crystal palace
selhurst park
Saturday 30th April 1988, A Barclays Second Division top of the table crunch match, between Crystal Palace and Blackburn Rovers, a game really Blackburn needed to win to have a chance of automatic promotion, however the nerves failed to hold out and Palace grabbed a 2 0 win making their quest for the play-offs stronger, Bright and Thomas scored the goals.Blackburn did however go on to grab that last play-off place pipping Palace by 2 points.
CRYSTAL PALACE: Suckling, Finnigan, Burke, Pennyfather, Nebbeling, Cannon, Redfearn (sub Salako), Thomas, Bright, Wright, Barber
BLACKBURN: Gennoe, Price, Millar, Reid, Hendry (sub Miller), Mail, Ainscow, Archibald, Ardiles, Garner (sub Diamond), Sellars
ATTENDANCE: 13,059
CRYSTAL PALACE: Suckling, Finnigan, Burke, Pennyfather, Nebbeling, Cannon, Redfearn (sub Salako), Thomas, Bright, Wright, Barber
BLACKBURN: Gennoe, Price, Millar, Reid, Hendry (sub Miller), Mail, Ainscow, Archibald, Ardiles, Garner (sub Diamond), Sellars
ATTENDANCE: 13,059