CPFC vs Brighton

Crystal Palace v Brighton & Hove Albion 09.03.2019 // 12:30pm

CONTENTS 03

Inside palace

Crystal Palace v Brighton & Hove Albion Saturday 9th March, 12:30pm

Directors Steve Parish (Chairman) David Blitzer, Joshua Harris

6

Chief Executive Phil Alexander Programme Editors James Woodroof, Ben Mountain

4

Graphic Design Billy Cooke, Luke Thomas Contributors James Woodroof,

14

Terry Byfield, Ian King, Dominic Fifield, Chris Smith, Chris Waters, Grace Cullen, Ben Mountain, Max Mathews Photography Neil Everitt, Sebastian Frej, Reuters, Pinnacle, Andrew Whitton, Rex Features, Tara Hook Printer Bishops Printers

PALACE V BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

37

56

WE CANNOT LET THE NATURE OF THE DERBY DISTRACT US IN WHAT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE A HIGHLY-CONTESTED ENCOUNTER

THE MANAGER 05

I know we can rely on you With nine league games left to play, our aim is to finish in a position that gives a truer reflection of our performances, despite not always getting the points we feel we have sometimes deserved.

Over these last few weeks, it is pleasing to have pulled ourselves further away from the relegation zone and within touching distance of mid-table, which is where we want to be.

Recent results have given us reason to feel optimistic but it’s important for us all to remember that there is still lot of football to be played. We have some important games coming up against teams around us and are under no illusions that there could still be plenty of twists and turns left in the season, so we must keep focussed and show no signs of complacency.

I was delighted to take all three points at Turf Moor last Saturday, particularly from a team that had been in such fine form of late. Once again it was a very solid defensive display which allowed us to control the game and gave us the opportunity for some excellent finishing at the other end of the pitch.

It had been a three-game week so I took the opportunity to rotate a few players, some of whom had played every game this season. I was really pleased with the players that stepped in and it is encouraging to see the strength in depth we have in the squad. A special mention must go to Scott Dann who started and completed his first Premier League game for 14 months.

It was really good to see him put in such a resolute display after such a long time out with a serious injury.

Many of you would have been here to see our last outing at Selhurst Park against Manchester United. They are certainly in a rich vein of form at the

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

moment and their quality showed through on the night.

Nonetheless, I was pleased with the attitude of our players. Even at 2-0 down we didn’t let the scoreline affect our play and we showed great character to pull a goal back with a superb diving header from Joel Ward. I think the United players’ reaction after getting their decisive goal proved they knew they had been in a difficult game.

Next weekend we have a break from the Premier League and of course we are looking forward to an exciting FA Cup quarter-final against Watford, with the winners earning a trip to Wembley.

But back to the matter in hand and our early afternoon kick off against Brighton here today. I would like to extend a warm welcome to Chris Hughton, his staff, players and supporters to south London. I know it is one of the first matches that fans look out for when the fixtures are announced, but we cannot let the nature of the derby distract us in what will undoubtedly be a highly-contested encounter.

As I have mentioned throughout the season, your magnificent support really does make a difference and I know we can rely on you to be in full voice once again this afternoon.

Enjoy the game!

THE FOCUS IS ON BRIGHTON AND BECAUSE IT’S FOR OUR FANS, WE JUST NEED TO BRING THEM THREE POINTS IN WHATEVER WAY.

THE CAPTAIN 07

our fans deserve three points We are playing in good form at the moment and we have to carry on, starting, of course, with today’s game against Brighton.

When we last played at Selhurst, we didn’t show our best against Manchester United. I’m pleased that after that loss we showed our character and our quality by going to Burnley for a very tough game and winning.

We were very pleased with that performance, especially in the second half when we played very, very well. We knew that playing against Burnley at Turf Moor wasn’t going to be easy but in the end we got the important three points. Now, let’s say that we are safer from the bottom three so I think we can be a little bit more focussed on other things: we can maybe turn our attention to the FA Cup more. But we can also try to take as many points as we can to finish in the top 10 in the Premier League. That was our aim before the season started so if we manage it, it’ll be an amazing achievement for us.

Today’s game is very important because when it’s special for the fans, it must be special for the players as well. If you win against this kind of rival and it means a lot to the fans, it gives you confidence. Everyone is happy and that’s why it means a lot to us because we care about our fans, we try to make them happy every single week. The last time against Brighton, we didn’t play to our best ability but I think our fans deserve three points from this game. We must get them for you; we must try everything to make it for our fans.

At Selhurst last season, it was an amazing game.

There were five goals in the first half! It was amazing for the fans and in the end, we got the important

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

three points. It was a very good game and that’s what everyone expected, much like they will again today. In the end, we came away with three points and that’s what we’re going to try to do this afternoon.

But of course as with every single game in the Premier League, this will be a tough match. I think this time we don’t need to worry so much about the performance, we just need to focus on points. Maybe we can start thinking about playing nicer football but today, the focus is on Brighton and because it’s for our fans, we just need to bring them three points in whatever way.

One last note of encouragement is that we can now call upon more players which is very good for the squad. We changed five players against Burnley and we were still strong and that’s important for us because it can give us even more power for the end of the season.

But first things first, let’s get the job done today.

Make some noise!

OUR HOME FORM ISN’T NECESSARILY A FAIR REFLECTION OF THE PERFORMANCES THAT THE TEAM HAS PUT IN, BUT POINTS ARE POINTS – AND THE REALITY IS, WE HAVEN’T SECURED ENOUGH OF THEM AT SELHURST PARK THIS SEASON.

THE CHAIRMAN 09

fierce competition on the pitch Welcome to the supporters, players, staff and directors of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club to Selhurst Park for today’s match, and of course – to each and every Palace fan behind Roy’s team.

Last week was a very successful one with wins over Leicester City and Burnley away from home. Of course the loss to an excellent Manchester United side in between those two victories was tough to take, but to take six points from those games is a great return and certainly eases the pressure on us. It was particularly pleasing to win at Burnley with Roy having made five changes, and just shows the strength in depth of this squad.

We now go into another set of pivotal games and I know Roy and the players are focused - it certainly doesn’t hurt that we have our fiercest rivals and then a chance of a cup semi-final at stake.

Today’s match is a fantastic occasion for everyone lucky enough to be inside this stadium. It is a great rivalry, one that both clubs enjoy – even if it’s a head-scratcher for the rest of the football world. The distance between our clubs is 42 miles and whilst we are surrounded by London clubs, technically we are the closest Premier League team for Brighton geographically. But this one is about more than the mileage - it's a proper rivalry that stems from fierce competition on the pitch.

Brighton got the better of us at the AMEX this season, so there is added motivation to get a result today, in this, the 101st meeting between the sides. With so much to play for in this Premier League season, I hope it lives up to expectations – especially with the eyes of the world on us today as a major television selection.

It’s amazing to note that we’re ranked sixth in the league table for our results on the road this season. I

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

agree with Roy that our home form isn’t necessarily a fair reflection of the performances that the team has put in, but points are points – and the reality is, we haven’t secured enough of them at Selhurst Park this season. A win today would certainly help redress the balance. Last season’s game was a crazy affair with a 3-2 win courtesy of a Wilf brace and James Tomkins’ strike. It came out as your most enjoyable win in a recent poll, although our recent win at Manchester City might top it for many!

I won’t get the chance to speak to you before Watford away, but we’ve been restricted to 3,000 which is a great shame as we could have sold many, many more. I know the 3,000 will sound like 5,000 as we aim to get to Wembley and another great occasion for all of us.

Last but certainly not least congratulations to Jeffrey Schlupp on winning February’s ManBetX Player of the Month award, voted by the fans. Jeffrey has given us some outstanding performances and scored important goals, and he’s always a positive force around the club.

Everyone is pleased for him, and long may it continue.

Let’s turn up the noise as much as possible today, and show the world the very best of Selhurst Park.

Up The Palace!

10 TODAY'S GAME

Crystal Palace v Brighton & Hove Albion // Saturday 9th March // Selhurst Park

Today's game Crystal Palace host Brighton and Hove Albion today for another instalment of a historic rivalry which finds its roots most prominently in the late 1970s.

Today sees the two clubs facing-off as close not only in their rivalry but in their league position too, as Palace sit above Brighton by only two places and a slim three points. What gives the Eagles the edge, however, is their superior goal difference with just -4 compared to the Seagulls behind on -11. It means that whatever happens today, the visitors would have to win by a margin greater than three to overtake Palace before they play their game in hand later in the season.

However, current form suggests that it is the hosts who are favourites in this clash. Brighton recorded their first league win since January 5th over bottom of the table Huddersfield Town last Saturday whereas Palace have won three of their last five, scoring 11 times in the process.

In their last clash at Selhurst Park, these two sides showcased a great first half of football as the Eagles ultimately ran-out as 3-2 victors. Wilfried Zaha bagged a brace that day to see the Seagulls concede a goal in 13 consecutive Premier League games, the longest such run in the competition.

With today's match being the 101st between these two clubs, Brighton have the edge when it comes to wins with 39 compared to Palace's 36.

Michy Batshuayi has scored two goals in his last three appearances – a quarter of Palace’s total in that time.

PALACE V BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

TODAY'S GAME 11

Previous encounters:

In all competitions, Zaha has scored five goals in nine matches facing Brighton – against no other side has he scored more.

Head 2 head

One to watch:

All-time

01

01

36

39

01

25

Palace wins Brighton wins draws

Form guide: Palace have lost just one of their last nine home meetings with Brighton in all competitions (W6 D2).

Brighton are looking to do the league double over Palace for the first time since 1983-84.

Last TIME OUT BRIGHTON 1-0 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1 Mathew Ryan 30 Bernardo 5 Lewis Dunk 4 Shane Duffy 22 Martín Montoya 24 Davy Pröpper 6 Dale Stephens 8 Yves Bissouma

SUBS:

16 Alireza Jahanbakhsh

10 Florin Andone

17 Glenn Murray

19 José Izquierdo

11 Anthony Knockaert

Glenn Murray has scored in each of his last three appearances against Crystal Palace in all competitions for the Seagulls.

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

7 Beram Kayal

22

11 8

5 17

6

1 4

24 16

30

12 NEWSROOM

Newsroom SCHLUPP SCOOPS FAN AWARD Jeffrey Schlupp was voted by fans as ManBetX Player of the Month for February.

In the course of the month, Schlupp scored twice from five matches, in which he played every minute bar six.

He also recorded an assist and won a penalty, his efforts leading the Eagles to wins over Fulham and Doncaster Rovers in a month they would be victors in three clashes.

With 24% of the vote, he beat Wilfried Zaha to earning the award as the Ivorian forward ended up a close second on 22%.

Having been presented with the trophy, Schlupp said: "I'm delighted. I feel like I've found some consistency in my play and we've done well. We've been on a good run and I've managed to chip in with a few goals and assists and obviously I'm really happy.

"It's always nice to feel appreciated and the fans are who we do it for. To see that they're happy with performances and for them to vote for it makes it extra special.

"I'm very honoured to have got this award and I want to thank all the fans who voted for me. Hopefully I can continue playing well and keep chipping in to hopefully get more of these!"

ANDROS’ CITY SCREAMER WINS GOAL OF THE YEAR Andros Townsend was awarded Goal of the Year at the London Football Awards last week, for his astonishing volley in the Eagles' 3-2 victory away to Premier League champions Manchester City.

Collecting the award in Battersea, Townsend said: "It's a huge honour for me. It was a special occasion for myself, for Crystal Palace. To get a win at the Etihad is no mean feat. It's a goal and a win I'll never forget for the rest of my career."

Townsend's strike was selected by a panel of 22 experts including former professional footballers such as Tony Cottee, Bob Wilson and Bobby Zamora in an evening which rewarded the very best of London football.

PALACE V BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

NEWSROOM 13

Palace The

NEWS

in brief

PALACE SQUAD CELEBRATE AWARD FOR FOXES WIN Palace were awarded with LG Performance of the Week for their 4-1 victory over Leicester City. The League Managers Association's panel is comprised of LMA Chairman Howard Wilkinson, Sir Alex Ferguson, Joe Royle and Dave Bassett. Roy Hodgson and his squad accepted the prize as a group, at training prior to the Burnley match.

