Well, here we are, one season on, and it all comes down to tomorrow, about 23 hours from now.
It's a massive one for both clubs, obviously, with an estimated 22 million quid on offer to the victor, and the vanquished enjoying another season in the Coca Cola Division 1 as it will be called.
Thanks to a magnificent Hammers fan here in Australia who stumped up 25 000 AUD to buy the TV rights for the game, I will be watching this bad boy from the Celtic Club in Melbourne with kangle4 and about 598 other Hammers/Palace fans.
I'm so nervous right now it's unbelievable - Cups and League wins are the ultimate, of course, but with the sake of my club as I know it on the line, the stakes have never been higher. I simply cannot wait until midnight my time tomorrow in order to see West Ham hopefully trample all over Palace.
I'm forever blowing bubbles
Pretty bubbles in the air
They fly so high
Nearly reach the sky
Then like my dreams
They fade and die
Fortune's always hiding
I've looked everywhere
I'm forever blowing bubbles
Pretty bubbles in the air.
It's a massive one for both clubs, obviously, with an estimated 22 million quid on offer to the victor, and the vanquished enjoying another season in the Coca Cola Division 1 as it will be called.
Thanks to a magnificent Hammers fan here in Australia who stumped up 25 000 AUD to buy the TV rights for the game, I will be watching this bad boy from the Celtic Club in Melbourne with kangle4 and about 598 other Hammers/Palace fans.
I'm so nervous right now it's unbelievable - Cups and League wins are the ultimate, of course, but with the sake of my club as I know it on the line, the stakes have never been higher. I simply cannot wait until midnight my time tomorrow in order to see West Ham hopefully trample all over Palace.
I'm forever blowing bubbles
Pretty bubbles in the air
They fly so high
Nearly reach the sky
Then like my dreams
They fade and die
Fortune's always hiding
I've looked everywhere
I'm forever blowing bubbles
Pretty bubbles in the air.