6-2 v Wimbledon FC - 2 May 1998 - Away

With five matches left of the 1997/98 season, we were in 17th place and just one point above the drop zone - we were on 35 points, Barnsley and Bolton on 34 and Palace marooned on 24.

A draw at home to Coventry only just improved matters and we then picked up a crucial point at Barnsley on 18 April. Colin Calderwood grabbed that late leveller at Oakwell which meant we stayed out of the bottom three by two points with three matches remaining. Without that goal, Barnsley would have gone above us.

Worries were eased with a key win over Newcastle in game 36 of 38 as Jurgen Klinsmann - who returned for his second stint at the Club in December, 1997 - and Les Ferdinand struck at the Lane on 25 April.

Victory against Wimbledon at Selhurst Park would extinguish any remaining fears and Jurgen - whose four goals up to then contributed to three wins and a draw - delivered in magnificent style...