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Starting the Deep Dive
Right, decided to really look into Fulham vs Crystal Palace today. Wanted more than just scores, ya know? Biggest whoopings, times the underdog shocked everyone. Went straight to my usual football stats sites first thing. Coffee brewing, laptop open. Felt a bit rusty, hadn’t dug into this specific fixture for ages.
Falling Down the Stats Rabbit Hole
Started typing names, hit search. Bam! Pages of results. Got overwhelmed fast. Seriously, so many matches. Went back to basics, set filters: League games only, keep it simple. Eyes started glazing over scanning tables until…
Wham! 1965. Jumped out at me. Crystal Palace… getting absolutely pasted 5-0 by Fulham? Craven Cottage, September. Wow. That’s a hiding. Made a note: “Palace Walloped – Fulham ’65”. Needed more like this. Kept scrolling, much slower now, decade by decade.
Digging for Upset Gold
Finding the big wins was easier. Finding the proper upsets? Trickier. What counts as a real shocker? Needed context. Pulled up old league tables on another tab. This got messy fast! Phone buzzing, ignored it. Found a few contenders:
- 2006: Palace 2-1 Fulham: Palace fighting relegation, Fulham comfortable mid-table. Away win? Pricked my ears up.
- 2019: Fulham 0-2 Palace: Fulham just promoted, desperate for points. Palace come in and steal it? Felt significant. Bookmarked it.
Frustrating though! Some sites contradicted others. Double-checked, triple-checked sources on those “maybe” upsets.
That Final Little Push
Needed one more angle. Remembered fan forums sometimes remember things stats forget. Spent way too long reading old match threads. Gossip, sure, but buried there… saw mentions of November ’84. Palace newly promoted, Fulham favourites? Palace won 2-0 at Selhurst. That smelled like an upset. Stats finally backed it up. Boom. Got my juicy one. Patted myself on the back, felt like Sherlock Holmes finding a clue.
Wrapping It All Up
Cross-referenced everything one last time. Made sure dates were dead right. Sorted my notes: biggest wins clearly that 5-0 hammering, and the upsets, like that ’84 shock, felt solid. Took a deep breath, stretched. Done.
Realised football’s funny. Decades pass, teams go up and down, but these big results? They stick. That 5-0 is still a record thumping 60 years later. Kinda cool finding those moments hiding in the stats. My back ached, coffee cold, but felt worth it. Hit publish.