Crystal Palace v Everton FA Cup programme

Crystal Palace v Everton

Sunday 20 March 2022

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palace √ everton sun 20 mar | 12:30

04 cover story 10 captain 12 chairman 25 opposition preview 35 Ian King: 1971/72 42 palace for life 48 quiz & games 52 stats & results 54 FA CUP

Directors Chairman Steve Parish, David Blitzer, Joshua Harris, John Textor Chief Executive Phil Alexander Chief Financial Officer Sean O’Loughlin Sporting Director Dougie Freedman Club Secretary Christine Dowdeswell Head of Sports Medicine Dr. Zaf Iqbal Academy Director Gary Issott Director of U23 Development Mark Bright Commercial Director Barry Webber General Counsel David Nichol Director of Operations Sharon Lacey Head of Ticketing Paul McGowan Head of Retail Laura Holland Chief Marketing and Communications Officer James Woodroof Head of Safeguarding Cassi Wright Head Groundsman Bruce Elliott Editor Ben Mountain Design Billy Cooke, Luke Thomas, Stu Ellmer Contributors Will Robinson, Ian King, Peter Manning, Tash Stephens Photography Neil Everitt, Seb Frej, PPA, Hy Money, Getty Printer Bishops Printers

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Being a footballer is your living. You have to provide for your family the best you can. If it means you have to go somewhere else to provide for your family, you go. I want fans to understand that

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Today’s programme cover features a design commemorating 50 years since our last home FA Cup game with Everton. Find out why we’ve nodded back to 1972 – and 1861 – below.

The cover: Palace √ Everton, 1972 Crystal Palace and Everton’s FA Cup history is sparse, with the two last facing each other in a 1971/72 replay at Goodison Park.

The game that set-up the second leg was unforgettable, however. Palace and Everton played out a controversial 2-2 draw in which Palace goalkeeper John Jackson sustained a bruise across his thigh after five minutes

2022 colours: Crystal Palace in 1861 This edition’s colours are subtly different from the teal used

(Page 15), and the referee was blamed by manager Bert Head and the players for almost causing a riot in the stands, such were his decisions (Page 35).

The programme that season featured a goalkeeper across the front of a turquoise cover, which is thought not to have been explicitly based on Jackson.

1971/72 saw Palace sustain their stay in the topflight for one last campaign before relegation in 72/73.

in 1972 in favour of the blue thought to be worn by Crystal Palace in the 1860s, when the club was founded as an amateur side. cover story

Palace then went on to help cement the rules of ‘modern’ football, found the Football Association and establish the FA Cup, reaching the competition’s semi-final in its first year, 1871/72. The FA Cup celebrates its 150th anniversary this season with Palace the only founding club to still compete.

This was marked by wearing the blue and white third against Millwall in the third round.

You can find out more about how Palace began to progress from their 19th century origins on Page 45.

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briefing palace √ everton sun 20 mar | 12:30

Palace win the Generation Cup Crystal Palace won the Generation Cup final last Sunday, with a team of former players and club guests beating Upton Park and Civil Service to lift the trophy.

The Generation Cup was a tournament to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the FA Cup, and featured nine clubs who can trace their history to the earliest days of football. Just three teams progressed from the first round into the final: Crystal Palace, Civil Service and Upton Park.

A Palace team including players like Julián Speroni,

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Mile Jedinak, Andrew Johnson and Jobi McAnuff played two 60-minute matches at St George’s Park, home of the England national team. A 1-0 win over Upton Park and 4-1 triumph against Civil Service was enough for manager Mark Bright’s team to be victorious in the Generation Cup. Crystal Palace Football Club was founded in 1861 and was one

of the original sides that formed the Football Association in 1863.

It was one of just four clubs to take part in all six meetings to draw up the original 13 laws of association football and played in the first FA Cup in 1871, reaching the semi-finals. A clear link has been established with the professional club that was subsequently founded in 1905.

Find out… why John Jackson may never have played for Palace – and why he left (Page 15), why the Selhurst crowd almost rioted while hosting Everton in 1972 (Page 35) and about the club’s now-forgotten cup run (Page 46).

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Mikael Forssell born, 1981

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John Burridge makes his Palace debut, 1978

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Scott Sinclair (1989) and Eric Young (1960) born

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Five penalties taken in Crystal Palace 2-1 Brighton, 1989

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Wilfried Zaha makes his Palace debut, 2010

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Fan update We’ve added new food options at Selhurst Park. Supporters can try our plant-based burger in the Lower Holmesdale by Blocks H and J, sausage rolls at Johnson’s Bar or the jerk chicken burger also available in the Fanzone. Remember, vegan pies are available stadium-wide and Brooklyn Lager is now available in the Arthur Wait near Entrance 4.

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manager

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Welcome to Selhurst Park to Frank Lampard, the Everton directors, staff and players, and to everyone here supporting us.

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oday we have an opportunity to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup, so I was delighted we drew another home tie for the competition. It is never easy to face a Premier League team and Everton will also be determined to reach Wembley, so we know how much of a challenge this afternoon will be.

It will be a well-matched game, but playing in front of our home crowd gives us the advantage. We know we have to make the most of this to continue progressing in what is an important, historic competition for the supporters, club and players.

It was the energy you gave us that allowed us to manage the last 10 minutes of our draw against Manchester City. This was a very difficult period and it was the most important time for us to remain focused and together; the atmosphere you created helped the players to do that, and I thought you were all fantastic once again.

That will be crucial in winning today’s match.

I was really pleased with the City result and performance, which showed how well we can play in both sides of the game. Yes, we had an

element of luck in this game, but you need a lot more than just luck to beat and draw with City back-to-back and not concede a goal in either game. I thought we defended well as a team from Vicente in goal to JP up-front

we are focused on reaching the semi-finals and need each of you behind the team to get us there.

Your support has been magnificent this season at Selhurst; I am determined to hear what it’s like at Wembley and we created a couple of chances that, had we not had to work so hard and run so much, we may have scored on another day.

