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David Hopkin's name was etched into Crystal Palace folklore on a sunny afternoon in 1997, when one swing of the Scotsman's boot sparked wild scenes around ...

“[The ‘96 play-off final was] devastating because we’d worked so hard, finished third in the league and that year was disappointing,” Hopkin recalled a few years ago. The news was surprising. Having established himself as a youngster in the Chelsea first-team in 1995, the midfielder was holidaying with his family in Cornwall when the phone rang.