By the final whistle, Coventry had won the game 3-1 and Palace tumbled through a season that saw them relegated from the First Division into the second tier of English football, where they would languish for eight consecutive seasons.
It was a campaign that started with Vince Hilaire’s dismissal for pushing a referee and continued with loss after loss, making Allen’s misfortune another appropriate bump on a tough and damaging road.
So that disallowed goal helped relegate Palace?
They've written it to suggest it did but this was a match in September, and sounds like they never got going until relegated.
They love making shit up don't they. Like them being the oldest club in the universe, the fake "local derby" against Brighton and the fact that Fortune's goal didn't send them down!
Dunno where they heard this but a friend in Cyprus told me that Mansfield have failed to keep a clean sheet in a midweek evening game for 14 years. Anyone else seen/ heard this?
A vintage away trip, with a stop en route in Nottingham for a pint in Canalhouse and Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem and then on to Mansfield to The Brown Cow and the Railway Inn. All very fine establishments.
As for the game, I thought we started the match well, moving the ball nicely and stretching the opposition, especially down the left. One of their players then kindly presented Matt Godden with an open goal, an opportunity he of all people was never going to pass up. We then looked in control of the game until Mansfield equalised on around 40 minutes, following which they were naturally given a huge lift and we seemed at 6s and 7s.
Things calmed down after half time and there weren’t really many clear opportunities at either end in a scrappy game, although we perhaps looked the more likely if anyone was going to break the deadlock. Not a high quality game but ultimately one decided by a moment of real class from our man of the moment, Tyreece Campbell.
I thought that McIntyre did well in place of our defensive kingpin, although the bench looked a little weak and the substitutes who were introduced reflected a lack of depth, especially up top. Still, a great 3 points and the fact that Wrexham and Wycombe dropped points against the bottom 2 underscores the fact that nothing is yet decided and there’s all to play for.
A win against Lincoln on Saturday will put us on 75 points and the following two games against Cambridge and Northampton will give us an opportunity to consolidate 4th place and potentially even put some pressure on the teams immediately above us. Let’s hope we have a reasonably injury-free squad to attack the rest of the season.
I think we can forget automatics but we can focus on coming third just like under Bowyer The main thing is to be the in-form team.
Wrexham dropping points. Wycombe dropping points.
Charlton still winning ... and still have to play the Ws (albeit away from home).
Automatics anything but forgotten as far as I'm concerned.
Don't settle for play-offs, don't coast ... run through the tape and you never know who you may pip on the line.
We've been relegated in the final minute of the season, we've moved up the play-off positions in the final minute of the season, and we've been promoted in the final minute of the season (play off finals) ... this one's not over yet!
Excellent post. That last bit should be the teams' mantra from now on. Play until the final whistle in every match.
I don't think NJ will accept anything less, so no worries there.
How many times did that Sky commentator say they had a goal disallowed 😂. It wasn’t allowed because it never went in!
I'm being serious now......but the EFL need to have a look at Mansfield's nets. Twice tonight the ball appeared in the back of the net when it clearly went past the post. Their "disallowed" goal and Godden's shot.
Otherwise next time could have serious consequences.
Agreed. Palace fell foul of something similar in 2009 at Ashton Gate;
Freddie Sears v Bristol City, 15th August 2009
When Freddie Sears found the back of the net past Bristol City ‘keeper Dean Gerken, he naturally wheeled away to join his teammates celebrating Palace’s opening goal of a controversial summer afternoon, oblivious to the ball which sailed back over his head towards the penalty spot.
It wasn’t until he’d turned around to see referee Rob Shoebridge deliberating with his linesman that Sears realised something wasn’t quite right.
His goal, which followed a considerable punt upfield from Julian Speroni, cannoned in and out of the net in the flash of an eye and seemed to evade Shoebridge, who awarded a goal kick instead.
Despite enjoying the better of the two teams' performance, Palace would go on to lose the clash 1-0 as Nicky Maynard stole a point from the Eagles in the 90th minute.
I seem to recall a goal Chelsea scored at Stamford Bridge - probably 1980s. The shot went just past the right hand post on the outside, hit the stanchion at the back and came straight back out. Ref gave the goal! I think that may have been one of the reasons stanchionless (is that a word even?) nets came in.
Peter Hunt in 1972 against Oldham (I think). Took a shot that went outside the post, hit the old concrete wall at the front of the covered end, and bounced back onto the pitch.
Everyone was getting ready for the goal kick, nobody to my recollection celebrated a goal, but the referee awarded a goal
Went To bed with that banging around my head just woken up and it was still fucking spinning round my head and prolly woke me up the noise of it , when the samba rhythm starts to play ….
Huge win. That's the most stressed I've been watching us in a good while as Mansfield always looked dangerous on the edge of the box but we stood up well. McIntyre was immense, threw himself at everything, was good with both feet on the ball and looked like he'd run his heart out by the end. I like him a lot so far. Coventry was good again but felt like he was trying to hold the midfield together on his won at times, I think Doc ran well but didn't help him out enough. Small looked ropey defensively on the right but much more comfortable down the left and the front two were their usual selves. I thought Karoy was absolutely perfect for what we needed when he came on, harried them so much higher up the pitch and was a huge part of us not letting them build up too much momentum at the end. He doesn't take the best care of the ball but he's always involved from the first minute he's on and he dragged us through at the end.
