Nobby's Predictions

Jim Piddock takes on Mark Lawrenson but sadly only in this weekends football predictions.

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5 yes 5 substitutes.

Premier League clubs agree to five substitutes from 2022-23 season - To view the link you have to Register or Login

I think this decision is quite shit and favours to top teams.

5 subs next season

More apeasement for the big clubs hording players. 3 was fine 5 is stupid.
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Connection Problems

Today i am unable to go to BT website / check emails . Also unable to log into EON / B Gas .
When i try to check emails - it says no internet connection . It also says the same when i check Settings on PC . However i am on here ok - so i obviously do have access . Any ideas ?

Press Conference Live: Arsenal

PV has said Wilf and Olise might both be available for Monday.

Olise isn't a hamstring injury and is only an issue with his foot.

April Betting Masters 221

BM - 221 ...All welcome, show the BBS who the best punter is; don't delay join today!

The Louis Order of Merit for 2021 TBA

After June BM (and BM CLC spring)

1) Funk Butter - 38
1) Stigma - 38
3) Louis - 37
4) PoolKing - 30
5) 3 Beers at HT - 25
6) Little Fozzie - 24
7) StuNick - 8
8) gjohnk - 5
8) Flat Noodle - 5
8) eagles073 - 5

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: GodstoneEagle
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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: Finbar
197: 3 Beers at HT
198: Finbar
199: StuNick
200: kayjay
201: Finbar
202: Louis
203: Funk Butter
204: 3 Beers at HT
205: Funk Butter
Order of Merit winner: Funk Butter
Jan - Jul 2020 Champions League Winner: StuNick
Jan - Jul 2020 UEFA Cup winner: eagles073
Sep - Dec 2020 Champions League Winner: Funk Butter
Sep - Dec 2020 UEFA Cup Winner: eagles073
206: Stigma
207: 3 Beers at HT
208: PoolKing
209: PoolKing
210: Stigma
211: Stigma
212: 3 Beers at HT
213: Stigma
214: Funk Butter
215: Stigma
216: Stigma
217: Funk Butter
Jan - Jul 2021 Champions League Winner: Funk Butter
Jan - Jul 2021 UEFA Cup winner: Louis
Euros Special 2020 Winner: 3 Beers at HT
2020 Summer Olympics Winner: 3 Beers at HT
Aug - Dec 2021 Champions League Winner: Stigma
Aug - Dec 2021 UEFA Cup Winner: eagles073
218: Stigma
219: Stigma
220:
221:

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.

Everton

Turnover of about £200m

In 2020 they made a loss of £140m
In 2021 they made a loss of £120m

Their amortisation of players dropped from £100m to £80m per year!

Their wages went UP from 165m to 182m!

Yet this season they look like it is still possible they will get relegated.

Their figures are staggering!

How south London became a talent factory for Black British footballers

Interesting article in the Guardian today about our home patch with plenty of references to Palace. To view the link you have to Register or Login

The FA cup final pleading for tickets thread

As we are going to Tonk the invaders in the semi I thought I would get in first with my plea for a final ticket. Two would be amazing but after all these years I gotta be there to see it lifted before I pop this mortal coil. So if any of you kind fans can help when the time comes please DM ;)

Unwanted programmes

Hi all

I'm having a clear out and I've got just over 300 Palace programmes that I no longer have space for. Rather than throw them away, I thought someone on here might like to take them off my hands (free of charge of course).

It's mostly home programmes from around 2003 to 2014ish, with a handful of away games. I'm based in Dulwich so happy to drop them off somewhere reasonably close or feel free to come and collect them. Please message me if you're interested.

Thanks

Crystal Ball: VS. Arsenal (H)

Palace could be Wlifless and Olise isn't expected to feature "source": Twitter.

Palace 0-1 Arsenal
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Pubs for: Wembley

As it appears we have the West End of the Stadium (no sun in the eyes if it's a sunny day:p )
I have knocked this up Best 5 pubs for the fans that are in the West End of Wembley Stadium.

Attached Files

Semi final Pubs.pdf (400.4 KB)

Luke Dreher

Think this may have been missed (apologies if it was t) but saw it on the Twitter feed of the guy tweeting about Wilf.

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Fills in a lot of background about the past couple of years. You hope he can get fit and live up to the promise play’ good with us, but his time out suggests it may not happen.

Paintings auction for Disasters Emergency Committee in Ukraine

I am sure I’m not alone in feeling distressed, angry and deeply disturbed by the current crisis in Ukraine. I’m writing to you today about an auction I am starting in aid of the current refugee and displaced persons campaign for Ukraine being carried out by the Disasters Emergency Committee.

They strike me as particularly good to support, in that they also have presence within Ukraine as well as in neighbouring countries. This is something that is within my power to do in order to help, so I hope you can support me with this project.

I am auctioning off my remaining inventory of paintings, which some of you will be familiar with. I’ve created two pages on my website, showing the items for auction, their reserve prices, and some guidelines for participating. I’m afraid this is a fairly primitive mechanism for auction, in that I can’t support real-time competitive bidding, but I think what I’m proposing will work. The link to my website is in my signature below.

I really hope that some of you will seize the opportunity to own one or more of my paintings, and at the same time provide some help to innocent people in unimaginable suffering at the hands of foreign aggression.

The auction closing date is April 21st.

Thank you for reading this, and hoping to hear from you soon.

No.10

So I think I have this right that the semi will be Palace's 10th appearance at Wembley.

