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10 chairman 12 glas all over 43 ben bailey smith 46 academy 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

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I just want to keep playing. I’ve got the taste of it. I want to just keep playing in those types of games

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, Andy Jones Photography Neil Everitt, Sebastian Frej, Pinnacle Photo Agency, Toby Jagmohan, Getty Printer Bishops Printers

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More than a game campaign This weekend’s set of fixtures celebrates the Premier League’s More Than a Game campaign, showcasing the wide-ranging investment into all levels of football which enables people connected to all clubs to have a positive impact on their local communities.

Clubs across the Premier League, including here at Crystal Palace, will be naming a ‘Community Captain’, choosing somebody at the heart of these Premier League-

funded programmes who deserves recognition for their commitment and contribution to the game and society.

Premier League success means unprecedented financial support is distributed across the leagues in England and Wales, from grassroots to professional football, across both the men’s and women’s game.

This can be seen at Palace in the form of weekly women’s Walking Football Sessions, part of Palace for Life’s Palace Connectors programme, which aims to reduce social isolation, improve mental well-being and

increase physical activity in south London.

For more, turn to page 62 to read about Marc Guéhi’s football challenges with four local Premier League Kicks participants as part of More Than a Game.

On this day 24 feb 2007 Peter Taylor, back at Palace as manager after a stellar playing career at Selhurst Park, was in the dugout to see Clinton Morrison’s brace put Luton to the sword. Morrison opened the scoring, only for the Eagles to be pegged back by Mark Hudson’s own goal, before the centre-forward added a second to seal all three points.

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Thank you for such a warm welcome to Selhurst Park, and welcome to Vincent Kompany and his Burnley players and staff for this afternoon’s game.

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et me start by saying that the most important news this week was that Roy Hodgson is doing well, is out of hospital and is recovering.

Health is the most important value any of us can have, and we wish him all the best. He has been one of the faces of English football for 45 years, and I have a lot of respect for him both as a successful manager but also as a great person.

This week, I have had such a friendly welcome from everybody at the club – not just the backroom staff, but everyone at the training ground and beyond. Everyone has worked to support us in every way to make it easy for us to concentrate on the important things: the football.

This is the first time I have started a new role during the season – normally we have six weeks of pre-season, but now I start and three days later there is a game!

It is a new but exciting challenge, and challenges are what help you develop throughout your life.

The club and I started talking last autumn about coming to south London this summer, but now it has come around faster than we

I have had such a friendly welcome from everybody at the club – not just the backroom staff, but everyone at the training ground and beyond. Everyone has worked to support us in every way

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expected and we are all excited.

This is my first job in England, but I have watched the Premier League regularly and have practical experience in two games against West Ham in the Europa League semi-finals, and two games against Tottenham in the Champions League last season.

It has been a very short week, with a game on Monday and then again on Saturday. It means finding the right balance between recovery and new inputs, and so these first few days have been about getting to know one another. In our first meeting with the players, I talked about principles, not football or tactics but how we want to work together and how we want to live together. We spoke about communication: what we expect from them and what they can expect from us. At every football club I like to build upon some basic things for success, like attitude, confidence and humbleness. These are examples of important words to me, and then we can begin to implement our ideas of football step-by-step.

At every football club I like to build upon some basic things for success, like attitude, confidence and humbleness.

These are examples of important words to me

We decided to do it this way because with too much input people can switch off and won’t retain everything you say. These first days it is important to do things step-by-step, getting to know what everybody’s character is and also for the players to get to know five new staff members. It is a big organisation, so we will make sure to bring everyone along with us.

One thing I really appreciate is having my first game at Selhurst Park. I was at Goodison Park and I was really impressed by how many people there were supporting the team against Everton, for a game kicking off at 8pm on a Monday night. When we scored, I saw the players run towards the fans and saw the celebrations and I thought: ‘Wow!’ Selhurst Park is very traditional stadium with amazing fans and a very loud atmosphere and I’m looking forward to managing the team here for the first time. I can’t wait to meet you all

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Welcome back to Selhurst Park for this afternoon’s game, which promises to be a special atmosphere in south London.

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his week has been a busy one for all the players, with a match on Monday followed by welcoming our new manager Oliver Glasner. It has been great to meet Oliver and his coaching staff, and to begin to understand their vision for moving the football club forwards. We know from his record in Austria and Germany what a phenomenal manager he is, with a record of success in domestic and European football. We cannot wait to get started this afternoon, and continue working together for the rest of the season and beyond.

It is great news that Roy is recovering well. He is an integral part of this club’s history, and what we achieved with him at the helm is testament to his hard work and dedication. We send our best wishes to him and will be wishing him all the best in whatever endeavours he decides to take on in the future.

Our performance at Everton set the tone for how we want to conduct ourselves for the rest of the campaign: to be resilient, to show character and for every single player to play their part whether they are on or off the pitch. We are lucky to have

Although we have only had three training sessions to work under the new manager and learn his methods, every single member of the squad is determined to deliver his instructions to the best of our ability

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some big characters in the dressing room which will ensure everyone is moving in the right direction.

We want to hit the ground running this afternoon. Although we have only had three training sessions to work under the new manager and learn his methods, every single member of the squad is determined to deliver his instructions to the best of our ability. We know that Burnley will be desperate to get some more points on the board, so we will have to make sure we are at maximum concentration all afternoon to come out on top.

Finally, thank you once again for your support on the road at Everton. I know that there will be a special atmosphere at Selhurst Park this afternoon as the club enters a new era under the new gaffer, and we cannot wait to walk out and experience the noise you will create.

Let’s show the manager how special a place Selhurst can be, and in return I hope we can put in a performance that will make you proud.

God Bless. JW

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Welcome to the supporters, players, staff and directors of Burnley to Selhurst Park for today’s match. Welcome as always to each and every Crystal Palace supporter here to get behind the team.

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must begin by paying tribute once again to Roy and Ray, two outstanding club servants who have left the club with all of our eternal gratitude and respect. They worked selflessly and often against the odds, sticking to the task through all manner of setbacks. This season we had some incredible highs, notably twice away in Manchester and, as happens in football, some low points. Injuries to key players played a huge part in some of those but they leave the club in remarkably better shape than when they first arrived.

On then to the warmest of welcomes for Oliver and his backroom team: Michael, Ronald, Emanuel and Michael. Knowing we were changing manager at the end of the season had afforded me, Dougie and the analysts the chance to spend some quality time with Oliver, and for Oliver to develop some understanding of the club. He now has had some important time with the squad in preparation for today’s match and beyond. There will be changes and

Knowing we were changing manager at the end of the season had afforded me, Dougie and the analysts the chance to spend some quality time with Oliver, and for Oliver to develop some understanding of the club

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some of these will take time, but I know we will all be patient and get behind him and his team as we look to move clear of danger, finish as high as we can and then plan for next season.

The players performed admirably at Goodison Park, with a wonderful goal from Jordan, who I believe now has nine goal involvements this season. He is such a consistent performer and sets a great example on and off the pitch.

Adam and Daniel have settled in remarkably well – I have no doubt every single one of you reading this will agree – and we are all looking forward to those sat on the treatment table returning, adding even more quality and depth.

I must also mention Jefferson, who not only approaches every

Today we need to deal with the task of getting ourselves further away from this relegation battle, starting this afternoon.

I know you will all want to show Oliver and his staff what the Selhurst atmosphere is all about

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game like it’s his last with his incredible energy, but who also scored a screamer against Chelsea for the club’s 1,000th top-flight goal – what a strike it was, fitting for such an impressive milestone.

Today we need to deal with the task of getting ourselves further away from this relegation battle, starting this afternoon. I know you will all want to show Oliver and his staff what the Selhurst atmosphere is all about and sing from the first to the last minute.

Everyone at the club is keeping a very keen eye on the progression of our women’s team, with another fine win against Blackburn Rovers last weekend.

With two home matches in early March at Sutton and another at Selhurst Park on 24th March, it would be great to see as many of you as possible supporting Laura’s team as they push for promotion to the Women’s Super League.

Finally, I wish to send my very best wishes to Joe Sheridan following his concerning injury for the Under-21s. Joe, we are all thinking of you and wishing you the best for your recovery.

As I said, let’s give Oliver and his team a proper Selhurst welcome today, and support the players from the first whistle to the last.

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A club legend as a player, and – as a manager – a Camp Nou conqueror, Bayern Munich beater and European champion with another club nicknamed ‘the Eagles’; it’s time to meet Crystal Palace’s new manager, Oliver Glasner…

CLUB LEGEND TO DUGOUT DEBUT Austrian second division side SV Ried, from the tiny town of Ried im Innkreis in the north of the country with a population of less than 12,000, had a new hero to take to their hearts in 1993, as Glasner set about making himself a legend by winning two Austrian Cups and making 571 appearances, retiring in 2011.

A new chapter beckoned.

Ever-looking to widen his horizons, Glasner went to university to complete a Diplomkaufmann – an MBA or Masters of Business Administration – as a player,

and upon his retirement was hired by Red Bull Salzburg as a management assistant.

