Crystal Palace v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[Legion]

I'm hoping for a Tonev thunderbolt. If he aims it at the corner flag he might be successful.

[Tayls_7]

I think as 'laymen' we have to understand that Lambert and his backroom team of master tacticians will have studiously assessed every facet of this woeful Palace side and set us up with Napoleonesque precision in order to extract the result we so richly deserve. 2-0.

[Ads]

I have been reading a Palace forum and found this comment, whether fact or myth, pretty nice to read. There are a few older heads talking about the history of Villa, with one young moron saying he hopes we do a Coventry. This is the reply:

"Did you know that Villa were instrumental in the birth of our club. Way back when Britain was great, the midlands was leading the world in industry, and Villa were a rich club run by powerful money men who also ran the mills and factories. They also financed the original Crystal Palace exhibition, the biggest glass structure ever.
They wanted to keep all the glass workers sweet so they helped them start a football team and donated one of the old villa kits. Hence the Glaziers.... hence the claret and blue."

[dave.woodhall]

I have been reading a Palace forum and found this comment, whether fact or myth, pretty nice to read. There are a few older heads talking about the history of Villa, with one young moron saying he hopes we do a Coventry. This is the reply:

"Did you know that Villa were instrumental in the birth of our club. Way back when Britain was great, the midlands was leading the world in industry, and Villa were a rich club run by powerful money men who also ran the mills and factories. They also financed the original Crystal Palace exhibition, the biggest glass structure ever.
They wanted to keep all the glass workers sweet so they helped them start a football team and donated one of the old villa kits. Hence the Glaziers.... hence the claret and blue."

Nice story. Total bollocks, but nice.

[JUAN PABLO]

You would know this Dave  and Ive probably asked you this before

but my father in law Palace season ticket holder , always goes on about Villa lending Palace their kit or colours back in the old days to help them out , so he has a soft spot for Villa.

I never knew what the actual story was ?


p.s  never saw that last post . weird

[PeterWithesShin]

As Abraham Lincoln once said "It's on the internet so it must be true"

[dave.woodhall]

You would know this Dave  and Ive probably asked you this before

but my father in law Palace season ticket holder , always goes on about Villa lending Palace their kit or colours back in the old days to help them out , so he has a soft spot for Villa.

I never knew what the actual story was ?


p.s  never saw that last post . weird

Chairman J. H. Cozens, and his predecessor Henry Gillman, consulted Aston Villa Football Club and, in particular. William McGregor who had been the founding father of the Football League. Mr McGregor fully endorsed the idea, stating in December 1904: "believe a really good team at The Crystal Palace would be a tremendous draw."

Aston Villa also offered the services of one of their assistant secretaries, Edmund Goodman, for the task of setting up this new club. Following his arrival in south London, Goodman was soon busy, first of all approaching Sydney Bourne, whom he noted was a great supporter of the Cup Finals, to be a director and, at the same time, finding five more like minded gentlemen. At the club's first meeting Bourne was elected chairman and the position of secretary was offered to Goodman.

[tom jennings III]

Genuinely can't see a Villa win here, even though I have seen a lot of Palace this season and I know for a fact they are bloody awful. Also I think we're all trying the bluff of saying Villa are crap, Palace are on a roll etc... but then jinxing it and saying so therefore shock Villa win. You're not allowed to say that bit! Now we're all thinking a shock Villa win which means double shock Palace win and we all leave Selhurst Park in a huff while they sing their stupid kids songs. Still, I'm looking forward to another away day as I love you lot who go to the away games with me. Really hope the proper Villa turn up and it's an alright game at least, sitting in the Holte End on Saturday was an experience I'm not sure I want to go through again.

[Monty]

You would know this Dave  and Ive probably asked you this before

but my father in law Palace season ticket holder , always goes on about Villa lending Palace their kit or colours back in the old days to help them out , so he has a soft spot for Villa.

I never knew what the actual story was ?


p.s  never saw that last post . weird

Chairman J. H. Cozens, and his predecessor Henry Gillman, consulted Aston Villa Football Club and, in particular. William McGregor who had been the founding father of the Football League. Mr McGregor fully endorsed the idea, stating in December 1904: "believe a really good team at The Crystal Palace would be a tremendous draw."

Aston Villa also offered the services of one of their assistant secretaries, Edmund Goodman, for the task of setting up this new club. Following his arrival in south London, Goodman was soon busy, first of all approaching Sydney Bourne, whom he noted was a great supporter of the Cup Finals, to be a director and, at the same time, finding five more like minded gentlemen. At the club's first meeting Bourne was elected chairman and the position of secretary was offered to Goodman.

Beautiful. You know there was a Chinese firm apparently in negotiations with the Mayor of London's office to rebuild the Crystal Palace pane by pane. I've always hoped someone would do that.

[Malandro]

You would know this Dave  and Ive probably asked you this before

but my father in law Palace season ticket holder , always goes on about Villa lending Palace their kit or colours back in the old days to help them out , so he has a soft spot for Villa.

I never knew what the actual story was ?


p.s  never saw that last post . weird

Chairman J. H. Cozens, and his predecessor Henry Gillman, consulted Aston Villa Football Club and, in particular. William McGregor who had been the founding father of the Football League. Mr McGregor fully endorsed the idea, stating in December 1904: "believe a really good team at The Crystal Palace would be a tremendous draw."

Aston Villa also offered the services of one of their assistant secretaries, Edmund Goodman, for the task of setting up this new club. Following his arrival in south London, Goodman was soon busy, first of all approaching Sydney Bourne, whom he noted was a great supporter of the Cup Finals, to be a director and, at the same time, finding five more like minded gentlemen. At the club's first meeting Bourne was elected chairman and the position of secretary was offered to Goodman.

Beautiful. You know there was a Chinese firm apparently in negotiations with the Mayor of London's office to rebuild the Crystal Palace pane by pane. I've always hoped someone would do that.

I thought they should have done that rather than the Dome.

[silhillvilla]

So we did help establish crystal palace . Least they could do is donate 3 points to us then. Hopefully Tony Pullis and Barry Bannan have read the script.

[placeforparks]

3-0 palace.

already looking forward to going out for dinner afterwards.

[JUAN PABLO]

So we did help establish crystal palace . Least they could do is donate 3 points to us then. Hopefully Tony Pullis and Barry Bannan have read the script.

Pullis has a 40% win rate at Palace , it was 17% , I must admit , he has done a brilliant job for them.     

I remember that Villa game when he turned up at HT and then fooked us off .

[Singapore Villa]

I don't have a good feeling about this one.  Palace are on a roll and we are on the back foot after a few poor results post Chelsea.  2-0 to Palace.

[danlanza]

We are going to win. All because Legion has started the thread with the Dot, simples.