to help me in the current situation. I am in the over 70 category, but luckily in reasonable health and fitness, so I declined with thanks. Not sure the extent to which the club can give much practicable help, but though it was a nice gesture. Anyone else had similar calls?

(I’ve assumed it was genuine and it certainly sounded it.)

Sky Sports is now free

Not sure if this is general knowledge yet but Sky have enabled customers to pause sky sports and still have access to all the channels.

Just use your App or go online to pause. Saves me about £25 a month.

When there is more live sport available they will revert.

Home Schooling - tips?

My daughter is five and I'm home schooling. Any tips? Today I set up a class room with her and the soft toys :D

Music Playlist

Hi All
Due to the lockdown here, I made a playlist from you tube my wife then tells me computers (or mine) dont have Bluetooth.,so is there anyway of connecting my computer to the bluetooth device,if I go through the phone it will need to be continuosly charging,bit of a ball ache.
As you can probably tell I am not the brightest around tech stuff.

Cheers for any input...

Derby v Sheffield Weds 1993

Not sure if this is memory lane or World of football, but anyway, watching this on red button, and it features 4 who played up front for Palace,. Bright, Gabbiadini, Warhurst and Kitson. Is that the most Palace strikers playing for other clubs in one game?

Who will be the last retailer to shut there doors

WH Smith, Next and B&Q are among retailers to remain open

But its only a matter of time until they all shut the doors with the exception of supermarkets so who in your opinion will see it through till the very end ?

My money is on NEXT

Games for the lockdown.

With a lockdown looking more and more likely, now is the time to expand your games library.

First up Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order. An excellent 30 hour campaign, great combat and some (fairly easy) puzzles to solve along the way. Think Uncharted meets Star Wars.



Gears of War 5: Looks absolutely stunning on a 4K HDR TV. Great fun in coop with friends too. Huge campaign and a multiplayer mode to boot.



Resident Evil 2: Another great story experience. A good 10 hour campaign if you complete both scenarios. This is how remakes should be done. Beautiful game, Excellent game play.




Resident Evil 3 (April 3rd): More of the same.

Games to for the lockdown.

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Ethernet card problem

Got a problem on a PC which has Windows 10 and Kubuntu installed. The ethernet card always works perfectly in Linux but goes through random spells of saying that the cable is disconnected in Windows.

I updated the driver in Windows and it worked for a while. I then wiped the Windows partition and reinstalled from scratch. All through the installation and afterwards the ethernet card worked without a hitch. Next day it was back to cable disconnected. Linux still working fine.

I've googled but all I get is people talking about the reverse situation - works in Windows but not Linux. Anyone seen this before and fixed it? Cheers.

Maths GCSE

Any mathematicians out there? Or maths teachers?

I’ve decided that the only way I can help my 13 year old lad to pass his Maths GCSE is to take it myself. I haven’t got a scooby what’s involved but I know he’s struggling with it and his teachers are not predicting success.

I took my O level in 1984 (a year early ... it’s a long story) so I was 15 and I achieved a grade C so it’s been 36 years since I even thought about it.

Any suggestions as to the best way to do this? Online? Evening class? Text book? I don’t want to smother the lad, but I’d like to be able to help him with it. He’s even listened to the suggestion and hasn’t had a melt down which is a positive.:p

Any tips, hints or ideas gratefully received.

Football Manager Game??

Thought you lot would be the best people to ask.

Me and my mates want to start an online football manager game but we don't want to go through the effort of re-learning the newer FM games as they're too in depth for what we're looking for. We were thinking about going back to FM13 or FM14 but some of us don't have them.

Are there any free places to download? Can anyone recommend another manager game that will keep us occupied for a few hours at a time but nothing too in depth?

Practical help and questions for Coronavirus

Thought it might help to have a thread just for practical help and questions around that.

So I have one. My parents have dogs. Any idea how they can take them out safely now parks and other places previously almost empty are filling with people?

Also if you aren’t in a vulnerable group and you are both self isolating is it ok to go and see each other if you don’t have symptoms if you drive?

The science behind the uks approach to covid 19

The healthy get infected and over the course of the months ahead they create immunity and in this time the vulnerable have been isolating so on the next outbreak which always follows the vulnerable will not get infected as the herd has created the immunity

This is the governments approach to which i can understand but why have they not ordered any vulnerable and old people into total lockdown for 3 months whilst we all carry on doing the above ?

Are the Players Still Being Paid?

Sorry to be the one to ask this question, but the elephant in the room needs to be addressed.

Let's face it, they'll be no more football this year, and one or other of this or next season will surely be dropped. I'm quite convinced of this. Players commit to years, not seasons, and whether it's this season that gets jettisoned or the next one, they will want their money. I don't expect the government's 80% security on wages to cover premiership footballers, so what exactly is plan B? We all know that plan A is to fulfil this and next season, but we also know that this ain't gonna happen.

There needs to be some sort of arbitration, people need to be sitting down and thrashing out a compromise. There's a lot of talk about the premiership subsidising the lower leagues who are more reliant on gate receipts. That's going to add more strain on premiership clubs for whom most of their income goes straight onto players' wages.

Players' wages is central to the short-term survival of the game. It needs to be put onto the agenda.

Name, Shame or Praise

Having read multiple stories of good and bad human nature during the pandemic I figured we should record it. I'll start with a good one, Gary Neville's offer of his hotel to NHS staff.

I praise Gary for this, though it is tough to praise Giggs

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Bring it on.

