Eagles slip down the charts again

Crystal Palace have been in the top two divisions since the 1976-77 season, when they were promoted from the old Third Division.

Palace, managed by the young Terry Venables, lost just once in their final 13 games that season. Their squad included a youthful Kenny Sansom and a less youthful George Graham.

That season, Tottenham finished bottom of the old First Division, Liverpool were champions and Ron Atkinson was the Fourth Division Manager of the Year for guiding Cambridge United to the title.

The Eagles were also flying high in the charts. The group's single Hotel California was Number 1 in the US charts. Deniece Williams topped the charts with Free in the UK.

The Palace kit that season was a white shirt with a diagonal red and blue sash.

Now the club's fans have voted that shirt back in for next season, as a second kit, although they did not expect to see their players wearing it in the Second Division.