His destiny was out on the grass, however, and he asked then Director of Football Ralf Rangnick for an opportunity to coach. He was duly appointed assistant manager at the club, finishing a successful two-year tenure as Austrian champion, before joining LASK as both Director of Sport and Head Coach ahead of 2015/16.

It was an instant success, winning promotion and then finishing fourth in the top-flight to take them to their first European campaign since 2000.

LEADER OF THE PACK Joining Wolfsburg, Glasner repeated his European success, first finishing seventh and qualifying for the Europa League, before subsequently finishing fourth and making it to the Champions League, in turn earning the third-highest points total in the club’s history.

Glasner’s methods caught the attention of German journalist Isabella Müller-Reinhardt, whose Glas all over

book Mensch Trainer, focused on the personal side of successful football managers. In a far-reaching interview, Glasner focused on the need for honesty and integrity in a manager:

the players know they can trust me. I also reciprocate that trust with the players “The most important thing is to be authentic,” he explained, discussing his thought process before meeting a new squad for the first time. “Players have fine antennae and would immediately be able to sense if I was trying to portray myself as something I’m not.

What I say to the players, I mean.

“It means the players know they can trust me. I also reciprocate that trust with the players and don’t want to control everything. That’s new and unusual for a lot of people in the team.”

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EUROPEAN GLORY In 2021, Glasner left Wolfsburg for Eintracht Frankfurt, and it was far from an easy start, with top scorer André Silva moving to RB Leipzig. Glasner soon got a big result however, against Bayern Munich as Frankfurt won at the Allianz Arena for the first time, their first away win at Bayern for 21 years – but his real triumph came in Europe.

Frankfurt’s Europa League campaign made it one of the finest seasons in the club’s history, bringing back the glory days of their run to the European Cup final in 1960 which ultimately ended in a 7-3 defeat to Real Madrid’s legendary side at Hampden Park, still regarded as one of the greatest games of football ever played.

This time they headed instead to Barcelona, taking thousands of fans to the Camp Nou and creating a German atmosphere in the most daunting of Spanish grounds.

Four-time European Cup winner and world champion Xavi was astonished by the quality of Glasner’s victorious side. “They play on the counter-attack and counter-press in a way I’ve only seen from a few teams in my career,” he said after the game – and he would know.

Frankfurt beat Rangers to lift the trophy for only the second time in their history, and the first time since 1980, earning Champions League qualification and a Super Cup tie against Real Madrid – a rematch of that famous final.

They play on the counter-attack and counterpress in a way I’ve only seen from a few teams in my career Xavi Hernández

Style of play If there is one thing Oliver Glasner expects from his side, it is pace.

In 2021/22 his Frankfurt team covered the second-highest distance, made the third-most sprints and the second-most intensive runs.

Former Bayern Munich boss Niko Kovac, who faced Glasner as Wolfsburg manager last season, was full of praise for his approach.

“He’s very structured, very well organised, meticulous, observes the opposition very closely and prepares the team very well for them,” he said. “He doesn’t just let Eintracht run their boots off. He adjusts tactics, tries to simulate the opponent during the week in training.

Oliver has transferred his ideas of football well to his team because he works methodically, because there’s no chopping and changing.”

It’s a method that has turned players into stars: at Wolfsburg, Wout Weghorst scored 45 goals in 84 games, while under Glasner, Randal Kolo Muani transformed into one of the continent’s most sought-after centre-forwards, finishing as a World Cup runner-up and moving to Paris Saint-Germain for close to €100 million.

With a young squad at Crystal Palace, who knows what Glasner’s methods could do to inspire his newly adopted Eagles?

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Just a month into his Premier League career, Adam Wharton sits down with Will Robinson to talk about growing up on the terraces, shining on the biggest stage and a Palace debut long in the making…

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n the face of it, everything in football seems to happen at breakneck speed. One minute a club is interested in a player, the next a bid is placed, and suddenly he’s being unveiled in an imaginative way across social media. The slightest delays cause anguish: the minute a certain Italian journalist determines a deal is done, every second he is not announced is an interminable and intolerable obstruction to the future of the club itself.

Of course, once a player has signed and we’ve all calmed down, we begin to learn just how much time and effort goes into the deal itself.

At Crystal Palace, Adam Wharton has been an immediate success. Player of the Match against Everton on Monday night, his performances have grown in stature since arriving and at just 20-years-old he looks more than ready to adapt to the rigours of the Premier League. But was it luck?

Not a bit of it. Palace’s interest in the player goes back not just longer than the January window, but many more months before that.

Wharton was still a promising academy player at Blackburn Rovers when he first became aware of the club’s interest in signing him. “Funnily enough, it was after my first Championship start which would have been late August of 2022,” he remembers.

“Dougie [Freedman] was actually at that game, my manager told me. There was interest but I was

Funnily enough, it was after my first Championship start which would have been late August of 2022, Dougie [Freedman] was actually at that game, my manager told me. There was interest but I was never going to move at that time or anything

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never going to move at that time or anything.”

Although a move would take 18 months to materialise, Palace’s long-standing admiration of Wharton went a long way to winning the race for his signature.

“The interest was there for quite a long time, which is also a sort of bonus,” he explains. “[It’s] like an incentive for me that I was a player that they were invested in, in a way. They were spending all that time interested. It wasn’t just a little impulse. So that was a factor that I took in to sort of help me make my decision.”

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Freedman met with Wharton to discuss his potential in more detail.

“I spoke to Dougie,” he remembers.

“He introduced himself and spoke to me about what I was thinking, but also what he likes about me, what he thinks I can work on, and why he thinks Palace would be a good move.

“Again, that gives you a better idea of what you would be moving to, and it helps to make your decision a lot easier.” It wasn’t just Freedman’s pitch, however.

Wharton had spotted for himself the success Championship players had had in moving to south London.

“That was one of the biggest factors for me.

“Looking at Palace from the outside and seeing Marc [Guéhi], Ebs [Eze], Michael [Olise], seeing them do so well in the Championship and then move at an earlier age to Palace, and still being given that opportunity to show that they can do it in the Premier League, and helping them progress into international players.

“There’s not a lot of other clubs that do it and do it as well as Palace have in the recent years.

So, if I was able to do the same as them, and progress like they have since coming in, why wouldn’t I want to do it? They were given the chance to get minutes and prove themselves and get better. That’s exactly what I wanted to do.”

It’s exactly what Wharton is doing now, starting the last two games after making his debut from the bench, just a few days after arriving at the club. He had enjoyed

There’s not a lot of other clubs that do it and do it as well as Palace have in the recent years.

So, if I was able to do the same as them, and progress like they have since coming in, why wouldn’t I want to do it? That’s exactly what I wanted to do

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a dress rehearsal earlier in the season, starring for Blackburn in the League Cup at Stamford Bridge.

“The way I looked at it was that it was a chance for me to test myself against Premier League opposition,” he says of the game.

“They’ve got really good players, spent a lot of money, so they’re top players.

“For me to be able to challenge myself whilst still being in the Championship against these better players, I thought it was a good way for me to see where I’m at in terms of the level that you have to be to play in the Premier League and where I was at that moment.

“After the game, I thought I did quite well. The feeling I got

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after that game was, I want to play against teams like that more often.

I enjoyed the challenge of playing against better players, being a more tactical game, it being tougher to get forward over the pitch, things like that.

“I’ve got the experience that I wanted to keep playing in games like that, keep challenging myself to get better. That’s what I took from that game. I think with a lot of players, when you play against top opposition like that, there’s always going to be people watching. It’s always a chance to impress.

“Playing against them and seeing what I’m able to do against them, I knew I could step up to the challenge. If I was to move to the Premier League, I’d be able to try and accept that challenge and take it in my stride and help me progress.”

While Wharton’s first taste of Premier League opposition was at Stamford Bridge, his first indoctrination into the beautiful game also came against Chelsea – this time in the North West.

“My first ever game was as a mascot with Danny Simpson against Chelsea in 2008 at Ewood Park,” he remembers. “That’s the earliest memory I’ve got of going to a game. Obviously, going is one thing, but being able to walk out and see the players in the tunnel, it’s just a great experience for any kid.”

While some footballers enjoy playing but could not be described as football fans in their spare time, Wharton was immediately

When I was really young, I would go to Ewood Park in the upper tier of the family end.

As I got a little bit older, I used to think I was one of the cool kids, so I’d go in the Darwen End. Half of the Darwen End used to be home and then half used to be away

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hooked. “The whole family are Blackburn fans,” he explains.

“They were always a top team: Roque Santa Cruz, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Chris Samba, Jason Roberts, Benjani, Paul Robinson. It was good to watch them and learn from them growing up.

“When I was really young, I would go to Ewood Park in the upper tier of the family end. As I got a little bit older, I used to think I was one of the cool kids, so I’d go in the Darwen End. Half of the Darwen End used to be home and then half used to be away.