Is anyone avoiding takeaways?

Or will you be braving them?

Doom Eternal

Doom Eternal is out now. 27 years after the original DOOM. It looks pretty brilliant and is getting good reviews.

When I get a chance I'm going to grab it off Steam have a bit of a frag-fest during this lock down!

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Whose career is this?

Simple game - Guess the ex-Palace player.
Lets kick off with:

Carshalton Athletic > Crystal Palace > Bournemouth > Burnley > Gillingham > Maidstone United > Whitstable Town

First answer right, gets the next go. :p:D

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Would we have done the scousers today?

So as it says - would we have got a result today?

Who will still be working ?

Testing times i know and so many people have lost there jobs

For us that still have jobs will you be going or will you stay at home until the virus has passed ?

Soundbar

Hi, I’m looking for some recommendation for a soundbar for a decent sized living room/kitchen/diner.

Looking for something powerful enough to fill the room but also able to connect my phone for steaming music and if I can connect my amazon devise all the better.

Would like a sub as well, but I don’t need it as a priority.

I like the look of the Sonos beam but was unsure if it has the stopping power as the sub add on is very expensive.

Suggestions please.

People you know with (almost) famous names...

As a spillover from the Kenny Rogers thread where Pawel Lis used to work with both Kenny Rogers & Tom Jones, which people-with-famous-names do you know?

I actually prefer almost famous names. Anyone used to work with a Brian Giggs or a Paula Gascoigne?

There was a fella at our place called Arron Shearer....

Oh & if a Mod could kindly move the brackets in the thread title so they’re just around ‘almost’ not ‘almost famous’, that would be grand.

The Chain

I thought maybe by stealing the Radcliffe and Maconie game (and every other radio show tbf) it could add a bit of light entertainment while so many of us are at home. It could also fall flat on my face, or even have been done before on here, but hell, no harm in trying.

Embed a link to the previous video any way you like. It could be the same artist featuring (as a guest only), theme, engineer, filming location, recording studio and so on, and so forth.



I decided not to go with the most obvious, but still nod to the source material. Here goes, nice and easy to start with...

Admin I Vs Admin II

Discuss the two on here. Which one was more fun, which was more perilous?

I was too young to really understand Admin I. I don't really remember us being in serious danger of relegation, but equally, it seemed a more worrying time than Admin II purely for how long it went on for. My main memory was going to a game and asking my dad who Danny Boxall was.

Admin II is pretty clear in my mind, and I still think the biggest what if in the club's history is 'What if we lost at Hillsborough that day?' Closely followed by 'What if Danny Higginbotham didn't score against us for Southampton in 2005?' :( We were actually a pretty decent team - good goalie, reliable defence underpinned by players like Clint Hill, a combative midfield, and a decent attack with the wonderful Darren Ambrose scoring for fun.

I reckon if what is happening today had happened 10 or 20 years ago, the team we support now wouldn't exist as we know it.

*This thread isn't welcome to anyone who happily looks past Stern John's goals at Watford and Derby away, but still drones on about his miss at Hillsborough.

Kenny Rogers Dead.

He knew when to fold 'em.
RIP.

Coronavirus - shopping help and support thread

CP-RJW's kind gesture in another thread offering to help another BBS member with shopping made me think maybe it's time to have an official thread on here for people to offer their assistance to other members and for people to ask for help if needed.

I will be back in the Sutton, Carshalton, Wallington area hopefully from the beginning of April so if anybody is in need of help over the next few months in the area I am happy to help if I can.

Wasn't really sure of the best way to do this but I guess getting a thread started and seeing where it goes from there may be the best way. Let's look out for each other like a proper Palace family :p

Music documentaries and films

Please recommend the best ones as we may be staying home for a while...

For me I love:

Quadrophenia and Tommy
The Wall
The Beatles films (might rewatch with the kids)
Various pink floyd documentaries
Supersonic
Bohemian Rhapsody & Rocketman were ok

Sure I've forgotten loads.

eWorld Cup - Andros plays for ePalace

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Andros vs Maupay hopefully, I'd watch this streamed if it happens

Quote:

Premier League players join charity FIFA 20 tournament With no matches taking place on pitches at the moment due to the coronavirus outbreak, Luke wanted to keep English clubs playing together, and raise some money at the same time. But his request for entrants went viral and he's now got 128 teams from around the world involved. "We've seen the likes of Crystal Palace putting Andros Townsend forward and Brighton putting Neal Maupay up," the 27-year-old tells Radio 1 Newsbeat. "There's also a whole host of English clubs letting their players take control so it will be good fun."

etc

Football Town Palace Kit

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They some nice variants on uk international and domestic shirts. England is sold out! But think they could have been a bit more inspired with our variant considering we have had some fantastic kits.... We deserve more then one in my view.

Pricey too

For ROB

I am sorry if this is a repeat but cannot find my earlier post

This is a question for Ruskin Old Boy.

Did you know Marv Hinton and Vic Bivand?

I played with them on many occasions and it would be good to hear from those that knew them .

When I knew them they were both living in South Norwood off Portland Road

Thoughts

My son's girlfriend has just produced the attached. I have suggested she should consider doing the same for the whole squad, and getting prints done
I am just sounding out if you think these would be a seller? If so, what price do people considfer that they would pay? Sensible replies would be appreciated as she has just graduated and is struggling to find work
Vicente has already seen this and loves it (we will give him the original if and when we play at Selhurst this season)
Perhaps SP would like one of him, any thoughts?
Many thanks

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Ticket refund

Bought son £52 ticket for chelski match but he's back abroad after April, do box office do refunds?

