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Derby County 3 Blackburn Rovers 1 FA Cup 5th Round Feb 26 1977 Att 30,439 (6000 away fans) Hope posters can read the report? Who went?

According to the commentator it happened a long, long time ago. Ironically it was Palace who knocked the holders out. They beat Wolves in 1909, apparently.

Have the holders ever been knocked out by a non league team before?

i don`t understand the mentality of palace (or teams in the premier league when it comes to the fa cup) you are nowhere near the relegation zone,so whats the problem in applying max effort in an attempt to try win a trophy

Youan starting for Hibs as normal. I think that rumour was unfounded.

Games like that only further highlight why I find it totally bizarre that anyone either doesnt care about or actively wants us to exit the FA Cup. Wharton was just crap today, looked like he wanted to be anywhere else. Can make excuses for him but he was just not good enough.

Still the best cup competition in the world, pity clubs these days treat it with so much disrespect. Macclesfied (National League N) 2 - Crystal Palace (FA CUP Holders) 1

I obviously don't watch them - just turned on for the last 10 (well 16) mins to enjoy the upset, but yes that little Pino lad didn't pass to Wharton once, despite Adam being in a better position every time.

brilliant stuff from macc,love a good pitch pitch invasion as well😁

I've noticed that alot this season. They go for the difficult pass instead of a two yard pass to Wharton. Pino is my pet peeve he tries to beat too many players

Have the Palace players fallen out with Wharton? They're not even passing him the ball.

2-1, great free kick, hope Macc hold on, they deserve this

Agree even ghuei who never puts a foot wrong normally has been poor

I think he needs to leave Palace in the summer. He's gone as far as he can playing alongside mediocre to decent players. If he wants to take that next step he needs to play alongside better players. Whether that's in England at a city or Liverpool or abroad with real madrid

all the palace team guilty of complacency imo,did they expect macc to sit back and admire them

Not to excuse him, he has not played well today, but he does tend to look better when he is playing with better players (who make better runs, and can anticipate, receive & control his passes)

Great post, I agree with the message wholeheartedly.

I don't disagree with you, just assuming that's what the manager is thinking without saying it.

Wharton was outstanding against villa. He's been horrendous today

palace waking up a bit now,macc sitting very deep

We had a big crowd against Derby and that did wonders 🤣🤣

Very solid performance from Edmondson, but as he's playing in a fairly defensive role he's not doing anything flashy or eye catching. Working very hard and disrupting a premier league attack. Playing a bit of a Tronstad-esq role. That said, couple of wayward passes and a (very) optimistic free kick. Wharton almost scores, good save from the keeper.

Please can you post any statistics to support this assertion?

excellent,he`s never given the palace midfield a second on the ball,adam is having an absolute mare,macc are absolutely dominating palace effort wise,it would`nt surprise me if they got a 3rd goal

What on earth is going on with Palace? So little effort (and unfortunately I include Adam in that)