[Wembley. Kick-off. 17:14 BST.]
The Holmesdale dropped the tifo on the first beat of Abide With Me.
Three rows. Twenty-four badges across the full width of the Palace end. The first row was Crystal Palace badges from 1905 to 1948 in the red and yellow and blue the club's colours had been before they were what they are now.
The second row was eight badges from 1955 to 1994. The third row was eight badges from 1995 to 2018, the eagle as it had stood on the front of the shirts of the lads on the pitch since Coppell and Wright and Bright.
Twenty-four badges. One for every five years of the football club.
Across the top in foot-high letters:
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN YEARS.
ONE CUP.
ONE TODAY.
Frank Whitlock in the Holmesdale Lower at row K seat 47 put the hat on at five past five.
He had not cried yet. He had not been going to. He was not crying when he put the hat on. He was not crying when the lads came out of the tunnel. He was not crying when the tifo unfurled.
