Crystal Palace √ leeds united sunday, october 09 2022 | 14:00
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palace √ leeds united sun 09 oct | 14:00
08 captain 10 chairman 34 pub talk 40 Ben Bailey Smith 44 kate shilland 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 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, Ben Bailey Smith, Toby Jagmohan, Tommy Macarthur, Kate Shilland, Annabel Blanchard Photography Neil Everitt, Sebastian Frej, Pinnacle Photo Agency, Getty Printer Bishops Printers
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he’s always been quite clear where he wants me to play and what he wants me to do and how I can be part of this team. It just seems to work at the present moment in time
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A warm welcome to everyone here today for this important match, including the directors, staff, players and supporters of Leeds United.
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aturday’s result was extremely disappointing given the performance, as we certainly deserved more from the game. People will have their own views on the red card incident, and those of you on Twitter may have already seen my views on Saturday’s VAR intervention – or lack thereof. In my opinion, Thiago Silva should have been sent off, plain and simple, for a deliberate double handball that thwarted a one-onone opportunity. Jordan was away and in the clear, closer to goal and further away from an opposition player that could affect things than Wilf was when Aymeric Laporte was sent off last season, but apparently it’s different because Wilf was central. The ever-shifting interpretation of rules from week to week is becoming baffling. Whether I’m right or wrong on that particular decision, I remain of the opinion that we are in a muddle with VAR. The proponents of its introduction – who I could empathise with – wanted more decisions to be right. Now we don’t
seem concerned with getting it right, we are only concerned with correcting certain errors, ones that are murkily considered ‘clear and obvious’. So we are happy for it to be the wrong decision as long it’s not ‘clear and obviously’ wrong. I’ll say it again, what’s the point of VAR if the aim is not to get decisions right? And what confusion for the referee who should at the very least be sent to look at a decent angle of the chairman
incident and not the one VAR seemed consider from the replay, which was from behind the play. On other matters, I don’t feel as though the league table is a fair reflection of our season – but we should all remember we’ve played Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle and Chelsea in our opening seven games. While there are obviously no easy fixtures in the league, the games before the World Cup break do not include
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any of last year’s top six, so we are all hopeful that we can convert these excellent performances into several points. At the weekend our Under-18s came back from two down to beat Chelsea 3-2, and our Under-21s defeated West Ham away from home with an excellent 0-1 scoreline – both teams occupying second place in their respective leagues. The women’s team unfortunately lost to Bristol City in the Women’s FA Cup, but are performing valiantly in Women’s Championship. I also must mention the Under-21s’ 7-3 win over Paris Saint-Germain at Dulwich last week. It was such an entertaining game, and it was a delight to welcome Yohan Cabaye back in his new role as Academy Sporting Director at the French club. He and his colleagues were charming and very complimentary of our
We are making good progress on the final phase of the Academy, and the World Cup break presents a brilliant opportunity for us to welcome our Academy Founder Members on site for the first time for guided tours
Academy setup, and I think these results and performances justify all the investment we have made in recent years. We are making good progress on the final phase of the Academy, and the World Cup break presents a brilliant opportunity for us to welcome our Academy Founder Members on site for the first time for guided tours. I’d like to thank each and every one of them for their patience, and very much hope to meet as many as possible this side of Christmas. We are also making good progress on the stand by the show pitch, and hope to welcome a limited number of fans to some games later this season. As always, I encourage you to make as much noise as possible for Patrick’s team today – and hopefully we can celebrate this afternoon with three points. Up the Palace
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A shimmy, a jink and, in the flash of an eye, Eberechi Eze will dazzle his marker and dance further along the pitch. The midfielder’s style may catch out opposition defenders, but it’s clear in his mind. Here, in his own words, he describes his game and mindset to Will Robinson.
doc brown Ben Bailey Smith, aka Doc Brown, does it all – acting, rapping, writing, directing, you name it. The multifaceted Palace fan is also a patron of Palace for Life Foundation. In each edition, he offers his unique take on the world in SE25.
The true stars of the small screen It feels like a weird season. Intriguing and entertaining as ever but also slightly off. Maybe the staggered rhythm to it is knocking me slightly out of whack. A game here, a game there. Nothing for ages, then loads. I don’t know about you but it often leaves me a little discombobulated, as if someone’s been in my sock drawer and moved one of each pair to a mystery cupboard I’ll stumble across later. I watch Palace, then we don’t play for a month. I finally watch us again and just when it feels like we’re back – plot twist – turns out the World Cup’s on in a minute. It all feels like your favourite drama series has returned with a new writer – it’s still good but the tone has shifted. The Premier League is of course a form of drama in and of itself, but the current version especially seems like the latest edition of a long running soap opera, back for its 20th series with loads of quirky new
characters: Crazy Old Uncle VAR, Offside Armpit, Qatari Christmas and the terrifying new baddie, Erling Haaland. To me, Palace are the special guest stars. We’ll pop up against the biggest TV characters (Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea), give them a little jump scare (Episode 7: Chelsea) freak them out (Episode 2: Liverpool), maybe even wreak havoc (first half of Episode 4: City) before they come to their senses and turn the tide, reminding everyone who the traditional protagonists are; end credits and we’re gone. Then Ben Bailey Smith
To me, Palace are the special guest stars. We’ll pop up against the biggest TV characters (Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea), and give them a little jump scare
you won’t hear a peep from us for a few episodes. We’re the Sideshow Bob to the Premier League’s Simpsons.