1988 - Centenary Cup
1990 - FA Cup Final
1990 - FA Cup Final replay
1991 - ZDS Cup Final
1996 - Play-off final
1997 - Play-off final
2013 - Play-off final
2016 - FA Cup semi
2016 - FA Cup Final

2022 - FA Cup semi

Who is (assuming they get their ticket) on course to make it number 10 next month?

Favourite is still 1990 Cup Final, when the players came out and when the balloons were released, and oh so close........

Best way to get to Wembley

Have a trial run for the Semi-Final tonight as we are going to the Ivory Coast game!

My issue is that every time I got to Wembley I am never sure of the best route.

I will be going from Raynes Park...

My initial feeling was to go Waterloo and then on the Bakerloo to Wembley Central.

TFL tells me to from Raynes Park to Clapham Junction then London Overground to Willesden Junction Rail Station then London Overground to Wembley Central Rail Station....

But unfamiliar using the Overground - Any thoughts or advice ?

Palace videos or links of interest to us fans!

Something of Palace interest but nowhere to put it .... this thread maybe ?

Will Smith punches Chris Rock at the Oscar’s

Smith just walked on stage and punched Chris Rock for making a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith. Then went back to his seat screaming “keep my wife’s name out ya ******* mouth”

Surreal

Where to follow international football

What's your go-to site for following international football? Just googling the AFCON, CONMEBOL and CONCACAF results in a bunch of garbage.

Sorry if it's a dumb question, any suggestions are welcome.

Joyce McKinney latest exploits

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MLB the Show

Anyone else play the MLB the Show games on here? It is pretty much all that I played for most of 2021 and there one comes out next week. Find it a lot easier to pick up and play than FIFA etc, and I much much prefer Diamond Dynasty to crap like Ultimate Teams (and whatever the rubbish PES one was called), it is actually fun, and the challenges are decent.

Discussion: Who is this years Eze/Olise?

At the risk of sounding like I’m blagging after the event, the one player I wanted to sign the most from the Championship in summer 2020 was Eberechi Eze. The player I most wanted in Summer 2021 was Michael Olise. Both have proved to be incredible, exciting signings.

Who is the standout young star of the championship we should be looking at in Summer of 2022?

Not sure personally, but maybe Djed Spence from Forest/Boro? Or will he go higher up?

RIP Taylor Hawkins:(

Taylor Hawkins found dead in his hotel room an hour before going on stage:(

Is this our best era ever?

I started going to Palace in 91/92 and so missed the Wright/Bright era, third place, and the FA Cup final. My first years were exciting in that we yo-yoed up & down a lot, but throughout my years supporting Palace I always felt I missed out on our best days, and was sure we’d never repeat those highs.

However, we are looking likely to comfortably survive & see a 10th successive year of top flight football, we’re at Wembley got the 4th time in a decade, the academy has been totally revamped, the team is fully of young exciting talent, we have 3 players in the England squad (albeit one is a loan player), we still have our talisman and arguably greatest ever player in the side, we have a progressive manager playing nice football.

So whilst I sit in the glorious sunshine reading about the FA Cup semi final details, dreaming of upsetting the odds, my question to the BBS is- is this the best we’ve ever had it as Palace fans?

Interested particularly in hearing from those that witnessed the Coppell era, the team of the 80s or anything else that could compare.

Fixture Information: FA Cup Semi Final Vs Chelsea Sunday 17th April - 16:30pm

Date, time and ticket information CONFIRMED

Palace will travel to Wembley on Sunday, 17th April for a 16:30 BST kick-off.

The semi-final will be broadcast live in the United Kingdom on ITV, STV and UTV, and covered by BBC 5 Live and talkSPORT on the radio. All ticketing details can be found below.

FA CUP TICKET INFORMATION
All current Season Ticket holders and Members will be able to purchase one ticket per Client Reference Number, subject to availability.

We are imposing a temporary sales cut-off for new Memberships at 23:59 GMT on March 28th, for those wishing to access semi-final tickets (in Phase 3, detailed below). However please note, for Memberships purchased between 20th March – 28th March, only those who have a previous transaction history with the club will be eligible to purchase a ticket.

Whilst on-sale dates are TBC, we can confirm that we will sell tickets on the following basis, in chronological order:

Phase 1: All current Season Ticket holders. To enable Season Tickets holders to sit together with friends / family who are also Season Ticket holders, Phase 1 is open to all Season Ticket holders irrespective of the number of loyalty points held.
Phase 2: Current Gold, Junior Gold or International Members with a prior booking history; the Membership must have purchased prior to 23:59 on 28th March.
Phase 3: Current Adult and Junior Members with a prior booking history; the Membership must have purchased prior to 23:59 on 28th March.
Phase 4: To be determined at a later date after Phases 1 – 3 sales are complete.

We recognise that supporters may wish to attend and sit with friends or family who qualify for tickets in different phases, and in this scenario, supporters will need to wait for the appropriate phase when all supporters in the group can access tickets.

Further information will follow in due course.

China Eastern B737-800 Crash

Latest news; CVR has been analysed and, according to the report, the a/c "passed safety checks prior to taking off", although it does not say whether this refers to standard preflight checks or otherwise.
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The Transgender thread (Split thread).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Les Butler (Post 16336670) Besides having a go at Perce, do you think its fair for the other non-transgender swimmers (or women) that have to compete basically against a woman in a man's body? A lap and a half ahead of some of the best women swimmers in the world? Dunno feel it's unfair, have Transgender games ;)

I'll "have a go at Perce" (what's with the familiar name, you two got something going? ;)) because it's plain ignorant bigotry. As is what you have written there.