Resources for teaching kids at home?

Does anyone have any links for good teaching resources, all ages as I’m sure full spread covered by BBSers?

Also activities/games easy to do at home :)

Failing that mail order Valium and whiskey shops would be appreciated.

Palace Games/Goals to Watch on Online during isolation

I'm currently re watching Palace v Brighton on my Tivo as I work from home. Got a few match of the days and stored but going to run out. I thought it might be good to start a thread where people can share links to palace games and goals to help ease any Palace withdrawal symptoms.

Your Palace team for the 20-21 season

If you were taking over as manager of Palace manager for next season what transfers in and outs would you be looking for.
The rules of this are :
You can only sign players up to the value of £40 million, our limit
You can only sign players that would come to Palace ie no Messi
You must of course balance the squad and balance the books

Panic Buyers Anonymous

Have you been panic buying and need to confess?

Working from home

I'm now working from home for the first time.

Many other people are now in the same situation.

What are people's views on working from home? Pros cons.
Is this going to be society's way of working in the future?

My initial reaction is I hate it. I prefer to seperate home/work life. Now I can work 24/7 and it feels like my employer has more of a hold on me. It's also very hard to concentrate on work at home.

4G trial starts on the tube.

4G is available on the Jubilee line from Canning Town to Westminster even in the tunnels as part of the possible roll-out to all tube lines.

Deep tube lines the last bastion of sitting in silence? Mind you the southern tube part of the Jubilee must be the noisiest on the system so I'm not sure if anyone would be heard using their phone?

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The pros and cons of stopping the season now

Liverpool will have the title snatched from them = Pro
Watford West Ham or Brighton wont get relegated = Con
Leeds wont get promoted AGAIN = Pro
Fulham wont break Leeds hearts by nicking the auto promotion slot when Leeds go into their inevitable free fall = Con

Will England go into lock down

Will we or wont we ? and if we do when do you think we will ?

Losing a parent.

A couple of hours after the Brighton away game, my Mum passed away and it’s really hit me for six. She had a terminal illness but somehow doesn’t make it any easier to take. She was 69.

It’s her funeral tomorrow and I’m dreading it and of course the eulogy that I’ve written. Has anyone with done a eulogy for a parent at a funeral and can recommend any words of advice?

Of course the Coronavirus is having a dreadful affect on the proceedings tomorrow as so many are scared of picking it up from someone so the attendees are dropping like flies.

My Mum met my Dad at an away game in 1972 on a club coach away to Everton and without the meet, clearly I would not be here or on the BBS. I’ve not posted since her passing as seems somehow seemed unimportant.

Will they run out of money

With no match days plus player wages taking such a large part of turnover do you think any big clubs will go to the wall? Spurs Southampton first?

RIP Peter Whittingham

Shocking news if rumours are true, only 35. Great player for Cardiff.

Happy St. Paddy’s Day!

I’m sitting at home with a can of Guinness about to start playing Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. It’s what St. Patrick would have wanted

Bit of Coronavirus Football Fun

We might all have a bit of time on our hands so how about we put the football world to rights. With Euro2020 delayed, how to get football back on schedule? What do you think?

It's a bit of fun but anyone agreeing with Karren Brady that season 2019/20 should be made null & void will be negged.

Now that this summer is free, let's assume we can restart football in Mid May (Optimistic).

I reckon we should then just scrap the two current European tournaments. Sorry for those involved but they are the collateral damage of this global crisis.

Then in mid May we have a seven week Summery blast of football to finish off all the domestic leagues. Finishing mid July.

Then a briefish Summer break before the 2020/21 season starts on the first weekend of September. With no League Cup and the scrapping of the Nations League we should be able to conclude the season Mid May as normal. Then it's the Euros. Delay the Women's Euros until Summer of 2022 because the WC that year is not until the Autumn.

It almost seems too easy.

What have I forgotten/ignored?

Mini tourno to complete season - pick your Palace 5-a-side

In the unlikely event that the Premier Season is completed over a weekend of 5 a sides, we need the best team.

Mine would be

GUAITA
VAN AANHOLT
MILIVOJEVIC
SCHLUPP
AYEW

SUBS
TOWNSEND, MEYER, McARTHUR

winners!

THE 2020 GRAND NATIONAL IS CANCELLED

The Grand National has been cancelled, with the Aintree event now off due to the corona virus pandemic.

It was set to take place on Saturday April 4 but the big race has become the latest sporting event to be called off because of the outbreak of the virus.

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Recommend a distraction for self-isolation

We're in for a long few months, and watching the news all day will drive us crazy.

I know we have separate recommendation threads already but, given the circumstances, I'd love some other self-isolation suggestions on how we can distract, immerse and inspire ourselves. Especially for parents needing to keep their kids entertained (not a parent myself) and to keep their own sanity in these trying times.

Here's a few to start - would love your ideas.

