What we like: This has got to be the only Palace kit in history to get away with such obnoxious yellow and red. Well handled.
Even better if: The predominantly blue shorts feel like a bit of a cop-out. Could Palace have gone full yellow? Possibly.
Wore it best: Bruce Dyer.
Story of the season: 97/98 saw Palace playing comfortably in mid-table until Christmas dawned. Then, with financial unrest behind the scenes, Steve Coppell’s star-studded squad lost their momentum and collected just three league wins from 24
th November onwards.
Management changed from Coppell to talisman Attilio Lombardo, but the Italy international was unable to prevent relegation, and Ray Lewington was left to see out the season in the dugout.
Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 5:24 pm
This
weekend’s Taupō Historic GP celebrates Ford’s near
60-year involvement in New Zealand motorsport.
It is
therefore fitting that Ford racing legend, Paul Fahey, will
be present to pass-on three trophies he is donating for the
trophy race for Ford historic saloon cars on Sunday
afternoon.
Donated by Fahey to the flourishing NZ
Historic Muscle & Saloon Car Association, the Paul Fahey
Ford Trophies will be permanently named in his honour and
awarded each year from now on to the drivers of the Fords in
the historic saloon car races each year.
After a
motorcycling career that included representing the New