The players played the way I wanted against City. In my notes manager

before the game I said we had to repeat parts of our performance against Wolves, pull our sleeves up at times and accept we may have less possession than we want. The fact we did this well against Wolves and then repeated that against City shows me that we are improving our consistency, which is a key detail for us: sticking together throughout the difficult periods and defending as a team, and doing both in every game to the best of our ability.

That result helps to further build our confidence, which brings another positive into today’s cup game.

We worked really hard on Monday night and had to be clever in our preparation this week: every player will need to be at their best. This is a big week for us as a club and today’s game is particularly exciting.

Again, we are focused on reaching the semi-finals of this competition and need each of you behind the team to get us there. Your support has been magnificent this season at Selhurst; I am determined to hear what it’s like at Wembley.

We will do our best to ensure it is rewarded with that trip.

Thank you for your support

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captain

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We know how important today’s game is to you all and what a semi-final at Wembley would mean, so we are prepared, motivated and focused for this afternoon.

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ompetitions like the FA Cup can feel more difficult with every round you go through.

The pressure becomes more and what you can achieve feels more realistic and more important because of what you have done to get where you are.

We have faced three very driven teams so far to face Everton in the quarter-finals, with two Championship sides who made our time difficult and Hartlepool United when they were so up for the game with us.

Today might be our first draw with a Premier League team, yes, but we have had to fight hard and work very well together throughout this competition already, and know the motivation a semi-final will provide for our opponent.

Everton’s league form is not what we now expect of this football club. They are a huge club, one of the biggest in England, and are not used to playing where they are currently. That is a difficult time to play them because they have to prove their talent and that they can get out of their position in the league while still doing

well in the cup. We know getting further in this competition is important to them too.

But we are at home and that means we have an advantage from your support in the stands.

we will try to take another step forwards this afternoon and give you another chance of following us at Wembley.

Your part will be massive in that

I had to watch the Manchester City game away from the pitch but what a game it was, and what an atmosphere you created, especially towards the end of this match. It sounded brilliant captain

and I know the impact it would have had.

We will need every one of you making that same sound or more today to carry the team through this round. You saw how much the boys ran and how hard they worked against City; this is not easy, and takes recovery to get back to your best. So we will be relying on the huge amount of energy your backing gives us to repeat the levels we showed in that game.

The last time we reached the FA Cup quarter-final was Watford away in 2019. We want to improve on that this year.

The game was disappointing to lose quite late into it, but there are some players here, Wilf, Joel, Martin and Macca, who remember the club’s run in 2016 – and I know how much it meant to our fans.

So we will try to take another step forwards this afternoon and give you another chance of following us at Wembley. Your part will be massive in that.

Make some noise!

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chairman

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Welcome to the supporters, players, staff and directors of Everton to Selhurst Park for this hugely exciting FA Cup clash. And of course, welcome to each and every Crystal Palace supporter here today to get behind Patrick’s team as we push for a long-awaited semi-final outing to Wembley.

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’ll begin with the excellent draw against Manchester City. To take four points and secure two clean sheets from our matches with the champions this season is a remarkable achievement that Patrick, the playing squad and all the staff should be enormously proud of.

While we defended resolutely we were also always positive and looking to break forward, which not only created our own opportunities, but also makes the opposition defenders slightly more cautious on the ball. While there were some remarkable saves from Vicente alongside resilience from the defenders and midfielders, we created several chances and were well worthy of a point.

This game, as have previous ones, included a powerful show of support for Ukraine on the LED screens. This was greeted especially warmly when Oleksandr Zinchenko walked pitchside at that very moment. We wish him and all the people and families affected by the conflict as quick an end to the terrible hostilities and

needless loss of life as possible. I know many of you will be working to help refugees, offering your homes as accommodation and doing whatever you can to assist, as I know our Foundation and the club will be also.

It was a great occasion outside the 90 minutes too – I very much hope you enjoyed the light show before the game. We have made huge investments in the floodlights which have dramatically improved visibility for supporters inside the stadium, and also for our broadcasters making it a better viewing experience on TV. The added capability of producing light shows is great, and something we will continue to use on occasion, testing various music track combinations.

After two years, the popular half-time challenge was back and featured a very special guest in Ranveer Singh. Ranveer is a Premier League ambassador for India, and one of the biggest Bollywood stars. He was an absolute joy to have as a guest, chairman

and I know everyone warmed to him when he addressed the crowd, full of enthusiasm for our club. The scenes of him scoring a penalty in his socks and doing a full knee slide in that immaculate suit will live long in the memory! He ended the night (wearing goalkeeping socks) meeting his hero Patrick.

Selhurst was absolutely bouncing. I love evening games at Selhurst: there is such a buzz.

Patrick said it was the best atmosphere he had experienced at a football ground for a long time, and the players told me it really kept them going towards the end of the game – so thank you, you are really a unique set of fans.

That performance takes us into today’s crucial match full of momentum and good spirit.

Sometimes it’s hard to replicate the magic of a night under the lights during a lunchtime kick-off, but today is the day we really need everyone to make as much noise and support as possible to help us secure a cup return to Wembley for the first time since 2016.

Up the Palace

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Almost 50 years after leaving south London, John Jackson remains one of Crystal Palace’s greatest goalkeepers. Here, he tells Ben Mountain why he hesitated to join, what sustained his remarkable presence and how tension with Malcolm Allison culminated in an early departure.

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f John Jackson was better at Latin, he might never have played for Crystal Palace.

Oxford or Cambridge University offered Jackson a place as a teenager (“at my age,” he says, “I can’t remember which,”) but with a caveat: he had to pass his Latin A-Level.

While he was still studying, Palace scouted the young goalkeeper in a London Grammar Schools game and invited him to sign. Balancing school with football wasn’t allowed – and Jackson knew he’d never pass Latin – so soon he “knocked [university] on the head.”

Jackson’s struggle with Latin proved to be a felix culpa for the club, but there was work to do yet.

The teenager didn’t want to gamble everything on football, so signed a part-time professional contract, continued his education and worked once a week in Chairman Arthur Wait’s estate management company.

Soon enough Jackson had a meeting with his college. One afternoon a week wasn’t enough to build a career on, he was told, so he had to pick a path. Jackson signed as a professional.