Podcasts

Athletico Mince
You're insane if you haven't listened to this yet. Ignore the first few episodes, start from around episode 10 and you'll have hours of beautifully crafted yet ramshackle absurdity from Bob Mortimer. They've also just done a few compilation episodes to ease you in. Warhammer!
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Rule of Three
From the two comedy writers who made the Paddington films funny, and lots of other amazing stuff, they sit down and pick apart some of the greatest ever comedies. Python, Young Ones, Fawlty Towers. But they also highlight a lot of lesser-known genius like Ivor Cutler and Gerrard Hoffnung.
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Gossipmongers
Comedians inc. professional weirdo Joe Wilkinson read out listeners' dubious rumours, gossip and tittle-tattle from their local area. The whole thing is strung together with a soundtrack reminiscent of Chris Morris's Blue Jam. Welly baby.
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The Beef & Dairy Network Podcast
This is more of a scripted radioplay than a podcast, so start from episode one to enter a bizarre world in which everybody is obsessed with beef. It's funny, subtle and clever; the songs are great too. The psychopathic 'freelance' butcher Eli Roberts will stay with you forever.
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TV

The Last Kingdom
Loads of people seem to have missed this. Fans of stuff like LOTR, GOT and The Witcher will love it. Similar to Vikings, but rooted in the historical novels of Bernard Cromwell so it feels a lot more real. Four seasons of blood, violence and sex on Netflix.
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Gotham
Again, loads of people missed this. It tracks back to Bruce Wayne as a teenager, before he's Batman, with Jim Gordon as the main hero, so you get the origin stories of the Joker, the Penguin and loads more. Tonally it's a blend of the camp TV show and the darker Nolan movies. A bit silly but solidly entertaining and there's five seasons.
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This County
I missed this the first time round, but it's so funny. It follows the lives of two isolated reprobates in a Cotswold village. Third series is playing on BBC now and the rest is on iPlayer.
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Art

A thing I used to do with my younger cousins, and back when I was a teacher: Get a load of crayons, felt tips and cheap paper. Put one of their favourite shows or movies on and pause it at a particularly scene - any scene really - and ask them to draw what they see.

For the first screengrab, you've got 10 minutes. Then 5 minutes. Then 2 minutes. Then 30 seconds.

It's a good way to teach them how to make mistakes, how to work under pressure, and how to appreciate the media they consume a bit more consciously. And at the end, you have loads of cool/bizarre drawings to pin up round the house.

Think of it like life drawing, without all the nakedness.

Roy Hudd Dead.

Met him at Selhurst a couple of times. Lovely man.

RIP fellow Palace fan.

Israeli elections

This seems like big news, especially since Netanyahu seemed to be ahead after this month's election

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Of course doesn't mean he'll get agreement from such a diverse group to form a government

Rumour: Eberi Eze (summer)

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Important we can cling to some kind of normality in these troubled times, so here’s Palace most likely missing out on a target due to the asking price. :p

Trialist: Crystal Palace linked to 17-year-old Sam Oguntayo

CRYSTAL PALACE are leading Manchester City in the race for non-League sensation Samuel Oguntayo.

SunSport understands the Eagles sent scouts to watch the versatile wideman in action for semi-professional side Kingstonian in their 4-2 defeat to Cheshunt on Wednesday. The Premier League champions also had people in attendance to run the rule over the 17-year-old, who only made his league debut back in January.
But Oguntayo has now accepted an offer to train with Palace's Under-23s next week at their Copers Cope Road base. The pacy teen, who has been likened to City ace Benjamin Mendy, can operate both at left-back and right-wing and has also attracted interest from Watford and Leeds United.

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Would sky show every game behind closed doors ?

So if the premier league make the decision to play the remainder of the season behind closed doors would sky screen every game via the sky tv platform ?

Or would the premier league make the premier league pass available in the uk and sky just carry on as normal ?

Or would the premier league do an emergency £20 billion pound deal with amazon prime :D

Coronavirus roll call - who has it?

Has anyone on the BBS got symptoms or even been tested positive? Please check in when you are afflicted, describe your symptoms and check out when it’s all over ......

Good luck everyone, especially those of us approaching or over 70!

West hams Karren Brady Demands Football League Season Be Declared Null and Void

West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady believes this season's Premier League should be declared "null and void" if it can't be finished due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Impact of Coronavirus on football

I know there are more serious things to contemplate regarding this virus, but you can’t help but wonder if the game is as expected, suspended for a long period, how many clubs will hit real financial problems?

EFL clubs especially, will miss the match day revenue life blood and yet wages and a host of other things will still need to be paid. If it goes on till into next season I would think Prem clubs will feel the squeeze too. Is all the TV money for Prem clubs paid before the season or does it depend on fixtures being actually played?

Could all get very messy.

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Are you still going out?

With the Coronavirus spreading are you still going out?

Industries that will boom in a Pandemic

Serious question (obviously jokes are good too) what industries will actually boom in this current pandemic?

Im just interested to see what other people think, as this is a very unusual time and for example in the great depression, cinema tickets rose as people actually want escapism and enjoyment at value. More a societal question than a business question I guess Im asking.

Obviously if you own a bogroll factory or cleaning products but Im thinking more about how people get entertainment, hobbies, exercise and food whether these industries will boom in niche areas. For example streaming services.

Bournemouth V Crystal Palace Live Com and Updates

Not sure why there isn’t a thread on this ? :confused:

Anyway... Half time here and it’s 0-0.

Turnout quite low. Subs warming up ... hoping for a goal or two.

Are you happy for the season to finish now?

Just wondered what people's thoughts were on this....personally I hope not, as I still live in hope of West Ham being relegated!

sky tv

Hi does anyone know if sky letting you cancel due to non showing of sports events

Loss of MOTD on BBC tonight

So what little gem has the BBC provided to make up for the loss of MOTD?

Another feckin' repeat of Mrs Brown's Boys.

