According to Simon Jordan, when Palace sacked Trevor Francis on this day in 2003, "He just sat there quietly & said 'But it's my birthday'."
A cursed club. Their biggest celebrity fan for many years was Dave "Kid" Jensen (Yewtree do your job) - mind you looking at this lot he's far from the worst
http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=82&story=4154&p=3
Even your favourite diminutive dead comic is in there