“Football’s a gamble, isn’t it?” the now-79-year-old says of his early angst. “You can go there, play two or three years and end up breaking your leg. In those days… those sort of problems were quite serious. I wanted to have a living, and I didn’t want to have a living in terms of just trying to get a job somewhere – I wanted a career.”

Ahead of Jackson stood two of the most esteemed goalkeepers

in club history: Vic Rouse and Bill Glazier. Between them the pair made 370 senior Palace appearances and held the No.1 spot from 1956-1964 almost exclusively. Jackson was a 20-year-old double-understudy with no professional experience, and still hadn’t fully committed himself to football. The task of breaking in was near-impossible.

Today he admits he struggled in his first year as a professional, and still toyed with the idea of finding another profession. As his resolve to play football wavered, the ‘keeper had a chance conversation with first-choice Rouse.

Football’s a gamble, isn’t it? You can go there, play two or three years and end up breaking your leg. In those day... those sort of problems were quite serious

“At the end of the season Vic turned around to me and said: ‘Don’t pack up, John,’” Jackson recalls. “‘I won’t be staying.’ That was the first I knew that Vic was leaving.

“So Bill got promoted to the first-team and I was Reserve team ‘keeper. That’s how it went until I had one [senior] game against Swindon. I ran out onto the pitch and there was a big banner up behind one goal: ‘Bring back Bill Glazier.’ I thought: ‘That’s a good start, Jacko!’”

Soon Glazier joined Jimmy Hill’s Coventry City, and many supporters felt Jackson was ready to step-up John Jackson

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after a strong spell in the Reserves.

Then the club signed Tony Millington (opposite: left), a younger goalkeeper from West Bromwich Albion.

“This is a pro’s game and there can only be one goalkeeper,” Jackson says, rebutting the suggestion Millington’s signing insulted him. “I was the Reserve ‘keeper, but it didn’t mean to say I would automatically be the first-team ‘keeper.”

Regardless Jackson began to play more first-team games, alternating with Millington in 1964/65. He says manager Dick Graham protected the young goalkeepers from filling Bill Glazier’s shoes too quickly, because pressure from the crowd may have stymied their development.

Jackson played half the games in 64/65, but by the start of 65/66 – in which he would play almost constantly – says he still wasn’t convinced his career lay in football.

Then he travelled to Molineux in October 1965.

“After that game I was sitting in the dressing room with the players and manager, who’d had a chat with us. Suddenly the door opened and this guy walked in, turned to me and said that was the best goalkeeping performance he’d ever seen at Wolverhampton. He shook my hand and walked out.

“I thought: ‘Who’s that?’. [Palace manager] Dick Graham said: ‘It’s the Chairman of Wolverhampton Wanderers!’… Once the Chairman said that to me I suddenly realised I could make it in the game, and if I continued what I was doing I’d have a good career in it.”

So Jackson began to work more carefully on his style, training mornings and afternoons as was the requirement of players aged 23 and under.

“He [Graham] would be sitting in his chair – because he had a bad back – with a pile of balls, throwing them at me on the centre circle to dive after and catch,” Jackson recalls.

After that game I was sitting in the dressing room with the players and manager, who’d had a chat with us.

Suddenly the door opened and this guy walked in, turned to me and said that was the best goalkeeping performance he’d ever seen at Wolverhampton When George Petchey arrived as a coach under new manager Bert Head, Jackson’s regime stepped up further. The ‘keeper began training in front of a wooden bench as Petchey encouraged him to ignore on-pitch obstacles and learn how to manoeuvre them. He became involved in the tactics, recalling a game with Leeds United as one example.

Palace knew Jack Charlton was Leeds’ main threat from corners in the late 1960s, as the towering World Cup winner stood on the goal-line and dwarfed his markers. They spent an entire session preparing for Charlton’s approach: putting Roger Hoy in front of him while Jackson stood behind. If the cross came below head height, Hoy would intercept it.

John Jackson

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Anything higher and Jackson would reach from behind Charlton to punch the ball away, clattering the defender in the process.

“The second time I did it, he said: ‘What are you doing?’ I said: ‘Jack, my life won’t be worth living with the coach if I don’t do as I’m told!’”

By the 1970s Jackson was one of the most central figures in Palace’s team, and his performances still see his name amongst, or even above, the greatest goalkeepers in club history. He produced a run of 254 consecutive games without missing a minute from ’67-72, but says he was hardly aware at the time.

I just went in and trained when I trained, got knocks and went and had treatment and just got on with it. I tried to keep myself as fit as possible; I wasn’t a guy for going out drinking...

Drink was never in my family

“I just went in and trained when I trained, got knocks and went and had treatment and just got on with it,” Jackson says nonchalantly of a run unlikely to be matched again. “I tried to keep myself as fit as possible; I wasn’t a guy for going out drinking… Drink was never in my family.

“In those days there was a lot of drinking going on. That’s why at Palace Monday morning was always classified as a hard work session. Players finished the game, John Jackson

had a drink after, went out drinking Saturday night, and again Sunday.

They came in Monday, and the hard work session was to get all that crap out of them!”

Jackson’s approach to fitness – possibly because football cost him an elite education and a career elsewhere – saw him recover from a serious injury sustained against Everton (see Page 35) in time for the replay just three days later.

But nothing could sustain the shot stopper’s place in the team by March 1973, when Malcolm Allison took over as manager. Among the excitement Allison brought and the popularity he earned, his decision to ostracise key players – most notably Jackson – still stands out today.

“I don’t think there was one,” Jackson replies when asked to describe his relationship with Allison.

“He would walk past me in the corridor and wouldn’t even say ‘good morning’. For some reason Malcolm didn’t take to me.

“I’d have the press phoning me up and fans coming up to me, saying: ‘Why aren’t you playing, John?’ I’d just turn around and say: ‘You must ask Malcolm Allison. He picks the team.’”

Allison preferred to field Paul Hammond over Jackson in goal, so the latter began to appear in the Reserves. One issue between the pair was Allison’s approach to younger players, with Jim Cannon once recalling the “rollicking” he received after conceding a losing goal away to Blackpool.

