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How a controversial protest cost Sasa Curcic 'dearly'

Marching around Selhurst Park as fans filtered-in under a chilled March sun to watch Palace host Bradford City, Sasa Curcic held aloft a simple message. It read: Stop NATO Bombing.

Head-to-toe in a full Palace tracksuit - backwards cap tight, oversized clothes baggy - and applauded as he walked past the crowds, Curcic looked every bit the late ‘90s footballer. Every bit, but for his placard.

An outgoing, headline-grabbing figure regardless, Curcic was always different from the everyday player, however: with one-time bleach-blonde hair and wispy goatee, mesmerising skill and a taste for the nightlife (“I was always a casanova,” he recently joked).