I'm sure someone like Del Fenner knows the story much better but I believe that it was the way that Spurs approached Bostock was rather underhand and then the paltry settlement that the FA tribunal set was both insulting and offered Palace no protection from another club doing the same thing...
Is this news? I've not got much time for anything Crystal Palace-related but I've got a lot of sympathy for them over Spurs stealing John Bostock where I think Spurs put loads of pressure on his parents, including buying them a new house if Bostock switched clubs. Simon Jordan was fully entitled...