Jackson explains: “When I got into the dressing room Malcolm’s

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having a go at Jim. I lost my rag. He was 16 or 17-years-old being told he’d never play football for him again if he plays like that. I could not believe it. I just turned around and said to him [Allison]: ‘There are one or two people in this dressing room who have no sweat on their shirts or dirt on their trousers. They’re the ones you should be having a go at, not at the kid who’s playing his first game against an experienced international footballer.’ I slung my boots in the corner, stormed off and got in the bath.

“Malcolm never came into the bath area... There was a deathly silence and I didn’t hear another word. After about 10 minutes one player opened the door, poked his head around and said: ‘Okay?’ I said: ‘Yeah, why? What’s up?’, and they all drifted in to have a bath. Malcolm never said a word to me.”

Unfortunately this tension led to Jackson’s departure in 1973, joining his former coach George Petchey at Leyton Orient. The goalkeeper said he didn’t once consider leaving Palace until that year, and when “little Leyton Orient” (his words) offered more money to play under a familiar face, he chose to put his family first and move.

“I didn’t feel there was a future for me at Palace,” he says. “At the end of the day I had a wife and kids to look after, feed and clothe. So Reserve team football was no good to me at my age.

“You know, fans tend to forget there’s a difference between being a fan and being a player. Fans would come up to me and say: ‘So-and-so

is leaving. He’s a traitor, mate.’ I’d say: ‘What are you talking about?’

They’d say: ‘He’s a traitor, he’s left us.’ I’d say to the guy: ‘What job do you do?’ He could be an electrician or builder or anything, and I’d say to him: ‘Let’s say someone came along and said to you: “Come and work for me and I’ll double your wages.”

Would you go?’ ‘Of course I would.’

‘Well, it’s the same with a player.’

I didn’t feel there was a future for me at Palace. At the end of the day I had a wife and kids to look after, feed and clothe. So Reserve team football was no good to me

“Being a footballer is your living. You have to provide for your family the best you can. If it means to say you have to go somewhere else to provide for your family, you go. I want fans to understand that.”

Jackson still watches Palace today, marvelling that the club is now a Premier League staple, compared with his day when they hoped to win home games, draw some away and occasionally take a point from the top clubs.

“I had a good career at Crystal Palace and enjoyed my time there,” he says. “I wish everybody good luck in the next few months.”

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Everton F.C. est. 1878

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toffees everton

Everton are having a torrid time in the league this season, with Frank Lampard attempting to steer the Toffees to safety after arriving in January.

match preview They’ve looked somewhat more convincing in the FA Cup, however, beating Hull City, Brentford and Boreham Wood respectively.

Hull provided Everton with perhaps their toughest game and it took a 99th-minute Andros Townsend winner to ensure progression. But Brentford and Boreham Wood were easier ties for the Merseyside club, who travel to Selhurst for the second time this season. Palace won the last clash between these two teams 3-1 in December, with Conor Gallagher netting either side of a rare James Tomkins goal.

Thursday brought the Toffees a crucial league clash with fellow battlers Newcastle United, but a trip to Wembley could soften the blow of a disappointing league season.

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Position Points Top scorer Most assists Most average passes

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away

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Last five Seasons Season Position

Points

Top Scorer

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10th

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Calvert-Lewin (16)

19/20

12th

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Richarlison/Calvert-Lewin (13)

18/19

8th

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Sigurðsson/Richarlison (13)

17/18

8th

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Rooney (10)

16/17

7th

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Lukaku (25)

17th 22 Demarai Gray (5) Abdoulaye Doucouré (4) Michael Keane (955)

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Dangerman: Townsend

Former Palace winger Townsend has netted in two of Everton’s three FA Cup games so far, including a 99th-minute winner against Hull City.

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Boot in both camps

Remember when?

Palace knocked Everton from the 2001/02 League Cup with a rare victory on penalties. Two penalties inside the opening 10 minutes saw this game level at full-time, and Kevin Campbell’s missed shootout opener sent Palace into the third round.

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Recent clash Everton 0 Wolves 1 Sun 13 Mar / Goodison Park

Starting xi 1

J. Pickford

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subs 5

M. Keane

B. Godfrey

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Allan

M. Holgate

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A. Townsend

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J. Kenny

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A. Begović

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V. Mykolenko

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A. Iwobi

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D. van de Beek

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A. Gomes

16

A. Doucouré

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S. Rondón

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S. Coleman

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A. El Ghazi

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D. Gray

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D. Alli

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Richarlison

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A. Gordon

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Second sub Third sub Yellow card Red card Goal Own goal

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Andrew Johnson Having finished runner-up for the 2004/05 Premier League Golden Boot, Johnson stuck

by Palace to help them reach the Championship play-offs after relegation, before joining Everton amid a flurry of interest. He simultaneously became Palace’s highestvalue sale and Everton’s highest-value purchase.

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CUP ‘KEEPER 5 apps 1 clean sheets

Asmir Begovic

02 04 Jonjoe Kenny

Mason Holgate

POS: DEFENDER

POS: DEFENDER

NAT: ENGLAND

NAT: ENGLAND

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Vitalii Mykolenko

Ben Godfrey

POS: DEFENDER

POS: DEFENDER

NAT: BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

NAT: UKRAINE

NAT: ENGLAND

As Everton’s second-choice ‘keeper, Begović has played two of the Toffees’ three FA Cup games so far. The veteran shot stopper moved to England in 2004 and went on several loans while with Portsmouth, before making his name at Stoke. He holds 63 caps for Bosnia and Herzegovina.

player profile

POS: GOALKEEPER

Age

34

Height

1.99m

Joined

20th June, 2021

Debut

24th August, 2021 v Huddersfield Town

PREVIOUS CLUBS: Portsmouth, Stoke City, Chelsea & AFC Bournemouth. opposition

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23 06 05 Séamus Coleman

177 apps

Allan

POS: DEFENDER

POS: MIDFIELDER

NAT: IRELAND

NAT: BRAZIL

14

16

Andros Townsend

Abdoulaye Doucouré

10 goals

Michael Keane

POS: MIDFIELDER

POS: MIDFIELDER

POS: DEFENDER

NAT: ENGLAND

NAT: FRANCE

NAT: ENGLAND

player profile

SOLID BASE

Age

29

Height

1.91m

Joined

3rd July, 2017

Debut

12th August, 2017 v Stoke City

PREVIOUS CLUBS: Manchester United & Burnley.

