And so it happened… Magic of Cup sees Palace reach Wembley!

So it transpires after a difficult and disappointing 2016 there is light at the end of the tunnel as goals from Bolasie and Wickham meant Palace made the cup final after an impressive 2 – 1 victory emulated the side of 1990 in reaching an FA Cup final. Loud and Proud and very colourful.

 A magical day that I enjoyed very much was topped off by the appearance of the very happy Steve Coppell who had returned to watch his team emulate his achievement of 1990.

There have been many moments in time where I have felt lucky to achieve so much and do many fantastic things however from the end of the season I will be finishing my blog to concentrate on working for the licence vichelars association in Ascot in late 2016.

Much love, thank you let’s hope we win the Cup.

Samuel Burch

West Ham United 2 – 2 Crystal Palace

Goals from Damian Delaney and Dwight Gayle for Palace and Lanzini and Payet for West Ham meant the match ended 2 – 2. Yet the game changed when Kouyate was sent off on sixty-seven minutes. The decision to send off Kouyate was a controversial one as Mark Clatenberg chose red after the player made a controversial lunge on Gayle. This was Crystal Palace’s first point of 2016 and it drew a dent in West Ham’s top four aspirations as they are behind Arsenal and Manchester City.

 A good performance from Palace saw Damian Delaney gave them the lead early doors before West Ham came back with two quick goals to lead 2 – 1 at half time. Yet Gayle’s seventy-fifth-minute equalizer meant Palace moved a point further clear of trouble.

Palace moved a point further away from the relegation zone and a point closer to survival going into next week’s crucial clash against Norwich City at Selhurst Park. Clearly not distracted by an FA Cup semi Final against Watford, Palace played some attractive and flowing football and the point means with seven games left this season they should have enough points in hand to avoid relegation.