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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. Imtiaz Ahmad 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 Head of Marketing Matt Franks Head of Safeguarding Cassi Wright Head Groundsman Bruce Elliott
12 Being a footballer is a challenge: you always have goals to achieve. You can never be happy with your performances. Even if you’ve played well, you have to do better next time. That’s my goal
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Naouirou Ahamada’s C.V. reads like that of a player much his senior, bringing with it more challenges, but also opportunities, than your average 22-year-old might anticipate. One year into his time in south London, he told Robin Johnson that he is not merely biding his time at Crystal Palace – but applying the benefit of his experiences…
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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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Crystal palace f.c. Sam JOHNSTONE (GK) Joel WARD Tyrick MITCHELL Rob HOLDING James TOMKINS Marc GUÉHI Michael OLISE Jefferson LERMA Jordan AYEW Ebere EZE Matheus FRANÇA Daniel MUÑOZ Jean-Philippe MATETA Jeffrey SCHLUPP Joachim ANDERSEN Nathaniel CLYNE Will HUGHES Adam WHARTON Odsonne EDOUARD Chris RICHARDS Cheick DOUCOURÉ Naouirou AHAMADA Dean HENDERSON (GK) Remi MATTHEWS (GK) Nathan FERGUSON Joe WHITWORTH (GK) Jaïro RIEDEWALD Jesurun RAK-SAKYI David OZOH Franco UMEH Roshaun MATHURIN
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Martin DÚBRAVKA (GK) Kieran TRIPPIER Paul DUMMETT Sven BOTMAN Fabian SCHÄR Jamaal LASCELLES JOELINTON Sandro TONALI Callum WILSON Anthony GORDON Matt RITCHIE Matt TARGETT Alexander ISAK Harvey BARNES Emil KRAFTH Loris KARIUS (GK) Lewis HALL Tino LIVRAMENTO Nick POPE (GK) Jacob MURPHY Miguel ALMIRÓN Joe WILLOCK Mark GILLESPIE (GK) Elliot ANDERSON Dan BURN Sean LONGSTAFF Bruno GUIMARÃES Joe WHITE Amadou DIALLO Alex MURPHY Ben PARKINSON Lewis MILEY
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