Surely they could have found something better in the archives to excite us.

So what are you doing for the next few weeks ?

Bereft of footy and sport stimuli in general, just wondering if any one has plans in place to cover this barren period coming.
I might be visiting Anne Summers soon .

Crystal Ball: Cherries

I'm sure that if this game is postponed, a new thread will run but, as for now...
Score, scorers and attendance please:
2-0
Ayew and Wilf
9,980 - Lots of stay aways due to covid-19

Mikel Arteta Has Coronavirus

:eek:


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Your favourite Palace win in the PL?

Still missing Yohan ... class player.

Speculation: Batshuayi

So the papers are saying the transfer cost would be £45m ! That amounts to roughly the funds we would get from Zaha transfer, with the 20 or 25% to Manure. So all in all it would be a straight swap - one player out and one player in, the difference being Batshuayi is a year younger than wilf. Worth considering?

Suggested Team and Formation For: Bournemouth

Obviously there’s a chance it may not even go ahead. But let’s play just in case!

Guaita
Ward - Dann - Cahill - PVA
Kouyate - McCarthy - McArthur
Ayew - Benteke - Zaha

Hennessey, Tomkins, Kelly, Milivojevic, Riedewald, Schlupp, Townsend

Leaves Sakho and Meyer completely out. We’ve got many options now

Are you personally worried about catching this Corona Virus?

Well, it looks like some of us will definitely catch this bug. Just wondered what peoples personal attitudes are to this. Obviously the younger and fitter ones will probably be mostly positive about the prospect.. People like myself who hardly ever get Ill, but in our early autumn years might be slightly unsure. Whereas others who unfortunately have underlying conditions may well be very apprehensive.

I'm posting a poll including options on finance as to whether people are more worried about the financial implications out of all of this.

Interesting, unprecedented concerning territory..... So lets see how do we feel?

Parking Charge Notice (PCN) fine advice

Just got a "PCN" through the post for my daughter who appears to have parked somewhere private, used one of the premises as a customer and failed to punch her registration (or may have done not sure yet) into the machine apparently provided. I'll get the full details.

Anyway, it's a private company which masquarades as 'civil' official service, Civil Enforcement Ltd To view the link you have to Register or Login, and they are giving 14 days to pay for £60 or it goes to £100 to 28 days and after that "may" go to a debt collectors.

Appeals can be made in writing.

Any feedback on the legalities of these bloody scams? They are up there with payday loan companies to me.

Bournemouth

Bournemouth tickets not arrived yet said if not here by tomorrow got to ring and get out on the dupes list, anyone had to do this before ?

Ref: Bournemouth v Palace

Referee: Mike Dean.
Assistants: Dan Robathan, Simon Long.
Fourth official: Simon Hooper.
VAR: Andy Madley. Assistant VAR: Simon Beck.

Online store purchases

Just a quick one. How long roughly does it take for items to be delivered from the online store in UK?

Chromecast Ultra

From Gizmodo:

The latest info on Google’s next streaming dongle comes via 9to5Google who spoke to a reliable source about an upcoming device codenamed “Sabrina.” In terms of design, Sabrina is said to feature a hockey puck-shaped body with rounded edges similar to the current Chromecast Ultra, while featuring support for 4K HDR streaming video, Bluetooth, wifi, and built-in Chromecast functionality.

However, instead of the standard Chromecast UI, Sabrina is said to be powered by Android TV. That means users should get full compatibility for the more than 5,000 Android TV apps available today including those from major streaming video services such as Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, CBS All Access, and more.

If true, not only would Sabrina be the first homegrown Android TV device (aside from a few prototypes and dev kits), this would also be a major shift for Google’s Android TV strategy, which up until now has largely relied on partners and third-parties to create hardware-based on Android TV like the Nvidia Shield TV and Xiaomi Mi Box S 4K.

More recently, cable providers have started leveraging Android TV in devices like the AT&T TV box in the US, which combines a streaming video box with a traditional cable box. By relying on Android TV, it frees cable providers from having to spend as much time creating and managing a UI and OS (which frankly, cable companies are usually quite bad at), while also giving users a more familiar app-based video device.

Another important change for Google’s upcoming streaming device is that the source says it will come with its own remote that features a built-in microphone for summoning the Google Assistant, and that it will be possible to program the remote to work directly with people’s existing TVs.

While the source did not provide any info on expected pricing and availability, the source did say that Google’s upcoming Android TV device is designed to fill a gap in the market while serving as “a mass-consumer dongle that runs full-fledged Android TV.”

That means we’re probably looking at a device that’s priced between current Chromecast devices which top out at £70 for the Chromecast Ultra and premium Android TV boxes like the Nvidia Shield TV which starts at £150 for the standard model.

Discussion: Players from the relegated sides

I’ll leave out the likes of Grealish, Rice and Cantwell, since they’re presumably unattainable.

Norwich: Buendia, Lewis, Aarons, maayybe Pukki

Villa: McGinn, Mings, Wesley, Nakamba

Bournemouth: Wilson, King, Ake, Ramsdale, Fraser, Brooks

Watford: Sarr, Doucoure, Hughes

West Ham: Anderson, Bowen, Haller, Fornals, Diop

Brighton: Mooy, Maupay, Trossard

Anyone tickle your fancy?

Have a great day Tak.

Happy birthday Tariq. Kiss from Mitch.

Music Palace have run out to

Hi everyone,

I hope this okay to post here, moderators please move or delete if necessary.

