CPFC v AFC / / FLASHBACK - THE PROGRAMME
CRYSTAL PALACE V ARSENAL - 11TH APRIL 1972
ourty-five years ago the Palace programme had an almost-square shape about it, and for the whole season the cover portrayed a drawing of a goalkeeper diving to save a ball. The club name also appeared in white with the rest of the cover a turquoise colour, with the 16 pages costing 6p. The inside page consisted of a photo by Hy Money of the Juniors for the 1971/72 season. Of those pictured
you might recognise Nicky Chatterton, David Swindlehurst, Jim Cannon, Paul Hinshelwood, Bill Roffey, Paul Hammond and Mark Lindsay. Manager Bert Head, in ‘As I See It’, thought that at the start of the season any of the 22 clubs in the First Division had reasonable hope of winning a trophy, highlighting that Stoke City, who had won the League Cup and were in the semi-final of the FA Cup against Arsenal, had now
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also qualified for the UEFA Cup. Bert also thought that the days of one or two clubs gaining a monopoly seemed to have ended! Despite leaving the club for Chelsea earlier in the season, a picture of Steve Kember and an opponent formed the background to the section on our visitors that occupied four pages. It began with a view on Arsenal’s previous and current campaigns where it was revealed that the Gunners had played 64 games in 1970/71