Wonderful and very friendly atmosphere at Selhurst Park @CPFC yesterday for the final game of the season. Wonderful to see @EbereEze10 back at the ground where he got a wonderful reception. Congratulations to @Arsenal on lifting the trophy for the first time in 22 years. However, I do have an idea for the @premierleague ….
As Palace season ticket holders we were told under no circumstances were we to swap our tickets and let Arsenal fans have them. Indeed, if we were found to have done that we would be denied season tickets for next year. Completely understandable as I’m sure there were safety concerns. Not surprising though that we were actually surrounded by Arsenal fans pretending to be Palace fans by either wearing Palace shirts or plain white tops for the match only to take them off and replace them with Arsenal shirts they had in their pockets at the end of the game! Now I’m not complaining about what the fans did at all. They were wonderful, friendly and even joined in on “Glad All Over” and applauded the Palace team, players and Oliver Glasner at the end of the game. We got lots of “Good luck in Leipzig” wishes from them too. It was a really friendly atmosphere. But I completely understand their frustration at how hard it was to get tickets for many who were lifelong Arsenal supporters. Chatting with them they said that 2400 seats available for sale. 1200 kept by Arsenal for themselves so only 1200 seats available for the match where they were going to be presented with the trophy. No wonder lots of fans did all they could to get tickets any way possible.
So here is a suggestion for the @premierleague for next season when working out the fixtures…..
Realistically there are probably only 4 or 5 teams who will possibly win the league next year. So why not make sure all those teams have a home game as their final game of the season? In that way the tens of thousands of supporters who go to every home game will have the opportunity to see their team lift the trophy and actually be there rather than having to watch it later on TV? Surely that can’t be too difficult to arrange and if all the potential winners have a home game as their final match there is no unfair advantage towards any of those sides?
What do you think?
@5liveSport@BBCMOTD@talkSPORT
All you Toffees in town today, we got a guard of honour and unlimited drinks ready for you on the good side of North London if the good thing happens.
@Lea_EFC@AndyBurnhamGM