“All the noise came from the home fans in the Darwen End

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It’s always a chance to impress Adam Wharton

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when I was starting to get a little bit older. I used to think I was cool and a little hooligan trying to start the chants. Then, as I grew a bit older and I was more involved in the academy, we were able to get tickets to go into the Jack Walker Stand, which is the main stand.”

With two footballing older brothers, Wharton had to learn to fend for himself – not just in the stands but in the back garden and on the pitch too. “It was obviously a lot of fun,” he says. “It helped having two older brothers who enjoyed playing as well. It helped me get into it to begin with, and then always have someone to play with. It did get competitive a bit at times, but there’s nothing wrong with that.

“I was always quite small as well growing up. You are always at a disadvantage, but I think in a way it helps you because you’re always battling physically against bigger people, so you get used to it. Once you get used to it, then when you come up against it in games, you’ve already done it before, so you know what to do and how to beat it.”

Wharton has certainly looked at home at the highest level. It’s clear that his Premier League debut is just the start; what he wants more than anything is to play in the biggest and best games. “It’s a great achievement. It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I started playing football. I think that’s what most kids want to do.

“It’s the best league in the world. All the top players play

It’s the best league in the world. All the top players play there, so I’m delighted to make my debut and play. I just want to keep playing.

I’ve got the taste of it. I want to just keep playing in those types of games

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there, so I’m delighted to make my debut and play. I just want to keep playing. I’ve got the taste of it. I want to just keep playing in those types of games.”

At just 20-years-old, Wharton has graduated from the terraces and the back gardens to facing the best teams in the world in some of the biggest stadiums, but nothing has phased him yet. It may have taken Palace years of patiently waiting for the perfect time to bring him to south London, but with his hunger for more pushing him on every day, it could be worth it for the years of golden moments to come

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the follow -up

This season, we’re putting your questions to members of the Palace squad. To have a chance of seeing your question answered by a first-team star, just head to cpfc.co.uk and submit your burning enquiries…

Adam Wharton Which other sport would you like to be professional at?

Noah Atwell I think golf is a pretty good sport.

Just playing in the sun is quite good, travelling. I’m very average. I think I’ve got good technique, but it’s the concentration that kills me!

If you could play alongside one midfielder, who would it be?

What is your favourite film?

Steven Anker It depends what mood I’m in! There are too many films… I like the Dark Knight trilogy, Christian Bale as Batman. The Equaliser – the first one. [All action, no rom-coms?] The Notebook – I only watched that recently and that’s good. There are too many films, it’s too hard to name one.

Richard Hart I would say Xavi or Andrés Iniesta, just because they would make the game so easy for you. That Barcelona team was a joke.

Would you rather win the Champions League or the World Cup? Phil Butcher World Cup. It’s got to be – it’s such a big competition, and to do it for your country. Also the fact that it’s once every four years makes it so much harder. the follow-up

What is your favourite takeaway?

Jenny M©Kenna You can’t really beat a nice pizza. It’s pretty bog standard but it doesn’t get much better. I get Hawaiian, which I know a lot of people don’t like. I like pineapple. Very controversial.

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Opposition preview Vincent Kompany became accustomed to ‘that winning feeling’ while captaining Manchester City to 12 major honours, and seemed to have imbued it within Burnley upon his arrival as manager. The Clarets approached their Premier League return with the very highest of hopes, having dominated last season’s Championship, attained over 100 points, reached the FA Cup quarter-finals and played an attractive style of football to boot.

Since August, however, things have stopped going to plan and the Clarets have found themselves in the relegation zone since the opening-day defeat to Manchester City, and are now seven points adrift of safety.

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burnley Their ability to find the back of the net has improved, having scored in five of their last six games including away at Aston Villa, Manchester City and Liverpool, but their tendency to concede goals has meant picking up just two points from the last 21 available. A five-goal defeat at home to Arsenal only further exposed their defensive woes.

Three important loan signings in January in David Datro Fofana, Maxime Estève and Lorenz Assignon will provide a boost for Kompany, and he will hope that they can make an instant impact at Turf Moor to inspire a great escape before May. With time running out to secure safety, Burnley need to begin picking up results to avoid an instant return to the second tier.

Manager Vincent Kompany One of the Premier League’s greatest ever defenders, Kompany lifted the Premier League title four times before entering management with Anderlecht. He took Burnley to the Premier League at the first time of asking, winning the Championship Manager of the Season award.

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briefing What’s the story?

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the European Cup in 1961 and losing out to Hamburg.

However, the once-stalwarts of the top-flight endured a 33-year absence during which they flirted with relegation to non-league in the late 1980s.

But a steady rise in the early 1990s, during which Burnley became only the second club to win all four professional divisions of English football, paved the way for fleeting appearances in the Premier League in 2009/10 under Owen Coyle and 2014/15 with Sean Dyche.

Promotion in 2015/16 yielded Burnley’s most successful period in their history: five straight Premier League campaigns, including a record-breaking seventh-place finish in 17/18 and even a first campaign in Europe in 51 years. Dyche’s exploits in the dugout made him a legend at Turf Moor in this period, with a pub near the stadium renamed ‘The Royal Dyche’ in his honour.

Founded in May 1882, Burnley was one of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888/89 – one of six Lancashire-based sides to form the competition. Their inside forward, William Tait, became the first-ever player to score a league hat-trick, in what was only the Clarets’ second match in the competition.

Their relegation in 1900 brought about one of the earliest allegations of match-fixing in football, with goalkeeper Jack Hillman accused of bribing his Nottingham Forest opponents to lose the last game of the season.

The Clarets dined at English football’s top table from 1946 until 1971 and 1973 to 1976, winning Division One in 1959/60 and reaching the FA Cup final in 1962. They were among the earliest English teams to feature in European competition, entering Season 2013/14

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the greatest manager Harry Potts Potts waited six years for his competitive debut for Burnley, serving for six years in the Royal Air Force during World War Two before finally featuring for the firstteam in 1945. After making 165 league appearances, he returned as manager in 1958. Potts stayed at Turf Moor for 12 years, winning the club’s first league title since 1921 and finishing FA Cup runners-up, as well as guiding Burnley into Europe for the first time in 1966.

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Twice English champions, European pioneers and a massive name in English football: the country could hardly believe that by 1987 Burnley were at risk of losing their Football League status and potentially slipping into non-league obscurity. They raced into a two-goal lead but when Orient pegged them back, the tensest of final minutes led to an outpouring of relief at the final whistle. A pitch invasion greeted Burnley’s survival.

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James M©Ilroy A tricky inside-forward, McIlroy arrived at Burnley from Glentoran in 1950 for £7,000, and it proved money well spent. Nicknamed ‘the Brain of Burnley’ for his intricate style of play, he was the star of Burnley’s title-winning side of 1959/60, scoring 131 goals in 497 matches before leaving for Stoke City in 1963. He had a stand named after him at Turf Moor, and after his death in 2018 was named by the club as ‘Burnley’s greatest ever player’.

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Eagle Eye Andy Jones is a Staff Writer for the Athletic, covering both Burnley and Liverpool. He has written in the past for the Liverpool Echo.

Why has the transition to Premier League football proved so difficult?

There were high hopes heading into the season that Burnley could continue their momentum from their Championship title-winning campaign and cause a few shocks.

That has not been the case. They signed 15 players in the summer and it is a squad packed with a lot of young talent who had little to no Premier League experience so gelling together and adapting has taken longer than hoped. The football they played was based largely on control and possession in the Championship, something they haven't been able to replicate in the Premier League.

Can Burnley produce a great escape in the run-in?

That’s the plan although it is quickly turning into mission impossible.

The next four games before the final international break, starting against Palace, feel like the last chance saloon to begin to close the gap to those above them. Internally there is still belief that survival is possible and Vincent Kompany remains the most positive person around the training ground. The time for talking is over and the only thing that matters now is results.

Who is Burnley’s most important player – and whose contribution flies under the radar?

Their most important player is striker Lyle Foster, as he is such a key presence leading the line.

However, he underwent surgery recently so will be unavailable.

Winger Wilson Odobert is one who is looked to, to step up in his absence.

Midfielder Sander Berge’s influence can fly under the radar – it’s unlikely he has seen this as a great season individually but when Burnley are at their best he is usually central to it.

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How has Kompany managed in his first Premier League season?

As with many of his players, it has been a steep learning curve.

He has plenty of experience in the top-flight as a player but managing at the other end of the table with a young, inexperienced squad has brought plenty of challenges and questions.

Keen to never move away from his core principles, he has made tweaks to his system and set-up as the season has progressed. Overall, it has made Burnley more competitive in matches without being backed up by more points.

Who is a name for the future to keep an eye on?

At just 19-years-old, Wilson Odobert is an exciting talent who has shown flashes of brilliance.

I would put Zeki Amdouni in the same boat too.

However, fellow 19-year-old Luca Koleosho was Burnley's best player in the opening months of the season. A pacy winger with no fear and plenty of flair, he unfortunately suffered a serious knee injury in December, but has huge potential.