Mansfield have picked up a bit and I did see this as a potential banana skin away game so the fact we went nose to nose with a physical team and came away with 3 points right after out-playing a slick passing team just on Saturday shows just how strong this team is. There's still so many tough games to go; we never seem to beat Lincoln, Cambridge just took a point off Wrexham at home and those two big away games are looming. We are now 10 points ahead of 7th place with 6 games to go though, that's the important stat. Keep pushing for that 2nd spot and we'll be certain to make the Playoffs
21 games v Lincoln, we’ve won 9, Lincoln have won 5, with 7 draws.
How many times did that Sky commentator say they had a goal disallowed 😂. It wasn’t allowed because it never went in!
On that basis, the Godden "goal" in the second half that seemed to go through the net, was disallowed as well
I was very surprised that the ref didn't have the net checked - Sunday park game perhaps, but that should not happen in a professional game.
THE GOAL/S WERE NEVER GIVEN. Neither went in the goal, both were outside. We had an excellent view from right behind that side of the goal.
I KNOW THEY WERE NOT GIVEN!
That's not my point - clearly the side netting was compromised. Why do you think linos check the nets before the game? The integrity of the netting should have been checked and repaired.
The ball never passed through the net. It wasn't compromised, that's my point, it went outside the goal, hit the upright(not the goal post) and manion collected it from behind the goal.
My mistake then. I didn't see their shot but Godden's looked like it settled inside the net. I must have been seeing things.
I maybe wrong about Goddens shot TBF, because I wast paying attention after the shot went wide.
It went wide, hit the Stantion, and then somehow managed to bounce/slip under the net from the outside to inside the goal.Bizarre but true.
Any views on Ramsay's supposed back pass missed by the ref? I didn't see anything in enough detail and there didn't seem to be any replays. Plenty of Mansfield fans seem to think it was though.
That would be embarrassing to have that happen again, especially from the same player.
TC was immense tonight,tightly marked all game but kept at it,always wanting the ball and finally got and took his chance.Another plus was we now know that losing Jones from the defence is not the disaster that we thought it might be,Macintyre slotted in seamlessly,had a great game.Top 2 is on,clubs that have been up there all season will start feeling pressure(Look at last nights results)we will probably have to beat them on their own grounds but nothing seems beyond us at the moment.Really looking forward to saturdays game,what a turnaround,3-4 months ago I was dreading going to games.(like most of us were)
Dunno where they heard this but a friend in Cyprus told me that Mansfield have failed to keep a clean sheet in a midweek evening game for 14 years. Anyone else seen/ heard this?
Any views on Ramsay's supposed back pass missed by the ref? I didn't see anything in enough detail and there didn't seem to be any replays. Plenty of Mansfield fans seem to think it was though.
That would be embarrassing to have that happen again, especially from the same player.
Down our end , Ramsay did tap it back try to control it and could easily have been given as a back pass , I had the hump that Mannion didn’t boot it away , he’s just not sharp in my eyes , I always think there’s a split second delay with him doing some keeper sweepering
@thickandthin63 said ‘A well dug out win,but wtf was Anderson thinking when he punted the ball straight to their keeper with about a minute left.’
Yep, no reason why it shouldn’t have sailed over the keepers head to seal a 3-1 win.
One reason is that he wasn’t trying to shoot. He had time on the ball and just booted it upfield. The goalkeeper collected the ball halfway up their half of the pitch and allowed them to put unnecessary pressure on us. It was very bad from Anderson but otherwise he did well.
Cheeky brekkie at a Brewers Fayre next to Prem Inn Huntingdon quick dump ffs 🤦♂️ and take petrol head to school . heard Leaburn out for the season but friend of friend so who knows
good atmosphere from the 839 tyreece has had 3 pings out of 3 beautiful strikes and where he finds the energy from I’ll never know Chuks was shattered and that shot wiped him out .
Lovely to see Fanny and her crew , Ian from the museum etc as we walked back to the car … good on them for making the trek oooop north and safe travels home .
still buzzing please make the top two My nerves are all play off’d out for one lifetime
Mansfield are so organised and so hard to break down so this is a good result, taking away the importance of the result in general!
Had a feeling Wrexham would drop points. They arent much of a team but have good individual players who can dig them out a hole. I am very confident we can take 3 points from them when we go there. Same as Wycombe.
I thought Chucks done okay when he came on. He added that physical presence that we needed and more importantly offered Godden support against a strong backline.
Imagine if that shot of his went in!
Next game for me is Northampton on Good Friday and I'm already looking forward to it! COYR
Any views on Ramsay's supposed back pass missed by the ref? I didn't see anything in enough detail and there didn't seem to be any replays. Plenty of Mansfield fans seem to think it was though.
That would be embarrassing to have that happen again, especially from the same player.
Think that would've been harsh if given. Looked more like Ramsay tried to control it and it found it's way to Mannion. If Ramsay meant it then he did it cleverly.
