Crystal Palace √ arsenal
mon 21 aug 2023 20:00 kick-off
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palace √ arsenal mon 21 aug | 20:00
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10 chairman 36 eagle eye 42 ben bailey smith 44 TAYO ADARAMOLA 52 HISTORY MAKERS 54 FROM THE ARCHIVE 56 RETRO PALACE 62 PALACE FOR LIFE 69 BEAT BRIGHTY 70 stats & results
Directors Chairman Steve Parish, David Blitzer, Joshua Harris, John Textor Chief Financial Officer Sean O’Loughlin Sporting Director Dougie Freedman Club Secretary Christine Dowdeswell Head of Sports Medicine Dr. Zaf Iqbal Academy Director Gary Issott Director of U21 Development Mark Bright Chief Operating Officer Sharon Lacey Chief Commercial Officer Barry Webber General Counsel David Nichol Head of Ticketing Paul McGowan Head of Retail Foz Bowers Chief Marketing and Communications Officer James Woodroof Head of Safeguarding Cassi Wright Head Groundsman Bruce Elliott
12 Football in many ways is a drug. It’s an addiction. It’s something that gives people that high. You have to have that passion to do what they have done, to go through it
Editor Will Robinson Design Billy Cooke, Stu Ellmer, Lucas Gough
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Contributors Ian King, Robin Johnson, Toby Jagmohan, Tommy Macarthur, Doc Brown, Tayo Adaramola, James McNicholas Photography Neil Everitt, Sebastian Frej, Pinnacle Photo Agency, Getty Printer Bishops Printers
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Crystal Palace’s new club captain Joel Ward talks Roy Hodgson, Ebere Eze, Premier League rule changes and much more… Words: Will Robinson
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Worth a try? Probably. Discover the refreshing, crisp and perfectly balanced taste of Carlsberg Danish Pilsner.
Brewed in the UK, the Danish way. Enjoy responsibly.
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inside palace
Crystal palace f.c. Sam JOHNSTONE (GK) Joel WARD Tyrick MITCHELL James TOMKINS Marc GUÉHI Michael OLISE Jefferson LERMA Jordan AYEW Ebere EZE Vicente GUAITA (GK) Jean-Philippe MATETA Jeffrey SCHLUPP Joachim ANDERSEN Nathaniel CLYNE Will HUGHES Odsonne EDOUARD Chris RICHARDS Cheick DOUCOURÉ Naouirou AHAMADA Remi MATTHEWS (GK) Nathan FERGUSON John-Kymani GORDON Joe WHITWORTH (GK) Jaïro RIEDEWALD Jesurun RAK-SAKYI David OZOH Matheus FRANÇA
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Aaron RAMSDALE (GK) William SALIBA Kieran TIERNEY Ben WHITE Thomas PARTEY GABRIEL Magalhães Bukayo SAKA Martin ØDEGAARD Gabriel JESUS Emile SMITH ROWE Gabriel MARTINELLI Jurriën TIMBER Rúnar Alex RÚNARSSON (GK) Eddie NKETIAH Jakub KIWIOR Rob HOLDING Cédric SOARES Takehiro TOMIYASU Leandro TROSSARD JORGINHO Fábio VIEIRA David RAYA (GK) Albert Sambi LOKONGA Reiss NELSON Mohamed ELNENY Folarin BALOGUN MARQUINHOS Kai HAVERTZ Karl HEIN (GK) Oleksandr ZINCHENKO Declan RICE