Why do palace hate brighton

Paul Holder put Palace ahead in the 18th minute and soon afterwards Brighton had a goal disallowed because Peter Ward was adjudged to have handled — though Palace's Jim Cannon later confessed that the striker had touched the ball only because he had shoved him into it.

If that caused grumbles, what happened in the 78th minute provoked fury. The referee, however, made him retake the kick because of encroachment — even though everybody agreed that the only players to have done any encroaching had been wearing Palace colours.

This time Paul Hammond saved it. The game ended At the final whistle Mullery approached the referee, Ron Challis, whose actions that night earned him the nickname "Challis of the Palace". After the game I approached him and asked him why he had made that decision.

He said it was because of encroachment, but it was Crystal Palace players who were encroaching, not Brighton players. It was a terrible decision. Still furious, Mullery marched off the pitch. So I pulled a handful of change out of my pocket, threw it on the floor and shouted, 'That's all you're worth, Crystal Palace!

Finally, he was led away by police. He wrote to the Palace chairman, Ray Bloye, to explain that his subsequent remark that the Palace team was "rubbish" had been misquoted. That's where the rivalry came about. Because we were in the same league, doing the same thing — trying to get into the first division at the same time.

I used to find it very difficult to understand what their problem was. Portsmouth and Brighton are 20 miles apart, Arsenal and Tottenham are about three miles apart. When you've got clubs 45 miles apart it does sound a bit silly. The clubs' fifth and final meeting of the season came in March, when Palace won at home with Harkouk scoring two Palace goals and creating the other in what the Guardian called "a display of uncontrolled manic aggression".

Andrew Johnson scored a hat-trick in a famous win over the Seagulls in , and in former Brighton striker Glenn Murray netted for the Eagles in a win to condemn his former club to their first defeat at their new stadium in This rivalry perhaps reached a second peak in the play-off semi-finals, which you can see unfold in the fourth episode of When Eagles Dare.

The first-leg was contested at Selhurst Park, ending and being overshadowed by a serious injury to Murray. With Palace up against it ahead of the semi-final second-leg, what happened next goes down in history thanks to Palace icon Wilfried Zaha. With both bosses in place, the two sides met five time across the season, twice in the league and three times in the FA Cup, with Palace going undefeated against their new rivals across all five, winning twice and drawing three. In the summer of the peculiar decision was made to appoint Mullery as Crystal Palace manager, having spent a year at Charlton between the two clubs.

It was a decision which riled Palace fans, with many turning their back on the club and attendances plummeting. Henry Hughton, brother of now Brighton boss Chris, played over games for Palace in the s, but is perhaps best remembered for one unsavoury moment in a clash with the Seagulls. His first season saw a away defeat to Brighton, however, the home tie ramped up the rivalry more than anyone would have imagined.

And plenty of fans still do. Andy Johnson scored a hat-trick in a hammering of Brighton and sent Coppell back to the south coast facing accusations that he broke capitulated intentionally on his old stomping ground.

The Seagulls their moved to a new stadium in Falmer and welcomed Palace to the ground in late September with an unbeaten home record in the league. The hosts led until the 80th minute, but former Brighton man Glenn Murray sealed a comeback win for Palace after late goals from Wilfried Zaha and Darren Ambrose. The two sides finished in the Play-Off spots in the second tier and, with Brighton finishing fourth and Palace fifth, were to meet in the semi-finals.

Arriving for the second-leg the travelling players were greeted with a peculiar surprise in the away changing room. It was unpleasant.