Why is 'Glad All Over' a Palace anthem?published at 12:08 BST 18 September
As part of our this season's service, we are inviting you to submit your questions about Crystal Palace using this form.
This week, one of the submissions was about how Palace adopted Glad All Over as the club's song - so we went to investigate.
During the 1963-64 season The Dave Clark Five record Glad All Over reached number one in the UK singles chart and it was not long before it was heard on the terraces at Selhurst Park.
It is widely reported that the band played the song live at Selhurst Park in 1968 - but according to the Palace website, external, it is first referred to in the programme for the home game against Peterborough on 25th January 1964, where it was noted that playing the song over the public address system kept the feet of supporters warm at half-time!
It was BBC producer John Henty - who also spent over 30 years manning the Selhurst Park sound system - that decided one day to play Glad All Over and the club has never looked back.
"It seemed right at the time," Henty said when asked why, external he chose that particular song. "It was in the charts. I didn't play it immediately [in November 1963], but it went to number one in January 1964, and that was probably the time I thought of trying it out.
"I liked playing the records – that was part of the job I really enjoyed, welcoming people and playing the music – and I tried one or two other things. But Glad All Over went down well, particularly with the kids.
"In those days, they were all around on the Selhurst terraces. They used to thump those advertising hoardings very loudly with Glad All Over – and that's how it all started!"
On 26 May, 1990, the Crystal Palace FA Cup final squad had one week's success with a cover version, reaching number 47 in the charts.
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