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We meet again From memorable meetings to tense transfers to shared stories, Palace have their own personal tale to tell for each of our Premier League opposition this season. Here, a five-star final day showdown…

YET ANOTHER LAST DAY CLIMAX What is it about Palace and Burnley when it comes to final games of the season? They always seem to have something riding on them, for one side or the other. There was, of course, May 1979, when the Eagles’ must-not-lose game for promotion saw a record attendance of more than 50,000 cram into Selhurst Park, and then four years later a battle between both sides aiming to avoid relegation to Division Three.

More recently, however, the Eagles were hanging on in sixth place, desperate for a play-off place. It was 4th May 2008, and defeat at Hull City last time out meant only victory would guarantee a spot; Ipswich, Wolves and Sheffield United were waiting in the wings should Palace slip up.

Just as in 1979, mid-table Burnley stood in their way.

Just as in 1979, it drew the biggest home crowd of the season.

Almost 24,000 were at Selhurst Park, as manager Neil Warnock fielded an unchanged side from the Hull defeat. What looked set to be a nail-biting 90 minutes began in the perfect fashion, as

Julian Speroni’s long clearance was misjudged by defender Clarke Carlisle, allowing Scott Sinclair a clear run on goal; a last-ditch challenge led to a red card and a penalty – which Ben Watson thumped home – and the Eagles were up and running.

Just three minutes later Victor Moses added a second, and Tom Soares tapped in a third before half-time to make sure of the result.

Palace continued to press after the break, and goals from Sinclair and leading goalscorer Clinton Morrison completed a 5-0 rout and sealed a play-off place.

Warnock had only arrived the previous October with the club in danger of relegation, so to reach the play-offs was a magnificent achievement, but Bristol City denied the Eagles the possibility of another final. burnley

Palace: Speroni, Butterfield, Hill, Hudson, Fonte, Derry (Fletcher 59), Soares, Watson, Morrison (Scannell 72), Moses (Ifill 32), Sinclair.

Burnley: Jensen, Duff, Harley, Carlisle, Caldwell, Alexander, Elliott (MacDonald 70), McCann (Mahon 81), Blake, O’Connor, Randall (Gudjonsson 46).

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Ben Bailey Smith, aka Doc Brown, does it all – acting, rapping, writing, directing, you name it. The multifaceted Palace fan is also a patron of Palace for Life Foundation. In each edition, he offers his unique take on the world in SE25...

Gemütlichkeit, Sweet Gemütlichkeit Well that was all just SO football, wasn’t it? A week ago we were teetering on the precipice of a canyon of crises. Today we turn away from that steep, cavernous drop and stare with wonder over the mountains at a new dawn rising. Incredible really, just how quickly moods can shift in this crazy sport. Throw in being a Palace fan and on top of all the mood swings you also have to deal with being consistently inconsistent or predictably unpredictable – neither of which, funnily enough, are the greatest bedrocks for a stable marriage. Fortunately, love is blind.

Any good marriage requires a health check, a little MOT every now and again to assess where you’re at – is it just a case of whipping out the cables for a jumpstart, or is there a deeper-rooted issue, way down in the guts of the engine? I’ve personally spent this season feeling that it’s undoubtedly the former. We have a team packed with passionate grafters (that first-half against Chelsea! The whole match away at

Any good marriage requires a health check, a little MOT every now and again to assess where you’re at – is it just a case of whipping out the cables for a jumpstart, or is there a deeperrooted issue, way down in the guts of the engine?

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Everton – nearly!) – no one can tell me that if we were able to add Olise, Eze, Doucouré and Rak-Sakyi to that set-up every week we wouldn’t be taking our red and blue love machine from zero to 60 in a smattering of seconds. For now, we just need a new mechanic.

“Grüss gott” or “servus”, then, to Oliver Glasner. And although “servus” just means “hi” in his native Austrian, as both a Palace superfan and a lover of cheap puns I for one am incredibly excited to say, “servus Sir! Hope your service serves us”.

Hopefully he’ll take a Spaziergänge (leisurely stroll) out onto the hallowed Selhurst turf today and wilkommen us right back. By the way, “winken sie un zu” is Austrian for “give us a wave”, in case you guys feel like experimenting out there.

While we’re talking language, it may be handy to know that Austrian is basically German but with a handful of crucial differences, like saying hello. From my extensive, exhaustive research, I’ve discovered that the most profound difference relates to the humble potato.

In Germany it would of course be kartoffeln (we all knew that, right?) but in Austria a potato is an “erdapfel”, literally an apple of the earth. So if you bump into Oli at half time and he’s craving some tucker, you could do worse than offer him a Pukka Pie and Earth Apple Fries.

Ice breakers, folks. The little things are important. Fittingly, one of the cornerstones of Austrian culture is the sharing of “gemütlichkeit” which loosely means warmth and happiness – traits regarded with

Time instead to focus on getting the three points and jump-starting this marriage for another beautifully romantic year on the road together.

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profound importance in the birthplace of Mozart, traits which would both be lovely to add to south London after a pretty cold and miserable winter.

One of the key things we’ll need to bring from our side of this partnership is patience. When the whistle goes for kick-off today, we are essentially entering a new era and none of us can know exactly what to expect. What we can do, is give ourselves the best possible chance to succeed, by all pulling in the same direction. In any marriage, if the two of you want completely different things from each other or one of you wants to be there and the other doesn’t, the writing is on the wall – or more specifically the divorce papers. If you really want it to work, you work at it.

Leaving our true (red ‘n’ blue) love is not an option, so we’ll need to work. Work on our patience, our understanding, our hopes and our demands. Oliver has already achieved some magical things without us – imagine experiencing those together! To share in gemütlichkeit you need to bring gemütlichkeit to the table. Gemütlichkeit is a two-way street guys, that’s just how gemütlichkeit works. Ok, I’ll stop saying gemütlichkeit.

Time instead to focus on getting the three points and jump-starting this marriage for another beautifully romantic year on the road together.

Until our next anniversary, “Ich bin so froh, dass du mir gehörst” (so glad you’re mine). Down with crises, it’s onwards and upwards!

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Crystal Palace Under-21s face the unique prospect of two knockout games in two tournaments in the space of five days next week. Manager Darren Powell looks ahead to both clashes at the VBS Community Stadium, and explains how important having the fans at Sutton will be…

Palace face Wolves first on Monday, 26th February in the quarter-finals of the Premier League International Cup, and Powell was clear in his assessment of the opposition: “Wolves won't be easy. They're a good side and they’ve got good players.

“They play, from what we've seen, a similar formation to us so we've just got to make sure we compete and win our duels all over the pitch.

“It's a knockout game, which is exciting for everyone. We've been here before in the quarter-finals of the Premier League International Cup, whether that's an advantage or not, but it's a game we should be looking forward to.

“It's a competition that we want to progress in and some of our players were in the final last year, in our first entry. For us, we want to progress and as long as we apply ourselves properly, it gives us the best opportunity to do so.”

Facing domestic opposition in the International Cup doesn’t faze Powell. “It's what we encounter on a weekly basis, facing a club from our own shores, but for me it's more

about what it actually is: a knockout game,” he explained.

“If you're not at it, if you're not fully motivated, if you're not physically right, then you can lose to whoever you play in a knockout situation – you can go out, so we've got to make sure we're all fully prepared and ready to go.

For us, we want to progress and as long as we apply ourselves properly, it gives us the best opportunity to do so

“You build on [the group-stage performance] and you have the knowledge that we played good teams in the competition and that we've competed and done well against them.

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“It's now about not switching off psychologically thinking this is a league game; it's actually a cup game, an International Cup game which we want to do well in. That's our focus and that's what I'll be telling the boys: that this is a good opportunity for us to hopefully progress and get to the final again.”

The knockout clashes come thick and fast, and on Friday, 1st March Palace take on Leicester City in the Premier League Cup. “The results were up and down [in the groupstage],” Powell said. “I remember we did a similar thing last year in using the opportunity to give players who hadn't had many minutes some time to play.

“It was the same kind of pattern as last season: we'll win one, we'll lose one. It was up and down.

Thankfully, we had the quality to progress and in the last game against Ipswich, where they had to win and all we needed was a point, we went there and won.

“It shows the mentality of the boys, as well as the seriousness with which we want to take the competition. We'll give it a proper

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At this time of the year, players in the second half of the season should be stretched and challenged because ultimately, next season, that's the level they will be playing. It's good exposure for the U21s to go up and train with the first-team fight, give it a go and try to progress in the two games. We're looking for two wins out of two in the next week.

“After that, we've got a lot of games: two-game weeks, which again are good for the boys to play in, to recover and respect that process. The game we played against Leicester last Monday, we had to move a couple of players about. It was a positive for us to see some of our lads go up and train and be in the first-team squad for Everton.”

Indeed, Powell’s side was affected by players like Franco Umeh and Jadan Raymond featuring in the first-team squad, but this is seen as an opportunity: “It’s an opportunity for everyone,” he says. “It has a positive knock-on effect: the boys from the

U21s go up to the first-team, the U18s come up to the U21s and the U16s go up to the U18s and so on, which is always good for the players.