I'd suggest To view the link you have to Register or Login and recognise that the manufactured moral panic over trans athletes is *exactly* the same as the manufactured moral panics over CRT (banning teaching children that racism exists and is systemic, and slavery was bad) and activism for gay rights (see Big Blue's link a few posts back). The common context and goal here is regressivism: there's a natural order of the world which has white, straight, Christian, "male" men at the top of the hierarchy of "real" Americans, and the pursuit of equality, be that race, sexuality, gender is antithetical to this natural order - so much so that books have to be banned by law, rape victims punished by death if they seek an abortion, gay, trans, black people persecuted by law so they are crystal clear on their place well down the pecking order.

It's your right to subscribe to such views if you so wish, but have your eyes open that it's not actually about a moderately good swimmer winning some races, it's about imposing inequality and crushing democracy which is incompatible with the "freedom" of these people to impose their superiority onto others.

Dull question about GAP Insurance...

I'm getting a new VW on PCP and the dealer is trying to sell me GAP Insurance, paint protection and Alloy wheel protection. Is this a bit like the holiday car rental people trying to sell you insurance at the front desk, or should I get it?

Advice appreciated :p

Are Palace one game from European football?

If we pull off a shock against Chelsea, we'll be up against Liverpool or Man City in the cup final, both of whom will be playing in the Champions League again next season. Does this mean we'd qualify for the Europa League even as FA Cup runners-up?

Match Updates: Mar 24 - 29

17:00
Estonia v Cyprus
UEFA Nations League Play-Off 1st Leg
Sky Sports Premier League


17:00
Moldova v Kazakhstan
UEFA Nations League Play-Off 1st Leg
Sky Sports Football


18:30
Hungary v Serbia
International Friendly
Sky Sports Red Button


19:45
Italy v North Macedonia
FIFA World Cup 2022 Play-Off Semi-Final
Sky Sports Arena


19:45
Portugal v Turkey
FIFA World Cup 2022 Play-Off Semi-Final
Sky Sports Premier League


19:45
Sweden v Czech Republic
FIFA World Cup 2022 Play-Off Semi-Final
Sky Sports Red Button


19:45
Wales v Austria
FIFA World Cup 2022 Play-Off Semi-Final
S4CSky Sports Main EventSky Sports Ultra HD


19:45
Scotland v Poland
International Friendly
Sky Sports Football

Out of contract players

With the evolution of CPFC from the oldest squad in the leauge to a next generation side a few Heros are coming up for contract renewals. Who gets one? Obvioulsy Conner would be worth busting the bank for but I think chances are slim. The values are Transfer markets published figures BTW


Conor Gallagher Central Midfield Feb 6, 2000 (22) England May 31, 2022 - £19.80m

Jeffrey Schlupp Left Midfield Dec 23, 1992 (29) Ghana Jun 30, 2022 - £7.20m

Jordan Ayew Centre-Forward Sep 11, 1991 (30) Ghana Jun 30, 2022 - £5.40m

Cheikhou Kouyaté Defensive Midfield Dec 21, 1989 (32) Senegal Jun 30, 2022 - £3.60m

James Tomkins Centre-Back Mar 29, 1989 (32) England Jun 30, 2022 - £1.80m

Nathaniel Clyne Right-Back Apr 5, 1991 (30) England Jun 30, 2022 - £1.80m

James McArthur Central Midfield Oct 7, 1987 (34) Scotland Jun 30, 2022 - £1.35m

Martin Kelly Right-Back Apr 27, 1990 (31) England Jun 30, 2022 - £900Th.

Jaroslaw Jach Centre-Back Feb 17, 1994 (28) Poland Jun 30, 2022 - £585Th.

England v Switzerland - Ticket

This match is sold out. But I have a ticket available for a game that could see any of our 3 England starlets on the pitch at Wembley.

If you would like to go and cheer them on...send me a message.

Things more interesteing than your Wordle score...

listening to the beetles.

Listen to this genius.

Speculation: Tyrick Mitchell - Summer 2022.

Was always going to happen.

Before people say "It's The Sun", Tom Barclay knows his stuff.

Quote:

Manchester City are monitoring the progress of England newbie Tyrick Mitchell. The left-back, 22, has had a stellar season at Crystal Palace and was rewarded by a late call-up to Gareth Southgate’s senior side on Monday as a replacement for the injured Reece James. He has missed just EIGHT minutes of Premier League action since May last year and is second only to Brentford’s Christian Norgaard for most top-flight tackles this term. City are in the market for a new left-back and are keeping track of the youngster’s progress, as are Chelsea, Newcastle and Tottenham.

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Stratford Sphere

For some insane reason got local planning permission by the London Legacy Development Corporation despite them receiving objections from MP's, residents, TfL, Network Rail, AEG who own The O2, West Ham, Police and Historic England.

For those unaware it is a new 21,500 indoor arena which will use part of the old coach station that was used for the 2012 Olympics. Less than 5 miles away from The O2 it will be a 90m tall concert hall/auditorium featuring a 19,000 x 13,500 pixel resolution LED screen.

2022 Spring Statement

Announced:

5p a litre Fuel Duty cut starting from today until March 2023

Homeowners will pay 0% VAT on energy saving materials

Household Support Fund doubled to £1bn from April

GDP underlying Debt to decrease from 83.5% to 79.8% in 2026/27

NI Threshold to increase to £12,570 from July

Small Business Employment Allowance to increase to £5,000

From 2024 income tax to be cut from 20p to 19p

Not Announced:

Any energy bill help

Any major fuel duty help

Any postponement to the NI rise

London Aquatics Centre

Breaking news from BBC and Sky that a number of people are being treated for breathing difficulties after "a gas release" at the Centre.