SECURE YOUR SEAT FOR THE RUN-IN Tickets & premium packages for Palace's last three home Premier League matches against Manchester City (14 April), Everton (27 April) and Bournemouth (12 May) are on sale now. The City fixture could change once more, depending on UEFA Champions League involvement. Palace’s trip to Spurs has yet

2019/20 SEASON TICKETS Current Season Ticket holders will be able to renew their ticket for the 2019/20 season from Monday (11th March). Holders who haven’t created their Palace One Account online yet can do so at login.cpfc.co.uk, making sure to link the account to their current Season Ticket Client ID. To find out more search “Palace One Account” or call the Box Office on 08712 00 0071.

If you’re not an existing Season Ticket holder but want to play your part in the famous Selhurst Park atmosphere next season, give yourself the best possible chance by joining the Season Ticket Waiting List which is now open. It costs just £10 to join per person, with the initial payment taken off the total price of your Season Ticket should you be successful. Head to cpfc.co.uk for more information.

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

to be assigned a new date.

END OF SEASON AWARDS AT BOXPARK Once again, the club will celebrate the season with supporters at Boxpark East Croydon, where several awards will be presented to players. The free event will be held on Tuesday 30th April, with more information coming soon on cpfc.co.uk.

TEE-TIME SET FOR ANNUAL GOLF DAY Join several Palace faces in the annual golf day on Wednesday 3rd April at the stunning Surrey National Golf Club. Enjoy competitive rounds of golf, prizes and a full day’s sustenance. A team of four costs £599+VAT; email sales@cpfc.co.uk or call 020 8768 6011 for information and to book.

JOEL WARD

Close to entering his seventh year with Crystal Palace, Joel Ward has quietly and understatedly earned himself a place in the club’s history books. Holding the most ever Premier League appearances for an Eagles player, here he reflects with Ben Mountain on a career in SE25 replete with highs, Wembley clashes and fond memories of historic victories.

JOEL WARD 17

It was almost a year into what would become a proud, With Palace fans thronging as a heaving mass lengthy career in red and blue that Joel Ward would across half of Wembley stadium, everything was in place line-up against today’s opponent – Brighton & Hove for one of the stand-out days in the club’s history.

Albion – for one of the biggest games of his and his Ward looked back, saying: “The gaffer took us to club’s existence. the stadium the day before, to go and see it, to go and The stage was set when, after a 0-0 home draw be a part of it, to see where the family were going to sit. teed-up a tense second-leg for the 2013 play-off semiIt wasn’t new when we walked in there [the next day]. final, an evening on the south coast saw the sun go “Although the set-up didn’t really change in terms down as the Eagles pushed to go up. of our preparation - we prepared in the same way we With Palace fans thronging as a heaving mass in would for any other game in the season - I think there the corner of the AMEX Stadium, everything was in was that element that you’re going into a play-off final place for one of the stand-out nights and you’ve got to try to keep your in the club’s history. We all know nerve, you’ve got to try to keep your what happened next. head and your focus and I think "THE EMOTIONS “It was an incredible day and doing that the day before to soak it AND EUPHORIA one of the best atmospheres,” all up was something that helped us OF IT ALL IS JUST Ward recalled. “The emotion of it and benefitted us.

INCREDIBLE. IT all was something you don’t get “To be a part of the promotion that often so it was incredible to team and to go to Wembley on that TOOK A WHILE TO do that.” day – the first time I’d really been SINK IN: I THINK The semi-final win was the involved in a game at Wembley – YOU COULDN’T landmark penultimate step into to be an integral part of that was HAVE WRITTEN the Premier League for Crystal something special and something A SCRIPT ANY Palace, a step that has led to six that I still pinch myself about to BETTER THAN WE consecutive top-flight seasons this day. since. And while, naturally, much “It’s great to have been a part DID IN 2012/13" has changed in that time, Joel of that and to have been at the Ward has remained consistent; start of that as well. It’s something not only in his presence, but in his special and something that will live reliable, confident performances too. with me for the rest of my life really. I think you can’t Though of course in 2013 there was still one last not celebrate. The emotions and euphoria of it all is hurdle for the now 29-year-old defender and his Eagles just incredible. It took a while to sink in: I think you teammates to overcome before their promotion to the couldn’t have written a script any better than we did top tier of English football as, having dispatched the in 2012/13.”

Seagulls, a fine Watford side were next to stand in Winding the clock forward almost six years, Ward Palace’s way. has featured at Wembley three times, notched up 215 The stage was set when, after the win over games for the Eagles and is still helping to maintain his Brighton teed-up a tense trip to Wembley for the 2013 side’s Premier League status, playing in nine clashes this play-off final, an afternoon in the capital saw the sun season and grabbing attention with his astonishing flying burn brightly as the Eagles, joyously, went up. header against Manchester United’s David de Gea.

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

18 JOEL WARD

Joining the squad against Brighton today in a game not quite as pivotal as that won in 2013, Ward’s time in SE25 has ensured that he hasn’t lost sight of what the rivalry still means for the fans, a place at Wembley at stake or not.

“For us and for the club it’s a huge game,” he said. “We know the emphasis is on it: 1) for the league, 2) for the club and 3) for the fans. We want to make sure that we go out there and put in a performance.

“The atmosphere will naturally lift because it’s a derby and because there’s a little bit more going on behind the scenes.

But the fans are great and the fans lift the team when things are tough and they lift the team as the twelfth man for us. They’re integral to our season and the success that we get in it.

“From day one, it’s been incredible and been a great time and I’ve always had a lot of praise – the continued support from the fans has not gone unnoticed. The fans have got our back through thick and thin.

“I’ve loved my time at the club, playing the number of games I’ve played, it’s been great. I know it’s almost unheard of now, people staying at a club for a few seasons but I’ve loved my time here, the fans have been incredible, the support has been great and it’s been a great journey that we’ve been on.”

From the start, Joel Ward has been through it all with Palace. Via one dark south coast evening and one glorious Wembley afternoon, he’s seen the club grow from Championship hopefuls to established Premier League competitors and stayed at his adoptive home ever since.

And, as last Wednesday’s heroics showed, he’s not done here yet.

"I’VE LOVED MY TIME HERE, THE FANS HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE, THE SUPPORT HAS BEEN GREAT AND IT’S BEEN A GREAT JOURNEY THAT WE’VE BEEN ON"

22 GETTIN’ SHIRTY

Throughout this season we’re finding out which shirts matter most to the Palace squad. Here, Wayne Hennessey gives us an insight into the most special jerseys in his collection.

everton

Gettin’ Stockport County

wales

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST SHIRT AS A KID?

WHAT WERE YOU WEARING ON YOUR PRO DEBUT?

WHICH IS THE MOST SPECIAL SHIRT YOU’VE WORN?

It was an Everton goalkeeper shirt which my parents got me for Christmas. Neville Southall was my idol and I had his name on the back.

That was when I went on loan to Stockport County from Wolves, and it was green and white. It’s actually similar to the Palace shirt I wear now!

My main one is the one I wore in the semi-finals of the Euros against Portugal which was an Adidas blue one. It’s framed and hanging up in my house now.

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

GETTIN’ SHIRTY 23

Shirty

With sey Wayne Hennes

czech republic

wales

WHO IS THE BEST PLAYER YOU’VE SWAPPED WITH?

WHO WAS THE LAST PLAYER YOU SWAPPED WITH?

WHICH IS THE BEST SHIRT OF ALL TIME?

I really like Petr Cech so I have to go for his. I have one of his shirts from when he was at Chelsea and Arsenal as well as the Czech Republic, so I’ve been quite lucky!

I honestly can’t remember who it was – I don’t think I swapped with anyone last season and I can’t remember further than that!

Goalie kits are always different to outfit ones, but Adidas have done some nice ones recently. I really like the on they’ve done for Wales recently so I might go for that.

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

ADVERT TAKE YOUR SEAT PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

2000-2004

100 YEARS OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE PROGRAMME This season, Ian King celebrates a century of the Palace matchday programme as he charts its evolution from a humble pamphlet to its current form.

PART 17

26 PROGRAMME HISTORY

2000/01 Following the reduction of backroom staff during Palace’s first administration period with Simon Jordan as the new owner, the programme was now in the hands of Communications Manager Terry Byfield and was expanded to 68 pages but still priced at £2.

There was a familiar feel with the usual selection of articles and with Jordan having his own prominent views, his ‘Viewpoint’ section usually made for interesting reading. Palace Ladies were also assigned an outlet and the week’s visitors were afforded eight pages spread throughout the production. A new feature was ‘Fan In Focus’ in which a supporter gave their account of following the club with several strange stories about being a Palace fan providing some amusing recollections.

‘First Sight’ provided a review over Division One and a mix of seven staff and fans gave their forecasts for other matches being played in the division that day. There were three pages of statistics and results while the ever expanding first team squad containing over thirty players filled a large column of the rear page.

2001/02 The programme, now reduced by four pages, changed printers and though the content of a programme is usually constant through the season, in this campaign there were three contributors to ‘From The Manager’: Steve Bruce, Steve Kember (as ‘Assistant Manager’) and Trevor Francis. As the managerial situation unfolded, Jordan would not be holding back in opinions in ‘Chairman’s Viewpoint’.

There was also a significant increase in the amount of advertising and ‘Palace Lifeline’, set up by former chairman Ron Noades, had now morphed into 'Golden Eagles' with its own page as did the club’s first loyalty points system with ‘TeamCard’.

The visitors were still well catered for with ‘A-Z of Memorable Moments’ and ‘Over The Years’ reminding supporters both of salient players and games between the clubs.

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

PROGRAMME HISTORY 27

2002/03

2003/04

There was another change of printer, this time to Fulmar Colour Printing, and a page increase up to 80 that meant the programme would cost £2.50 to purchase.

Throughout the season the front cover included a picture of Palace fans, who were standing most of the time.

More pages meant there was a selection of new articles and these included ‘Employee Of The Month’, an interview with the matchday referee and ‘Celebrity Chat’, which was an interview with a Palace supporting personality. Making a return, albeit under a slightly different title, was ‘Fan’s Profile’ and it is worth noting that details of the Reserve and Academy teams were expanded together, with a half page entitled ‘Academy Questionnaire’ featuring one of the juniors.

The four pages on Palace’s visitors were boosted to seven, looking at connections between the clubs as well as a previous encounter. Nigel Sands also penned a piece entitled ‘Match Of The Month’, choosing an impressive game from throughout Palace’s history. All in all, this programme was a significant improvement over the previous season and it earned a ‘Programme of the Season’ award resultingly.

Although the price remained the same the number of pages was reduced by 20% to 64 and the front cover continued with a picture of supporters. There was a subtle change to the front in the course of the season, containing the club name over three issues during February 2004. That produced for a game against Gillingham (pictured) was unique in its design. Having three managers during this Division One campaign meant that the manager’s notes were penned by Iain Dowie as ‘Iain Writes’ from December.

Even though there were fewer pages, the content did not give the appearance of being diminished with a sizeable amount of reading – however ‘Employee Of The Month’, ‘Celebrity Chat’ and ‘Fan’s Profile’ were seemingly rejected this time around.

An addition in the stats section was the number of fans who had travelled to/from Selhurst Park – West Ham United and Norwich City each brought over 7,000 to SE25 while a Tuesday evening in November witnessed 230 Palace fans heading to Stoke City. Squad names and numbers appeared on the back page and unfamiliar names against numbers 35 and 36 had been given to two fans who had paid for the privilege throughout the season.

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

ADAPT evoKNIT PRO upper featuring NETFIT for a customizable fit and freedom of movement.

POWER UP

75

POWER UP

50 25

75

POWER UP

POWER UP

50

ACCELERATE Lightweight RAPIDAGILITY outsole for super sharp bursts of speed.

25

STRIKE 3D Havoc Frame for game-changing touch.

75

POWER UP

POWER UP

50 25

75

POWERFIT UP POWER UP evoKNIT sock with FUSEFIT technology provides multiple lacing options for an adaptable fit.

50 25

75

POWER UP

POWER UP

50 25

75

POWER UP

50 25

POWER UP

LUIS

SUÁREZ

POWER UP

POWER UP

75 50 25

75

POWER UP FAST Lightweight RAPIDSPRINT outsole for supreme acceleration.

50 25

POWER UP

FEEL Super soft K-Leather for premium touch and ball control.

