Now and again as a Charlton fan you have a very good day, a day so good you want to go out and drink yourself sober, yesterday was one of those days! Millwall used to be Charlton's big rivals until we happened to share a ground with Palace, that charming man Ron Noades had his heart set on swallowing up our club into his to form a South London giant, luckily your average Charlton fan has a bit more fight in him than a Millwall thug! the fans refused to allow this, when Greenwich Council told us to bugger off from the borough we formed a political party to fight them, I am proud to say I was one of the candidates for the Valley Party, and fight them we did we managed to give Greenwich Council a very bloody nose, and unseat the chair of the planning committee, the sight of this man angrily storming out of the town hall after he had lost his seat will live with me for a long time, almost as much as seeing this odious an take a swing at a photographer! Your average Charlton fans hatred of all things Palace go back to those days, it has nothing to do with them being down the road, its the way we were treated that still to this day gets my back up, over the years I have always taken great delight in getting one over the Palace, my first opportunity came at Sparrows Lane when the Charlton Stewards took on the Palace Stewards, we were decked out in kit lent to us by the club, a magnificent 7-4 victory will live long in the memory, as will the two ambulances called to treat the poor Palace lads that underestimated us! Then a few years ago came the day we sent Palace tumbling out of the Premier League, Simon Jordan lost the plot on that occasion and took a swing out our chairman, but got his revenge by letting us have Ian Dowie! I have long suspected that Dowie was planted in the club by the desperate perma tanned Jordan..... so doing the double over Palace this season has been an absolute joy, I would have paid good money to have got a close up shot of the colour of Jordans face at full time, as he was serenaded by the North Stand in their own particular way! Neil Warnock was as gracious as ever after the game claiming the ref was against him as usual, one day this man might put his hands up and admit his team deserved to lose, i suspect that day will only come when Simon Jordan forgets to top up his tan.
I disliked Neil Warnock before he managed Palace, but now hatred is the order of the day! Oh well it was fun!
Altogether now.....my old man said be a Palace fan I said F.....................
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