From Sky News:

"Emergency services are responding to a "major incident" at London Aquatics Centre in Stratford and are treating "a number of patients". The London Ambulance Service confirmed they were working alongside the London Fire Brigade and the Metropolitan Police at the scene.

Videos circulating on social media showed several ambulances rushing to the scene. The London Fire Brigade said they were dealing with reports of "a chemical incident" at the centre on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

In a Tweet, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park wrote: "There has been an incident at @AquaticsCentre this morning involving the release of a gas. "The area has been cordoned off and evacuated. We're working with emergency services on site. "There are a number of casualties with breathing difficulties being treated by @Ldn_Ambulance.""

Engineering works over Easter weekend

There are no trains over the Easter weekend from east Croydon to London Victoria. All trains going to London bridge.

Drink before SF

Where will everyone be before the game?

Never been a fan of The Globe and it is certainly a Chelsea preferred venue.

What was Covent Garden like last time?

My lot have used the North London Tavern in Kilburn a few times which has been good bar the Manc final where we found out it was their lucky pub and were outnumbered 8 to 500! Like Rorke’s Drift.

Suggested Team and Formation For: Arsenal (H) 04/04/22

A bit early, but I’m desperate to see what GF has to say! :D

Barring no injuries, assuming all injuries are back, I’d be starting the same team, with Vicente back in.

Guaita
Clyne - Andersen - Guehi - Mitchell
Kouyate
Gallagher - Eze
Olise - Mateta - Zaha

Butland, Ward, Tomkins, Milivojevic, McArthur, Schlupp, Ayew, Edouard, Benteke

Mike Dean

Mike Dean retiring at the end of the season to become full time VAR assistant. The one good referee gone.

Match Ticket Information: When do tickets for Watford (H) go on sale?

Looking to book airplane, hotel, etc, but minor detail, I need to make sure I can get tickets to Palace first.

Thanks in advance...

Sat 7th May Watford

Would anyone else agree this would be perfect for Palace to arrange a display for Roy for this game?

Palace are in this amazing position in no small part to him and it would be something that I would imagine would be well received.

I would happily contribute.

South London in the XI

After seeing all of the reaction to yesterday's win, one of the more subtle aspects of the team was the South London representation in our starting XI.

To have three academy boys playing in a PL side getting to Wembley is a great moment as a fan. And also a mention to Eze, Gallagher and Guehi who also have ties to the area.

It's great to see the club finding the huge amount of talent on our doorstep. Long may it continue!

Paddy Power Fan Denial - Everton

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Wembley Display

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HF trying to sort a display. Link above to donate.

Let’s smash that target.

Red and Blue balloons

Hope everyone is planning on taking a handful of each.

Are we still a “selling” club?

At the risk of being a bit “NSC-ish” -

I’ve thought about this a bit provoked by a number of posts on Olise, Mitchell, Eze, Guehi etc, being only here for a year or two before being sold, plus some talking about a buy young, sell high strategy, and I’m not sure it’s really correct going forward.

There are two levels of selling club - those who lose players to mid table maybe established teams like Villa (Watkins, Buendia, Mings come to mind there) and those who lose them to CL clubs - Leicester with Mahrez and Maguire for example. The threads on Mitchell and co seem to assume we are in the first group, but I just don’t see it anymore

Of course, if City, Utd, Liverpool or any regular CL qualifying team come in, you would struggle to keep any player, like AWB and Utd. But teams outside that group? Every window some of our players were linked with Villa or WHU, etc etc, but I just don’t see that happening right now - although the longer term future is never certain. We will soon start our 10th year in the PL, have a manager that players clearly want to play for, have a Wembley date booked (3 in recent years actually), have players getting selected for England - all that surely takes clubs around us in the table out of the equation for transfers (unless they want to offer £50-60m for someone which is highly unlikely).

Of course financial wild cards like Newcastle can crop up - but they have massive work to do before they regularly (if ever) compete at the top. In reality though, I think the days of Everton or Villa or whoever being more attractive than little old Palace are gone for a while. Never for good of course, but I do think our current trajectory is one where our best talents stay unless Pep, Juergen etc come to call.

Wilfs goal-an optical illusion

I could have sworn Michael Olise shot missed by miles and went out for a goal kick like his previous effort. I then must have looked away for a second and all of a sudden i heard the commentators voice raise saying Wilf had scored and I was literally in a weird and confused state for a few seconds before I burst out laughing

Anybody else?

Also i was so happy we made Fat Frank squirm so much, ungracious classless twit

So , what was best....

This;

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Or today....?

Both great days out...and the atmosphere today was fantastic.

Biggest FA Cup win against top flight opposition since ?

One for the historians.

I know we beat Everton 6-0 in 1922 (no I don't remember it personally).

Was today's our biggest FA Cup win against top flight opposition since then?

How many tickets can you buy with a standard adult membership?

Basically want to get my hands on a couple of tickets for the aemi final. But can I buy two tickets or only one with my membership?

Player Ratings And Reviews: Everton (H) 20/03/2022 FA CUP QF 4-0 W

Poll to come.

Semi-final draw

5:30pm, ITV1.

Apparently, Liverpool = Saturday and Chelsea or City = Sunday.

The MAGIC is here!

