Back where they belong

Anyone else noticed that this week's Greenwich Mercury accompanies the picture of Jon Fortune scoring the decisive goal against Palace by a caption declaring that as a result they were sent down to the Conference? I wish. Crystal Palace v. Gravesend and Northfleet sounds about right. They could even put a reserve team in the Suburban League.

The Chicago Addick has a hilarious line in his blog about Palace fans when he was growing up. He refers to characters who walked around Bromley wearing stripey shirts and thinking it made them look hard.

Interesting play off in the Championship. Probably many Charlton fans would like the Irons to win. It's a nice local derby which usually produces some exciting games. West Ham treated us far better than Palace during our exile. And the revealing antics of the well endowed West Ham lass have not done the Irons any harm.

But I have a soft spot for Preston, remembering great games against them in the 1950s, Tom Finney and all that. It would create a chance to visit the National Football Museum. Mind you, it would mean eight teams from the Premiership in the north-west where we often don't do so well on our travels. But as long as we are the only Premiership team south of the river, I don't care.