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Shaw, Williams, prepared to venture down the left. There's a good ball played in for Tony Morley. Oh, it must be! And it is! Peter Withe!

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I’ll be gutted to see Rogers go, he’s a world class footballer -love watching him! That said, it doesn’t feel the same as when Jack left. I also don’t personally think he is as good as him. No money was enough to replace Jack, this time I’d be excited to see what we do with the £

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@villareport @AVFCOliver @J_Tanswell

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@Kannyzee Treat them like Walsall, maybe give them a pre-season friendly to boost their gates.

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🚨 Carlo Ancelotti on why Paolo Maldini could never be compared to most modern defenders:

“Today, many defenders think passion means diving into tackles, shouting, and playing with constant aggression. Paolo showed that true greatness comes from control.”

“I remember one Serie A match where a striker spent the entire first half trying to provoke him pushing, talking, looking for reactions. Maldini never responded once.”

“At halftime, I asked Paolo if the striker was annoying him. He looked at me and said: ‘If he is talking this much, it means he already lost focus on the football.’”

“In the second half, Maldini completely dominated him without making the game dirty. That was his mentality. He defeated opponents mentally before he defeated them physically.”

“That is why he was special. He defended with elegance, intelligence, and authority not chaos.”

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@Primetimeperry

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@HLTCO @avfc_david Love it.

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My love for Crystal Palace was passed down to me by my Dad, who in turn had been made into a Palace fan by his old man.

From the very beginning, it was stressed to me that following our football club was not about glory or trophies, it was about supporting your local team, having pride in South London when so many at my school chose to support clubs from further afield because they won things, celebrating those triumphs through their TV screens rather than with their own two eyes.

I’ve had a season ticket at Palace for 24 years now, have done just under 650 games, been to 46 different grounds and seen us get hammered by the likes of Scunthorpe and Crewe to name just a couple. I wouldn’t change a single second of it but this last year has been completely surreal.

To see my team lift an FA Cup at Wembley was something I couldn’t quite my head around, generations before me had lived and died, my Grandad included without ever witnessing a major trophy win, the subsequent European tour has been the stuff of dreams.

Last night in Leipzig, I broke down in genuine floods of tears at full-time, not because it necessarily meant “more” than last season’s FA Cup but because I simply never comprehended Palace playing in Europe, let alone winning a trophy at our first attempt.

My little boy is now following in my footsteps with his love for the club and he gets to grow up in a time when Palace are multiple trophy winners, it’s a quantum leap away from where I was at 7 years old and I love the fact that he can go to school and genuinely stand with his chest puffed out because of the club’s achievements.

I’ll stop waffling bollocks now; I’m just so, so happy. ❤️

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@1874TheLions No. He’s on a free and will want crazy wages as a result. The bloke couldn’t beat an egg. He’s been awful.

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@MailSport £38m? Give over. No thanks.

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@FB_granit You get what you pay for.

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Watching Aston Villa sweep aside Freiburg in a European Final has made me incredibly anxious ahead of Palace’s trip to play Rayo Vallecano in Leipzig.

Like watching a Michelin star chef whip up a soufflé in front of your eyes before standing back and saying “your turn mate”.

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Up the Villa.

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@Robbie9Fowler Play to the whistle.

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@Maatsenmoons1 @AVFCOfficial @adidas 26/27 ban on gambling sponsors must’ve been lifted

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@StanCollymore PSR, FFP and all that good stuff has tested plenty of patience……. selling McGinn this summer to balance the books would be a test too far.

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@TheOnlyRobmdk @FA If it involves money, the FA will have stepped in…… they’ve likely negotiated a fiver on every place booked.

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@TotalVilla_ Hi could lend a hand with the North Stand 🧱

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@DorkingWDRS

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@TotalVilla_ @defcentral I hope that’s true. He looks quality.