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Glory Years: Swindlehurst still enjoys pipping Brighton to this very day

All this week, as we look forward to welcoming our heroes from 68/69, 78/79 and 88/89 back to Selhurst Park for the Everton game this Saturday, Crystal Palace will be looking back at the anniversaries of those three glorious promotion campaigns for the Eagles.

Catch up with David Swindlehurst as he takes us through the highs of that 78/79 campaign!

What was the feeling around the club going into the 1978/79 season?

It was exciting times for us all. We had been going well the season before until Ian Evans broke his leg, so we were hoping for a better finish than the ninth-place we ended up in.