I’m part of a team at the University of Sheffield, led by Dr Chris
Stride. We've published a number of academic papers and magazine
articles relating to football history, on subjects such as statues and
replica shirts.

Our current project is investigating the music that football teams have
run or walked out of the tunnel to over the years.

We realise that 'Glad All Over' has been the anthem of choice for a number of seasons since it was first released in 1963.

However, I wondered if any fans know of any instances when either of these were replaced by another track? Any stories/memories to go along with this are much appreciated.

I should also add that we are not interested in goal music, or a song
that is played at the final whistle, but just the song that is on the
tannoy system as the players enter the field.

If you think someone else may be able to help, or you have any
questions, please let us know!* We would be very happy to discuss the
project.

Thanks for your time,

Joe Headland

Pubs for: Bournemouth Away

Chaplin's & The Cellar Bar

Located on the Christchurch Road inbetween Bournemouth and Pokesdown stations next to the Sovereign Centre. Lots of real ale selection and a bit of food. Open from Midday. One mile walk up to the ground from there via Ashley Road.

Max von Sydow - RIP

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50 points +

Getting 50 points or more this season would be a new Palace record since promotion, although final position is probably more important (achievement in sport is relative).

Total Premier League points and final positions since promotion:

2013-14: 45 points / 11th
2014-15: 48 points / 10th
2015-16: 42 points / 15th
2016-17: 41 points / 14th
2017-18: 44 points / 11th
2018-19: 49 points / 12th

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Total global economic meltdown

I’m old enough to remember when a total global economic meltdown would have been big news and at least worthy of a thread on the BBS

I suppose nowadays we have pandemics, never ending Brexit negotiations and a Christian Benteke goal drought* to talk about


*yes, he has played well in past three games

Hopes and dreams for the rest of the season

We don't get relegated, we are Palace after all
We finish above Everton, after their last season shenanigans.
We finish above Arsenal, the thought of watching the explosion on Arse TV
We finish above the Scummers, nuff said
We sneak a European slot any European slot. THIS is the dream maybe, just maybe one day.
West Ham, Watford and Brighton go down
If not any two of the three
If not at least Watford please.

Any of the above would make me happy.

Happy birthday MrGins.

Have a good day Ray.:p

Are Palace the biggest team in the world to not win a Cup or play in Europe?

It's been fairly clear cut that Palace are the biggest team in England to never win a major trophy. The only possible candidates to challenge for this dubious honour are Watford but other than their best ever finish (2nd) being higher than ours (3rd) I think it's fair to say we're a bigger club than them.

Hull are a also a shout but given their lack of top flight appearance for over 100 years, it's hard to argue they're bigger than Palace.

Given Watford had a season in the UEFA Cup following that 1983 2nd place finish, it leaves us with the double distinction of zero trophies and no recognised UEFA appearances (Intertoto not recognised as full UEFA competition as it was simply a qualification tournament to reach the UEFA Cup.

As English football is generally regarded as one of the top 3-4 leagues in the world, does being the biggest team in England to never win a trophy or qualify for Europe by default make us the biggest team in the world to neither play in their continental competition or win a trophy.

I don't know every team in every league (might a Brazilian or Chinese teams I'm unaware of,) so by all means throw in your suggestions.

Discuss

Fan Pictures and Videos from: Favourite Palace Moments? 🎥

Hello all,

The purpose of this thread is to feature the best moments from the past and present of the team.

I was wondering if any of you could reply to this thread with your favourite moments. If you have a link to a video then it would be greatly appreciated but if you do not then it is no problem, please just write the moments. I hope that this thread brings back nostalgia to some of you who may have forgotten the best moments from the past.

I like to spend my free time uncovering hidden videos online of football moments, not only from television angles but also from unseen perspectives recorded from the stands.

I hope that I can give you some great memories!

I will be back regularly to post great media content that you will like.

Thanks for your time!

Parents in a Nursing/Care Home

Bit of a personal one. A few years back my mother in law (now 94) needed to move into a care home.

She and we did the right thing. We sold her house. She got a big old lump of cash for that. Best part of half a million. No sense crying over a spilt inheritance.

Anyway, she is now down to her last £100k. Costs are around £5k a month. So by Christmas 2021 there will be nothing left. What happens then? Do we have to do battle with the authorities to pay her fees? Will the government just step up? Or will they insist she moves somewhere cheaper? (If it's the latter I'll be mightily irked)

Car Maintenance Question

I have a VW Up that is coming up to 5 years old.

A VW dealer has emailed me stating that it is time for a cambelt change even though the car has done only about 18,000 miles.

Can anyone who knows more about these things than I do confirm that this work is advisable now despite the low mileage, what are the consequences of not having it done and is £495 a reasonable price.

Thanks

Poor old Harry the hornet

top marks to whoever at the club showed this melts head on the big screen.

“Feared for his safety” even though his face is plastered all over the Internet

Karma, He was happy diving at Wilfs feet and causing incite foul scenes. Weren’t worried about safety then, were you dickhead

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Mac photos help please

I am gutted. My Mac wouldn’t reboot so I took it and my back up drive down the shop. The tech got a reboot from an external OS drive but couldn’t do anything with the main drive as it was “locked” He overwrote the main drive with an new OS and it works but found the back up had stopped photos being backed up since 2014 ! I am gutted is there anyway I can get them back ? Anyway at all ?

Best team in the world?

Anyone have a link to that website which records the best team in the world based on whoever beats the number 1 side? Can't remember the name...