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Keane rose to prominence after making a permanent switch to loan club Burnley in 2015, and received his first of 12 England caps in March 2017. He signed a contract until 2025 with Everton in August 2020.

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DIFFERENCE MAKER

André Gomes

Anthony Gordon

POS: MIDFIELDER

POS: MIDFIELDER

NAT: PORTUGAL

NAT: ENGLAND

6 apps 0 goals

26 36 Tom Davies

Dele Alli

Donny van de Beek

POS: MIDFIELDER

POS: MIDFIELDER

NAT: ENGLAND

NAT: ENGLAND

NAT: HOLLAND

player profile

POS: MIDFIELDER

Age

24

Height

1.84m

Joined

31st January, 2022

Debut

8th February, 2022 v Newcastle United

OTHER CLUBS: Ajax & Manchester United. opposition

Van de Beek joined Everton on loan from Manchester United earlier this season.

Initial signs suggest he may show the ability once on display with Ajax, where he rose through the famed Academy before moving to England.

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GOAL THREAT 26 apps 6 goals

Demarai Gray

07 09 Richarlison

Dominic Calvert-Lewin

POS: FORWARD

POS: FORWARD

NAT: BRAZIL

NAT: ENGLAND

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Olufela Olomola Alex Iwobi

Salomón Rondón

POS: FORWARD

POS: FORWARD

NAT: ENGLAND

NAT: NIGERIA

NAT: VENEZUELA

If Everton are to rescue their league season, Demarai Gray has to be on form. The winger, whose professional career began at 17 with Birmingham City, enjoyed a blistering start to life on Merseyside, scoring three in his first five outings.

However that form has cooled somewhat lately.

player profile

POS: FORWARD

Age

25

Height

1.8m

Joined

22nd July, 2021

Debut

14th August, 2021 v Southampton

PREVIOUS CLUBS: Birmingham City, Leicester City & Bayer Leverkusen. opposition

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Palace and Everton faced one another in the FA Cup for five consecutive meetings between 1907 and 1931, their first professional head-to-heads.

This run included 6-0 wins for both teams.

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The two sides haven’t faced in the FA Cup since 1972, when Everton won a replay 3-2. The overall record reads: one Palace win, four Everton wins and two draws.

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corners per match 5

7 average possession %

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61 shots per match

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19 shooting accuracy %

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38 goals conceded

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Jack Butland

Jordan Pickford

career appearances

career appearances

Career clean sheets

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Fifty years on from a memorable FA Cup clash – in both meanings of the word – with Everton in 1971/72, Club Historian Ian King looks back on a bruising encounter and successful top-flight season.

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1971/72 Revisited Despite an uninspiring end to the previous season Palace made no changes to their personnel, and the third campaign in the top-flight began promisingly enough with a 2-0 victory over Newcastle United at Selhurst Park. Then followed a run of eight league games that produced only one point and included the home match against Nottingham Forest when the referee initially awarded Palace a goal after the ball entered the net through the side. Matters came to a head following a 0-3 defeat at Tottenham on September 18th.

Autumn overhaul Over the next seven days Steve Kember departed for Chelsea, Phil Hoadley to Leyton Orient and Alan Birchenall to Leicester City, with Bobby Kellard returning to Selhurst Park as part of the deal. Defender Bobby Bell arrived from Blackburn Rovers just weeks after joining the Lancashire club, and John Craven signed from Blackpool.

The following home game saw the new-look team defeat Everton, when Jimmy Scott made his last Palace appearance, before another new player, Sammy Goodwin, arrived from Airdrie. In midOctober, with a journalists’

strike creating a media blackout, former Scotland internationals John Hughes and Willie Wallace arrived from Celtic. Results had improved slightly and by the start of December Palace were just outside the two relegation places.

The score ended 5-1 in Palace’s favour, with all four scorers being Scotsmen...

STARTING a run of six games with only one defeat which proved manager Bert Head could produce a team of fight and character

Blunted Blades On December 4th title contenders Sheffield United came to Selhurst Park, following their 7-0 thrashing of Ipswich Town, for a fixture in which Hughes, nicknamed ‘Yogi Bear’ for his large frame that hid nimble footwork, singlehandedly dismantled the Blades’ defence with two goals, one of which was Goal of the Season. The score ended 5-1 in Palace’s favour, with all four scorers being Scotsmen. ian King

Sadly Hughes suffered a knee injury towards the end that eventually finished his playing career, becoming a Palace legend in little time. The Blades victory started a run of six games with only one defeat which proved manager Bert Head could produce a team of fight and character combined with plenty of skill.

In mid-January came the controversial FA Cup tie with Everton, lost after a replay, from which the players never recovered as results began a nosedive with only two more victories until the end of the season. Kellard was now captain and his battling qualities from midfield came to the fore at the end of the season when he netted penalties in home games against Arsenal and Stoke City to garner three vital points. The season petered out in a goalless draw with relegated Huddersfield Town in SE25 while safety had been gained with four points to spare.

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Palace v Everton: January 15th, 1972 Perhaps our most notable FA Cup game came 50 years ago in contentious circumstances, with a match report from the time reading: NORWICH referee Tommy Dawes – “Smiler” to his friends – was attacked by Crystal Palace manager Bert Head last night for failing to control “the toughest game I’ve ever seen in England.”

Dawes certainly wasn’t smiling, and had few friends when he left under police escort after what Head described as “a chaotic Cup-tie – the nearest I’ve ever seen our crowd to a riot.”

The referee had booked five players – three Palace men and two from Everton – and sent off Palace forward Hughes. He also threatened to abandon the match if the crowd went on to the pitch a third time.

Dawes was later led to a police car through a side door by Head’s daughter Sue at a time when her father was telling the press: “This wasn’t entirely the players’ fault. If the referee had calmed down earlier you might have seen a great game.

“They’re not a vicious crowd, but I thought a riot was on today.

If Joe Royle and one or two others had been booked early on, the trouble might not have happened.”

