Second book-baby has arrived with delivery helped wonderfully by
@KieranMaguire
and
@GuyKilty
. I shall allow myself a rare hour of pride before worrying about it forever.
Saw Paddington 2 last night. Loved it but slightly spoilt by the bloke behind me saying the prison scenes were unrealistic. You know, the prison scenes where a talking bear helps with the cooking.
#Paddington2
There are two sides to every story so I shall make this message about ending Cup replays as balanced as possible: the FA and Premier League should be ashamed of themselves, the greedy uncaring tossers.
My dear dad, Kenny, the king of Carshalton, passed away yesterday. He was Benteke’s biggest fan, so if Christian scores one today via a double deflection off his arse you know who to thank
#CPFC
I’m overwhelmed by the kindness you’ve shown me today, thank you. Kenny would have lapped-up the attention and he would have loved that win. Those points are for him x
#CPFC
❤️💙
Whatever happens tonight, what a brilliant World Cup it's been. Finally, it seems that we've realised loving England doesn't mean hating everyone else; and a team of young working-class men have showed more grace and humility than any Cabinet minister.
‘Legend’ is an over-used word in football but today Selhurst bids a tearful farewell to Ju-Ju-Ju-Julian Speroni. Brilliant on and off the pitch, I would suggest a gold statue but he’d only melt it down to give to charity.
#CPFC
Dear
@JeffStelling
and
@TSBreakfast
, any chance of talking about the team that actually beat Man U last night? I’ve heard more mentions of Jamie Redknapp’s old man shoes this morning than
#CPFC
And here’s my baby: the tale of every club in the Football League told by a fully-qualified pub historian, with foreword by
@GaryLineker
Out on 1 October, available to pre-order on Amazon now, so
@BloomsburyBooks
tell me. V.excited and a bit terrified!
I’m even more annoyed now after hearing Peter Walton defend the ref by saying “he didn’t have the benefit of the replays like we have” Yes, he did, there’s a monitor on the pitch, you prick!
#CPFC
#bbcfootball
#btsport
Dear
@FA
- do you plan to explain the reason why
@PalaceLadiesFC
were denied a place in the new tier two while the newly formed Man United team were catapulted straight in? I mean, we all know the reason is money but do you plan to explain that?
#CPFC
My parents moved into their flat the day they were married in 1957. Today I handed over the keys of an empty shell to a landlord who will finally fulfil his ambition to paint it beige and let it for treble the rent. It feels like someone has pressed ‘delete’.
I try to be optimistic, but still the first thing I do when the fixture list comes out is check the last three games to see who we may have to beat to stay up!
#CPFC
To save the editors of
#MOTD
the bother: 5 seconds for the Guaita save, 10 seconds for the wind’s shot that hit the bar, 20 seconds for a montage of Everton corners, 0 seconds for our chances. I’d bung on half a Tom and Jerry for the rest
#CPFC
Thank you for the many kind words about leaving Dad’s flat. I went home, turned up the Sibelius, drank a lot of wine and had a little sob. It’s all good now.
You know I like a clever, witty post-match tweet? Well, here’s tonight’s: Get in! Get the f**k in!! And what brilliant goals from Jean-Philippe Smash and Christian Grab!
#CPFC
Also, Julian Speroni is without doubt the nicest goalie we’ve ever had, but I reckon Vicente Guaita is close to becoming the best goalie we’ve ever had
#CPFC
Two bits of good news. First: that result was definitely not on the piece of paper. Second: I’ve just broken the record for running round the garden whirling a scarf round my head 🥳
#CPFC
We lost to a snidey, nasty and physical team - and we’ll keep losing to snidey, nasty, physical teams until we learn to be as snidey, nasty and physical as they are
#CPFC
Jonny Williams is one of the best young players I have ever seen at Palace. It hurts me to say this but I hope he flourishes at Charlton - God help me, I will actually cheer any goal he scores for them. Thanks for the memories Jonny
#CPFC
#CAFC
Amazing acoustics at Spurs new stadium - somehow made 3,000 of us sound louder than 59,000 of them. Sadly the sight lines were amazing too, so we had a perfect view of how shockingly poor we were
#CPFC
What a performance. And what a noise in the Pawsons afterwards, a strange mix of buzzing, purring and double checking that was actually Palace we’d just watched!
#CPFC
A lot of good stats coming our way tonight but stats can’t convey the sheer joy of the last few weeks. Hats off to Oli and
@CEO4TAG
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#checkthetable
Those of you new to supporting Palace, don’t worry, this is what we call a bad patch. It actually makes the good bits even more fun*
#CPFC
*not guaranteed
Bad enough losing at home to them, but losing at home to a piss-poor them by being more piss-poor than them is unforgivable. And FFS start Meyer at home.
#CPFC
No shape, no guile, no confidence, no leadership, no direction; our best player starts in one wrong position and ends in another, our second-best player starts on the bench. But, don't worry, we're getting a bloody singing section next season.
#CPFC
#motd
Lesson number 1: never count your point until Sakho has made his mistake.
Lesson number 2: game lasts 90 minutes. Every week. It's a thing.
Lesson number 3: subs.
Lesson number 4: don't watch Palace sober again.
#CPFC
We were better than Bournemouth with 11 players and we were better than them with 10 players, because essentially we are better people. Also helped that they were absolutely terrible.
#CPFC
We have a poor home record, trouble scoring, a makeshift defence and Wilf’s out so we won’t win, but I still can’t wait to get to Selhurst (and the pub) A big hello to all football fans travelling in hope today
#CPFC
As Shakespeare almost said: “nothing in his football life became him like the leaving it” - Roy Hodgson did a wonderful job for us and deserves all the applause he will get tomorrow night
#CPFC
Dear
@DailyMirror
, not sure whether you can fit "Despite our fabrication, distortion and exaggeration, Zaha stays at Palace just as most people thought he would" into a back-page headline but I think you should give it a try
#CPFC
Last five minutes on Saturday we tried to make things happen. Last forty five minutes tonight we waited for things to happen. Got what we deserved both times
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Well done the FA. Now they’ve dealt with the disgrace of sarcastic clapping perhaps they could move on to the real evils of football - tutting and eye-brow raising.
#CPFC
#FA
You can walk away from Selhurst very cross because we’ve not even tried to beat a better team, or you can walk away very proud after matching Europe’s best. The latter.
#CRYLIV
#CPFC
A draw was probably a fair result today but the real winner was Craig Pawson. I hope he has a mantelpiece big enough for the Worst Refereeing Performance of the Decade trophy
#CPFC
Probably the right time to go but his departure seems so low key. At the very least I feel we should have carried him shoulder high to East Croydon for the Gatwick train via the mural. But what memories he leaves behind at Selhurst! Thanks Wilf, happy travels
#CPFC
I think my dad summed that up perfectly at the final whistle: "well, it wasn't a disaster. I was expecting a disaster." It's that sort of cheery optimism that keeps a Palace fan going
#CPFC
Plan A: give ball to Wilf. Plan B: give ball to new striker. Plan C: cancel plan B. Plan D: revert to plan A. Plan E: blame dreadful referee. Plan F: keep saying “we’ll be fine.”
Repeat season after season.
#CPFC
Regardless of tonight, there have been so many times in my life when I couldn’t wait for a season to end, and now I can’t wait for the next one to begin
#CPFC
❤️💙
Barry Cryer was very kind, very supportive and very hilarious. He once shared with me the secret of comedy timing: “always try to arrive in the pub when someone you know is at the bar” RIP x
Lesson two for those of you new to supporting Palace: a well deserved win after the ‘bad patch’ is known as a ‘never in doubt’ or a ‘we’re all going on a European tour’ Enjoy!
#CPFC
All these years it turns out the only thing between us and the Champions League was kicking off at 3pm on a Saturday. How good was that? Love you Monday!
#CPFC
I’ve been trying to think all morning of a suitably witty and passionate tribute to one of the greats of alternative comedy. I’m afraid all I can come up with is “oh fuck, Jeremy’s dead”. He was a glorious man.
#jeremyhardy
Right then, it’s happened so we need to get behind the new/old manager. I just hope it’s not true that we’re also bringing back Pardew as dance and movement coach and the ghost of Malcolm Allison to design a new kit
#CPFC
No criticism for Julian’s error today please. He could have let a goal in because he was feeding a mouse in his glove and I wouldn’t mind. If it was Wayne, on the other hand, I’d be chasing him with a pitchfork!
#CPFC
@SkySportsNews
just announced the Spurs hierarchy were unhappy with Poch’s downbeat demeanour. Makes perfect sense to bring in Jose ‘Chuckles’ Mourinho then.
#CPFC
#Pochettino
I’ve just seen the Bamford VAR decision. Shocking, ludicrous - until you learn it was Mike Dean who made it, in which case, perfectly understandable. Any bets on the first player to be offside because of an erection?!
#CPFC
#LUFC
I’ve just had a whole range of emotions in a very short space of time. Well, three, actually. Gutted, proud and gutted. Currently stuck on gutted
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Had a surprisingly detailed dream in which we beat Man City. Three of the surprising details being we had Dick Whittington in goal, Luka was wearing a ball-gown and Ayew scored.
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