PALACE

75 50 25

POWER UP

POWER UP POWER UP

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION ROMELU

LUKAKU POWER UP 75 50 25

#15

The mini MAG for eaglets!

Today's Mascots

Junior Eagles DON'T FORG ET YOUR joel ward POSTER ON THE BACK COVER!

Ollie Barnes | Age: 11

Freddie Theobald | age: 8

Charlie Dulake | Age: 10

Jaimey Every | age: 8

Teddy Wood | Age: 11

30 JUNIOR EAGLES

Matchday quiz & hove albion's Who is Brighton season? s top scorer thi

1.

Palace re the last time What was the sco k?

Par st hur Sel at played Brighton

2.

en Palace regate score wh What was the agg semi-finals? ff y-o pla 3 the 201 beat Brighton in

3.

in signing was made Brighton’s record is it? the summer. Who

4.

5.

What year were d?

Brighton founde

6.

for Palace Who last scored against Brighton?

Spot the ball

A

of these is Can you work out which ball from the correct position of the en? when this photo was tak

B

C

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

JUNIOR EAGLES 31

Who am I? Two 1. I have played in League eth Bale Gar 2. I have also played with y 2014 Ma in ut 3. I made my Palace deb

Eagle eyed view

Can you guess which Premier League ground this is by just looking at it from above?

Pictogram es make When combined, these clu

up the name of a Palace

player – can you work out

who it is?

WHO AM I? Wayne Hennessey EAGLE-EYED VIEW: King Power PICTOGRAM: Mamadou Sakho ANSWERS – QUICK-FIRE QUIZ: 1. Glenn Murray 2. 3-2 3. 2-0 4. Alireza Jahanbakhsh 5. 1901 6. Luka Milivojevic SPOT THE BALL: PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

PL AY IT NO W CHAMPIONS RISE IN FIFA 19

Games and entertainment streaming services can output up to 2160p; PS4™ Pro upscales lower resolutions to 2160p.

HDR not supported by all games and entertainment streaming services. 4K/HDR TV required for 4K and HDR. © 2018 Electronic Arts Inc. EA, EA SPORTS, the EA SPORTS logo and Frostbite are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. Official FIFA licensed product. © FIFA and FIFA’s Official Licensed Product Logo are copyrights and/or trademarks of FIFA. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. “2”, “PlayStation”, “DUALSHOCK”, “KHJL”, “Ø” are registered trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. All titles, content, publisher names, trademarks, artwork and associated imagery are trademarks and/or copyright material of their respective owners. All rights reserved. Manufactured under license by Electronic Arts Inc.

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

LEGO PALACE 33

LEGENDS IN

BY CHRIS SMITH

@BRICKSTAND TO FIVE JOHNSON LEADS PALACE

#17

recorded Back in 2002, Palace victories nic ico one of their most Steve t bea y ever when the Helping .

5-0 on Coppell’s Bright Andy ck, -tri himself to a hat ng flyi s thi ted Johnson net and ond sec header as his clash.

Palace’s third of the

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

34

MESSAGEBOARD

Messageboard Send your message (max 25 words) with a picture to programme@cpfc.co.uk for a chance to be in a future edition.

From your first Palace game with Grandad to your 40th Birthday & still Palace strong.

Happy Birthday Dean lots of love from all the family

Happy Birthday to Mat Wolski, Love from Karen, Adam and Roscoe x

Happy 80th Birthday Alf Hopkins

Congratulations to Michael and Emily on Our Dearest Zac. Have a great 16th birthday, Please welcome the newest CPFC Supporter, your engagement. From Mum, Dad, Joseph starting with 3 points against Brighton! All Tuppence-Scootch Barr. She was adopted and William. our love, Mum & Dad. from the NYC Animal Control Center on Tuesday, 19 February.

Wishing my Palace fan husband a wonderful Congratulations Daddy (Simon McHardy) for 30th birthday celebration in the Legend's completing the Brighton half marathon love Restaurant with good friends and family. Have Ciaran, Cameron and Millie xXx a smashing day! Up the Palace! All my love, Larsipan xxxx

Wishing Trevor Gear a wonderful birthday.

Loads of love from Paul, Angie, Kimberley and Lucy.

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

MESSAGEBOARD 35

Wishing Lucy Ellis a wonderful 16th birthday Happy 13th birthday to Daniel Lunn, lots of love Mum, Dad and Adam. for 21st March. Loads of love from Mum, Kimberley, Grandad, Dodo and Fluffy

Happy Birthday to our wonderful son Joseph.

Palace 'til he dies! Enjoy your first evening kick off, lots of love from Mum and Dad xxx

Michael, Happy 18th Birthday. Lots of love Mum,Dad, Emma and all the family.

Happy Birthday to lifelong Palace fan Jack Payne from all the family. Lots of love

Happy 10th birthday Blakie Boy, lots of love Mum, Dad, Lex, Ash and Sweetie

Charlie Biggs. Celebrating his 8th birthday 2nd March 2019. Platinum junior member.

Mascot at Brighton Game

Happy 7th birthday Brody!! Lots of love Mum, Dad and Harper xxxxxx

Florence was born in Croydon. Visited Crystal Palace with her late husband. She watches when on TV. Now resident at Bowes House in Hailsham.

Happy 50th anniversary as a Palace fan, Gary Wisbey! Hope they beat Brighton for you today!

We would like to wish our gorgeous son Finding the courage to talk and seek help is George a very happy 13th birthday. Come on the key to a happier and more fulfilling life. you palace. Lots of love always, Mum dad It’s OKAY to talk. and Abigail xxx

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

Official beer of

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

E M O H E CARRY M

nt-man ighton, but fro ide town of Br as se e th . Until ith ol associated w n’s BRIT Scho e traditionally tended Croydo ar at s d ok an ll Ko ndon, Hi e Lo st ised in Fore Indie band Th s native south Sydenham, ra ing back in hi in liv rn ow bo N iew. . as rv w ps te rd pt under wra is exclusive in Luke Pritcha ce has been ke oodroof in th an W gi le es al m ll Ja ba secrets with now, his foot ic’s best kept es one of mus Pritchard shar

HE BEST BT T S I K R A OU ST P " SELHUR ERE WITHOUT A D EN TO" ATMOSPH ERE I’VE EVER BE H OF ANYW

CARRY ME HOME 39

L

ast summer, Luke Pritchard posted a picture on Instagram to celebrate his engagement to fellow musician Ellie Rose, both of them wearing Palace shirts. Fans of the multimillion record selling singer did a double take – isn’t he from Brighton?

Whilst Pritchard’s band did indeed spend their formative years together on the south coast, three-quarters of the original line-up met at The BRIT School in Croydon.

And Pritchard is as south London as they come.

News of the singer's football allegiance has lay dormant, but he is keen to set the record straight: “Football was always a bone of contention in the band, because our old drummer Paul was a big Brighton fan. It sometimes tested our

patience with each other! Maybe that’s why I’d not really talked about it before.”

The Sydenham born singer-songwriter went to his first Palace game with his uncle when he was at primary school, aged seven or eight, and the Eagles’ home ground had a lasting impression on him. “Selhurst Park is the best atmosphere without a doubt of anywhere I’ve ever been to. I think it’s legendary. I just love Palace, man, it’s the most real deal team in the Premier League. You know, the community spirit and the stadium is amazing.”

" WHAT I LOVE ABOUT PALACE IS THERE’S SO MUCH HEART" The Kooks, named after a David Bowie track, are currently touring their fifth studio album, Let’s Go Sunshine. Featuring on the record is a Pritchard-penned track titled Swing Low – inspired by his football club and the drum situated in the Lower Holmesdale. “What I love about Palace is there’s so much heart. I wanted to write a song imagining going through the tunnel, preparing for the game. I was trying to put myself in that position, and write a tune that would evoke that emotion and fighting spirit. It was a fun thing to do, and I hope that people get that feeling from it.”

Living in south London once again, Pritchard has fond memories of his young adulthood in Croydon.

“I just remember trying to get into pubs when I was underage. It was a stomping ground for me. I don’t know

lukewhereyougoing

40 CARRY ME HOME

how much it’s changed, but I remember hanging out in parks, playing football and drinking White Lightning!

“Musically, it was one of the first places I played – I can’t even remember their names, but little pubs in Croydon that would let me take my acoustic guitar and play, so it’s a special place for me. It’s about time I came back to see how it’s all kicking off!”

Back in 2005 when the band first emerged on the indie scene, they were to receive a lot of stick from the music press for their stage school education, but Pritchard remains proud of their roots. He said: “It’s funny. There’s a similarity I think with The Kooks and Palace, we’re kind of like the underdogs. We were always the underdogs, there were rivalries at the time with the Arctic Monkeys and Razorlight and people like that. There was a bit of a ‘oh, stage school’ kind of thing. Now it’s completely shifted.

“We as a band, we had a good impact on the industry - being proud of doing pop hooks, and not being too cool for school. Yeah, we did go to a music college and were quite open about it. Then you saw how many people now come from those places and are proud of it. At the time, it was frustrating but you’ve always got to be proud of yourself – it’s always better to stand up and be honest and stay true to what you are. We are from BRIT School, and that’s who we are.”

" WE ARE FROM BRIT SCHOOL, AND THAT’S WHO WE ARE" The music scene in south London is firmly back on the map, albeit primarily due to a resurgent genre at the opposite end of the musical spectrum. But the attention

and plaudits the area is receiving hasn’t gone unnoticed by one of its residents. “I really have felt it. Obviously, the grime scene with Giggs, Stormzy and there’s a lot of amazing music coming out of south London. Also you’ve got Bastille from Elephant & Castle.

“I live in Kennington now, and there’s definitely a shift in people’s perceptions of south London. There was a bit of snottiness about south, and there still probably is a bit.

“East London got so over saturated, and the music got a bit boring y’know? Another hipster band, another hipster band, you know what I mean? Another person with a moustache… so it’s exciting, there’s a lot of studios popping up too. I feel proud of it.”

" ZAHA IS SUCH A LEGEND, HE LOOKS LIKE A ROCK STAR" It’s not just Croydon that’s got its swagger back, Palace’s players have received social media fame for their outrageous levels of 'sauce', a term that wouldn’t be out of place directed at the effortlessly stylish Pritchard. The frontman can see the fans’ point: “Ha! Zaha is such a legend, he does look like a rock star.

“Being a musician you’re meant to look stylish, but footballers might be outdoing us at the moment potentially – so we might have to up our game! The one thing I don’t like particularly in football these days is the man-bun! I have a problem with that, that went too far.”

Turning attention to today’s fixture, is there a

" THERE’S A THE KOO SIMILARITY I THIN K ALWAYS T S AND PALACE, W K WITH E WERE HE UNDE RDOGS" sense of divided loyalties for a proud south Londoner with a soft spot for Brighton? “I think it’s actually quite quality that Brighton are in the Premier League, and are actually competing now. Ha ha ha! Brighton is actually a real deal team, they have great supporters too like Palace do – so there are similarities there, which is probably why there is the rivalry.

“But at the end of the day, I’m a Londoner, and it’s time to come out of my shell and shout about Palace.” That’s settled, then.

X W G S W I N L O E SOUND

O TH E UP T D E I DOWN, T M, PUSHING M RE TO GO M ' I D AN HE DRU E WHE M T W O F H O AND S E, SWING LOW N O E COM E HOM M Y R CAR A verse from Pritchard's nod to Palace

PROUD PARTNER OF

CRYSTAL PALACE

JDX LIVE ON THE APP NOW

n o t h g i br g n i c u d Intro

44 OPPOSITION

brighton & hove albion PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINALISTS 2012/13

SEAGULLS, FORMERLY DOLPHINS FOUNDED: 1901

The manager Chris Hughton successfully guided Brighton to the Premier League for the 2017/18 campaign, securing 40 points and 15th place. A former left-back who collected 53 international caps for Republic of Ireland, Hughton spent most of his career at Tottenham Hotspur between 1979 and 1990, winning the FA Cup twice and the UEFA Cup. His time at Spurs continued for a further 14 years in a coaching capacity, before securing the top job at Newcastle United, Birmingham City and Norwich City prior to Albion.

Club legend Zamora struck 90 goals for the Seagulls across two spells. Joining on loan in February 2000, six goals in six games was enough to convince then-manager Micky Adams to recruit him permanently for a reported fee of £100,000. His 77 goals that followed in that time were pivotal in the club’s back-to-back title-winning campaigns of 2000/01 and 2001/02. Zamora would go on to play for Fulham under Roy Hodgson, where he would receive two England call-ups.