The Premier League is of course a form of drama in and of itself, but the current version especially seems like the latest edition of a long running soap opera, back for its 20th series with loads of quirky new characters
This is not necessarily our fault. We’re a fantastic, versatile performer – funny, unpredictable and engaging. We’re like Paul Rudd. We’ve played some fantastic roles over the years: the plucky David in several chapters against Goliath, or the pantomime villain in that spin-off episode Crystanbul. I’m obviously biased, petulant and probably misinformed (though don’t let that get in the way of an opinion) but I genuinely think that although we’ve become small screen icons ourselves over 10 consecutive series, all the football chat on that same small screen rarely includes us. I don’t think we’re talked about with much depth or insight. As much as it’s frustrated me over the past 10 years, I also quite like the resulting mystery that shrouds us (and long may the mainstream not pick up on the genius of Eze, Olise, Mitchell et al – I want them in red and blue forever). It makes us kind of an enigma: we can still surprise the superstars as if we’re an unknown quantity, freshly promoted and not yet figured out. In short, if Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and that lot are Ryan Gosling, Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence and that lot, we’re Harry Dean Stanton. You think you don’t know him but you do. Every 70s action film, Alien, The Green Mile. We’re the guy who pops up and steals the show. You know, that guy from Ben Bailey Smith
that thing? Ol’ whassisname. You know, with the hair and the face? That guy! He’s brilliant in everything! Pops up for five minutes and it’s memorable. But every dog has its day. I’m pretty sure Stanton was the lead in one or two movies. We’ve starred alongside pure Hollywood in really tough roles early this season, but starting with Leeds United’s visit this afternoon, we’ve got a decent run of fellow character actors and supporting cast to come up against on that mighty stage – and I, for one, would love it if we one day bring home an Academy Award
Harry Dean Stanton: friends with Francis Ford Coppola and Jack Nicholson, featured in a Bob Dylan video, and now compared with Palace. What a life.
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Nutritional advice, Eberechi Eze’s Nando’s order and the convergence of a rapper and a colonel. Catch-up on what you might have missed in this edition, prep for the next away trip and pit your wits against Brighty below.
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quote of the week “I am afraid the first English words I was taught were rude ones. David Tuttle is evil! But I am trying to learn some others.” Michele Padovano
The elephant on Page 65. Find out why this one paraded around Selhurst Park in the 1990s.
Colonel Gaddafi and P Diddy share Page 65. A perfectly natural duo.
sagi burton Sagi Burton represented Palace at the start of his career, playing 28 times after graduating from the youth system in the mid 1990s. He left for Colchester United and most notably represented Port Vale and Peterborough. He now works as a personal trainer and recently graduated from the University of Salford with a master’s degree.
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next up: leicester city Next Saturday Palace travel to the King Power stadium for an early kick-off. Travel: Trains run from St Pancras and take just over an hour. From Leicester station supporters can take local buses to the King Power or, if they fancy the exercise, the stadium is about a 25-minute walk away. Pre-match: The Counting House is the typical away fans’ pub and is a 10-minute walk from the stadium. Alternatively, in Leicester city centre, the Globe provides a traditional, central option and the Blue Boar is popular locally. It’s a 12:30 kick-off, though, so you may want to visit post-match...
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Best memory: Palace enjoyed their trips to Leicestershire a few years ago, winning 3-0 and 4-1 on the trot – sandwiched between these victories were 5-0 and 1-0 home wins, too.
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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
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Illan MESLIER (GK) Luke AYLING Junior FIRPO Adam FORSHAW Robin KOCH Liam COOPER Brenden AARONSON Marc ROCA Patrick BAMFORD Crysencio SUMMERVILLE Jack HARRISON Tyler ADAMS Kristoffer KLAESSON (GK) Diego LLORENTE Stuart DALLAS Darko GYABI RODRIGO Pascal STRUIJK Joel ROBLES (GK) Luis SINISTERRA Rasmus KRISTENSEN Wilfried GNONTO Joe GELHARDT Leo HJELDE Cody DRAMEH Sam GREENWOOD Mateusz KLICH
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