The days when the draw used to be made at lunchtime (during school lunch) have now gone but we used to sneak into the school dining hall a transistor radio to listen to the merging of the minnows and sharks. Some elightened schoolmasters would actually allow the draw to be heard loud!
I am going to Bolton Wanderers to meet two old blokes who used to teach and coach in Lancashire. Both of them have seen a number of professional footballers through their school teams, so they have played their part in developing football in the north-west; so all hail to you John Taylor (Bolton School) and David Hopkinson (QEGS Blackburn). Some of my readers will know them.
Bolton, presently 2nd in Division One (two levels below Palace) have played Crystal Palace (Premier League) at various levels; Division Two (old money), Division One (top division previously), Division 1 (third level), Premier League and Championship. Then there is the League Cup and of course the whole point of this, the FA Cup. Palace were Cup Finalists last year.
This is the fourth year running that Palace have been drawn away in the 3rd Round and have won each of the previous three ties.
Bolton has lost each of its previous three 3rd Round ties against Premier opposition.
The overall 11v11 record is Bolton W13 D15 L11 with matches first played remarkably as late as October 1964. In the Premier League they met first in 1997-8.
They have played once in the Cup on 23rd January 1982 with Palace winning at home 1-0.
My money is on Sam's Palace but the Trotters may make a mess of the Crystal.
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