Returning to Brighton for the 2015/16 season, Zamora scored seven before a hip injury struck, and Albion’s season ended in play-off heartbreak.

The stadium Amex Stadium Capacity: 30,750 Opened: 2011 Record attendance: 30,682 vs Liverpool, 12 January 2019

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

OPPOSITION 45

x3

x2

LAST 5

Brighton1-0 Huddersfield Town Premier League

Leicester City 2-1 Brighton Premier League

Brighton 2-1 Derby County FA Cup

Glenn Murry

63

Solly March

63

64

Lewis Dunk

MOST PREMIER LEAGUE GAMES

64

Brighton 1-3 Burnley Premier League

PALACE

v

05

Shane Duffy

09

Pascal GroÃ&#x;

22

Glenn Murray

MOST PREMIER LEAGUE GOALS

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

22

West Bromwich Albion 1-3 Brighton FA Cup

46 OPPOSITION

01

Age

26

Signed from:

Wigan Athletic

BHAFC Debut:

July 2015

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 5 5 GOAL S : 0

An Australian international, Ryan has been with the Seagulls for over two years since leaving Valencia in 2017. Having played in England, Spain, Belgium and his native Australia, the 26-year-old is an experienced goalkeeper for his age.

In the league this season, he has kept five clean sheets – two of which came in his last four games. Ryan has over 50 caps for the Socceroos and could be on course to break fellow shot-stopper Mark Schwarzer’s international appearances record if he maintains his place in the squad.

BHAFC Games: 62 BHAFC Goals: 0

30

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 1 5 GOAL S: 0

Age

BHAFC Games: 117 BHAFC Goals: 2

Valencia

27

IN T E RN AT ION AL

Age

27

Signed from:

Scholar

BHAFC Debut: August 2018

Age

22

IN T E RN AT I ON AL CA P S: 1 G OAL S: 0

Signed from:

BHAFC Debut: May 2010

05 BHAFC Games: 258 BHAFC Goals: 16

Valencia

BHAFC Games: 273 BHAFC Goals: 12

Signed from:

38

BHAFC Debut: August 2012

Age

Valencia

03

I N T E R N AT I ON AL

Signed from:

BHAFC Debut: August 2012

02

BHAFC Games: 22 BHAFC Goals: 0

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

OPPOSITION 47

04

Age

27

Signed from:

Blackburn Rovers

BHAFC Debut:

August 2016

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 2 7 GOAL S : 0

Duffy has stood out as a regular at the heart of Brighton’s defence this season, keeping two clean sheets in the Seagulls’ last four matches. He has also scored five times in this Premier League campaign, making him the highest scoring defender in the top flight.

Duffy joined Brighton last summer, previously playing for Everton domestically and the Republic of Ireland internationally. As a youth player, however, he represented Northern Ireland having been born in Derry.

BHAFC Games: 97 BHAFC Goals: 7

30

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 2 6 GOAL S: 0

Age

Celtic

30

BHAFC Games: 115 BHAFC Goals: 5

IN T E RN AT ION AL

Age

29

Signed from:

Charlton Athletic

07 BHAFC Debut: February 2015

Age

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

IN T E RN AT ION AL

Signed from:

BHAFC Debut: February 2014

BHAFC Games: 177 BHAFC Goals: 15

v

Mainz 05

BHAFC Games: 7 BHAFC Goals: 1

06

PALACE

Signed from:

23

BHAFC Games: 16 BHAFC Goals: 0

14

BHAFC Debut: August 2018

Age

RB Leipzig

I N T E R N AT I ON AL

Signed from:

BHAFC Debut: August 2018

30

48 OPPOSITION

27

I N T E R N AT I ON AL

Age

FC Ingolstadt 04

13 Signed from:

22

BHAFC Games: 25 BHAFC Goals: 1

BHAFC Debut: August 2017

Age

Lille

I NT E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 2 1 GOAL S : 1

Signed from:

BHAFC Debut: August 2018

08

BHAFC Games: 60 BHAFC Goals: 9

20

Age

England

Signed from:

24

BHAFC Debut:

Scholar

I N T E R N AT I ON AL

Born in Eastbourne, March spent his early days playing for Lewes’ youth and even first team. He then joined the Seagulls as a scholar in 2011 before working his way through their ranks to now having played over 150 games for them.

This season, he has notched up five assists - the second highest of anyone in the Seagulls’ squad - and has also played the fifth highest total of minutes. Internationally, he has made appearances for England at both Under-20 and Under-21 level.

BHAFC Games: 153 BHAFC Goals: 10

26

I NT E R NAT IO NA L C AP S: 6 GO A LS : 1

Age

August 2017

25

Signed From: Club Brugge

AZ Alkmaar

Bhafc Debut:

Age

BHAFC Games: 15 BHAFC Goals: 0

19

I NT E R NAT IO NA L C AP S: 4 7 GO A LS : 6

Signed from:

BHAFC Debut: August 2018

16

BHAFC Games: 46 BHAFC Goals: 5

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

OPPOSITION 49

27

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP : 1 3 GOAL S : 3

Age

BHAFC Games: 65 BHAFC Goals: 1

Deportivo La Coruna

25

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C S P S : 2 1 GOAL S : 1

Age

25

BHAFC Games: 34 BHAFC Goals: 5

Signed from:

PSV Eindhoven

BHAFC Debut: November 2018

Age

10

I N T E R N AT I ON AL

Signed from:

BHAFC Debut: February 2018

09

17

PSV Eindhoven

BHAFC Games: 130 BHAFC Goals: 18

Signed from:

27

BHAFC Debut: August 2017

Age

Standard Liege

24

I N T E R N AT I ON AL

Signed from:

BHAFC Debut: January 2016

11

BHAFC Games: 19 BHAFC Goals: 5

Age

35

Signed from:

AFC Bournemouth

BHAFC Debut:

January 2008

I N T E R N AT I ON AL

Murray, a former Palace man, rose to fame when he netted 31 goals in one season to lead the Eagles to promotion in 2012-13.

Now back with Brighton after a spell with AFC Bournemouth – whom he joined Palace from – Murray has regained his goalscoring form, bagging 10 goals from 29 appearances. He will perhaps always be best remembered by supporters of both teams, however, for netting the third of Palace’s three goals in the last 10 minutes of a storming 3-1 win at the AMEX in 2011, particularly riling-up one Seagull fan in particular... FFS. BHAFC Games: 251 BHAFC Goals: 106

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

50 CHRIS WATERS

Things you didn't know...

ABOUT BRIGHTON

s r e t a W s i r Ch By

Each week, Chris Waters delves into the archives to find some obscure facts about Palace’s opponents. Here, he looks back at all things Brighton & Hove Albion.

Brighton & Hove Albion were mistakenly believed to have been founded in 1900, but in 1998 it was discovered that this was in fact the inception of Brighton and Hove Rangers. Albion were formed the following year in the Seven Stars pub, taking over Rangers’ place in the Southern League. The club were Sussex’s only Football League team from 1920-2011, when Crawley Town were promoted.

Charlie Webb had a long and distinguished career with the Seagulls. He scored the winner for them in the 1910 Charity Shield against Aston Villa, having bought himself out of the army to play football. He re-enlisted at the outbreak of World War I, and was promoted to captain. He was captured by Germans in 1918 and was offered the Brighton manager’s job by letter while in a prisoner-of-war camp. He managed the club from 1919 to 1947.

Brighton did not always have the nickname ‘Seagulls’. They were originally known as the Dolphins, reflecting the dolphin on Brighton city’s coat-of-arms. However, as the rivalry with the Eagles increased, ‘Seagulls’ was adopted by club director Derek Chapman as a supposed avian response to Palace’s moniker.

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

CHRIS WATERS 51

Steve Foster was one of the club’s most recognisable players, with his shock of black hair and thick white sweatband. The sweatband actually served a practical purpose as he was unable to head the ball without protection over a wound that would otherwise open upon impact, an injury accidentally inflicted on him by a collision with ex-Sky pundit Andy Gray.

Foster missed the 1983 FA Cup Final against Manchester United having picked up a booking in the first five minutes of an earlier league game against Notts County. Knowing a red card would bizarrely allow him to play the final, he attempted numerous fouls in the second half against County but the referee knew what he was doing and wouldn’t send him off. He even caught the ball at one point but it was to no avail. Ironically, he was able to lead Albion out for the final’s replay, which they lost 4-0.

Brighton goalkeeper Perry Digweed made over 170 appearances for the Seagulls between 1981 and 1993 before winding down his career with Watford. Six years later he made an appearance of a very different kind, acting alongside Vinnie Jones in the film Mean Machine. Also featuring Jason Statham and a number of other ex-footballers in its line-up, the drama received mixed reviews.

As recently as 1997, the Seagulls were scrapping at the bottom of the Football League. They faced Hereford in the last game of the season, knowing a draw would see them survive and the Bulls be relegated. Robbie Reinelt was the hero of the hour with a second half equaliser and the match finished 1-1.

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

52 DREAM TEAM

Combined xi

Palace & brighton Tony Burns

Gary Borrowdale

Matthew Upson

Johnny McNichol

Neil Smillie

Gary O’Reilly

Dave Sexton

Glenn Murray

John Humphrey

Simon Rodger

Ken Bennett

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

DREAM TEAM 53

A foot in

Both camps

IN EACH EDITION, WE WILL TRY TO FORM THE BEST STARTING LINE-UP POSSIBLE COMPRISED OF PLAYERS WHO HAVE REPRESENTED BOTH THE EAGLES AND TODAY’S OPPONENTS, AND SEE WHICH CLUB COMES OUT ON TOP WHEN IT COMES TO APPEARANCES AND GOALS.

GK: Tony Burns – CPFC 98/0 BHAFC 54/0 Burns is a former goalkeeping coach at the Eagles, having also spent five years playing for the club in the 1970s.

CM: Simon Rodger – CPFC 328/12 BHAFC 38/2

LB: Gary Borrowdale – CPFC 114/0 BHAFC 12/0 A product of the Palace Academy, Borrowdale is still involved in football today: helping to coach Isthmian League South East Division side Greenwich Borough.

RW: Neil Smillie – CPFC 97/8 BHAFC 75/2

CB: Matthew Upson – CPFC 7/0 BHAFC 67/3 Upson was loaned to Palace from Arsenal in 2001 before going on to make his name with West Ham United and Birmingham City.

CB: Gary O’Reilly - CPFC 85/4 BHAFC 107/6 O’Reilly enjoyed two spells with the Seagulls, firstly in 1984-87 and secondly in 1991-91. He was with Palace from 1987-91.

RB: John Humphrey – CPFC 203/2 BHAFC 22/0 Humphrey was part of the deal that allowed Charlton Athletic to play at Selhurst Park and is now a teacher in north London.

LW: Johnny McNichol – CPFC 205/15 BHAFC 165/39 A traditional inside-forward, McNichol was a fine player for both Palace and Brighton, whom he played with either side of a lengthy stint with Chelsea.

CM: Dave Sexton – CPFC 28/12 BHAFC 53/28 Sexton won the Third Division (South) title with Brighton in 1957-58 and was forced to retire through injury as he ended his career with Palace.

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

A boyhood Brighton fan, Rodger enjoyed 12 seasons with Palace before ending his career with the Seagulls.

With Palace for seven years, Smillie also spent a spell in the USA with Memphis Rogues before transferring to Brighton.

ST: Glenn Murray – CPFC 125/47 BHAFC 251/106 Murray joined Palace from Brighton in 2011 and was the Eagles’ highest scorer in 2012-13 with 31 goals. Since the war, only Andy Johnson and Ian Wright have scored more in one campaign for the Eagles.

ST: Ken Bennett – CPFC 17/2 BHAFC 101/37 Playing professionally both pre- and post-World War Two, Bennett only spent a year with the Eagles, finding greater success on the south coast.

