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08 chairman 34 pub talk 40 Ben Bailey Smith 42 Rianna Dean 46 over the road 49 south of the river 54 ABCD epl 56 2012/13 revisited 58 from the archive 68 beat brighty 70 stats & results
Directors Chairman Steve Parish, David Blitzer, Joshua Harris, John Textor Chief Financial Officer Sean O’Loughlin Sporting Director Dougie Freedman Club Secretary Christine Dowdeswell Head of Sports Medicine Dr. Zaf Iqbal Academy Director Gary Issott Director of U21 Development Mark Bright Chief Operating Officer Sharon Lacey Chief Commercial Officer Barry Webber General Counsel David Nichol Head of Ticketing Paul McGowan Head of Retail Foz Bowers Chief Marketing and Communications Officer James Woodroof Head of Safeguarding Cassi Wright Head Groundsman Bruce Elliott
10 We’re lucky in this country, and especially at Crystal Palace, to have fans who really love the football club and support the players
Editor Ben Mountain Design Billy Cooke, Stu Ellmer, Lucas Gough Contributors Will Robinson, Ian King, Ben Bailey Smith, Toby Jagmohan, Tommy Macarthur, Julián Speroni, Rianna Dean, Gareth Maher Photography Neil Everitt, Sebastian Frej, Pinnacle Photo Agency, Getty, Toby Jagmohan Printer Bishops Printers
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At the end of his first full calendar year as Crystal Palace manager, Patrick Vieira is able to reflect on a trip to Wembley, 12th-place finish and a squad playing his style of football. Here, he looks back on 12 eventful months – in his own words. Interview: Will Robinson
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Across sport, culture, business and more, every day hundreds of thousands of south Londoners do our half of the city proud. The year 2022 was no different, and over the last 12 months we’ve celebrated and come together as south London continues to excel. Below, we’ve marked some of the key landmarks of 2022, achieved by those of us from south of the river.
2022 January 20th
february 5th
Palace fan Connie Mullins turns 100-years-old. A South Norwood resident for over 90 years, she got her first Season Ticket in 1969.
Palace fans help to raise over £90,000 for the treatment of life-threatening cancer affecting Gemma Lee, wife of thenHartlepool manager Graeme.
march 14th
february 11th
Southwark-raised Academy prospect Jesurun Rak-Sakyi is named Premier League 2 Player of the Month for February. He will go on to be the league’s joint-top scorer.
Croydon is named London Borough of Culture for 2023.
march 5th Wilfried Zaha wins the Premier League-wide Goal of the Month for his effort against Norwich City.
april 6th Palace for Life Foundation host 38 refugees or people seeking asylum as part of Amnesty International’s Football Welcomes campaign.
march 24th Several Crystal Palace Academy players volunteer at a donation centre to support the people of Ukraine.
march 26th Bromley-raised Marc Guéhi makes his senior England debut against Switzerland.
SOUTH OF THE RIVER
april 25th Palace for Life launch the Made in South London campaign, supported by Palace players and Patrick Vieira.
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april 30th
july 16th
Almost a year after sustaining an Achilles injury, Greenwichraised Eberechi Eze scores his first goal back in Palace colours against Southampton.
Palace are represented at Croydon PrideFest, celebrating the local LGBT+ community.
april 30th A group of Palace fans raise over £30,000 for the Foundation by cycling to the Southampton match.
june 22nd Stockwell-raised Nathaniel Clyne extends his contract with Crystal Palace.
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Croydon-born former Palace manager Roy Hodgson is honoured with a CBE.
august 11th Palace’s Academy staff and players feature in Channel 4 documentary, Football Dreams: The Academy.
august 23rd
november 28th
Kaden Rodney, along with Killian Phillips, makes his professional debut and helps Palace keep a clean sheet v Oxford United.
Young, local volunteers raise over £2,000 to help victims of the Pakistan floods by hosting a tournament at the Palace Academy.
november 20th
december 6th
Palace Women twice set a new record-attendance, attracting almost 2,000 fans to back them against Charlton Athletic.
Along with partners cinch, Palace staff welcome local over-65s to Selhurst Park’s ‘Warm Hub’.
2023 SOUTH OF THE RIVER
Crystal palace f.c.
fulham f.c.
Jack BUTLAND (GK) Joel WARD Tyrick MITCHELL Luka MILIVOJEVIC James TOMKINS Marc GUÉHI Michael OLISE Jordan AYEW Eberechi EZE Wilfried ZAHA Vicente GUAITA (GK) Jean-Philippe MATETA Jeffrey SCHLUPP Joachim ANDERSEN Nathaniel CLYNE James McARTHUR Will HUGHES Sam JOHNSTONE (GK) Odsonne EDOUARD Malcolm EBIOWEI Chris RICHARDS Cheick DOUCOURÉ Nathan FERGUSON Jaïro RIEDEWALD Killian PHILLIPS Kaden RODNEY
01 Marek RODÁK (GK)
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02 Kenny TETE 03 Layvin KURZAWA 04 Tosin ADARABIOYO A. Madley
05 Shane DUFFY 06 Harrison REED
M. Perry S. Meredith J. Busby M. Dean R. West
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07 Neeskens KEBANO 08 Harry WILSON 09 Aleksandar MITROVIC 10 Tom CAIRNEY 11 Manor SOLOMON 12 Nathaniel CHALOBAH 13 Tim REAM 14 Bobby DE CORDOVA-REID 17 Bernd LENO (GK) 18 Andreas PEREIRA 20 WILLIAN 21 Daniel JAMES 25 Josh ONOMAH 26 João PALHINHA 27 Kevin MBABU 30 Carlos VINÍCIUS 31 Issa DIOP 33 Antonee ROBINSON