“At this time of the year, players in the second half of the season should be stretched and challenged because ultimately, next season, that's the level they will be playing.

It's good exposure for the U21s to go up and train with the first-team, especially with the new manager.

“There will be an absolute positive buzz around the first-team and our boys getting that exposure and being part of that buzz is a good thing.”

Playing in front of a home crowd for both fixtures is an added bonus for Powell and his side. “We always academy

appreciate the fans when they come and support the players,” he says.

“We do hear them and I'll always ask them, if they’ve got the time, to come out and support the U21s, because they are the 12th man.

“There's such a positive and strong effect when the supporters come out and give their time to come and watch us. It’s massive for the players as well. We will need them in these two games. I always really appreciate it when the supporters come out and back us.”

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Five Crystal Palace Women’s players have been called up by their nations during the February international break.

Elise Hughes will be looking to add to her first senior international goal for Wales – scored against Iceland in December – following her 18 goals in 20 club appearances this season. The striker has been named in a 26-player squad by interim manager Jon Grey ahead of a friendly against the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday, 27th February (19:30 GMT) in Tallaght. In that fixture, she could come up against new Palace teammates Izzy Atkinson and Abbie Larkin, both called up by the Girls in Green for a pair of friendlies this month. Ireland faced Italy yesterday at Fiorentina's Viola Park ahead of their game against Wales in Dublin next week.

Lexi Potter and Araya Dennis have both been called up for England Under-19s' warm-weather training camp, ahead of April's crucial European Championship qualifiers.

The Young Lionesses will take part in the friendly La Nucia tournament in Alicante, facing France on Saturday 24th February (13:00 GMT) at the Camilo Cano Sports City, before taking on Norway on Tuesday 27th February (13:00) at Meliá Villaitana Hotel.

Both Potter and Dennis have scored for England U19s earlier this season, and will hope to form part of interim head coach John Griffiths' squad for April's qualifiers against Italy, Switzerland and Portugal.

Keep up-to-date with how all five players fare on their travels with our dedicated international tracker on cpfc.co.uk.

Palace put four past Blackburn The Eagles continue to soar this season under Laura Kaminski, as a dominant display at the VBS Community Stadium last time out fired Palace into second place in the Women’s Championship.

A 4-0 win over Blackburn Rovers in Sutton was achieved through goals from Annabel Blanchard, Izzy Atkinson, Chloe Arthur and Shanade Hopcroft – and the margin of victory arguably could have been even greater.

With seven games of the season left to play – one more than the teams around them – Palace trail league leaders Sunderland by just a single point, and with a significantly higher goal difference. Their fate is in their hands heading into the run-in... women

Their bid for glory continues against Birmingham City Women in Sutton on Sunday, 3rd March (14:00 GMT). Tickets for that match – as well as our home game against Watford at Selhurst Park on Sunday, 24th March (14:00 GMT) – are on sale via cpfc.co.uk.

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Age 22 Position Winger Nationality Republic of Ireland Signed

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The Republic of Ireland international has made a flying start to her Palace career since signing from West Ham last month, having previously played for Shelbourne and Celtic – where she scored the winning goal in the 2022 Scottish Women’s Cup Final.

Get to know Izzy…

Izzy has been a fantastic addition.

She offers a lot of experience in terms of international football and domestic football, and has already had a direct impact Laura Kaminski Head coach

What made you want to join Crystal Palace?

I think the exciting fight for promotion. I just wanted to come here, help the team out and win loads of games, and hopefully we can get promoted together.

And you knew some of the girls already…

I knew Hayley [Nolan] and Anna [Filbey] from before joining, so I’ve obviously been watching Palace a bit lately.

They both spoke very highly of the club and were keen on me coming here as well! I’d heard only good things.

How would you describe your game?

I’m someone who likes to dribble with the ball, attack, and bring a bit of energy and speed to the game. I enjoy getting on the ball, so I’m coming here to hopefully have an attacking impact and help us win games.

How did it feel to score your first Palace goal?

I had a few chances on my debut [against Charlton] which I didn’t finish, so I was just buzzing to score [at Southampton] and buzzing to get the three points! I was buzzing, absolutely buzzing. izzy atkinson

What are your targets for this season?

Goals, goals, goals, and wins – that’s what we need! Especially with the matches we’ve got coming up, we just need to take each game as it comes.

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For more than 150 years, Palace have paved a way into the history books, navigating wild misadventures, cult heroes, political and social changes and all the ups and downs that come with them. Step back into another world…

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History Makers Palace players past and tantalising titbits from eras gone by: club historian Ian King takes us through the wacky, weird and wonderful history of Crystal Palace one new tale at a time.

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or the second time this season we must return to the theme of ‘the one that got away’: in this case, former junior Glen Little. Born in 1975, he became a Palace trainee by 1993 and signed professional forms a week later. A right-sided attacking midfield player, he first came to prominence with the juniors in the South East Counties League, and in 1993/94 netted nine goals (including four at home to Bristol Rovers in a remarkable performance in February). Towards the end of the season, he was being given outings for the reserves, scoring in a victory over Millwall.

Little started the following season with the reserves, until moving to Derry City on loan to gain first-team experience. In 1995, he joined Glentoran on

a free transfer and achieved cult-hero status with the Belfast club, scoring the winning goal in the 1996 Irish Cup final which took them to European football.

By now, Little was attracting interest from back in England, and by 1996 he had moved to Burnley for a sizeable £100,000

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transfer fee. He became a virtually ever-present feature, and following the appointment of former Palace assistant manager Stan Ternent in 1998 he earned promotion back to the second tier of English football as Division Two runners-up in 2000.

Little stayed at Turf Moor for eight more seasons, notching up almost 300 appearances before moving to Reading on a free transfer. With the Royals, he was involved in another promotion, this time to the Premier League in 2006. He made 31 Premier League appearances with Reading and then Portsmouth, before winding down his playing career with Aldershot Town, Wrexham, Grays Athletic and Heybridge Swifts.

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debuts and curtain calls Mel Blyth and Jeff Bourne made their final appearance for Palace against Burnley at Selhurst Park in January 1978, while Nicky Chatterton had his curtain call at Turf Moor that November; Steve Kember made his second debut for the club in the same match.

A relegation decider in May 1983 saw the final outings for David Fry, Tommy Langley and Ian Edwards – the latter scoring the decisive goal. Neil Shipperley made his second debut in August 2003, while James McArthur started his Palace career at Turf Moor in September 2014.

weird and wonderful The near-100 years of football at Selhurst Park have seen a variety of animals sent onto the field, from Kate the Horse, who pulled the heavy machinery for the groundsman before wartime, to elephants advertising a local circus, and of course plenty of dogs.

However, for a true coincidence one has to look back on the game against Burnley in September 2010, when a break in play following an injury

Brief encounters ACCRINGTON STANLEY Who are they? Well, to be fair, a club called Accrington was one of the first 12 Football League clubs back in 1888, but resigned just five years later. A team in the town called Stanley then added Accrington to their name and joined the Football League in 1921 as a founder member of Division Three North, but in 1962 the club resigned from the league due to financial difficulties and was eventually dissolved in 1966.

The present club came into existence in 1968 and progressed up the leagues finally re-entering history makers

to Danny Fox saw a real life fox scuttle across the penalty area, past its professional footballer namesake – still lying prone awaiting treatment – and off the other touchline.

Incidentally, Burnley also had Chris Eagles in their team for this encounter. A friend for Kayla.

the Football League in 2006.

Financially, the club was always battling against the odds, but in 2015 a takeover by a local businessman led to a more stable existence and in April 2018 they gained promotion to League One, before returning to the fourth tier at the end of last season.

Accrington Stanley met Palace for just one league season in 1960/61. The Glaziers were on their way to promotion out of Division Four, securing a double over their opponents that included a 9-2 victory at Selhurst Park. There has also been one FA Cup tie between the two in December 1937

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Times have changed over Crystal Palace’s rich and storied history. In each edition, we dust off the archive and reprint a story from one of the club’s historical programmes.

This week, we hear from a cult hero who represented both of today’s clubs in style…

Crystal Palace √ burnley – 01 december 2018

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t is remarkable to think that had it not been for a computer game, Gabor Kiraly’s cult-hero status at Selhurst Park may never have existed.

Now in the 23rd year of an impressive career that has seen him become Hungary’s mostcapped goalkeeper, the oldest player to appear in the European Championships and play in the UEFA Champions League, he was also the first Hungarian shot-stopper in Premier League history – aided by a turn-of-thecentury edition of FIFA Manager!

Speaking about how he came to arrive at Palace, he said: “In Germany, everyone speaks about English football, so I thought that instead of speaking about it, I’d do it. I closed my contract with Hertha Berlin and I knew teams were interested such as Ajax, Juventus, Palace, Aston Villa, Rapid Vienna and Austria Vienna.