I think we can forget automatics but we can focus on coming third just like under Bowyer The main thing is to be the in-form team.
Wrexham dropping points. Wycombe dropping points.
Charlton still winning ... and still have to play the Ws (albeit away from home).
Automatics anything but forgotten as far as I'm concerned.
Don't settle for play-offs, don't coast ... run through the tape and you never know who you may pip on the line.
We've been relegated in the final minute of the season, we've moved up the play-off positions in the final minute of the season, and we've been promoted in the final minute of the season (play off finals) ... this one's not over yet!
Excellent post. That last bit should be the teams' mantra from now on. Play until the final whistle in every match.
It should be yours as a fan as well, instead of jacking it in after 70 mins when things aren’t going our way.
How many times did that Sky commentator say they had a goal disallowed 😂. It wasn’t allowed because it never went in!
I'm being serious now......but the EFL need to have a look at Mansfield's nets. Twice tonight the ball appeared in the back of the net when it clearly went past the post. Their "disallowed" goal and Godden's shot.
Otherwise next time could have serious consequences.
Agreed. Palace fell foul of something similar in 2009 at Ashton Gate;
Freddie Sears v Bristol City, 15th August 2009
When Freddie Sears found the back of the net past Bristol City ‘keeper Dean Gerken, he naturally wheeled away to join his teammates celebrating Palace’s opening goal of a controversial summer afternoon, oblivious to the ball which sailed back over his head towards the penalty spot.
It wasn’t until he’d turned around to see referee Rob Shoebridge deliberating with his linesman that Sears realised something wasn’t quite right.
His goal, which followed a considerable punt upfield from Julian Speroni, cannoned in and out of the net in the flash of an eye and seemed to evade Shoebridge, who awarded a goal kick instead.
Despite enjoying the better of the two teams' performance, Palace would go on to lose the clash 1-0 as Nicky Maynard stole a point from the Eagles in the 90th minute.
I seem to recall a goal Chelsea scored at Stamford Bridge - probably 1980s. The shot went just past the right hand post on the outside, hit the stanchion at the back and came straight back out. Ref gave the goal! I think that may have been one of the reasons stanchionless (is that a word even?) nets came in.
I was at that game. A neighbour occasionally used to take me to Chelsea as a kid in the early seventies. Dave Webb scored the "goal".
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Up the Charlton!!
A vintage away trip, with a stop en route in Nottingham for a pint in Canalhouse and Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem and then on to Mansfield to The Brown Cow and the Railway Inn. All very fine establishments.
As for the game, I thought we started the match well, moving the ball nicely and stretching the opposition, especially down the left. One of their players then kindly presented Matt Godden with an open goal, an opportunity he of all people was never going to pass up. We then looked in control of the game until Mansfield equalised on around 40 minutes, following which they were naturally given a huge lift and we seemed at 6s and 7s.
Things calmed down after half time and there weren’t really many clear opportunities at either end in a scrappy game, although we perhaps looked the more likely if anyone was going to break the deadlock. Not a high quality game but ultimately one decided by a moment of real class from our man of the moment, Tyreece Campbell.
I thought that McIntyre did well in place of our defensive kingpin, although the bench looked a little weak and the substitutes who were introduced reflected a lack of depth, especially up top. Still, a great 3 points and the fact that Wrexham and Wycombe dropped points against the bottom 2 underscores the fact that nothing is yet decided and there’s all to play for.
A win against Lincoln on Saturday will put us on 75 points and the following two games against Cambridge and Northampton will give us an opportunity to consolidate 4th place and potentially even put some pressure on the teams immediately above us. Let’s hope we have a reasonably injury-free squad to attack the rest of the season.
Job done.
Tiredness and injuries in the run in a concern but we march on.
A fantastic goal scorer in his pomp who between 2009 - 2016 had a better than one in two strike rate for Huddersfield and Blackburn.
His goal scoring record against us isn't too shabby at 12 in 18, although thankfully on the decline.
That would be embarrassing to have that happen again, especially from the same player.
heard Leaburn out for the season but friend of friend so who knows
good atmosphere from the 839
tyreece has had 3 pings out of 3 beautiful strikes and where he finds the energy from I’ll never know
Chuks was shattered and that shot wiped him out .
Lovely to see Fanny and her crew , Ian from the museum etc as we walked back to the car … good on them for making the trek oooop north and safe travels home .
still buzzing
please make the top two
My nerves are all play off’d out for one lifetime
Had a feeling Wrexham would drop points. They arent much of a team but have good individual players who can dig them out a hole. I am very confident we can take 3 points from them when we go there. Same as Wycombe.
I thought Chucks done okay when he came on. He added that physical presence that we needed and more importantly offered Godden support against a strong backline.
Imagine if that shot of his went in!
Next game for me is Northampton on Good Friday and I'm already looking forward to it! COYR
We were lucky, really missed Jones.
Midfield was overrun during this game, and against Peterborough and Crawley.
Drop Small, put Campbell on the right wing, bring Anderson back and stiffen up midfield.
We are heading for the playoffs. Up against much stronger teams.
The way they roughed up Campbell.
It's going get much harder to get a result. Where is Leaburn , always injured