Crystal Palace √ chelsea saturday, october 01 2022 | 15:00
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palace √ chelsea sat 1 oct | 15:00
08 captain 10 chairman 34 pub talk 40 Ben Bailey Smith 44 karl eccleston 46 over the road 49 south of the river 54 ABCD epl 56 2012/13 revisited 58 from the archive 69 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, Karl Eccleston, Annabel Blanchard, Ramzi Musallam Photography Neil Everitt, Sebastian Frej, Pinnacle Photo Agency, Getty Printer Bishops Printers
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I was very short, I was five foot eight. I moved to Texas and {dad} came out to see me, and I was six foot one within two months. He said: ‘Maybe you should play basketball!’
Chris Richards has walked the largely untrodden path from American protégé to English Premier League professional. Here, he tells Will Robinson how he rose from rejecting basketball for an out-of-favour sport to being at the top of the game.
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A small screen star, Roy Hodgson’s former pupil and Palace’s forgotten players. Catch-up on what you might have missed in this edition, prep for the next away trip and pit your wits against Brighty below.
did you spot?
quote of the week “I know that supporting Crystal Palace is an emotional roller coaster that will teach [my sons] more about life, justice, loyalty, teamwork, passion, the spirit of the underdog, financial prudence, and the struggle between rich and poor, than any text book.” The elephant on Page 65. Find out why this one paraded around Ramzi Musallam Selhurst Park in the 1990s.
Ricardo Fuller pop-up on Page 65. Did you know he began his career at Palace?
Trevor Benjamin Trevor Benjamin played just six times on loan from Leicester at Palace in 2001/02. His career either side was quite remarkable, representing 29 different clubs over 17 years. Despite playing as a forward he launched sportswear brand Locust Sports that initially specialised in goalkeeper gloves.
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Where else are Palace in action?
First, Palace Women take on Bristol City in a 15:00 kickoff on Sunday. The game will take place at the Robins High Performance Centre (BS8 3TN); fans are best placed taking a taxi or local buses from Nailsea and Backwell or Temple Meads stations, both of which can be reached from Paddington.
Staying in the west country, Palace Under-21s then face Bristol Rovers in the EFL Trophy at the Memorial stadium (BS7 0BF) on Tuesday night. The 73 bus takes fans almost directly there from Bristol Parkway station, which is 90 minutes from Paddington.
BEAT BRIGHTY In each edition, club icon Mark Bright calls it how he sees it and predicts events 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.
Brighty
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1-2 1-0 1-1 0-1 total Manage to Beat Brighty? Keep track of your total score above!
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Crystal palace f.c.
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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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01 02 03 04 05 06 07 09 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 26 28 36 44 55 78
C. Kavanagh D. Cook D. Robathan C. Pawson S. Attwell S. Ledger
Kepa ARRIZABALAGA (GK) JORGINHO Thiago SILVA N’Golo KANTÉ Mateo KOVACIC Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG Christian PULISIC Ruben LOFTUS-CHEEK Marcus BETTINELLI (GK) