It appears I’ve done it…

(actual posting date - 24 May) Match forty-two versus Manchester United (away) Lost 0-2 429 miles Total mileage 7,122.1   On Friday, I'm going on holiday with the family to Cyprus.  Once I'm back, I'll try and write a blog summing up the whole experience and - more importantly - thanking the people I really …

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Don’t worry, about a thing…

(actual date of posting - 16 May) Match forty-one vs Hull City (home) Won 4-0 14.7 miles Total mileage 6,693.1   ... 'cause every little thing gonna be alright. Palace are safe.  Next season they will be in the top flight of English football for the fifth successive season, something they have never done before. …

Don’t let a 5-0 hammering spoil a lovely weekend

(actual date of posting - 10 May) Match forty vs Manchester City (away) Lost 0-5 429.8 miles Total mileage 6,678.4   Before the children came along, Janet and I used to go to a fair number of away games together.  We saw some great performances in that time.  But looking back, my abiding memory is …

Don’t mention Oldham

(actual date of posting - 3 May) Match thirty-seven vs Liverpool (away) Won 2-1 486.4 miles Match thirty-eight vs Tottenham Hotspur (home) Lost 0-1 14.9 miles Match thirty-nine vs Burnley (home) Lost 0-2 14.9 miles Total mileage 6,268.6 On 1 May 1993, Palace comfortably beat Ipswich Town 3-1.  After a difficult season, it left Palace …

There and back again. And back and there again.

(actual date of posting - 18 April) Match thirty-four vs Southampton (away) Lost 1-3 157.6 miles Match thirty-five vs Arsenal (home) 216.4 miles Match thirty-six vs Leicester City (home) Drew 2-2 15.2 miles Total mileage 5,732.4   Three matches to update on since my last blog: I'm blaming the school holidays. One of the perils …

Worth the wait

(actual posting date - 4 April) Match thirty-two vs Watford (home) Won 1-0 15.1 miles Match thirty-three vs Chelsea (away) Won 2-1 27.6 miles Total mileage 5,343.2   Palace games – and long trips for me – rather dried up in March. The arduous, but successful, trip to West Bromwich Albion, was one of only …

Another win and some hard miles

(actual posting date - 6 March) Match thirty one vs West Bromwich Albion (away) Won 2-0 285.5 miles Total mileage - 5,300.6 My general approach to the longer away trips has been to stay near the ground on the nights before and after the match, so that match day itself would effectively be a rest …

A trip to the training ground and a win (surely no coincidence)

(actual posting date - 1 March) Match thirty vs Middlesbrough (home) Won 1-0 14.7 miles Total mileage 5,015.1   Crystal Palace have been very supportive of my efforts, not least in the form of very generous sponsorship donations from three shareholders.  One of the things the club offered to support me an invite to the …

Two more defeats and a rather delayed blog

(actual posting date – 21 February) Match twenty eight vs Sunderland (home) Lost 0-4 15.1 miles Match twenty nine vs Stoke City (away) Lost 0-1 370 miles Total mileage 5,000.5 My confidence levels were sky high on the ride back from Bournemouth. Bottom of the table Sunderland were next up at Selhurst Park, and a …

Concentrating on the League…

(actual posting date - 3 February) Match twenty six vs Manchester City FA Cup 4th Round (home) Lost 0-3 15.3 miles Match twenty seven vs Bournemouth (away) Won 2-0 225.3 miles Total mileage 4,615.4   FA Cup 4th round weekend always falls around the time of my birthday. When Palace were drawn to play Manchester …