TOTAL APPEARANCES

CPFC 1,307

bhafc 945

TOTAL GOALS

CPFC 102

bhafc 223

RESULT

draw

AD-105x148-Football Foundation.indd 1

29/07/2018 10:40

SPORT BRANDING. STADIUM | EVENT | CORPORATE

68/69 87 /79

The \

88/89

s r a e lory Y

G

Ian King &

Terry Byfield This season we are celebrating the 30th, 40th and 50th anniversaries of Palace's promotionwinning campaigns via a series of season reviews, interviews and classic match reports, detailing the key moments that saw the return of top-flight football to Selhurst Park.

56 THE GLORY YEARS

1968/69

David

Payne

Born a stone’s throw away from Selhurst, how did your debut for your local club come about?

Ron Heckman, a former Palace player, was the football coach at my school in Catford and he arranged a game at Selhurst Park one evening against a trialist XI. Arthur Rowe was in the stand and he must have been impressed with what he saw from me at 15-years-old. The manager at the time, Dick Graham, then signed me as an apprentice at the beginning of January in 1964 and I was soon given the opportunity to make my debut at 17 in midfield against Leicester City. Gordon Banks was in goal for them on the night and kept a clean sheet as we came away with a 0-0 draw.

That game also saw a debut for Paul Cutler. He was a year older than me but we both went to the same primary school and we both received a telegram of congratulations from our former headmaster. We owe a lot to Dick Graham for handing us our debut so early in our career.

Defender | 1964-73 318 Games, 12 Goals 1968/69 Record: 35 Games, 4 Goals

a few signings, we could see that the squad had been strengthened in the right way ready to push in the right direction. Mel Blyth had come in from Scunthorpe, Colin Taylor made the move from Walsall and the manager had been scouting up in Scotland so he signed a couple of lads from Greenock Morton: Tony Taylor and John Loughlan.

How do you look back on the squad which included several pre-season additions that achieved the club’s promotion to the top flight for the first time?

It was a season we went into with optimism as the year before we had finished mid-table and, with

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

THE GLORY YEARS 57

on so we had the momentum to be one of the league’s stronger teams.

Derby County were the champions of the division that season under Brian Clough. Just how much did their abilities impress you?

They were a very good side and deservedly champions in that league. They ended the unbeaten run we were on when they beat us at Selhurst but later in the season we went up there and won 1-0. It was quite a strange game because we had the ball in the net on four other occasions but all got disallowed for one reason or another.

How much belief did the second half of the season instil in the squad after a tough run in challenging winter weather?

We had some bad weather at the turn of the year which meant we had several games postponed but the work levels continued at the training ground as our coach at the time, George Petchey, put us through our sessions really hard. We were left wondering why he was so tough on us with no games to play but he was ensuring we were well prepared for our run later

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

Fifty years on, how do you look back on that season now?

I felt I completed a good season against some tough opponents in a competitive league. That run after Christmas was incredible and I firmly believe that the break due to the poor weather gave us some much needed time to get together to ensure we were ready for that crucial closing stage of the season.

The game which made me start to believe we could do it was that victory up at Derby. We went out there and won 1-0 against the best side in the league, which was a fantastic achievement and really put out a statement from us.

58 THE GLORY YEARS

1978/79

29th January 1979

Crystal Palace 3 Bristol City 0

Match report reproduced from the Croydon Advertiser

N

ORMAN HUNTER hates Selhurst Park. The former England international got himself on the wrong side of the crowd with an indescribable tackle on John Craven six years ago when he came with Leeds United.

Hunter was lucky to escape then, but his luck ran out on Monday when diminutive referee Kevin McNally waved yellow and red cards at him in the space of one minute.

Hunter, head bowed, moved slowly to the dressing room, while behind him Bristol City were positively hurrying out of the FA Cup. Mr McNally was not done. Pipecleaner-thin Tom Ritchie was spotted late in the game lashing out a foot at Ian Walsh and then had to use both feet to trek all the way off the field.

With four other yellow cards flashing in the crisp night air, Mr McNally can probably claim overtime.

And so another First Division outfit crash, suggesting that the standard at the top is not what it is cracked up to be.

Set the matter straight, Bristol may have been below par but they were beaten with something to spare by a Palace side full of running, full of desire and full of competitiveness.

Palace goalkeeper John Burridge was certainly far busier during his lonely warm-up session and could have spent the evening in his local bingo hall for all he had to do.

No one deserved a goal more than Steve Kember, brought back from Leicester for ÂŁ40,000 in October and bossing the midfield with sure foot on the rather tricky, but surprisingly good, surface.

So there was a special cheer when Kember ghosted into the area with four minutes left and fastened on to a low cross from Dave Swindlehurst, who had made a penetrating run down the left, and speared it home.

It could have been more than 3-0 because Bristol, hustled and harried as they never are in the First Division, seemed to be fast running out of puff.

The game began rather eerily without a soul in

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

THE GLORY YEARS 59

to register his first senior goal for the club.

How the 21,463 strong crowd roared when Walsh hit a low centre, Kember jumped over it and Swindlehurst tapped home – only to mutter some lively adjectives when it was ruled out.

Swindlehurst was unlucky when he headed a Sansom cross against the crossbar and down to the dumps where he, too, was booked for kicking the ball into the stand.

Kember’s goal lifted the crowd and the match ended as it began with another booking, Ritchie getting his marching orders. view at the Holmesdale Road end, closed because of the dangerous footholds.

Mr McNally was soon springing towards his overworked pencil when Cormack was booked and Gerry Cow went in for a foul on Ken Sansom.

Sandwiched between, Palace took a 20th-minute lead. Kember’s corner was woefully misjudged by Shaw, Tainton hacked half-heartedly clear and Peter Nicholas drove firmly home through the crowd.

Mr McNally wrote that down and did not have time to put his pencil away before entering the Nicholas name for a foul.

Six minutes into the second half Hunter raised Kember’s wrath with a wild tackle. Into the book he went and, when Jim Cannon charged through a minute later, Hunter, last man in a defence that was torn apart, hacked him down. Curtains for Mr Hunter.

Four minutes later, it was curtains for Bristol when Gillies lost the ball to Sansom, whose cross was latched on to by Terry Fenwick. He joyously drove home a low shot

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

Palace – Burridge, P.Hinselwood, Sansom, Kember, Cannon, Gilbert, Nicholas, Murphy, Swindlehurst, Fenwick, Welsh.

Bristol City – Shaw, Sweeney, Gillies, Gow, Rodgers, Hunter, Tainton, Ritchie, Royle, Cormack, Whitehead.

Sub: Mann for Cormack.

60 THE GLORY YEARS

1988/89

Story of the

Season Part 5

T

he beginning of March 1989 found the Eagles just outside the play-off places but with games in hand over the clubs above them. Palace would have to play a total of 14 matches over the next nine weeks, one of which lasts very long in the memory.

Steve Coppell’s assistant Ian Evans had left to take over at Swansea City and Stan Ternent arrived to help out for the next three months while captain Geoff Thomas underwent a stomach operation. Things didn’t start well with a midweek defeat at Oxford United as Ian Wright served the second half of a two-match ban.

It was no better three days later at Selhurst Park where Bournemouth inflicted a 2-3 setback that saw Wright miss a penalty. This result put the Eagles in mid-table.

With Chelsea and Manchester City seemingly set for the two automatic promotion places, even Coppell admitted Palace ‘would be looking for snookers’ to get into the play-offs. Matters improved when a solitary Mark Bright penalty defeated Sunderland before Easter.

Good Friday witnessed another single goal victory, this time at Watford thanks to a cool finish from Phil Barber.

Easter Monday brought Brighton and Hove Albion to SE25 for an encounter in which the referee Kelvin Morton would award five spot-kicks. Victory over the south coast rivals would reignite hopes of the play-offs for Palace. The game started in ordinary fashion but midway through the first half, Wright launched stunning

shot from thirty yards to open the scoring. Minutes later the visitors were reduced to 10 men when Trusson was sent off for a bad tackle on Eddie McGoldrick. It was shortly before half-time that Morton pointed to the spot when Bright was fouled and the striker netted the resultant kick. Almost instantly afterwards, the referee awarded a second penalty for the Eagles but Bright saw his effort scrambled away to safety. Astonishingly a third spot kick in favour of the home team came, but this time Ian Wright stepped up only to hit the post.

Penalty number four arose early in the second half and this time Brighton benefitted with Alan Curbishley netting well. However, Palace’s John Pemberton failed to note his technique and when the fifth penalty came midway through the half, he skied the ball high and wide.

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

THE GLORY YEARS 61

Perry Suckling then ensured victory with a couple of fine saves as the league’s record books were re-written.

With three successive victories under their belt, momentum was halted when then-bogey team Shrewsbury Town triumphed 1-2 on April Fool’s Day. A mid-week trip to Elland Road witnessed a successful penalty by Dave Madden as the Eagles returned from Leeds with a 2-1 victory that took them into sixth place and when Oldham Athletic were dispatched 2-0 on the following Saturday, there was a bit of daylight put between the Eagles and the following pack.

It was turning out to be a good month as another Yorkshire trip saw a Wright goal take all three points at lowly Hull City and with a 2-0 success over Portsmouth, a play-off place was becoming a definite reality. A Bright brace took care of Plymouth Argyle at Home Park but the possibility of catching Manchester City in second place became seemingly impossible with a single goal defeat at Swindon Town.

A contender for Goal of the Season was sufficient to defeat West Bromwich Albion in the last game of the

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

month as a lofted pass from Bright saw Wright volley the ball home with the side of his foot.

Step Back

In order to promote the club shop and souvenirs available in 1983/84, it was decided to turn the tables by putting the players on the Holmesdale Road terrace and kit them out as supporters. Its success is understandably questionable.

From top (l to r): Vince Hilaire, Kevin Mabbutt, Henry Hughton, Gary Locke, Jim Cannon, David Giles, Andy McCulloch, Jerry Murphy, Gary Stebbing, Peter Nicholas, Gavin Nebbeling, Tony Evans, Billy Gilbert.

NOTICEBOARD 63

Noticeboard Please note that all views from external contributors in this programme are not necessarily those of Crystal Palace FC. SMOKING Smoking is not permitted anywhere inside Selhurst Park. To smoke you need to be outside the club’s property on Holmesdale Road or beyond the gates to Sainsbury’s car park.

EQUALITY Crystal Palace Football Club is committed to identifying, confronting and eliminating discrimination and intends to ensure that everyone who wishes to engage with the club, whether as matchday fans, staff, players, board members or participants in Foundation programmes has a real and equal opportunity to do so.

The club is also a supporter of the Kick It Out programme and would like to remind all supporters to refrain from racist, homophobic or discriminative chanting.

TEXT ALERT NUMBER If you notice an issue on a matchday and want to report an incident, we have a confidential text alert number on 07507 477669 to contact the club directly.

Contact

PALACE

v

Main Switchboard 020 8768 6000 Box Office 08712 000071 Disabled Ticket Enquiries 020 8768 6080 -

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

SAFEGUARDING Free young supporter wristbands which can include your contact information to keep your child safe can be collected from the Information Centre, located in the main car park by Entrance 9.

STADIUM SECURITY Crystal Palace has been working closely with the police and the Premier League to review security at Selhurst Park. It is vital that everyone remains vigilant and reports any concerns to stewards or police.

EARLY BIRD OFFER Fans who are in the ground more than 45 minutes before kick-off can grab themselves a special offer at the food outlets, with a burger and a drink available for just £6.

Take your pick from a cheeseburger or a hot dog and combine with the choice of a beer, cider, soft drink, water or a hot beverage to start your matchday the right way!

OPENING TIMES The Club Shop will be open until kick-off and then for an additional hour after the game, while the Box Office will also be open until kick-off but closes 30 minutes after the final whistle.

Corporate Sales 020 8768 6010 Conference & Events 020 8768 6013 Club Shop 020 8768 6100 -

Press Office 020 8658 7700 Catering 020 8768 6009 Palace for Life Foundation 020 8768 6047 Customer Services customer.services@cpfc.co.uk

THINK YOU KNOW US? We also offer investors access to a huge range of traditional assets.

DISCOVER MORE AT

ETORO.COM 65% of retail CFD accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider.

Your capital is at risk.

DOMINIC FIFIELD 65

Behind The

Headlines

By Dominic Fifield

In his regular column, The Guardian’s London Football Correspondent gives a unique insight into the world of a football journalist covering the biggest names, games and stories in the sport.