Anyone else feeling It? :)

Edit: typo

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Favourite Words

What are your favourite words. Not to be clever, but just because you like the sound of them. Have a few, but will start with:

Lobe
Nape
Parsimonious
Expunge

Oh! I have had a beer.

Help opinions and advice

Hi all thinking of getting back into gaming
I’ll probably only play on my own using a keyboard and mouse
So questions what console ?
What games do you recommend?
Or would you suggest don’t bother ?

Leicester (a) Sunday 10th April 2pm

The move of this fixture to Sunday 10th April 2pm has been confirmed. This is because Leicester have a Europa Conference League match on Thursday 7th.

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Press Conference Live: Pre-Everton FA Cup Friday 1pm

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P&O Ferries

If the jobs aren't redundant, (they don't seem to be), how can the workers be made redundant?


Appalling.


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Peter Bowles RIP

85. Always thought he was in more TV work than he actually was.

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Quick Vic Elford RIP

Vic Elford 1935-2022



The Peckham shopkeeper's son who was a Direct Grant pupil at Alleyn's School in the 1950s, and became the most versatile racing driver of all time has passed away on the 13th of March.

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The only man in history to have the unforgiving original Porsche 917 as his favourite car, his feats at Le Mans, the Nürburgring and Daytona are legendary.

We shall not see his like again.

Tom Barnett R.I.P.

The club was informed yesterday that sadly former player Tom Barnett passed away on Tuesday 15th March aged 85.

Tom joined Palace from Chatham towards the end of 1958 and made his debut in March 1959.

Tom mainly played as a second bow to our forwards over three seasons,
totalling 15 appearances and two goals but featuring regularly with the Reserves. Tom played in the final seven games of our promotion season 1960-61 and scored the winning goal at home to Aldershot in April 1961 that secured our place to move up to Division Three.

At the end of that campaign he left Palace for Margate and then to Romford where he became a legend. Later he managed non-league clubs before becoming landlord at a pub in Sawbridgeworth.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this sad time.

Our place Monday packed, South Coast plastic palace tonight seats to spare

Just saying

Geoff Thomas MBE!

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Dont know if this is mentioned elsewhere but if not I'm delighted to be the first. Geoff was unsung outside of Palace and Wolves perhaps but is a true hero and its wonderful to see him recognised in this way. Congrats Geoff

Clinton Morrison

Couldnt find a thread on this but its a great listen about his early days at Palace! Some of you (like me) may have missed it.

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Who is getting an England call up tomorrow?

Southgate names his squad at 2pm Thursday. Who, if any, do we think will get called up?

Contenders are:

• Mitchell
• Olise
• Gallagher
• Guehi

PALACE RELATED BOOK

Hi all!
I'm one of the original members of the BBS and also one of the founders of the CPST a billion years ago.
I thought you might be interested to know that I have a rather fun showbiz and and Palace-related book that's just been released.
I have a hunch that most of you will enjoy it!
Very best,
JIM PIDDOCK (aka "Nobby")

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Anybody order food to their seat v City?

Some chap in The Whitehorse ordered a bag of food to be delivered to his seat about twenty minutes in on Monday night.

The poor delivery man in an orange beanie couldn’t work out where to deliver them so spent two minutes blocking peoples view of the game.

I mean, food deliveries at the game. What are we, fatty Americans?

This is an abomination.

Gardening

Any budding Titchmarshes or Dimmocks lingering on the boards?

We moved into a house last year which a north facing front 'garden'. I say garden. It's a very poorly laid piece of astroturf roughly 7x3 metres and with weeds growing up through it, cat shit a plenty and a drain cover in the middle with a dead pot plant on top.

My plan is to rip up the astro, pull up all weeds, rake over the soil, sprinkle a bit of fertiliser down, cover it with membrane, then gravel the lot of it, with plants and shrubs of various heights and types and colours planted about.

Trouble is I don't really know what I'm doing. Especially when it comes to the actual plants. I reckon I can make a good go of the membrane and gravel bit- how hard can it be?

Talk to me BBS experts. What are good plants and shrubs for a shady north facing garden?

TIA

What’s happened to the pitch?

I know we have issues along the AW side but it’s pretty poor now and at Chelsea and Burnley seemed horribly bobbly and bumpy?

Crystal Ball: vs. Everton (H) - FA Cup Quarter Final.

Palace 2
Everton 3
AET

Schlupp
Benteke

Gray
Richlarson (pen)
Townsend

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Sticky Toffee Bullshit :(

Suggested Team and Formation For: Everton (H) 20/03/2022 FA CUP quarter final

Guaita
Ward - Andersen - Guehi - Mitchell
Kouyate
Gallagher - Schlupp
Olise - Mateta - Zaha

Ward coming back in would be the only change I’d make.

Difficult to come up with a bench when we’re unsure who’s available. Hopefully Luka, McArthur and/or Hughes are back because we need cover in midfield.

I don’t think we should be starting Butland in the cup going forward, best team only, no time for sentiment. Butland has had plenty of games in the league while Guaita was injured.

Player Ratings And Reviews: Manchester City (H) 14/03/2022 0-0 D

Poll to come.

Ukranian refugees

Wasn't sure whether to put this in politics or general chit chat. I hope that this thread doesn't become too political!

Are any of your considering to take in a Ukrainian refugee (or 2 or 3 or 4 depending on if they want to come here as a family) ?

I'm not sure if the rule is still only allowing people with family here to claim refugee status - I hope / think it may have changed but not 100%?

I'd like to take a refugee but from my POV, it's just not practical in my 2 bed room. I'd be more than happy for 1 person to sleep on my sofa but my ''application'' would probably get rejected as soon as I say there isn't a bedroom!