Protection Dawes, one of the most experienced refrees in the League, did, in fact, book Everton striker Royle.

The first time a fan ran on the pitch – it came after the ref had awarded a free-kick to Everton for a foul on Kenyon – Dawes was protected from an assault by “Yogi Bear” Hughes.

The second time, when four fans raced on in pursuit of him, Dawes was saved by other players and police.

Hughes had almost as much to say about Dawes as his manager.

“He had booked me earlier when Royle had gone over the top to me,” he said. “I did nothing wrong.

When I pushed the fan off him he didn’t say ‘Thanks.’

“I was sent off soon after the interval when I tackled David Johnson. It wasn’t dirty. Even Everton players will support that.”

Royle was booked for arguing with Dawes, and others who had their names taken were Palace’s skipper Kellard, his third in a year, Queen, and Everton’s Whittle – all for fouls.

It was after Whittle’s booking in the 64th minute that Dawes threatened to abandon the tie.

The second pitch invasion came just before with Queen’s booking – and 13 policemen rushed in.

The game exploded when Palace goalkeeper John Jackson received a six-inch thigh gash after a collision with Royle. The war hotted up near the interval when Everton’s Harvey was kicked in the mouth by Blyth and needed treatment.

After the walking wounded had been counted, Bert Head reported that Jackson had a thigh ian King

swelling “as big as an ash tray,” and was doubtful for Tuesday’s replay at Goodison. That could mean a senior debut for 18-year-old Paul Hammond.

Brave After Hughes had departed with the score 1-1 – Wallace for Palace, Whittle for Everton – some sanity seemed to enter the proceedings.

Then we saw a brave Palace.

Wallace put them ahead again with less than 15 minutes to go, but within a minute the new, determined Everton were level again through Harvey.

Palace would have asked for a referee change if Dave Smith (Stonehouse) had not already been appointed for Tuesday.

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MOMENT IN TIME

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steve kember From its founding to the current day, Crystal Palace’s history is rich in stories and characters.

Today, Steve Kember writes in his own words of that fated day in 2001 against Stockport County.

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returned to Palace in 1993, led the youth sides, managed the Reserves and scouted for various levels as the club changed owners and swapped between managers. Then, one Saturday evening in 2001, I was having a drink at The Stag pub in South Croydon with Dave Garland, the Academy coach who owned the bar, when Simon Jordan called me.

He said: ‘I need to speak to you.’

Simon and I and spoke for about three minutes. He said: ‘I’ve sacked Alan Smith, and I want you to take over with Terry Bullivant for the last two games. See what you can do.’ That was it. Just like that, I was back managing Palace after almost 20 years.

I met Bully the next morning, knowing we needed to attack the final two games against Portsmouth and Stockport County. We had to win both to be in with a chance of survival, so I wrote down the list of players we had available and said: ‘I don’t know what you think, Bully, but I think we should play three up-front, not 4-4-2 like normal.’

We had a few lads missing from the back and we had three

decent frontmen in Micky Forssell, Clinton Morrison and Dougie Freedman. So we played with two up-front, rotating with one in the hole, and completely murdered Portsmouth on the Wednesday night. On Sunday, we had to beat Stockport to achieve the impossible.

At full-time, the whistle blew and we’d won 1-0. I ran onto the pitch, but I didn’t actually know if we were safe or not

Dougie Freedman came in at half-time and he was frustrated about the way the game had gone.

I said: ‘Look, Dougie, you’ve got to keep getting in goalscoring situations. You know in the end they’re going to go in. Get your head up, let’s keep going.’ Luckily From the Archive

he did keep going. When he broke away in the 87th-minute, I thought: ‘This is it. Doug’s got the chance.’

He obviously put it in the top corner and it was game over. At full-time, the whistle blew and we’d won 1-0. I ran onto the pitch, but I didn’t actually know if we were safe or not. Halfway out I realised what I was doing, stopped myself, turned around and walked back again! Then there was the wait.

The kit man, Brian Rogers, had his phone on as we waited for the other results to come in and, after five minutes or so, he said: ‘Steve, Steve, Steve, Huddersfield got beat! We’ve stayed up, we’ve stayed up!’ It was unbelievable.

We had a great trip back and, to Simon Jordan’s credit, he handed us some money and we stopped at the nearest off-licence and drove all the way back to High Wycombe.

All the boys then came back to South Croydon and we went into a pub on Southbridge Road, The Star. We all had a few drinks and a singsong to celebrate, but I left the lads to it. The next day, I was back in the office - sorting out who was going and who was staying

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palace for life Palace stars surprise Team Mates session Crystal Palace defenders Tyrick Mitchell and Nathan Ferguson delighted pupils at Downsview Primary School by joining a Palace for Life Team Mates session.

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itchell and Ferguson joined eight pupils taking part in Team Mates, which is backed by Premier League Primary stars and uses games and the power of Palace to support positive mental wellbeing.

The session started with pupils sharing what they were grateful for before the Palace duo surprised them by coming into the session and joining the activities.

One group task included a discussion around being an ally and how you can support someone suffering abuse. Both Mitchell and Ferguson shared that talking to their teammates and coaches about any abuse they may receive, and having a close bond with them, was helpful and important to them.

The Palace pair then joined pupils in creating their very own No Room for Racism posters.

Talking about the Team Mates session, Ferguson said with a smile: “My poster was amazing − the kids loved it. I was copying the young lady next to me, so she wasn’t very happy with mine!

But everyone else was pretty thrilled with my drawings of stickmen.”

He continued: “I was really happy to come to see the kids today for the first time after COVID. It’s been a difficult time not just for me but for everyone, so it was very nice to come here and speak to them.

They were a confident bunch and a couple of them asked me some really nice questions, like how I deal with racism and who do I speak to about it.

“The best thing to do is getting things off of my chest and speaking to someone about it, and that’s what I tried to teach them today. I feel like some of them took it on board. Even if I palace for life

helped just one kid, that means we’re taking a step forward.”

Left-back Mitchell spoke to pupils about how he would deal with racism and encouraged young people to support friends who may experience it by listening to them, and telling a teacher.