Impartiality must come across in

admit part of me cursed the turnaround.

to deal with. That said, it will still be a relief to

copy, but I have always believed it is

Amid the mayhem, a sly but accurate

watch this lunchtime’s occasion from the stands,

important for a football journalist to

message from a friend dropped on

rather than from the press box.

support a club team, if only to be able

to the group WhatsApp, suggesting:

to empathise properly with every up

“Haha, rewrite time for Dom.” It was

and down a fan endures over the course

only after the report had been recast

of a game. Yet there are undoubtedly

entirely for its second edition, and I was

occasions when an allegiance becomes

leaving a near-deserted stadium, that

a burden, particularly when you find

stress gave way to elation.

yourself covering your own club.

While I have never knowingly

Then there are the derbies: the games where tension rather gets in

sought to defend the indefensible, there

the way and muddles your mind. I

are times when you are overly critical of

have only covered a few meetings

a performance, subconsciously picking

between Crystal Palace and Brighton,

holes in a display that others with no

but from the tense goalless draw

emotional attachment to the occasion

at the Amex last season - with its

might ignore. Then there are the games

associated issues off the field - to the

where you have to detach yourself from

frenetic return at Selhurst Park, they

the drama and merely ensure the report

have all been excruciating in their own

is filed cleanly: when Harry Kane pops

way. At Falmer back in December, the

up with a last gasp winner, for example.

only slight consolation for the Eagles’

Or, alternatively, when you have an

first half capitulation was the reality

intro scripted on screen with your team

that the result seemed settled by the

losing 1-0 going into the final minute of

interval, which made the match report a

an 8pm midweek match and, with the

formality. That felt like no consolation at

office screaming for copy, Bakary Sako

all on the drive home later that night.

and James McArthur go and wreck the pre-prepared narrative.

Life would have been easier

There was some playful ribbing post-match from Albion-supporting colleagues, and even a ‘hard luck’

covering last season’s match against

handshake from the club’s head of

Watford without Palace’s late rally and,

communications. But in truth, from a

as I hammered out a new intro and tried

journalistic point of view, Brighton, like

to impart the drama on deadline, I’ll

Palace, have always been a pleasure

PRE

Wha

t Do

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

b

een Tues day up 26th Mau Febr rizio u Sarr ary Arriz i sugg abala ests ga m refus Kepa ay b ing to e dro be s pped ubbe after d at Wed Wem nesd bley ay 2 Che 7th F lsea ebru show beat ary their Spur true s colo urs to Sun day 3rd Scott Marc Park h er ’s defe Fulh ated am a on h re sp is m irited anag erial but debu t

ACC PALACE

SS P ASS

m’s

ESS

ALL

ARE

AS

to:

SUBSCRIBEr

Season ticket 014730

SPECIAl! Palace Fan #143935

Issue 1

You’ve helped raise £31,737.60 for the Palace for Life Foundation this season, by playing the Super Draw.

To say thank you, online players will be entered into an end of season draw for the chance to win two 2019/20 season tickets.

FIND OUT MORE AND Play online now at palacesuperdraw.com

COMMUNITY 67

Palace for life palaceforlife.org

DRAW’S SUPER POWER Palace fans who have played the Super Draw this season have funded three new sports wheelchairs for Crystal Palace Powerchair FC, helping the team win its first competitive point since it was founded four years ago.

Proceeds from the Palace for Life Super Draw, the club’s matchday lottery, have supported the team’s bid to buy the chairs, which are easier to manoeuver and quicker on court.

One of the players, 15-year-old Joel Sprouse, has been with the team since he was 11. Speaking after the team’s recent 1-1 draw with Faversham Town, Joel said: “It’s amazing that people have been supporting us, it means we’re able to be a better team. I’d like to say thank you to all of them.

“We’re not at a disadvantage anymore, we’re able to pass the ball more quickly around the pitch. The chairs have got the Palace colours - they look brilliant!”

The chairs cost £6,000 each and carry a substantial annual maintenance cost. Further support has been provided by a group of fans who ran the Brighton Half Marathon in Palace kit and Palace Ladies, who held a collection at the game against Manchester United.

Palace Powerchair FC’s Head Coach, Michael Harrington, said: “Immediately it’s put a smile on everyone’s face, it’s lifted everyone’s spirits. It means everything to know that people have gone out of their way to support us, whether that’s by buying a Super Draw ticket or taking part in a fundraising event. It shows us that we’re not on our own.

“A lot of our players face isolation problems and have a very difficult time, so to know that there are

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

people you’ve never met before out there supporting you makes you feel part of the Palace family.

“I’d also like to extend our thanks to Barry Lloyd of Croydon Local Authority’s Active Lifestyles Team, who offers vital support, allowing our team to keep thriving.”

If you would like to help Palace for Life Foundation support even more young south Londoners, please visit www.palaceforlife.org/donate.

extra Palace for Life Foundation is looking for a Trustee with high-level HR experience to join their Board of Trustees. To find out more, email DonaldForde@palaceforlife.org.

F I R S T- T E A M

Player sponsors Roy Hodgson

Patrick van Aanholt

Luka Milivojevic

James Tomkins

Scott Dann

UNLOCKING POTENTIAL 01737 225 711 |

W S PA . C O . U K

logo-crystal-palace-dec-2017.indd 1

29/12/2017 09:17

Max Meyer

Cheikhou KouyatĂŠ

Andros Townsend

Wilfried Zaha

Mamadou Sakho

Jeffrey Schlupp

Christian Benteke

James McArthur

Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Vicente Guaita

Available Player Sponsorship Packages To sponsor your favourite player, please call 020 8768 6004 or email liam.connery@cpfc.co.uk Julian Speroni

Connor Wickham

Joel Ward

Pape Souare

Wayne Hennessey

Martin Kelly

Jordan Ayew

Jairo Riedewald

Michy Batshuayi

Bakary Sako

Andria Georgiou Palace’s skilful midfielder netted her first goal of the season against London Bees recently, and here she discusses the effect of a full crowd, her style of play and just how you teach a three-year-old to play football.

70 IN FOCUS

geo

FACT FILE Name: Andria Georgiou Date of birth: 15th March, 1996 Place of birth: Enfield Position: Midfield When did you start at Palace?

Last summer Team supported as a youngster?

Arsenal First footballing idol?

Dennis Bergkamp Career highlight to date?

Being called up to represent Cyprus Favourite food?

Greek food or sausage and mash Favourite TV show?

Match of the Day What do you like to do in your free time?

Going to the gym or taking my godson to the park If you weren’t a footballer, what would you do?

I’d play tennis Hopes for the season?

To keep collecting points

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

IN FOCUS 71

Andria Georgiou

Understandably, the team struggled early on but we’re improving with every match. After Christmas we picked-up in general as a team and we’re collecting more points now. Because we found out we were going into the Women’s Championship quite late, we lost weeks during pre-season but now we’ve all bonded and played for several months so I think our style of play is becoming a little bit better. We’re looking to get points from every game.

Our match against Lewes was special because we had almost 800 fans watching. It was great, coming out of the tunnel and hearing and seeing them all felt amazing. It really does help you when you’re playing. You can always tell when the fans are there because you can hear them singing and of course it makes you feel better because it keeps your momentum going and makes you want to win. I’m gutted though - all I keep hearing is Gemma Bryan’s name and I never hear about me! What they decide to sing for me is up to them though. Let’s see!

My family support me in my football and watched the Lewes match from home. I told my family to watch it on YouTube. It makes a huge difference because primarily you want to win the game but you also want to have a good performance on a personal level. Sadly for us, it wasn’t our day at the office. As soon as I got to my car after the match, my family rang me and said that the result was a shame but they thought I did well on the ball. They were happy that they could watch on YouTube

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

though because it was my godbrother’s birthday on the day so they couldn’t make it. They had an excuse - which I wasn’t happy about!

My style is quite attacking and I love to have the ball at my feet. I like playing one-twos and passing either short or long balls. I like tiki-tika football. I’ve been playing in the number 10 role but since Gemma has come back, Ashlee Hincks has been playing there and I’ve moved into being a number 8. I’m quite an attacking midfielder. I don’t mind where I play as long as I’m on the pitch and helping the team. At Palace, we really try to play out from the back. When that’s not on, we look to hit positive areas on the field so that we can build an attack from the wings. We’ve got a lot of pace going forward, so this approach works well.

I’m a PE teacher for kids aged three to eight. You can’t really teach them much at the younger ages, just throwing and catching! As long as they’re smiling, I’m happy. I try to teach them a thing or two about football and to be fair, the older ones are okay. They know I play for Palace because I also run a football club for the older ones and they ask me how my game’s going. Obviously at their age, they might just think that men play football so it’s good to have a female coach so they can see that girls can play football as well. Growing up, boys might think that girls don’t play football but now the women’s game is getting bigger. Now, attention is coming to us and that’s helping the younger generation.

hydrate better.

Electrolytes + Vitamins

Phizz is an eervescent tablet that helps you rapidly absorb more water, replenish electrolytes & delivers a wide range of vitamins for energy, health & wellness. Low calorie, vegan & tastes great!

Phizz supplies 65 top sport sides as a performance product for training, travel & game day. Phizz is also an amenity onboard airlines to help with travel fatigue. In the UK buy Phizz on Ocado & Amazon.

Does your workspace work for you

make it work!

T: 01296 664100 E: hello@prs-officefurniture.com www.prsW: www.prs-officefurniture.com officefurniture.com

TICKETS 73

Box office tickets.cpfc.co.uk // 08712 00 00 71*

Classic clash

Palace v Huddersfield Town 30.03.19 // Selhurst Park 3pm

27th January 1990

Tickets are on sale at Category B prices.

Premium packages available at hospitality.cpfc.co.uk.

Palace v Manchester City 14.04.19 // Selhurst Park 2.05pm Tickets are on sale at Category A prices.

Premium packages available at hospitality.cpfc.co.uk.

Palace v Everton 27.04.19 // Selhurst Park 3pm

PALACE 4 HUDDERSFIELD 0 Box Office Opening Times Monday to Friday

09.00 - 17.30

Saturday

09.00 - 17.30

Sunday

10.00 - 16.00

Saturday Home Matchdays

09.00 - kick-off

(& 30 mins after full-time)

Tickets are on sale at Category A prices.

Premium packages available at hospitality.cpfc.co.uk.

Palace v Bournemouth 12.05.19 // Selhurst Park 3pm Tickets are on sale at Category A prices.

Premium packages available at hospitality.cpfc.co.uk.

Cat: A/B

Main Stand: Glaziers / Wright & Bright

Main Stand: Stephenson’s

Holmesdale Upper / Lower

Holmesdale Gallery

Arthur Wait

Whitehorse Lane

Adult

£50.00 / £40.00

£53.00 / £43.00

£45.00 / £38.00

£50.00 / £40.00

£45.00 / £38.00

£45.00 / £38.00

Concession

£35.00 / £28.00

£38.00 / £30.00

£30.00 / £25.00

£35.00 / £28.00

£30.00 / £25.00

£30.00 / £25.00

Junior

£26.00 / £21.00

£26.00 / £21.00

£23.00 / £18.00

N/A

£23.00 / £18.00

£23.00 / £18.00

*calls cost 10p per minute

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

74 FINAL SCORE

LEICESTER CITY 1 CRYSTAL PALACE 4 Saturday 23rd February 2019

Crystal Palace stole three points from the relentlessly offensive Leicester City thanks to goals from Michy Batshuayi, Wilfried Zaha and Luka Milivojevic.

Leicester saw chance after chance go begging, with Jamie Vardy, James Maddison and Youri Tielemans all coming close to scoring early on. Well against the run of play, however, Palace took the lead through a sharplooking Batshuayi. As James McArthur fired an effort goalbound, his strike cannoned off the Belgian striker past the wrong-footed Kasper Schmeichel.

LINE-UPS

Palace’s newly discovered grip was then shattered when Jonny Evans turned home the ball from eight yards.

Ignited by the equaliser, Palace regained the lead as Zaha buried an astute cross from McArthur to restore the Eagles’ advantage. Defending the rebound from a saved Batshuayi effort, Evans then fouled Jeffrey Schlupp in the box before Milivojevic netted the resulting penalty.

Having been thread through by Jordan Ayew, Zaha slammed the ball home to record his second goal and Palace’s joint-biggest win of the season.