Keen to hear others thoughts. Benedict Cumberbatch and Grant Shapps are participating!

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William Hurt

In one of my favourite films, neo noir Body Heat. RIP.


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Man City (h) Monday 14th March 8pm Live on Sky Sports

"This game has now sold out in all areas, apart from a limited number of seats at the back of Block E in the Lower Holmesdale. Please note if you purchase tickets in this area, other supporters will be waving flags, banging drums and supporting the team in a exuberant manor. Sight lines to the pitch may be effected."

Looks like there are around 70 tickets available.

Gallagher bookings?

Anyone know how many bookings Connor has clocked up? He seems to be carded almost every match! Is he close to a suspension ? It would be a great shame if he were to miss games in the run in, or the cup.

Next Season’s kit and new kit manufacturer

So we’re getting to that time of year where we start to speculate about what next season’s kits will look like?
I believe that our tenure with Puma expires in May, I have heard rumours that NB (New Balance) will be next season’s kit supplier has anyone else heard this or different?

So what do you want in terms of next seasons kits?
I personally would like us to go back to an all white home kit with either red n blue sash or red n blue vertical stripes - sky blue away kit and evil sash 3rd kit.

Manchester pubs

Staying in Manchester for a few weeks. Can anyone recommend a pub in central Manchester for our game tomorrow and Everton on Sunday. Many thanks.

I saw Neil Danns score today

A very enjoyable afternoon at Macclesfield FC today. I didn't realise when we set off to see my mates grandson play for Ashton Athletic at Macclesfield that history would be made. It transpired that victory for Macclesfield would see them promoted as champions in front of a record 4,630 fans for a fifth tier non-league match. In the first half Ashton soaked up a lot of pressure and it seemed we were heading for a goaless first half, indeed the board had gone up for three minutes injury time. Cue Neil Danns breaking the deadlock. It came from from a rare attack down the left hand side with my mates grandson, 16-year-old Regan Brown down injured, he had kept Maccs leading scorer James Berry-McNally quiet up until that point having given him a reducer midway through the first half. As it was a low cross into the area was met by Danns to put Macc 1-0 up just before the whistle. Unfortunately Regan could take no further part and was subbed just before half time, receiving a hug from Robbie Savage as he left the pitch. The second half was a one way afair with Macc winning 4-0 to secure the title. They have an excellent set up there which is geared for far higher echelons of the football pyramid, many EFL clubs would be envious. Special note for Robbie Savage, Regans' mum got a selfie with Robbie after the match and mentioned that he had hugged her son at half time, he said "Regan had a really good game", I'm impressed that he knew the name of a teenager from the opposition, maybe he met him before the match or they do their research on the opposition to the nth degree.

Eurovision 2022 Thread (The year UK finally turns up)

For years, the rhetoric has been that UK do poorly at Eurovision because 'it's political'.

Legit Eurovision fans know otherwise - its because UK sends poor/unmemorable songs nearly every year.

When UK bother to make an effort, the results show the Euro public will respond favourably (2009 & 2011 being the two examples from the last 20 years)

FINALLY, the powers that be have given us a good song, a decent music video and got Tik Tok star Sam Ryder representing the country with a song that's catchy and memorable. It's not for everyone, that's fine. The way the scoring is set up, being 'OK' doesn't cut it - it needs to be a love it or hate it song to actualy get people picking up the phone and voting. UK's last 4 or 5 songs have been perfectly inoffensive and 'radio friendly' but have finished nowhere, including a couple of last places in there as well.

For the first time since 2011 I'm choosing to listen to the UK entry on Alexa/Youtube etc. It's quality.

Not saying we'll win but for the first time since Blue in 2011, I think we MIGHT and that's a massive improvement.

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Your 'Letter of Last Resort'

So it's a fairly well known fact that each Prime Minister is asked to provide a 'letter of last resort' to our always at sea Nuclear Sub in the event of a war in which the gov is wiped out.

The options open to them are:

1) Retaliate with nuclear weapons;
2) not retaliate;
3) use their own judgement,
4) place the submarine under an allied country's command (first options being the United States or Australia apparently)

Given where we are feels kind of topical to ask.

So which letter would you write? Also out of interest what do most feel that Boris has gone with?

Forgot to bother with a poll, if a mod wants to add then up to them!

Discussion: Chelsea Academy

Aside from the politics, whilst Chelsea’s current sanctioning may make signing Conor nigh on impossible (already far out of reach imho), there must be a number of young players in the academy which are out of contract at the end of the season?

In my opinion, we should start identifying some of their young talent we can go after.

In essence, we target getting the next Conor Gallagher in early.

We have several benefits we can offer:

- geographical location means less upheaval for players / family
- top class academy site
- route to first team & coach that will blood in youngsters
- references from Gallagher, guehi, RLC etc about the culture and ethos at Palace must help

Any suggestions for who we should be targeting ?

Go get ‘em dougie !

Our Earth

Thought I'd share this ode for our planet in difficult times -

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Press Conference Live: Pre-Man City Thursday 1pm

On now.

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Spoiler: Star Wars: Obi Wan Kenobi

Already raised by RUSSELL on the Disney thread, but thought I'd start a new one similar to the other Star Wars shows.



Looks excellent. Has plenty of tie ins with Jedi Fallen Order and Rebels just from the trailer. The soundtrack, so good.

Volunteering as a medic in the Ukraine-Any ideas?

Hi

Putting this out in the hope that someone may know someone or an organisation.