Speaking about the Foundation and importance of the session, he said: “I’m extremely proud to be here today. I always want to help children growing up who might really look up to you as a role model. Being back at school is a humbling experience because I went through this, exactly like them.

“The Foundation helps kids and teenagers, especially in south London and around Crystal

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Palace. It helps and benefits people for the future and allows the club and community to interact. Being able to sit down and speak to the kids growing up in a similar area is important.

And I think it’s important to teach kids about this at a young age.”

Palace for Life’s Race Equality Lead James Odagi said: “It’s great we’re able to have these conversations with pupils from a young age. It’s important that we’re able to showcase to them what an ally is and how you can be one as well as reiterate that we should be celebrating everybody’s differences.

FANCY A CHALLENGE THIS YEAR? “The great thing about Team Mates sessions is that they also provide pupils with the tools to help them if they suffer anything like racism or bullying, and what steps they should take if it should ever happen to them.”

Team Mates works with pupils to help improve their mental wellbeing, developing tools to help improve communication, self-esteem and resilience.

To find out more about Team Mates, visit palaceforlife.org and search: Team Mates

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PETER MANNING Throughout the club’s 160th anniversary season, author and supporter Peter Manning explains the fascinating tale of Palace’s history from 1861 to 1915, a history acknowledged in their 1906 handbook, laying out in each edition why the club’s heritage stretches further back than ever thought. Here, he looks back at one of our first professional triumphs.

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rystal Palace have had a number of memorable cup runs in recent decades, two of which have seen them reach the final, but one of the most memorable has largely been forgotten in the mists of time. It came in the 1906/07 season and culminated in a quarter-final appearance against today’s opponents, Everton.

Palace had only turned professional in 1905, joining the Southern League Second Division.

They won that league at the first attempt and now faced life in the much tougher First Division, where they would come up against the likes of Spurs, Southampton and Fulham. Turning professional had been an expensive exercise and the club was short of cash, asking supporters to subscribe for the remaining unissued shares.

They would also have the FA Cup to contend with, so this had the hallmarks of a testing season.

First, Palace had to get through the cup’s fifth qualifying round and drew an easy tie at home to

Rotherham County. The match had to be played at Stamford Bridge because Palace’s magnificent home ground at the Crystal Palace was hosting an England v South Africa rugby international. Palace ran out easy 4-0 winners, largely thanks to three own goals.

The south Londoners were now through to the first round proper, where they would come up against the era’s top sides from the Football League’s First and Second Divisions.

The draw took Palace from one extreme to the other. Having disposed of lowly Rotherham they now drew the round’s plum tie, away to the previous year’s finalists and then-First Division league leaders, Newcastle United.

Newcastle were the top English side of the day and to put Palace’s task into context, had not lost a home match since November 1905 and a home FA Cup tie since 1896. No one gave the south Londoners a chance.

On the day, Newcastle were able to field 10 full internationals whereas Palace only had four cpfc 1861

players with Football League experience, and also had the daunting task of facing 28,000 passionate Geordie fans. But Newcastle never settled down because “the dashing defenders of the Palace would not give them any rope.” The visitors battled away and eventually scored the winning goal through Horace Astley to secure a victory that was thoroughly deserved and called ‘the surprise of the age’.

Palace were given a standing ovation by the generous Geordie fans as they finished a match memorable enough to feature in All-Time Greatest FA Cup Giant Killings by Steve Porter.

The Palace team arrived back at Crystal Palace railway station at midnight to a joyous reception, being met by the Upper Norwood Temperance Brass Band and thousands of cheering supporters.

Next up for Palace were Fulham, the current Southern League champions. After holding the Cottagers to a 0-0 draw in front of 26,000 fans, Palace brought

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them over the Thames to win 1-0 in front of 20,000 home fans.

This result made people sit up and take notice, and the Pall Mall Gazette even raised the question of whether the final would be still played at the Crystal Palace if its home team reached it.

In the third round Palace drew another London Southern League rival in Brentford. The match was played at the Crystal Palace and with Palace’s increasing reputation drew a crowd of 3040,000. After another 0-0 draw, Palace again won the replay 1-0.

The Glaziers were now the Southern League’s only survivor and were guaranteed to face one of the Football League’s top sides in the quarter-final. The draw was the most enticing it could be: at home to cup holders Everton, who would return to the palace where they had beaten Newcastle in the previous final.

A big crowd and pay-day were guaranteed, so the Crystal Palace Company pulled out all the stops to try and boost the attendance further, putting on a post-match wrestling contest between the ‘official premier champion wrestler’ Peter Bannon, who offered £24 to three other champion wrestlers to throw them all and a further £50 to take on Canadian champion Max Minion. For Everton fans the company arranged a special bout between Reece, who hailed from Everton, and Philip Gotz, the London champion.

On the day a crowd of 30-40,000 again turned up at the

palace, with the press estimating it was the third-biggest revenue earner in the country behind Celtic v Rangers and Sheffield Wednesday v Liverpool. It showed the Crystal Palace Company just what might be achieved if they had a top side themselves.

Everton were, of course, a top side and were described by the press as being “not far short of being the cleverest

The glorious cup run was over for Palace, but the 85,000 fans attracted to three home ties had convinced the Crystal Palace Company that a professional football club would make a viable business team in the country,” but Palace were up for the challenge. The journalist added: “In cup ties science is often pulverised by mere dash and tearaway tactics,” and “there was no mistaking the confidence of the Glaziers as they stepped on the field, for every man looked determined and fit as the proverbial fiddle.”

Everton were without England international forward Jack Sharp cpfc 1861

but Palace had the mercurial Astley, scorer of the winning goal against Newcastle. Ten minutes before half-time Astley nearly put Palace ahead, just shaving the post, but five minutes later he succeeded. Receiving a pass which split the Everton defence, he raced clear but collided with Everton’s onrushing ‘keeper, Scott. Scott fell to the ground but Astley kept his feet to put the ball into an empty net. “Thousands yelled and yelled again,” said a report. “The scene was like pandemonium let loose. Once again, Astley had done the trick.”