MAN OF THE MATCH

Leicester City v Crystal Palace 1

Kasper Schmeichel

Vicente Guaita

31

Goals:

2

28

Christian Fuchs

Patrick van Aanholt

3

Passing accuracy:

82%

15

Harry Maguire

James Tomkins

5

Total duels:

18

6

Jonny Evans

Mamadou Sakho 77

12

Fouls won:

2

14

Ricardo Pereira

Joel Ward

2

Passing acc. in opp. half: 71%

25

Wilfred Ndidi

Jeffrey Schlupp

15

19

83 Harvey Barnes

James McArthur

18

10

James Maddison

Luka Milivojevic

4

21

74 Youri Tielemans

Andros Townsend 80

10

31

45 Rachid Ghezzal

Wilfried Zaha

11

9

Jamie Vardy

Michy Batshuayi

86

Leicester City: Ward, Soyuncu, Morgan, Okazaki , Iheanacho , Gray .

Palace: Hennessey, Riedewald, Dann , Kouyate , Meyer, Ayew , Benteke.

Own Goal

Yellow Card

Red Card

DUELS WON

71

50

23

SUBSTITUTES

Goal

65 POSSESSION 35

First Sub

27

SHOTS

07

05

SHOTS ON TARGET

05

08

CORNERS

03

07

FOULS

14

Second Sub

Third Sub

Home Team

PALACE

Away Team

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

FINAL SCORE 75

Venue: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,778 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Passing accuracy: 92%

“AS THE GAME WORE ON OF COURSE, WE ESTABLISHED A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL OURSELVES, WE GOT A BIT MORE OF THE BALL IN THE SECOND HALF

BY BRINGING WILF AND ANDROS THAT LITTLE BIT DEEPER”

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

76 FINAL SCORE

crystal palace 1 MANCHESTER UNITED 3 Wednesday 27th February 2019

Crystal Palace fell to a harsh-looking scoreline as an inform Manchester United side bagged three goals.

Romelu Lukaku enjoyed a host of chances as the game warmed-up, and finally netted with a smart finish from 18-yards. Immediately responding, Andros Townsend whipped in a sublime cross which Jeffrey Schlupp met just a little too softly as he glanced the ball over.

Opening the second half, the Red Devils’ dominance saw Lukaku double his tally following a defensive scramble. Vicente Guaita flung himself at his feet but the

LINE-UPS

MAN OF THE MATCH

Palace v Manchester United 31

Vicente Guaita

3

83 Patrick van Aanholt

5

Belgian hooked the ball home under pressure.

Zaha came close for the Eagles when he fancifully stepped past Ashley Young before shooting from a tight angle. De Gea, however, was equal to the effort.

Palace’s opener eventually came when Schlupp broke free to crack a cross high to his right which Joel Ward hurled himself at with success.

Well on-top, the Eagles were to have their hopes of a comeback shattered when Young struck home with venom from a shallow angle in the box.

David de Gea

1

Goals:

1

Luke Shaw

23

Tackles:

3

James Tomkins

Victor Lindelof

2

Clearances:

3

34

Martin Kelly

Chris Smalling

12

Possession gained:

7

2

Joel Ward

Ashley Young

18

Aerial duels:

6

15

Jeffrey Schlupp

Diogo Dalot 77

20

4

Luka Milivojevic

Paul Pogba

6

18

61 James McArthur

Scott McTominay

39 17

11

Wilfried Zaha

10

Andros Townsend

Alexis Sanchez

23

78 Michy Batshuayi

Romelu Lukaku

Fred 89 77

Palace: Hennessey, Dann, Riedewald, Kouyate , Meyer , Ayew, Benteke .

Manchester United: Romero, Bailly , Rashford , Pereira, Rojo, Garner , Chong.

Own Goal

Yellow Card

Red Card

48

DUELS WON

52

9

SUBSTITUTES

Goal

46 POSSESSION 54

7

First Sub

17

SHOTS

13

02

SHOTS ON TARGET

04

05

CORNERS

06

08

FOULS

09

Second Sub

Third Sub

Home Team

PALACE

Away Team

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

FINAL SCORE 77

Venue: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,754 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Total passes: 60

“IT’S A GREAT CREDIT TO THE PLAYERS THAT DESPITE THE SECOND GOAL THEY CONTINUED ON THE FRONT FOOT AS THEY TRIED TO START THE SECOND HALF, AND ACTUALLY WE GOT BACK INTO THE GAME”

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

78 UNDER-18 s

crystal palace 1 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 0 Crystal Palace Academy Training Ground // 2nd March 2019

Home Away

APR

MAR

FEB

JAN

DEC

NOV

OCT

SEP

AUG

U18 Professional Development League Date

Opposition

18/08/18

Hull City

5-0

25/08/18

Crewe Alexandra

1-1

01/09/18

Sheffield Wednesday

0-5

07/09/18

Bolton Wanderers

1-3

15/09/18

Watford

4-2

22/09/18

Cardiff City

1-0

06/10/18

Millwall

1-4

27/10/18

Ipswich Town

1-3

03/11/18

Bristol City

1-0

Palace: Jacob Russell, Jude Russell, Chamberlin-Gayle, Gurung, Onoabhagbe,

10/11/18

Charlton Athletic

1-2

Parris, Robertson, Addy (Omilabu 86), Ajayi (Gordon 62), Aveiro (Matthews 90+1),

24/11/18

Colchester United

1-1

01/12/18

Queens Park Rangers

3-4

Bello. Subs not used: Whitworth, Trehy.

21/12/18

Leeds United

5-6

05/01/19

Bristol City

2-1

Crystal Palace Under-18s scored at the death

09/02/19

Watford

1-4

to narrowly edge local rivals Charlton Athletic

work from Brandon Aveiro and Joshua Ajayi

16/02/19

Cardiff City

0-4

last Saturday. The Addicks began brightest

found Robertson free in the penalty area, but

23/02/19

Millwall

2-3

02/03/19

Charlton Athletic

1-0

and the first chance fell to powerful striker

he could only scoop his cross-shot into the

09/03/19

Birmingham City

Kareem Isiaka, whose low shot was denied

arms of Charlton goalkeeper Nathan Harvey.

12/03/19

Queens Park Rangers

by Palace ‘keeper Jacob Russell.

16/03/19

Barnsley

23/03/19

Coventry City

30/03/19

Burnley

02/04/19

Coventry City

06/04/19

Res

A Jude Russell pass across the

From the resulting counter-attack, smart

With 20 minutes left, the game sparked into life after the rangy Parris

defence was almost picked off by Richard

dispossessed Euan Williams and fed Addy,

Kasey before Palace centre-back Martin

the Palace forward driving into the box

Sheffield United

Onoabhagbe made a perfectly-timed tackle

before firing over.

09/04/19

Colchester United

to prevent the winger from striking at goal.

13/04/19

Nottingham Forest

18/04/19

Ipswich Town

Palace’s first chance came 10 minutes

A timely Freddy Barton slide-tackle was all that prevented Aveiro breaking

in when a free-kick was worked short to

through on goal before, with three minutes

Sean Robertson, whose floated ball was

remaining, the imperious Onoabhagbe

headed across the six-yard box by Kamari

headed from a Robertson corner and clipped

37

Parris, however Charlton’s defence cleared

the angle of post and bar.

21

33

the danger.

Bristol City

22

29

06

Charlton Athletic

21

28

07

Watford

22

26

Clayden found room down the left and

the Charlton defence cold from their own

08

Crystal Palace

18

23

crossed to Isiaka, who opened his body up

corner and fed David Omilabu who dinked a

09

Coventry City

21

20

only for his first-time effort to be brilliantly

cross to John-Kymani Gordon for him to fire

10

Colchester United

22

5

saved by the outstretched leg of Russell.

the Eagles to three points.

Team

P

Pts

01

Cardiff City

21

44

02

Ipswich Town

21

40

03

Millwall

21

04

Queens Park Rangers

05

Shortly before half-time, Charles

Palace’s pressure paid off seconds before the final whistle when Aveiro caught

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

UNDER-23 s 79

COLCHESTER UNITED 1 CRYSTAL PALACE 4 Jobserve Community Stadium // 18th February 2019

Home Away

APR

MAR

FEB

JAN

DEC

NOV

OCT

SEP

AUG

Professional Development League Date

Opposition

Res

10/08/18

Nottingham Forest

4-3

20/08/18

Crewe Alexandra

2-0

28/08/18

Burnley

1-2

03/09/18

Barnsley

4-0

11/09/19

Birmingham City

2-2

17/09/18

Queens Park Rangers

0-5

28/09/18

Watford

1-1

15/10/18

Bristol City

2-0

22/10/18

Coventry City

0-1

Palace: Tupper, D. Boateng, Brown, McGregor, Tavares (C), Woods, Pierrick,

29/10/18

Cardiff City

2-2

M. Boateng, Street, Flanagan, Lumeka. Subs: Chamberlin-Gayle, Webber, Ajayi,

05/11/18

Millwall

2-0

12/11/18

Colchester United

4-0

Robertson, Gordon.

19/11/18

Ipswich Town

2-5

26/11/18

Charlton Athletic

4-0

Crystal Palace beat Colchester United by

10/12/18

Bristol City

1-1

the same scoreline they had in November

into making a smart, low save when the ball

3-6

thanks to a brace from Gio McGregor and

hurtled towards his inside left netting. There

a goal each from Rob Street and Sam

was nothing he could do from the resulting

Woods.

corner though, as Devante Aransabia

Following the break, Tupper was forced

14/12/18

Coventry City

07/01/19

Cardiff City

1-1

22/01/19

Millwall

2-1

28/01/19

Charlton Athletic

1-3

04/02/19

Ipswich Town

4-3

11/02/19

Queens Park Rangers

2-0

Noah Chilvers struck well from over

18/02/19

Colchester United

4-1

04/03/19

Bolton Wanderers

0-1

20-yards only for Joe Tupper’s post to give

08/03/19

Sheffield Wednesday

the effort a slight bump as it flashed out for

to regain their foothold on the match and

25/03/19

Sheffield United

a goal-kick.

swiftly did so through Street, who showed

06/04/19

Hull City

15/04/19

Leeds United

started off a smart attacking move which

Barnes before delaying his shot and finally

18/04/19

Watford

led to him stroking home confidently

striking home.

The U’s opened proceedings when

Responding to the threat, McGregor

reacted to a freely floating cross to head home from point-blank range.

Level, the Eagles fought back hard

sublime composure to round ‘keeper Dillion

Team

P

Pts

01

Ipswich Town

23

45

02

Crystal Palace

23

38

03

Coventry City

23

35

04

Bristol City

22

32

Flanagan then attempted to follow his

net bulging through a sharply dipping free-

05

Millwall

23

32

06

Queens Park Rangers

24

31

teammate’s lead as he struck the ball at

kick. Next and last to net for the Eagles

07

Charlton Athletic

22

27

goal with an effort ultimately denied by the

was Woods. Roaming up from defence, he

08

Cardiff City

23

25

foot of the upright. Given a second shot by

scuffed a primary effort from McGregor’s

09

Watford

21

19

a fortuitous rebound, Flanagan then missed

corner before striking home from within the

10

Colchester United

22

16

again by inches.

box at the second time of asking.

PALACE

v

from less than 18-yards to open Palace’s account.

From only slightly further out, Kian

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

Building on their advantage in an emphatic manner, McGregor bagged his second of the day as he sent Colchester’s

UNTIL JANUARY

2021*

- Smart Meters & Installation – At No Extra Cost - No Standing Charge - FREE Limited Edition Exclusive Eagles Branded In-Home Display Cover**

GET A QUOTE AND SWITCH TODAY!

Visit www.utilita.co.uk/cpfc or call 03452 068 777 Proud to be the Official Energy Partner of Crystal Palace F.C. *Based on equivalent prepayment standard variable tariff at Ofgem medium consumption for same region and meter type.

Excluding any additional discounts or associated offers. In the case of a sudden price drop by Big Six during the period, we will reduce our price as well, as soon as we can.

