Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur Sunday 13th December 2020 // 2:15pm
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Directors Steve Parish, Chairman David Blitzer Joshua Harris Chief Executive Phil Alexander Chief Financial Officer Sean O’Loughlin
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Sporting Director
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Dougie Freedman Club Secretary Christine Dowdeswell
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Head of Sport Science, Strength & Conditioning
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luka milivojevic
Scott Guyett
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steve parish
Head of Medical Dr. Zaf Iqbal
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darren ambrose
Academy Director
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junior eagles
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Daniel storey
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Gary Issott Director of U23 Development Mark Bright Head Groundsman Bruce Elliott
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Commercial Director Barry Webber Operations Director Sharon Lacey Head of Consumer Sales Mike Pink Head of Ticketing Dan Clarke Head of Legal David Nichol Head of Content & Production
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James Woodroof Head of CRM & Campaigns Tom McGuiness Editor Dan Blazer Design Billy Cooke, Luke Thomas Contributors Ben Mountain, Ian King, Daniel Storey, Darren Ambrose, Grace Cullen Photography Neil Everitt, Seb Frej, Reuters, Pinnacle, Rex Features Printer Bishops Printers
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1994/95 season
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paddy m©carthy
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Coral-Jade Haines
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fixtures & results
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official matchday programme
11 What do you ask a Premier League, FA Cup, Europa and Champions League winner? Yes, exactly: what are your recollections of the six games you played with Gábor Király at Aston Villa. Here, Daniel Blazer finds out about Gary Cahill’s opinion on trouser-wearing goalkeepers, what it’s like to play against Zlatan Ibrahimović and plenty more.
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Eberechi Eze
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Copers cope
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tottenham match preview A goal from Jeffrey Schlupp on the final day of last season helped Crystal Palace end a
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frustrating run of league defeats to Tottenham. The 1-1 draw at Selhurst in July was the first time the points were shared between the sides in fiveand-a-half years, but Spurs haven’t had it all their way against Palace. Roy Hodgson was able to mastermind a 2-0 win over the north London club in the FA Cup during the 2018/19 campaign and that competition also saw Palace progress at Tottenham’s expense in 2016. While Spurs have held the advantage in recent league meetings, those wins have largely
When we needed to have the ball, we had it. When we needed to be aggressive in transitions, we were. When we needed two world-class strikers to score amazing goals, they did
been by the odd goal with Jose Mourinho’s predecessor, Mauricio Pochettino, securing five consecutive 1-0 wins over Palace in his tenure.
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Despite a Harry Kane goal, Palace last tasted league success over the Lilywhites in 2015 and the England captain will be the danger again today. He has struck four times in these meetings
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- each one in SE25 - and already has double figures for Spurs this term. Goals have been hard to find for the Eagles against Spurs, but Jordan Ayew will hope to continue his fine form against London clubs. Since he moved to England five years ago, the Ghanaian has struck 10 times against teams from the capital and also scored four goals against Hertfordshire outfit Watford to show his talent inside the M25. By: George Sessions, reporter for PA Sport.
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the lilywhites
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all-timers Hugo Lloris
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Jan Vertonghen
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Aaron Lennon
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Jermain Defoe
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Teddy Sheringham
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Jermain Defoe
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Robbie Keane
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premier league goals
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