"I’d heard of Palace so I thought ‘why not?’. I had a very FROM THE ARCHIVE

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good feeling; in 2001 I played FIFA Manager and randomly I became manager of Palace, and I played a little bit of that, and then by 2004 the opportunity came to play for them! It is very funny, but real!

“Palace was a huge part of my life. That team was like a family and we helped each other and were very close. Julian [Speroni] and I had a friendship and even now we still talk to each other; when I go to a Palace game I meet with him.

We worked for one target: to keep a clean sheet in the game. It didn’t matter who played, we worked all week very hard to help each other. That was very important.”

Kiraly played 111 times for the Eagles between 2004 and 2007, but you can’t think or talk about his exploits without mentioning one of football’s most famous pieces of clothing – an unflattering pair of grey tracksuit bottoms. As important to the 42-year-old as his goalkeeping gloves, they still get regular use whenever Kiraly features for Hungarian top-flight team Szombathelyi Haladás.

“For me, shorts are not comfortable and I prefer the

longer tracksuit trousers, and that started in Hungary,” he said.

“The pitches weren’t very good so I had to take longer pants. For me it was simple - they made me feel stronger and braver. I have a little bit of knee pain and I don’t want to be hit on the ground.

I used them (grey tracksuit bottoms) in the Hungarian championship and after eight games we didn’t lose, so I thought they brought luck so I used them in Hungary, Germany and in England “When I was 19-years-old we got black and grey tracksuits, and one time the washing machine was broken so I had to use the grey ones. I used them in the Hungarian championship and after eight FROM THE ARCHIVE

games we didn’t lose, so I thought they brought luck so I used them in Hungary, Germany and in England.

“At Palace I let a ball go through my legs against Chelsea when I was wearing shorts and after that I said I needed the longer bottoms because maybe they’d have saved the goal.”

Having turned a superstition into a signature look, the former Eagles and Burnley keeper has begun to cash in on his own line of goalkeeping chic.

“When I was 40 I opened some shops and we made our own tracksuit bottoms. They’re comfortable and made of good quality textiles. However, I use the grey tracksuit trousers every day, so I never use them at home or in the street because I work in them!”

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1994

nineteen

ninetyfour

Football, fashion, music and more – step back in time to an era that had it all…

At the

manager: ALAN SMITH Back in the big time…

From an FA Cup final, a third-place finish and a trophy at Wembley to relegation back into the second tier, Palace had been through a rollercoaster few years – but they were about to be back in the Premier League at the first time of asking.

The post-Mark Bright, postIan Wright era had meant some

reshuffling, but the Eagles had some team to call upon. They could still call upon the reliability of Nigel Martyn, the flair of John Salako and the aggression of Eric Young, but there was also the emergence of young talents like Chris Coleman, Simon Rodger and Chris Armstrong.

We all talk about Jim Cannon and Geoff Thomas, but people don’t talk about Gareth in that category. I would put him up there with Jim and Geoff, and I hold both of them in the very highest regard Then there was the captain, a shy Academy graduate turned leader on and off the pitch: Gareth Southgate. Away at Kenilworth Road, the Eagles all but confirmed their return to the Premier League via Coleman’s goal. retro palace

“Gareth never really got the credit for what he did at Palace,” Alan Smith said, looking back years later. “It all got bypassed. There is something about his low-key personality.

“We all talk about Jim Cannon and Geoff Thomas, but people don’t talk about Gareth in that category.

I would put him up there with Jim and Geoff, and I hold both of them in the very highest regard.

“Gareth is one of those guys that seems so unassuming that people think he is normal, but he is actually a pretty steely bloke.

What he has done, and I like to think he has taken that from Palace, is he has got a great atmosphere with the squad, which we had when he was captain at Palace, and before under Steve Coppell.”

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top 5 singles 1

Love Is All Around

Wet Wet Wet

2

Stay Another Day

East 17

3

Baby Come Back

Pato Banton

4

Things Can Only Get Better

D:Ream

5

Girls & Boys

Blur

Games

Films

Nintendo proclaimed 1994 ‘The Year of the Cartridge’. Catchy. They weren’t wrong, however, with the Super Game Boy and PlayStation released to change the world of gaming forever. Characters like Donkey Kong became household names, while NBA Jam led the way for sports games. In Japan, a football game called J.League Excite Stage ’94 (again, catchy) sold in huge numbers.

1

Forrest Gump

2

The Shawshank Redemption

3

Pulp Fiction

4

Four Weddings and a Funeral

5

The Lion King

08 january Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean win the British ice-dancing championship 20 january Legendary manager Sir Matt Busby dies aged 84

06 may The Channel Tunnel under the English Channel to France opens

30 june Fred and Rose West are charged with a series of murders between 1970 and 1987

21 july Tony Blair becomes leader of the Labour Party

14 may Manchester United beat Chelsea at Wembley to claim a Premier League and FA Cup double

18 may AC Milan beat Barcelona 4-0 to claim their fifth European Cup triumph

17 july Brazil win a record fourth World Cup, beating Italy on penalties in California

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We award grants and work with partners to deliver outstanding grassroots football facilities across England.

Search Football Foundation to find out more

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More Than a Game: Guéhi's Kicks Masterclass

p

alace hero and England international Marc Guéhi joined four lucky Premier League Kicks participants at the Crystal Palace Academy as part of the Premier League’s More Than a Game campaign, which aims to showcase the connection between Premier League Kicks and real-life stars.

Tylei, Ceren, Josh and Jayden are four talented players who participate in our weekly Premier League Kicks sessions in south London, and supported by Marc Guéhi, the group took part in a series of knockout football challenges. These included the classic ‘Wembley singles’, where each player tries to score or stop the other player from scoring; a ‘cross-field ping’, which tapped into Marc’s pinpoint passing expertise; and a ‘top corner whip’, which paid homage to Michael Olise’s wonder-strike against Luton.

More Than A Game aims to connect the world of Premier League Kicks with real-life stars and showcase the vibrancy of Kicks' community programmes and the ‘ballers’ within them.

The campaign aims to demonstrate how the Premier League's wide-ranging investment into all levels of football enables people connected to clubs to have a positive impact on their local communities.

"It was really good – they were showing off some of their skills and abilities, and I was just there to assist and watch,” Guéhi said of his experience. “It’s really good [to get involved in the Foundation] because it’s giving back, lending a hand, and if I can do that in any way, in any shape or form, for me, that’s great.

"You could see by the way they were smiling when they were playing football and the camaraderie between them, just by their reaction, you know they enjoyed it.” foundation

It’s brilliant to do these types of things. it makes you think of the game when you first started growing up at grassroots level A strong battle saw Tylei victorious in round one and round two, with Ceren winning round three, leaving her the only remaining candidate and overall winner.

“I joined around two years ago and it’s made a major change to my life," says Ceren.

"It doesn’t only help with talent, but as a person you grow.

"You meet new people, your communication skills improve and they give you the best opportunities,

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like being able to go down to Palace’s games for free or coming down to the training ground. It’s like a little family we have now.

It’s the most beautiful thing.”

Guéhi agreed with Ceren’s sentiment: “Palace do some great things in the community, constantly inspiring the next generation of communities to go out and do great things; whether that’s in football or not.

“Palace are giving people a platform, giving them a foundation to go out and be their best selves which is amazing.

“I grew up Lewisham. The club is a massive family club and so is south London in general. It’s full of so many communities and has a family feel-good factor, people looking after each other, so being able to do that today was brilliant.

“It’s brilliant to do these types of things. It makes you think of the game when you first started growing up at grassroots level.”

At Palace, we’re so proud of our Kicks community. We’ve been running the programme for over 15 years, and from its inception in the 2006/07 season up to 2021/22, nearly 9,000 young people participated, and over 12,500 hours of free activity were delivered across south London thanks to funding from the Premier League and generous donations from Palace fans – and those numbers have only grown since.

Check out the video of Marc teaming up with our young stars on the Palace for Life or Premier League websites

Support Palace for Life in our mission to raise £1 million to help us transform thousands of more young south Londoners’ lives.

donate a pint from your pre-match routine below

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Every day is a busy one at the Palace, from matchdays – men’s, women’s and Academy – to anniversaries, birthdays to events. Keep track of everything happening at the club right here…

26 feb

24 feb

palace √ burnley | 15:00 LIVE audio commentary on

28 feb

27 feb

palace u21S √ wolves | 19:00

norwich √ palace u18S | 14:00

LIVE on

LIVE on

29 feb

29 feb

Darren Ambrose turns 40 today.

Joe Whitworth turns 20 today.

2015 Glenn Murray scores twice and is sent off against West Ham.

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01 mar

01 mar

01 mar 2022

palace u21S √ leicester | 19:00 LIVE on

happy st. david's day!

02 mar

03 mar

palace women √ birmingham | 14:00 LIVE on

04 mar

Palace beat Stoke at Selhurst Park to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals.

02 mar

spurs √ palace | 15:00 LIVE audio commentary on

05 mar

man utd √ palace u18S | 11:00 LIVE on

06 mar

2017

2013

1976

Andros Townsend scores a memorable solo strike against West Brom.