LADIES 81

crystal palace 0 lewes 3 Hayes Lane // 21st February 2019

Home Away Date

Opposition

09/09/18

Leicester City

Res 0-2

19/09/18

Lewes

1-2

23/09/18

Millwall

1-1

30/09/18

Tottenham Hotspur

1-2

14/10/18

London Bees

1-0

21/10/18

Durham

0-2

28/10/18

Sheffield United

0-1

18/11/18

Manchester United

0-5

Palace: Gillett, McRoberts, Nuttall (Haydock 68), Holdaway, Collins, Mackenzie,

25/11/18

Charlton Athletic

1-2

02/12/18

Aston Villa

1-3

Georgiou, Hincks, Bryan (Chandler 68), Whinnett, Balfour (Davenport 84). Subs not

09/12/18

Tottenham Hotspur

0-1

used: Salgado, Watling, Nash, Keogh.

05/01/19

Millwall

3-1

13/01/19

London Bees

1-2

A packed Hayes Lane watched Crystal

shot from Kempson before jumping up to

27/01/19

Durham

0-2

Palace battle with Lewes Women in a

block Katie Rood’s rebound.

10/02/19

Leicester City

3-2

tight affair won by two penalties and an

21/02/19

Lewes

0-3

impressive long-range effort from the

up the ball in a harmless location but

10/03/19

Sheffield United

visiting Rooks.

somehow launched an effort at goal

20/04/19

Manchester United

28/04/19

Charlton Athletic

into life when she struck Palace’s first

12/05/19

Aston Villa

attempt with a shot at goal which went

Team

Kallie Balfour sparked things

P

In the second half, Bryan picked

which dipped dramatically before just being palmed away by Baker.

Gillett then pulled off a string of

Pts

inches wide. Barely seconds later,

heroic saves as she put her body on the

01

Tottenham Hotspur Ladies

15

39

Gemma Bryan missed a gilt-edged

line from a point-blank shot before rising

02

Manchester United Women

13

34

chance as she hit from point-blank range

back up and hurling herself high into the

03

Durham Women FC

14

29

too close to shot-stopper Faye Baker.

air, denying Leeta Rutherford. A while

04

Charlton Athletic Women

14

29

Minutes after, the visitors opened their

later, however, even Gillett couldn’t

05

London Bees Ladies

16

21

account when Kempson stroked an early

prevent Jess King from bagging her

06

Leicester City Women

16

20

penalty home to record the first goal.

second as she struck from the edge of

07

Aston Villa Ladies

14

17

08

Sheffield United Women

13

13

09

Lewes Women

15

13

10

Crystal Palace Ladies

16

10

11

Millwall Lionesses

14

5

PALACE

v

At the other end of the pitch, Ashlee Hincks did well to shrug off a challenge

the box with a rising shot.

With less than 10 minutes

before releasing a shot at goal which

remaining, Lewes were awarded their

Baker pushed to safety. Back in Palace’s

second penalty of the night. Rood

box, Gillett pulled off an even mightier

stepped up and took the chance firmly

save as she forced a hand behind a fizzing

with confidence.

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

82 STATISTICS

Seasonal Statistics Most Touches in Opposition Box

Highest Duel Success rate

Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Wilfried Zaha

67%

171 Top Goal Scorers 01. Luka Milivojevic

08

02. Wilfried Zaha

08

03. Andros Townsend

Overall Discipline

04

Total Goals

41%

Shooting Accuracy

2

49

14

Hit Woodwork

35

113

163

Shots on Target

Shots off Target

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

STATISTICS 83

Pass Success Rate

Player In Focus

77%

Average Possession

45%

Most Crosses (open play)

Andros Townsend

108

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

2,610

No player has played more minutes than Palace’s most featured member of the squad, Luka Milivojevic. He has played 2,610 minutes – the same as regulars Ederson and David de Gea.

Most Aerial challenges won

James Tomkins

161

ATT

POS

Fulham

W 2-0

24,821

4th

Mon 20

20:00

Liverpool

L 0-2

25,750

10th

Sun 26

13:30

Watford

L 1-2

20,014

10th

Tue 28

19:30

Swansea City

W 1-0

9,122

CC2

Sat 01

15:00

Southampton

L 0-2

25,495

15th

Sat 15

15:00

Huddersfield Town

W 1-0

23,696

12th

Sat 22

15:00

Newcastle United

D 0-0

25,679

11th

Tue 28

20:00

West Bromwich Albion

W 3-0

10,818

CC3

Mon 01

20:00

Bournemouth

L 1-2

10,199

13th

Sat 06

15:00

Wolves

L 0-1

25,717

14th

Sun 21

16:00

Everton

L 0-2

38,668

15th

Sun 28

13:30

Arsenal

D 2-2

25,718

14th

Wed 31

20:00

Middlesbrough

L 0-1

11,850

CC4

Sun 04

16:00

Chelsea

L 1-3

40,407

14th

Sat 10

17:30

Tottenham Hotspur

L 0-1

25,685

16th

Sat 24

15:00

Manchester United

D 0-0

74,516

16th

Sat 01

15:00

Burnley

W 2-0

25,098

14th

Tue 04

19:45

Brighton & Hove Albion

L 1-3

29,663

15th

Sat 08

15:00

West Ham United

L 2-3

56,995

16th

Sat 15

15:00

Leicester City

W 1-0

24,738

15th

Sat 22

15:00

Manchester City

W 3-2

54,340

14th

Wed 26

15:00

Cardiff City

D 0-0

25,206

14th

Sun 30

12:00

Chelsea

L 0-1

25,781

14th

Wed 02

19:45

Wolves

W 2-0

30,666

14th

Sat 05

17:30

Grimsby Town

W 1-0

19,967

FA3

Sat 12

15:00

Watford

L 1-2

25,010

14th

Sat 19

15:00

Liverpool

L 3-4

53,171

14th

Sun 27

16:00

Tottenham Hotspur

W 2-0

19,491

FA4

Wed 30

19:45

Southampton

D 1-1

28,339

15th

Sat 02

15:00

Fulham

W 2-0

25,355

14th

Sat 09

15:00

West Ham United

D 1-1

25,552

13th

Sun 17

16:00

Doncaster Rovers

W 2-0

14,010

FA5

Sat 23

17:30

Leicester City

W 4-1

31,778

13th

Wed 27

20:00

Manchester United

L 1-3

25,754

14th

Sat 02

15:00

Burnley

W 3-1

19,223

13th

Sat 09

12:30

Brighton & Hove Albion

Sat 16

12:15

Watford

Cheikhou Kouyaté

RES

15:00

Max Meyer

TV

Red Card

Scott Dann

APR

OPPOSITION

Yellow Card

Sat 11

TBC

MAY

Goal(s)

James Tomkins

KO

Unused Sub

Luka Milivojevic

MAR

FEB

JAN

DEC

NOV

OCT

SEP

AUG

DATE

Used Sub

Patrick van Aanholt

Started

Joel Ward

Home Fixtures Away Fixtures Cup Fixtures

Julian Speroni

Fixtures & Results

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

2

7(2) 32 30(2) 25 4(2) 17(11) 21(8)

Tottenham Hotspur

Sat 30

15:00

Huddersfield Town

Sat 06

15:00

Newcastle United

Sun 14

14:05

Manchester City

Sat 20

15:00

Arsenal

Sat 27

15:00

Everton

Sat 04

15:00

Cardiff City

Sun 12

15:00

Bournemouth

2018/19 Games 2018/19 Goals Palace Career Games Palace Career Goals

1 405 215 5

2

8

1

75

83

82

142

28

2

9

20

7

15

2

29

Alexander Sørloth Andros Townsend Wilfried Zaha Mamadou Sakho Wayne Hennessey Jordan Ayew Jeffrey Schlupp Christian Benteke James McArthur Jonny Williams Connor Wickham Lucas Perri Michy Batshuayi Sullay Kaikai Bakary Sako Pape Souare Aaron Wan-Bissaka Giovanni McGregor Vicente Guaita Ryan Inniss Martin Kelly Sam Woods Dion-Curtis Henry Nya Kirby Joe Tupper Jason Puncheon Jairo Riedewald

09 10 11 12

w

13 14 15 17 18 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 29 30 31 33 34 35 36 39 41 42 44

tvt

x

t

4(12) 33(2) 27

1

7

8

20

114 314

55

1

12

1

51

27 19(1) 15(8) 19(12) 6(5) 28(2)

126

2

5

23

74

82

160

2

5

20

18

2

1

1(6)

1

4(2) 0(2) 0(1) 2(2) 28(1)

2

70

41

6

11

51

1

10

2

1

8

63

36

14

1

14

1

11(1) 0(1)

3(5)

4

116

1

169

1

16

86 STATISTICS

League Table Pos

Club

P

W

D

L

F

1

Manchester City

29 23

2

4

76 20 56 71

A GD Pts

2

Liverpool

29 21

7

1

64 15 49 70

3

Tottenham Hotspur

29 20

1

8

56 30 26 61

Sergio Agüero

18

4

Manchester United

29 17

7

5

58 38 20 58

Mohamed Salah

17

Top Scorers

5

Arsenal

29 17

6

6

61 39 22 57

P-E Aubameyang

16

6

Chelsea

28 17

5

6

49 30 19 56

Harry Kane

16

7

Wolves

29 12

7

10 37 35

2

43

Sadio Mané

14

8

Watford

29 12

7

10 41 41

0

43

Eden Hazard

12

9

West Ham United

29 11

6

12 37 41

-4

39

10

Everton

29 10

7

12 39 39

0

37

11

Leicester City

29 10

5

14 35 41

-6

35

12

Bournemouth

29 10

4

15 39 54 -15 34

Eden Hazard

11

13

Crystal Palace

29

9

6

14 35 39

Christian Eriksen

9

14

Newcastle United

29

8

7

14 26 36 -10 31

Ryan Fraser

9

15

Brighton & Hove Albion

28

8

6

14 30 41 -11 30

Leroy Sané

9

-4

Most Assists

33

16

Burnley

29

8

6

15 32 53 -21 30

Raheem Sterling

9

17

Southampton

29

6

9

14 32 49 -17 27

Paul Pogba

9

18

Cardiff City

29

7

4

18 25 57 -32 25

19

Fulham

29

4

5

20 27 65 -38 17

20

Huddersfield Town

29

3

5

21 15 51 -36 14

Statistics correct as of Thursday 7th March

Matchweek 30 Fixtures Crystal Palace v Brighton & Hove Albion

Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur

Saturday 9th March 2019 – 12:30pm

Saturday 9th March 2019 – 3pm

Cardiff City v West Ham United

Manchester City v Watford

Saturday 9th March 2019 – 3pm

Saturday 9th March 2019 – 5:30pm

Huddersfield Town v Bournemouth

Liverpool v Burnley

Saturday 9th March 2019 – 3pm

Sunday 10th March – 12pm

Leicester City v Fulham

Chelsea v Wolves

Saturday 9th March 2019 – 3pm

Sunday 10th March – 14:05pm

Newcastle United v Everton

Arsenal v Manchester United

Saturday 9th March 2019 – 3pm

Sunday 10th March – 16:30pm

PALACE

v

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

crystal palace √ brighton & hove albion Julian SPERONI Joel WARD Patrick VAN AANHOLT Luka MILIVOJEVIC James TOMKINS Scott DANN Max MEYER Cheikhou KOUYATÉ Andros TOWNSEND Wilfried ZAHA Mamadou SAKHO Wayne HENNESSEY Jordan AYEW Jeffrey SCHLUPP Christian BENTEKE James McARTHUR Connor WICKHAM Lucas PERRI Michy BATSHUAYI Bakary SAKO Pape SOUARÉ Aaron WAN-BISSAKA Vicente GUAITA Martin KELLY Jairo RIEDEWALD

Referee Craig Pawson

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 21 22 23 26 27 29 31 34 44

Assistant Lee Betts

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 13 14 16 17 19 20 22 23 24 27 30 31 33 41 42 49 57 58

Mathew RYAN BRUNO Gaëtan BONG Shane DUFFY Lewis DUNK Dale STEPHENS Beram KAYAL Yves BISSOUMA Jürgen LOCADIA Florin ANDONE Anthony KNOCKAERT Pascal GROß Leon BALOGUN Alireza JAHANBAKHSH Glenn MURRAY José IZQUIERDO Solly MARCH Martín MONTOYA Jason STEELE Davy PRÖPPER David BUTTON BERNARDO Robert SANCHEZ Dan BURN Max SANDERS Viktor GYÖKERES Jayson MOLUMBY Leo Skiri ØSTIGÅRD Will COLLAR

Assistant Daniel Cook

Match Sponsors:

Fourth Official Stuart Attwell