The one where Liverpool may have been number 1, Watford beat them and took the title, now we beat Watford...

Anthony Taylor

Discuss this muppets performance. It wasn’t even bad, it was diabolical. Literally had no control at all

Player Ratings And Reviews: Crystal Palace 1 v Watford 0

Who is your Man of the Match ?

Review and rate the players and manager.

Deep Rock Galactic

Solo or up to 4 player co-op. In bug-infested fully deformable cavern complexes. With shotguns, assault rifles, zipline guns, power drills, flamethrowers, grendades, robotic ore hoppers and lots of beards. Craftable beer on the between-mission mothership.

The gunplay is great and you can pick your own difficulty balance with each mission.

I think it's still on Steam sale - it's perhaps the most shooter fun I've had in quite a while and I'd recommend it for the price of less than 3 pints (closer to 5 pints when it stops being on sale).

Enjoy.

Match Updates: Mar 7 - 12

12:30

Liverpool v Bournemouth

Will the Scousers make it four defeats out of five?

Today Watford Train Disruption

Massive disruption from Victoria to Selhurst today until 1pm

Watford game where to watch in Sofia Bulgaria

Just leaving Heathrow for Sofia.

Where can I catch the game in Sofia, Bulgaria?

Any sensible ideas anyone?

Won't make Bansko in time. Overnighting in Sofia.

Live Com and Updates: Crystal Palace V Watford

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Chelsea New 3rd Kit

OK I suppose

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Virtual Reality.

I have 2 VR headsets and I love 'em both.
Any other VR enthusiasts?

Panini Premier League 2020 stickers

Hi
Anyone collecting Panini Premier League 2020 stickers? My son has a ton of swaps.
VERY happy to trade!
Cheers

It's The 30th Anniversary...

...of not only the greatest mob film of all time but, in my opinion, the greatest ever film of all time.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the one and only...

GoodFellas.
Happy Birthday.

Now is the time,....

Brexit ?
Coronavirus ?
Flooding ?

To vote yourself an inflation-busting pay rise.
A 3.1% pay rise plus additional benefits and perks to your staff (mostly family members)

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They snuck that under the radar well.

Press Conference Live: Pre-Watford Friday 1:15pm

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Aston Villa ((A) Monday 27th April 8pm

Villa Away tickets on sale today at 10AM to Away Season Ticket holders .

CPFC DSA Are Looking For A Volunteer To Assist With Our Website

The Crystal Palace Disabled Supporters Association (CPFC DSA) is looking for a volunteer to assist with the setting up and occasional maintenance of our group website.

If you have experience in the field of web design the group would appreciate your assistance.

Please PM me if you can help the group to re-vamp our existing website.

Regards

Martin

CPFC DSA

Crystal Ball: tWatford (H)

Palace 1-2 Watford
Wilf - Deeney Pen, Wellbeck
Att: 24,567

Always tends to be the team most in need of the points that gets them when us two meet :(

Travel Information: vs. Watford - March 7th

Norwood Junction, Selhurst and Thornton Heath

Are all open with no planned issues at any of the stations

Other London and surrounding area services:

TfL

London Overground: No service between Romford and Upminster
Elizabeth Line: No service between Liverpool Street and Shenfield.

National Rail

No trains to / from Moorgate all day affecting Great Northern Services

Buses replace trains between Guildford and Haslemere / Havant affecting South Western Services

Reduced Southeastern service from / to London Cannon Street affecting South Eastern Services

No train services to / from London Liverpool Street via Stratford affecting C2C and Greater Anglia Services

BBS Love thy neighbour

PlayStation 2 - 20 years old

Wow. 20 years! Favourite game of this awesome console?

Tekken Tag
Any pro evo from 3 to 5
GTA San Andreas
GTA vice city

Suggested Team and Formation For: Watford - 7th March 2020

Same again please :hi:

Games behind closed doors or cancelled due to Corona

Will season ticket holders get compensated? What’s in the small print?

Are the wheels coming off the Kloppy Jalopy?

Discuss

Suggestion: Neco Williams Season Loan (2020-1)

A right back who likes to get forward, would give us balance with PVA on the other side.
Unlikely to play much at Liverpool next season as long as Alexander- Arnold stays fit.

2020-21 Nations League

Draw being held tonight in Amsterdam (5pm)

Format Changes:

The top three divisions will now all consist of 4 teams except for Division D where one will have three sides.

No World Cup 2022 spots will be gained via the Nations League but, two of the three UEFA Coefficient World Cup play-off spots can be obtained via the competition. The best two Nations League group winners who do not qualify for the World Cup or play-offs through normal qualifying will go into the 12-team World Cup play-offs in March 2022.

The previous relegation spots have been wiped because of the team size change mentioned above. But, will be in effect for this competition. Relegation is possible from Groups A, B & C. Promotion is possible from Groups B, C & D.

How The Draw Works:

Leagues A, B & C will be split into four pots of four nations, with one representative from each of the pot forming the group. League D does not follow the same format because it only has 7 nations, four in Pot A and three in Pot B.

