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Crystal Palace √ wolves sun 22 feb 2026 | 2:00pm k.o. Directors Chairman Steve Parish, David Blitzer, Joshua Harris, Woody Johnson
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Chief Executive Officer
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Sharon Lacey Chief Financial Officer Mitesh Velani Chief Commercial Officer Barry Webber Academy Director Gary Issott Director of U21 Development Mark Bright General Counsel David Nichol Head of Football Operations Karl Eccleston Head of Ticketing Paul McGowan Head of Retail Foz Bowers
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25 10 chairman
Head of Marketing Matt Franks
34 Talking tactics
Head of Safeguarding Laura Baptiste Head Groundsman
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Bruce Elliott
Editor Jack Lacey-Hatton Design Billy Cooke, Stu Ellmer, Joe Hardingham, James Heels
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Contributors Robin Johnson, Ed Dowling, Joe Turner,
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Kevin Phillips, Ian King, Tommy Macarthur, Patrick Rosanio, Sebastian Frej Photography Neil Everitt, Peter Hurn, Sebastian Frej, Pinnacle Photo Agency, Kontent Haus, Getty Printer Bishops Printers
67 Behind the Lens
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72 Eagle Arcade 74 from the terraces
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ISMAÏLA
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Since returning to England and signing for Crystal Palace 18 months ago, Ismaïla Sarr has become a serial trophy winner, a second African Cup of Nations title with Senegal his latest accolade. But with European football back on the agenda, he isn’t done there… Interview: Jack Lacey-Hatton
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BEHIND THE LENS
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fixtures & results
25/26 fixtures & results
may
april
march
february
january
december
november
october
SEPtember
august
Home Away FA Cup Carabao Cup Conference League Community Shield Started Used sub Unused sub Goal(s) Yellow card Red card Date
Opposition
Sun 10 Sun 17 Thu 21 Sun 24 Thu 28 Sun 31 Sat 13 Tue 16 Sat 20 Sat 27 Thu 2 Sun 5 Sat 18 Thu 23 Sun 26 Wed 29 Sat 1 Thu 6 Sun 9 Sat 22 Thu 27 Sun 30 Wed 3 Sun 7 Thu 11 Sun 14 Thu 18 Sat 20 Tue 23 Sun 28 Thu 1 Sun 4 Wed 7 Sat 10 Sat 17 Sun 25 Sun 1 Sun 8 Wed 11 Thu 19 Sun 22 Thu 26 Sun 1 Thu 5 Sat 14 Sat 21 Sat 11 Sat 18 Sat 25 Sat 2 Sat 9 Sun 17 Sun 24
Liverpool Chelsea Fredrikstad Nottingham Forest Fredrikstad Aston Villa Sunderland Millwall West Ham United Liverpool Dynamo Kyiv Everton Bournemouth AEK Larnaca Arsenal Liverpool Brentford AZ Alkmaar Brighton & Hove Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers RC Strasbourg Manchester United Burnley Fulham Shelbourne FC Manchester City KuPS Kuopio Leeds United Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur Fulham Newcastle United Aston Villa Macclesfield Sunderland Chelsea Nottingham Forest Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Zrinjski Mostar Wolverhampton Wanderers Zrinjski Mostar Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur Leeds United Manchester City Newcastle United West Ham United Liverpool Bournemouth Everton Brentford Arsenal
attendance/KICK-OFF 82,645 39,678 23,013 24,876 10,016 41,036 25,154 16,754 62,455 25,118 6,839 51,770 25,125 23,038 60,103 60,420 25,083 21,459 24,326 29,976 29,528 25,189 19,365 27,283 10,134 25,166 21,306 36,334 59,497 25,186 25,111 51,979 24,841 5,348 47,257 25,163 30,334 30,933 23,267 17:45 14:00 20:00 14:00 20:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 16:00
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Result W D W D D W D W W W W L D L L W W W D W L L W W W L D L L L D L D L L L D W L
2-2 (3-2) 0-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 0-3 0-0 1-1 (4-2) 1-2 2-1 0-2 2-1 3-3 0-1 1-0 0-3 2-0 3-1 0-0 0-2 2-1 1-2 0-1 1-2 0-3 0-3 2-2 4-1 1-1 (8-7) 0-1 1-1 2-0 0-0 2-1 2-1 1-3 1-1 0-1 2-3
Position Final 12th Play-offs 14th Play-offs 8th 9th Third round 5th 3rd League phase (7th) 6th 8th League phase (16th) 10th Fourth round 9th League phase (9th) 10th 5th League phase (18th) 9th 5th 4th League phase (9th) 6th League phase (10th) 8th Quarter-final 9th 10th 14th 13th Third round 13th 15th 15th 13th 13th
Daniel Muñoz Tyrick Mitchell Maxence Lacroix Ismaïla Sarr Jefferson Lerma Eddie Nketiah Yéremy Pino
1 2 3 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 28 29 31 34 38 42 44 49 55 59 60 63 72 73 86
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Matheus França
Joél Drakes-Thomas
Benji Casey
Dean Benamar
Zach Marsh
George King
Rio Cardines
Justin Devenny
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
Walter Benítez
Kaden Rodney
Caleb Kporha
Chadi Riad
Remi Matthews
Evann Guessand
Cheick Doucouré
Chris Richards
Borna Sosa
Jaydee Canvot
Jørgen Strand Larsen
Romain Esse
Adam Wharton
Will Hughes
Daichi Kamada
Nathaniel Clyne
Jean-Philippe Mateta
Christantus Uche
Brennan Johnson
Dean Henderson
fixtures & results
premier league
leaguetable pos
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Club arsenal
27
17
7
3
52
20
32
58
2
manchester city
26
16
5
5
54
24
30
53
3
aston villa
26
15
5
6
37
27
10
50
4
manchester united
26
12
9
5
47
37
10
45
5
chelsea
26
12
8
6
47
30
17
44
6
liverpool
26
12
6
8
41
35
6
42
7
brentford
26
12
4
10
40
35
5
40
8
everton
26
10
7
9
29
30
-1
37
9
bournemouth
26
9
10
7
43
45
-2
37
10
newcastle united
26
10
6
10
37
37
0
36
11
sunderland
26
9
9
8
27
30
-3
36
12
fulham
26
10
4
12
35
40
-5
34
13
crystal palace
26
8
8
10
28
32
-4
32
14
brighton & hove albion
26
7
10
9
34
34
0
31
15
leeds united
26
7
9
10
36
45
-9
30
16
tottenham hotspur
26
7
8
11
36
37
-1
29
17
nottingham forest
26
7
6
13
25
38
-13
27
18
west ham united
26
6
6
14
32
49
-17
24
19
burnley
26
4
6
16
28
51
-23
18
20
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
27
1
7
19
18
50
-32
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All statistics correct as of 17:00 Thursday, 19th February.
MATCHWeek27 sat 21 feb 15:00
sun 22 feb 14:00
villa park
selhurst park
sat 21 feb 15:00
sun 22 feb 14:00
gtech community stadium
the city ground
sat 21 feb 15:00
sun 22 feb 14:00
stamford bridge
stadium of light
sat 21 feb 17:30
sun 22 feb 16:30
london stadium
tottenham hotspur stadium
sat 21 feb 20:00
mon 23 feb 20:00
etihad stadium
hill dickinson stadium
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