Kevin Phillips scores a hat-trick against Hull as Palace push for promotion.

Palace reach the FA Cup semifinals for the first time as Alan Whittle downs Sunderland.

All times GMT. Head to cpfc.co.uk for more details and ticketing information.

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The page for supporters: taking your comments from the terraces into the programme. Want to get in touch? Use the details below.

Happy 70th Birthday Tony Bunn

Mike Tebbutt, lifelong supporter.

What better way to celebrate a big birthday this year than by watching his beloved Palace?!

Happy 65th Birthday Carole, have a great day!

John Hall, enjoy the game today.

Celebrating your 85th Birthday as a lifelong Palace fan. Come on Palace!

Love From Joan, Joanna, James, Charlotte, Tom and Steve

Congratulations JBFW on seven years in the Premier League. We can't all stay at the top forever. We hope you finally get the chance to relax and put your feet up in League Two!

Wishing George Hilder, lifelong Palace fan and Season Ticket holder a Happy 18th Birthday. Lots of love from Dad, Jay, Grace and all the family COYP!

from the terraces

Welcome to Selhurst Park Callum and Joel, both aged 13 – and both predicting a 3-1 win for Palace this afternoon.

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Get well soon Grandad Gordon! We love you lots! Up the Palace!

Happy 60th Birthday Andre! We hope you have the best day ever and hopefully Palace get a result.

Thank you for everything you do for us as a family! Lots of love, Alex, Katie, Mandy, Rob, Sophie, Isla, and Sophia xxx

Welcome to London Dexter and Layla Cowell – they love Palace and are hoping for a win today!

Palace Paul, loved and missed by so many. Glad all over you were ours.

Pictured here with four of his beloved Grandchildren at his favourite place to be, Selhurst Park.

A massive happy 10th Birthday to Amelia! Love you all the world from Daddy xxxx

Wishing Paul Smith a very happy 50th birthday, lots of love from all his family and friends.

Rest in Eternal Peace Charles Creech, 3/8/44 – 29/12/23.

London Clarets is the oldest independent Burnley Supporters Club in existence, organising travel, tickets and social events. Visit londonclarets.org.uk to find out more.

William McBurney is attending his first Palace match with his grandad, William McBurney. Lots of love to both Williams! Xxx

Happy 70th birthday John/dad/ grandad, love Claire, Aaron, Rory, Sara, Wayne, Joe, Rose, Poppy Palace, Pebbles, Fiona, Franky, Ruby, Oli, Emily, Ellis, Jimmy and a heavenly wish from Nanny Bubbles xxx

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Meet today’s mascots, prepare for a visit to north London, relive an FA Cup win and pit your wits against Brighty below.

Leo Salmon

Alex Fitzgerald

Oliver Watts

AGE:

AGE:

AGE:

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SCORE PREDICTION:

3-1

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8

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Callum Juner

Rosie Cookman

AGE:

AGE:

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3-2

10

Email: liam.connery@cpfc.co.uk

SCORE PREDICTION:

2-1

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next up: spurs Palace head to north London to take on Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, 2nd March (15:00 GMT).

Best memory: The Eagles’ last victory at Spurs came back at White Hart Lane in the FA Cup fifth round, when Martin Kelly scored the only goal to take Palace to the quarter-finals in 2016.

Travel: White Hart Lane Station is the nearest railway station to the ground, while fans can also travel via the London Underground to either Tottenham Hale or Seven Sisters on the Victoria Line. The 149, 259, 279 and 349 bus routes also pass near to the ground.

Pre-match: Although there is no official designated away pub, the Antwerp Arms regularly accepts away supporters pre- and post-match.

BEAT BRIGHTY In each edition, club icon Mark Bright calls it how he sees it and predicts events from the weekend’s football.

See how you fare and try to Beat Brighty!

Scoring: One point for every correct result, three for a correct scoreline.

Brighty

You

2-1 2-1 1-3 2-0 total Manage to Beat Brighty? Keep track of your score above.

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team stats: women/U21S/U18S Chloe Arthur scored her first goal of the season as Palace Women put four past Blackburn Rovers last time out.

Jesse Derry scored a remarkable scissor-kick volley in the Under-18s' defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion.

Luke Plange has scored four goals in his last five appearances for the Under-21s.

Home fixture Away fixture Cup fixture (Crystal Palace score shown first)

AUGUST Sun 27

Reading

D 1-1

SEPTEMBER Sun 3

Birmingham City

W 2-1

Sun 10

Durham

W 9-1

Sun 17

Sunderland

D 1-1

Blackburn Rovers

W 4-0

OCTOBER Sun 8

Wed 11 Lewes

D 1-1

Sun 15

London City Lionesses

W 6-1

Sun 22

Charlton Athletic

L 2-3

NOVEMBER Sun 5

Watford

W 3-0

Sun 12

Lewes

W 3-2

Sun 19

Southampton

L 3-4

Wed 22 Watford

W 3-0

DECEMBER Sun 10

Chatham Town

W 6-0

Sun 17

Reading

D 1-1

JANUARY Sun 14

Blackburn Rovers

W 3-1

Sun 21

London City Lionesses

W 2-0

Wed 24 London City Lionesses

L 1-2

Sun 28

L 0-1

Charlton Athletic

FEBRUARY Sun 4

Southampton

Sun 11

Chelsea

L 0-1

Sun 18

Blackburn Rovers

W 4-0

W 2-1

AUGUST Mon 14 Manchester United W Sun 20 Reading L Mon 28 Fulham L SEPTEMBER Fri 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers L Fri 15 Middlesbrough W Tue 19 Wycombe Wanderers L Sat 23 Nottingham Forest L OCTOBER Sun 1 Liverpool L Mon 30 West Bromwich Albion W NOVEMBER Fri 3 Leeds United W Tue 7 AFC Wimbledon L Fri 10 Ipswich Town L Tue 14 Stevenage L Fri 24 Birmingham City W december Sat 2 Manchester City W Mon 11 Middlesbrough L Mon 18 West Ham United L JANUARY Sun 14 Blackburn Rovers D Mon 22 Birmingham City W Fri 26 Brighton & Hove Albion W FEBRUARY Mon 5 Ipswich Town W Mon 19 Leicester City D MARCH Fri 1 Leicester City Mon 4 Stoke City Mon 11 Aston Villa Fri 15 Southampton Fri 29 Tottenham Hotspur APRIL Mon 8 Everton Fri 12 Chelsea Sun 28 Middlesbrough

3-2 0-2 2-5 2-3 6-2 0-1 3-4 2-4 3-0 7-1 0-2 2-4 2-5 4-1 3-0 0-4 1-5 3-3 3-0 2-1 1-0 1-1

MARCH Sun 3

Birmingham City

Sun 10

Sheffield United

Sun 17

Sheffield United

Sun 24

Watford

Sun 31

Durham

APRIL Sun 21

Lewes

Sun 28

Sunderland

september Wed 27 Athletic Bilbao october Tue 24 Monaco december Wed 6 Benfica january Wed 17 Feyenoord february Mon 26 Wolves

women/u21S/u18S

D 1-1 W 3-1 W 2-1 D 1-1

AUGUST Sat 12 Southampton Sat 19 Chelsea Sat 26 Reading SEPTEMBER Sat 2 Liverpool Sat 16 Leicester City Sat 23 Fulham Sat 30 Brighton & Hove Albion OCTOBER Sat 28 Arsenal NOVEMBER Sat 4 Tottenham Hotspur Sat 11 West Bromwich Albion Thu 16 Newcastle United Sat 25 Fulham DECEMBER Thu 7 Plymouth Argyle Sat 16 Aston Villa January Sat 6 West Ham United Tue 16 Hull City Sat 20 Leicester City Sat 27 Fulham FEBRUARY Sat 3 Aston Villa Thu 8 Chelsea Sat 17 Brighton & Hove Albion Tue 27 Norwich City MARCH Sat 2 Manchester United Sat 9 Chelsea Sat 16 Arsenal Sat 30 West Bromwich Albion APRIL Sat 6 Norwich City Sat 13 Southampton Sat 20 Tottenham Hotspur Sat 27 Aston Villa may Sat 4 West Ham United Sat 11 Reading