League A

Pot 1: Portugal, Netherlands, England, Switzerland

Pot 2: Belgium, France, Spain, Italy

Pot 3: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden

Pot 4: Croatia, Poland, Germany, Iceland

League B

Pot 1: Russia, Austria, Wales, Czech Republic

Pot 2: Scotland, Norway, Serbia, Finland

Pot 3: Slovakia, Turkey, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland

Pot 4: Bulgaria, Israel, Hungary, Romania

League C

Pot 1: Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Georgia

Pot 2: North Macedonia, Kosovo, Belarus, Cyprus

Pot 3: Estonia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Luxembourg

Pot 4: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova

League D

Pot 1: Gibraltar, Faroe Islands, Latvia, Liechtenstein

Pot 2: Andorra, Malta, San Marino

When the matches will take place:

There'll be no Premier League Football on the following weekends next season, so, book your Holidays now:

Matchday 1: 3-5 September 2020
Matchday 2: 6-8 September 2020

No Premier League football on the weekend of 5th / 6th September

Matchday 3: 8-10 October 2020
Matchday 4: 11-13 October 2020

No Premier League football on the weekend of 10th / 11th October

Matchday 5: 12-14 November 2020
Matchday 6: 15-17 November 2020

No Premier League football on the weekend of 14th / 15th November

Finals: 2, 3, 6 June 2021

League C relegation and World Cup 2022 play-offs: 24, 25, 28, 29 March 2022*

*in the unlikely event one of the teams who finish bottom in a League C group also qualify for the World Cup play-offs, the relegation play-offs will be cancelled and the two teams with the fewest points relegated instead

Rumour: Saint-Maximin Summer 2020

Mail reporting that Palace and Wolves are monitoring him as a summer transfer target after he fell out with Steve Bruce.

Last call for PL Fan Fest Philly Supporter Tickets

Last call For Supporter Tickets to Join PhillyPalace and others at the NBCSportsSoccer @ PLinUSA FAN FEST APRIL 4th in PHILADELPHIA!! Email holmesdaleusa@gmail.com NOW!!

Football writing

Afternoon all, apologies first of all if this is in the wrong forum/thread! Please do move it accordingly!

The reason I am posting is because I am looking to do some football writing for a platform/website that could have me. I love football and love CPFC (this comes back to bite me sometimes, nevertheless we all love the emotional rollercoaster!)

I have a day job but would like to keep busy in the evenings, a few nights a week I’d love to write about a sport and a team that I adore. I would of course write for free on multiple areas that I have in mind.

If anyone can help me out, give me some advice or point me in any directions then I’d love to hear from you.

Thank you
Alex
alexrolly99@hotmail.com

Suggestion: Sturridge on very short term deal?

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Sturridge has just had his contract cancelled by mutual consent and is now a free agent. As we haven't named a full 25 is it worth offering him a deal until the end of the season? If he performs well, offer him a longer contract in the summer?

Relegation is highly unlikely this year.

Here is the latest relegation chances as calculated by European Club Index:



Simon Gleave - head of analysis at Gracenote Sports- says that Palace's prospects of relegation are down to 0.16% following the win v Brighton on Saturday.

He explains that one of the keys to this is that there are a lot of teams between Palace and the relegation places. This reduces probabilities quite a bit as it requires too many clubs to perform much better than they have been to date in order to overtake Palace.

Discussing how many points will be needed this year to avoid relegation, he argues that it will be below 40 - he continues:


The reason why it is unlikely to be higher [than 39] is that it would require at least four teams - all of a sudden - to perform better than they have done so far this season. We can look at the last 10 matches of each team to get an idea of their form:

Norwich - 9 points
Aston Villa - 10 points
Bournemouth - 8 points
Watford - 15 points
West Ham - 8 points
Brighton - 8 points

So, the only one of these teams which has scored more than a point per match over the previous 10 matches is Watford, but four will need to exceed this average in the final 10 matches in order to make 40 points insufficient for staying up. Here are the teams just above them for comparison:

Newcastle - 7 points (repeat this and they stay under 40)
Southampton - 16 points
Crystal Palace - 13 points
Everton - 18 points
Arsenal - 15 points
Burnley - 14 points

Form over 10 matches can vary of course for a few clubs but not usually for the whole bunch at once. Looking at these figures, we can probably conclude that Watford are the most likely to survive the relegation battle and if an outsider is to be sucked in, that would be Newcastle. It is also pretty obvious from these figures that the teams in group 1 are generally worse than those in group 2, just as the table says they are.

Our Euro Club Index (which is calculated over a longer term than just the last 10 matches or this season) says that the worst six teams in the Premier League are Norwich, Brighton, Bournemouth, Villa, Watford and West Ham - sound familiar?

Cheers,

Simon

Calling Brighton, your relegation is ready.

Not much would be funnier than watching the Champions League winners of 2021 get relegated before they got anywhere near the Champions League. With their massive debt they really are ****ed, so I want to maximise the amusement with this little run-in calculator.

I would miss them though, because I think they would hit financial trouble fast and sink like Bolton. The past 3 years has been fun with all the stupid weeds on here, but it can't go on forever.

So here it is, I reckon 38 ought to be enough.

Key: (Date, Team - location ----- (Required) pts / (Result) Pts [Guide]

Mar 7, Wolverhampton Wanderers - A ---(D) 29 /
Mar 14, Arsenal – H --------------(D) 30 /
Mar 21, Leicester City - A -----------(L) 30 /
Apr 4, Manchester United – H ---------(L) 30 /
Apr 11, Norwich City - A -----------(W) 33 /
Apr 18, Liverpool – H --------------(L) 33 /
Apr 25, Manchester City - H -----------(L) 33 /
May 2, Southampton - A -----------(D) 34 /
May 9, Newcastle United - H ---------(W) 37 /
May 17, Burnley FC - A -----------(D) 38 /