Andy Burton was born, bred and lives in South Croydon. He's supported Palace for over 30 years, his first game being a Junior match back in 1966 and has regularly attended home matches since 1969.

There are so many specific personal highs (and lows!) that stand out over his time watching Palace. However two that must be mentioned here are the Burnley game in 1979 plus the Cup Final (He missed the Villa Park semi-final due to my wife having just given birth to twins [Poor excuse, Andy - Ed]). He was a lottery agent for 6 years and has been a Season ticket holder in the Holmesdale stand lower tier since it opened.

He also has a collection of over 700 Palace programmes dating back to 1958 from which a lot of the research for the kit gallery was drawn. He is a firm believer in supporting a local team and cannot bear to see youngsters wearing Man U, Liverpool, Chelsea shirts when they live local to Palace.