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OK, I'll amend that (mists of time!), the real loathing did start after the game. And, yes, my personal loathing of Palace became apparent after the Stamford Bridge cup replay. I have never been so incensed at a football match as immediately after that debacle.
Challis of Palace - pah!
I, too, went to the Aldershot game. The crowd was 11,000 ish of which I'll swear 8,000 were Albion fans and defininetly giving the "Seeeagullls!" chant a lot of airing. Strangely, before the game, we were in the pub and asked if they had any food. We've only got cheese rolls, came the reply. Cue...
One the best Albion occasions EVER for me. That night had it all - a massive crowd, an electric atmosphere, complete loathing and hostility between both sets of fans, an ordinary Division 3 fixture that was transformed into something like an FA Cup 6th round replay, and . . . . . . a 2-0 victory...