In the second-half both teams visibly tired and 10 minutes into the half Everton’s Taylor managed to squeeze the ball through a forest of legs to equalise. The match petered out in a draw, so would go to Goodison Park for a replay.

This took place just four days later, and an exhausted Palace team had to drag themselves up to Liverpool to do it all over again.

This time Everton were at full strength and in front of 35,000 turned on their First Division style, romping to a 4-0 win.

The glorious cup run was over for Palace, but the 85,000 fans attracted to three home ties had convinced the Crystal Palace Company that a professional football club would make a viable business. And here we are today, with that same football club playing yet another quarter-final against Everton.

Can we go one better than the 1907 team? Fingers crossed

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quiz, games, brighty & more!

Put your Palace, opposition and FA Cup knowledge to the test in our various challenges below.

The perfect way to pass time pre-match - let us know how you fare via social media!

Guess who

Spot the image

Can you guess the ex-Eagle above just from their picture?

The above cut-out is taken from an image in this programme. Can you find what page it’s on?

matchday quiz 1

From which side did Palace sign Yannick Bolasie?

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To which three London clubs was Andros Townsend sent on loan to from Spurs?

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Cenk Tosun’s one Palace goal from five appearances secured a point against whom?

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Gerry Humphreys, who joined Palace from Everton in 1970, came from what country?

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Who beat Andrew Johnson to the Premier League Golden Boot in 2004/05?

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FAMOUS FAN

guess the ground

Can you work out which Football League club’s stadium this is?

This Cheshire-born singer became famous as part of The Cult, has played for amateur team Hollywood United and when asked if he is an Everton ‘fan’ replied: “Yes, although the word ‘fan’ to me implies casual interest. I regard myself as a devotee of Everton Football Club.” Do you recignise this famous Everton fan?

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

See how you fare and try to Beat Brighty!

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

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

ANSWERS Guess who: David Price Spot the image: Page 27 Quiz: 1) Bristol City 2) Leyton Orient, Millwall and Queens Park Rangers 3) Manchester City 4) Wales 5) Thierry Henry Famous Fan: Ian Astbury Guess the Ground: New York Stadium - Rotherham United

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team stats: women / U23S / U18S Aimee Everett Everett came second in the FA Women’s Championship Player of the Week vote, with former Eagle Ffion Morgan coming third.

Rob Street Street, on loan with Newport County, scored his first league goal in a 2-0 win against Stevenage on Saturday 12th.

Malig Cadogan Cadogan bagged his third goal of the season against West Ham last time out, however Palace eventually fell 2-1 to the league-leaders.

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OCTOBER

SEPTEMBER

AUGUST TBC

Chelsea

KICK-OFF 15:00

L

Result 0-3

Sat 21

Brentford

15:00

D

0-0

13th

Sat 24

Watford

19:45

L

0-1

Second round

Sat 28

West Ham United

15:00

D

2-2

14th

Sat 11

Tottenham Hotspur

12:30

W

3-0

11th

Sat 18

Liverpool

15:00

L

0-3

14th

Mon 27

Brighton & Hove Albion

20:00

D

1-1

15th

Sun 3

Leicester City

14:00

D

2-2

14th

Mon 18

Arsenal

20:00

D

2-2

14th

Sat 23

Newcastle United

15:00

D

1-1

15th

Sat 30

Manchester City

15:00

W

2-0

13th

Sat 6

Wolverhampton Wanderers

15:00

W

2-0

9th

Sat 20

Burnley

15:00

D

3-3

10th

Sat 27

Aston Villa

15:00

L

1-2

10th

Tue 30

Leeds United

20:15

L

0-1

11th

Sun 5

Manchester United

14:00

L

0-1

14th

Sun 12

Everton

16:30

W

3-1

12th

Wed 15

Southampton

19:30

D

2-2

11th

Sun 26

Tottenham Hotspur

15:00

L

0-3

12th

Tue 28

Norwich City

15:00

W

3-0

10th

Sat 1

West Ham United

17:30

L

2-3

11th

Sat 8

Millwall

12:45

W

2-1

Third round

Fri 14

Brighton & Hove Albion

20:00

D

1-1

11th

Sun 23

Liverpool

14:00

L

1-3

13th

Sat 5

Hartlepool

15:00

W

2-0

Fourth round

Wed 9

Norwich City

19:45

D

1-1

13th

Sat 12

Brentford

15:00

D

0-0

13th

Sat 19

Chelsea

15:00

L

0-1

13th

Wed 23

Watford

19:30

W

4-1

11th

Sat 26

Burnley

15:00

D

1-1

11th

Tue 1

Stoke City

19:30

W

2-1

Fifth round

Sat 5

Wolverhampton Wanderers

15:00

W

2-0

10th

Mon 14

Manchester City

20:00

D

0-0

Sun 20

Everton

12:30

Mon 4

Arsenal

20:00

Sat 9

Leicester City

15:00

Wed 20

Newcastle United

19:45

Sat 23

Leeds United

15:00

Sat 30

Southampton

15:00

Sat 7

Watford

15:00

Sun 15

Aston Villa

15:00

Sun 22

Manchester United

16:00

TBC

Everton

TBC

fixtures & results

Position 18th

11th Quarter-final

James Tomkins

Opposition

Sat 14

Luka Milivojevic

Date

Tyrick Mitchell

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

Joel Ward

21/22 FIXTURES & RESULTS

Jack Butland

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Fixtures & Results

Jesurun Rak-Sakyi

Jack Wells-Morrison

Rob Street

Tayo Adaramola

Jaïro Riedewald

Reece Hannam

Scott Banks

Nathan Ferguson

Martin Kelly

Conor Gallagher

Odsonne Edouard

Marc Guéhi

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FA CUP THIRD ROUND 5-1

1-4

1-2

2-3

2-3

1-0

4-1

2-3

FA CUP FOURTH ROUND 2-1

4-1

2-0

(7-8)

4-1

4-1

3-1

2-1

1-1

FA CUP FIFTH ROUND 2-3

0-2

2-1

1-0

2-0

2-1

2-1

3-1

FA CUP QUARTER-FINAL SATURDAY 19th March 17:15

Sunday 20th March 15:00

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Sunday 20th March 18:00

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