Looking to get out to Ukraine or at least the Polish border to volunteer as a medic (I currently work as a nurse) but have been coming up against brick walls for the last several days.

The major charities like the British Red Cross are not currently sending anyone out and it takes ages to go through the vetting process. I've seen a few news items with at least one Manchester based charity sending out a few volunteers but nothing else.

I'm sure there are others like me, with a medical background, offering our assistance but can't find anything organised.

Just trying to put my skills to good use.

Thanks

Today's my birthday

Just ringing my own bell here. Glad I've made it this far in spite of all the heart trouble from following Palace for 61 years. (Holy crapola!)

Wreck of the Endurance discovered off Antarctica

This quite the find - Ernest Shackleton's ship has been discovered, 3000 metres down and over 100 years after it was crushed by ice and sank. It's in amazing condition thanks to the very cold waters:

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Presumably Shackleton was a Palace fan too, since he was a notable Sydenham resident.

Discussion: Fifa opens special transfer window for foreign players in Russia

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Quote:

In order to facilitate the departure of foreign players and coaches from Russia, in the event that clubs affiliated to the Football Union of Russia (FUR) do not reach a mutual agreement with their respective foreign players and coaches before or on 10 March 2022. "The foreign players and coaches will have the right to unilaterally suspend their employment contracts with the FUR-affiliated clubs in question until the end of the season in Russia (30 June 2022)," Fifa said in a statement.

Well. I hate to be saying this, but some one will. Any good foreign players in Russia?

Hy Money

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Lovely lady, met her when her book came out and she signed one for me. Hy on Palace.
If you haven't got a copy and you're interested in the club's history, 70s to the 90s, get one. It's great.

adding a child membership

Has anyone tried (and been successful) in adding a child membership on the club website. I select the £10 option, also tried junior gold to get the shirt, put the details in including my grandsons age 10 and buy. it then tells me "Item owner (grandsons name) is not entitled to use price type "10-17 " . Reason: The "10-17 " price type is dedicated to clients of a certain age, and (grandsons name) age is unknown"

Video about Hy Money

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longest walk from the staion

So lets all through in our two bobs worth here.

I,ll start with Watford,Luton

Restoring old LPs

I've managed to salvage a load of old vinyl from a damp garage. There's some good stuff in there, The Who, Pink Floyd, The Doors...

Some of it in better condition than others, but quite a lot of mould on the sleeves and the vinyl itself. Some sleeves are stuck to other sleeves but mostly present. Others have deteriorated to mud / dust.

Any ideas or advice for separating the sleeves without them tearing?

How to remove the mould without causing more damage?

Cleaning the vinyl?

Crystal Ball: Man City (h)

Pretty sure we'd be the only team to do the double over them this season should we win?

Palace 1-2 Man City
Ayew
De Bryne
Stones

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The forgotten story of Jimmy Hasty, Irish football's one-armed wonder

One of the most remarkable, and ultimately tragic football stories I've ever come across. I knew nothing of this before today.

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Hasty was one of football’s most remarkable and overlooked players – who then fell victim to a malignant arc of history

If you read the story you might also like this 9min feature on the man himself

Only Fools & Horses. The Musical.

Imagine you had a wife that really wanted to see this. You're not keen but it's her birthday.

So you book two tickets in January. £110 a pop for later in the year.

How would you feel if, say, your team was still in the FA Cup and you realise you'd booked them for the day of the final?

Anxious I'd imagine and planning to plot a way through a tricky marital minefield.

Visiting from USA

Became a Palace fan about 4 years ago. Decided to fly over for next season. Where can I learn the songs? What is the rowdiest section? No point is sitting with lame ducks. I want to experience the atmosphere that sounds amazing on TV. Thank you in advance.
Alex from New Hampshire, USA

By the Numbers

After 28 games here's where CPFC is at in the league.

Goals per 90:
1st Liverpool 2.63
9th CPFC 1.39
20th Norwich .52

xG per 90:
1st Liverpool 2.55
11th CPFC 1.22
20th Norwich .84

Goals against per 90:
1st Manchester City .63
10th CPFC 1.29
20th Leeds 2.22

xG against per 90:
1st Manchester City .74
4th CPFC 1.15
20th Leeds 1.91

Yellow Cards per 90:
1st Liverpool 1.22
9th CPFC 1.75
20th Leeds 2.85

Fouled per 90:
1st West Ham 9.82
16th CPFC 13.04
20th Watford 15.12

Fouls drawn per 90:
1st Aston Villa 15.85
2nd CPFC 14.75
20th West Ham 9.36

Aerial Duels won %
1st Manchester United 55.9%
4th CPFC 53.2%
20th Leeds 44.8%

goal of the month

Two yes two Palace goals in the 6
Conors v Watford and Wilfs at Norwich which is the one Ive gone for. I fear this may split the Palace vote but hey ho. Hand on heart and bias aside I think wilfs stacks up very well and was possibly a bit harder to do than Conors but its about opinions. Just get voting

Rumour: Boubacar Kamara (Marseille, midfielder)

Crystal Palace have joined Manchester United, Newcastle and West Ham in the race to sign 22-year-old French midfielder Boubacar Kamara from Marseille.

Sun on Sunday:
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Well done Brighton

Only just seen this - all profits from the sale of their yellow and blue third strip will be donated to the British Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal.

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16th April no game?

Why don't we play on 16th April anyone know,?

Anti-immigration stickers.

Don’t want to piss on what was a great win, and maybe I’ve missed the punchline, but has anyone ever seen shit like this before?







