Many Crystal Palace fans have remembered the great Don Rogers after the club’s Twitter account posted a video of one of his many great goals.
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With Don Rogers turning 74 today, the club reminded its fanbase of the brilliant winger by sharing a video of him beating a number of players on a muddy pitch before poking home the finish.
The left-winger is considered by many Palace fans as a ‘legend’ despite playing less than 100 games over less than three seasons at the club. His stats speak for themselves though, with Rogers scoring 15 goals both in the 72/73 season and the 73/74 season, according to Holmesdale.net, despite being a winger.
Many Palace fans will also remember Don Rogers for his sublime performance in Crystal Palace’s 5-0 win over Manchester United in 1972. The silky dribbler managed to score two goals in the game with two sublime bits of dribbling – as you can see from this YouTube video.
Many Palace fans responded to the tweet with their memories of the player. Have a read of some of them below…
https://twitter.com/too_caroline/status/1187622768977817600?s=20
https://twitter.com/PatrickIDSDoyle/status/1187620783092310016?s=20
Class player, I delivered his newspaper at the time if my memory serves me correctly
— Mike J Heffernan (@mjhcpfc1) October 25, 2019
What a player! He was our George Best!
— Niallo10 (@Niallo101) October 25, 2019
One of the all time great Palace players
— Mobbster (@Mobbsy56) October 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/godotsarrived/status/1187634792432656384?s=20
The pitch – the kit – the defending !
— EDDARD STARK (@SlySi1905) October 25, 2019
