Fedoras, Venables and Pardew’s dance – Crystal Palace closer to holy grail of first trophy

Eddie Nketiah (No 9) celebrates scoring with Eberechi Eze (right) as Crystal Palace beat Fulham 3-0 in their FA Cup quarter-final.Photograph: Alex Davidson/Getty ImagesFor Crystal Palace supporters of a certain vintage, Malcolm Allison and his famous fedora is where it all began. Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the club’s first FA Cup semi-final appearance, under the maverick former Manchester City manager, when they were in the old Third Division.Allison had already changed Palace