Plastered on seats and hoarding in the away end today. We appear to be attracting a particularly vile group of individuals at the moment.

Friends & Family - idiots guide

If I wanted to buy tickets for my son and I (both members), but where you can only buy 1 ticket per membership, how do I buy his ticket at the same time so we get the 2 tickets together?

We are both linked on the system in the F&F section. I do also realise that as he has fewer points than me, I can't get the tickets until we're at the phase where his points qualify.

Looked at the FAQ on the club site but couldn't find the answer there.

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What’s your average Wordle score?

28 Wordles done so far

3.5 average

Fruit Machines - Curiousity Question

Just seen the landlord at my local turn the machine into some kind of safe mode and dump coin after coin into the fruit machine before turning it back to normal mode...

Just found it a real curiosity.

Anyone have any idea what this is all about?

RIP Shane Warne

Cannot believe this news.

RIP to a true cricket legend. 52 is no age at all.

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Press Conference Live: Pre-Wolves Friday 12 noon

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R.I.P Rodney Marsh

Australian keeper Iron Gloves Rodney Marsh died of heart attack today. Caught Marsh bowled Lillee , how that tormented us in the 70s.:frown

Everton (h) FA Cup QF Sunday 20th March (date not officially confirmed)

Everton have a game on Thursday 17th and an international break starts on Monday 21st, so it looks fairly certain that this will be on the Sunday.

Libor Scandal

Hope some of you will take a listen to this from both sides of the political divide. There are 3 sections 13 mins each. A friend of mine was accused of libor manipulation and extradited to the US. His was found guilty and while awaiting sentence the case collapsed. Anyway his life was ruined. Spent all he had defending himself lost his house and nearly his marriage.
Please give this a listen as it is truly shocking.

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Excel question

Dear BBSers

Can someone that knows be so kind to help me with an answer to how to formulate something in excel.

I want in one cell to be able to ask multiple IF questions. I am able to do this as one IF but I have to do multiple exchange rate ie USD, EUR, YEN etc, and I am mixing this with a VLOOKUP. I can do them as one statement ie =IF cell number = "USD", VLOOKUP....... but need to add a second and third statement to find EUR & YEN.

Does anyone know?

Thanks in advance.

Prince William and Kate Announce a Major Caribbean Tour

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I have a fear that this might not go down positively in certain quarters, in Jamaica at least

Season Tickets 2022/23

Looks like the ability is there to renew now on the website - whether it works or not I don't know (assuming no based on the Box Office incompetence)

Has anyone moved their season ticket recently? What's the process to do it? Do you need to call the Box Office ? :frown:

Crystal Ball: vs. Wolves (a)

Wolves 2 - Coady, Moutinho
Palace 1 - Zaha

Early lead from Wolved, over an hour of time wasting. Boring viewing.

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FA Cup Quarter Final record

We’ve made it again!

This will be only our 8th post war appearance in the last eight of the competition.

1965 Leeds……………..0-3
1976 Sunderland…….1-0
1982. QPR………….…….0-1
1990. Cambridge U….1-0
1995. Wolves……………4-1 (replay)
2016. Reading…………2-0
2019. Watford………….1-2
2022. ?


Pre war we made it to the Quarters in 1907, losing 4-0 to Everton.

And if you are an 1861 believer, then we also made it in the very first FA Cup competition in 1872, where we drew against Wanderers at Clapham Common. Both sides were given a bye to the semi final. ????


And that concludes the statistics on Crystal Palace’s FA Cup Quarter Final history.

Suggested Team and Formation For: Wolves (A) 5/3

Guaita
Ward - Andersen - Guehi - Mitchell
Kouyate
Gallagher - McArthur
Olise - Benteke - Zaha

Butland, Clyne, Kelly, Milivojevic, Hughes, Schlupp, Ayew, Edouard, Mateta

If Ward is back fit, get him in. Guaita back in. Not often that a 3 minute cameo gets you a start in the next game but I think Benteke has done it! Let’s give him another chance.

If Ward comes back fit then we do struggle to fit players on the bench, if Vieira isn’t going to use Eze, then it’s a wasted place. Riedewald got the goal as well, does he have a place on the bench?

I imagine we’ll have loads of different opinions in this thread. Wolves will be a very tough game, very good side.

Professional Printing - international delivery

Been a while since I’ve posted anything like this on the BBS but I’m certain there was someone on here who could help with professional printing. I basically need to get 2,500 stickers, 500 coasters and 10 roll banners printed but distributed in pretty much equal measure to 5 different countries. And I need them there in the next 10 days. One location is the US the rest in Europe including the UK.

Anyone able to help.

Player Ratings And Reviews: Stoke FA Cup 2-1 win (H) 1/3/2022

Poll to come.

FA cup quarter finals who we want v who we’ll get

I’d like to get boro at home but think we’ll get citeh at the etihad

FIA now worming out of doing the right thing

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$$$$$$ yet again if you look at the sponsors. Complete as neutrals. Pathetic yet again by a sports body. FIFA backed down and did the right thing, let’s hope these greedy bastards do as well.
Time to get the emails going again

Tayo Adaramola

Feel like he deserves a thread of his own.

Well done Tayo! The first of many.
What a luxury to have x2 LBs of his and Mitchell's quality.

Rumour: Dani Ceballos

Spanish newspaper claiming we're looking to offer €18m+ to RM for Ceballos.

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He's 25 now and hasn't started a game for them this season.

Seems pretty speculative and unlikely, but it's the area of the park we'll need bodies in for next season.