W 5-0 L 1-2 W 2-1 W D L D

6-1 1-1 3-4 3-3

D 3-3 W W L W

5-2 2-1 1-4 5-4

W 2-1 W 3-2 L W D W

4-5 5-0 1-1 4-2

W 3-0 L 1-2 L 2-4

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women Name

u21s

Apps

Goals

Name

u18s Apps

Name

Apps

9

Kai-Reece ADAMS-COLLMAN

18

Asher AGBINONE

9

Cormac AUSTIN

11

Luke BROWNE

1

Rio CARDINES

19

Freddie COWIN

8

Matteo DASHI

19

3 14

Chloe ARTHUR

17

1

Tayo ADARAMOLA

Izzy ATKINSON

3

1

Asher AGBINONE

1

Victor AKINWALE

15

Keira BARRY

1

1

Annabel BLANCHARD

16

9

Araya DENNIS

20

3

Polly DORAN

8

Cormac AUSTIN

1

Justin DEVENNY

20

Chima EZE

2

1

Craig FARQUHAR

2

Chris FRANCIS

13

Goals

3

Aimee EVERETT

20

2

Anna FILBEY

16

1

Felicity GIBBONS

17

Shauna GUYATT

17

1

Shanade HOPCROFT

21

4

Zach MARSH

6

21

Roshaun MATHURIN

25

7

Hindolo MUSTAPHA

6

1

Elise HUGHES

21

Annabel JOHNSON

4

2

Jesse DERRY

19

25

4

Billy EASTWOOD

21

Jackson IZQUIERDO

4

Leon ELLIOTT

4

Caleb KPORHA

3

Joe GIBBARD

10

Jake GRANTE

19

Zack HENRY

2

3 18

13

12

David OZOH

12

2

Joseph KHOSHABA

2

Luke PLANGE

5

4

George KING

20

10

Jesurun RAK-SAKYI

3

1

Caleb KPORHA

1

Jadan RAYMOND

19

3

Finley MARJORAM

Dylan REID

12

Kaden RODNEY

15

Joe SHERIDAN

20

Ellie NOBLE Hayley NOLAN

20

Ria PERCIVAL

6

Alexia POTTER

15

1

Franco UMEH

23

Kirsten REILLY

18

1

Noah WATSON

18

Molly-Mae SHARPE

21

6

Isabella SIBLEY

7

Lucy WATSON

5

3

8

3

1

Marcus HILL

Ademola OLA-ADEBOMI

Abbie LARKIN Natalia NEGRI

17

Danny IMRAY

Adler NASCIMENTO

Frances KITCHING Demi LAMBOURNE

Sean GREHAN

Goals

Mofe JEMIDE

15

6

Zach MARSH

19

24

Hindolo MUSTAPHA

16

4

David OBOU

1

1

Olaoluwa OMOBOLAJI

6

Caleb REDHEAD

13

Jack WELLS-MORRISON

18

Joe WHITWORTH

2

Charlie WALKER-SMITH

2

1

Tyler WHYTE

8

1

Sebastian WILLIAMS

20

3

F

A GD Pts

Tyler WHYTE

5

Vonnte WILLIAMS

All statistics correct as of 17:00 Thursday, 22 February – see full tables at cpfc.co.uk. nd

pos CLUB P W D

L

pos CLUB P W D

L

1

3 22 13 +9 31

9

4 24 25 -1 23

sun

16 9

4

F

A GD Pts

rea

13 7

2

F

A GD Pts

pos CLUB P W D

L

3

2 43 22 +21 28

che

12 9

1

2

cry

15 9

3

3 43 17 +26 30

10 mun

12 6

2

4 40 27 +13 20

4

ars

13 7

4

2 34 21 +13 25

3

sou

16 10 0

6 28 18 +10 30

11

12 6

2

4 27 20 +7 20

5

ful

14 8

0

6 39 33 +6 24

sun

4

cha

15 8

6

1 22 13 +9 30

12 cry

14 5

3

6 33 32 +1 18

6

cry

14 6

4

4 39 31 +8 22

5

bir

15 8

2

5 25 14 +11 26

13 mid

12 5

3

4 21 22 -1 18

7

lei

15 4

5

6 28 37 -9 17

6

dur

16 5

4

7

17 30 -13 19

14 stk

13 6

0

7 29 37 -8 18

8

avl

14 5

1

8 38 37 +1 16

7

bla

14 6

0

8

11 22 -2 17

15 nor

14 5

2

7 34 32 +2 17

9

bha

13 4

4

5 28 34 -6 16

women/u21S/u18S

ALL-TIME

may

april

march

february

january

december

nov

october

september

AUGust

Position

Sat 12

Sheffield United

31,194

W

1-0

5th

Mon 21

Arsenal

24,189

L

0-1

11th

Sat 26

Brentford

16,997

D

1-1

11th

Tue 29

Plymouth Argyle

15,826

W

4-2

Second round

Sun 3

Wolverhampton Wanderers

24,741

W

3-2

7th

Sat 16

Aston Villa

40,809

L

1-3

9th

Sat 23

Fulham

25,072

D

0-0

10th

Tue 26

Manchester United

72,842

L

0-3

Third round

Sat 30

Manchester United

73,428

W

1-0

9th

Sat 7

Nottingham Forest

25,125

D

0-0

9th

Sat 21

Newcastle United

52,189

L

0-4

11th

Fri 27

Tottenham Hotspur

25,074

L

1-2

13th

Sat 4

Burnley

21,578

W

2-0

11th

Sat 11

Everton

25,103

L

2-3

13th

Sat 25

Luton Town

11,029

L

1-2

13th

Sun 3

West Ham United

62,459

D

1-1

12th

Wed 6

Bournemouth

24,104

L

0-2

14th

Sat 9

Liverpool

25,103

L

1-2

15th

Sat 16

Manchester City

53,384

D

2-2

15th

Thu 21

Brighton & Hove Albion

24,171

D

1-1

15th

Wed 27

Chelsea

39,618

L

1-2

15th

Sat 30

Brentford

25,472

W

3-1

14th

Thu 4

Everton

24,489

D

0-0

Third round

Wed 17

Everton

37,796

L

0-1

Third round

Sat 20

Arsenal

60,284

L

0-5

15th

Tue 30

Sheffield United

23,644

W

3-2

14th

Sat 3

Brighton & Hove Albion

31,345

L

1-4

14th

Mon 12

Chelsea

25,110

L

1-3

15th

Mon 19

Everton

38,164

D

1-1

15th

Sat 24

Burnley

15:00

Sat 2

Tottenham Hotspur

15:00

Sat 9

Luton Town

15:00

Sat 16

Newcastle United

15:00

Sat 30

Nottingham Forest

15:00

Tue 2

Bournemouth

19:45

Sat 6

Manchester City

15:00

Sat 13

Liverpool

15:00

Sat 20

West Ham United

15:00

Sat 27

Fulham

15:00

Sat 4

Manchester United

15:00

Sat 11

Wolverhampton Wanderers

15:00

Sun 19

Aston Villa

16:00

Michael Olise

Result

Marc Guéhi

attendance/ KICK-OFF

James Tomkins

Opposition

Rob Holding

Date

Tyrick Mitchell

Home fixture Away fixture Cup fixture (Crystal Palace score shown first) Started Used sub Unused sub Goal(s) Yellow card Red card

Joel Ward

23/24 FIXTURES & RESULTS

Sam Johnstone

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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

palace Career Appearances

31 352 131

1

134 108 82

palace Career goals

0

0

10

fixtures & results

6

2

5

12

Jefferson Lerma Jordan Ayew Eberechi Eze Matheus França Daniel Muñoz Jean-Philippe Mateta Jeffrey Schlupp Joachim Andersen Nathaniel Clyne Will Hughes Adam Wharton Odsonne Edouard Malcolm Ebiowei Chris Richards Cheick Doucouré Naouirou Ahamada Dean Henderson Remi Matthews Nathan Ferguson Joe Whitworth Jairo Riedewald Tayo Adaramola Jesurun Rak-Sakyi David Ozoh Ademola Ola-Adebomi Franco Umeh-Chibueze Jadan Raymond

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8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 19 20 22 23 26 28 29 30 31 36 41 44 45 49 52 53 55 60

23 199 113

1

22

20

10

3

93 222 99 210 72

0

0

15

18

3

1

2

3

90

5

30

47

25

10

0

20

0

0

0

0

0

fixtures & results

1

1

2

91

2

10

11

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

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23/24 PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE

pos

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

1

Club liverpool

25

17

6

2

59

24

+35

Pts 57

2

manchester city

25

17

5

3

58

26

+32

56

3

arsenal

25

17

4

4

58

22

+36

55

4

aston villa

25

15

4

6

52

33

+19

49

5

tottenham hotspur

25

14

5

6

52

38

+14

47

6

manchester united

25

14

2

9

35

34

+1

44

7

brighton & hove albion

25

10

8

7

48

40

+8

38

8

newcastle united

25

11

4

10

53

41

+12

37 36

9

west ham united

25

10

6

9

36

44

-8

10

chelsea

25

10

5

10

42

41

+1

35

11

wolverhampton wanderers

25

10

5

10

39

40

-1

35

12

fulham

25

8

5

12

34

41

-7

29

13

bournemouth

24

7

7

10

33

46

-13

28

14

brentford

25

7

4

14

35

44

-9

25

15

crystal palace

25

6

7

12

28

44

-16

25

16

nottingham forest

25

6

6

13

32

44

-12

24

17

everton*

25

8

6

11

27

33

-6

20

18

luton town

24

5

5

14

34

47

-13

20

19

burnley

25

3

4

18

25

55

-30

13

20

sheffield united

25

3

4

18

22

65

-43

13

*Everton deducted 10 points following a breach of the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules All statistics correct as of 17:00 Wednesday, 21st February.

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