Crystal Palace Spell Check
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We’ll start with chairman Arthur WAITE
Who built us our New Stand
Got us up to the Old First in 69
And had the Palace future planned.
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Then our Jewish winger Mark LAZURUS
Who down the right would cause sheer murder
And big Roger HYNDE at center back
Who went by the steely name The Girder.
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Alan BIRCHENAL we signed from Chelsea
Over a hundred grand it took
And we also signed their wing man
The Scottish wizard Charlie COOK
The HINSCHLWOOD brothers from New Addington
Martin and his younger brother Paul
And we gave a debut to Kenny SAMSON
Who as a teen got the England call.
We also had a tiny player who defenses apart he’d tear,
He was here, he was there, he was everywhere
His name was Vince HILLAIRE.
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In the new century we had a manager
Named PULLIS —- but we referred to him as Tone
And he always wore a baseball cap
To cover up his dome.
So now I feel you wondering
what the hell is this about
But I’ll feed you one more manager
Before I let the secret out.
The Geordie nation didn’t have a prob
When they spelled out Alan Shearer
So how come Crystal Palace fans
Can’t spell Patrick VIERA.
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See when you put the spell check on
And all these names are checked
You’ll find that all the Palace ones
Have been spelled out, in-correct.
Good to see you are still writing your wonderful football poetry John. All the best.
Thank you Sharon, same to you.
bestest
Fabulous John!
You had me going until I copped it!
So glad we got Charlie back from you, he steadied the ship when we had a bunch of youngsters coming through.
We also got Jerry MURFEE from you too!
And my claim to fame? I was good buddies with Vince Hilaire’s cousin.
Hi Clik, merci buckets. Great poem, and I also learned what Coterminous was. For all these years I had it down as the name of a Greek midfield general from back in the day.
Yes Chelsea were a bit of a feeder club to Palace for a few years back in the early 70’s. Bobby Tambling and the great Paddy Mulligan were another couple who took the trek sarf of the river. Later on Mickey Droy, Colin Pates and Gary Cahill also joined our ranks.
Nowadays we seem to get all our loanees from Chelsea. They obviously don’t see us as a threat. The best of the lot of them was Conor Gallagher. We’re really going to miss him next season.
All the best , cheers.