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Meet the Crystal Palace fan who composed the Champions League music

No one knows the lyrics but that doesn't mean we don't belt out the Champions League music whenever the iconic anthem appears on our television screens.

But did you know that the music that is perhaps the most synonymous with the beautiful game was composed by a Crystal Palace supporter? Meet Tony Britten, a fan who started going to Selhurst Park back in the era of our first promotion to the top-flight: "I started going when I was in my teens, so that would’ve been around the late 60s. I remember Steve Kember, everyone thought he was brilliant.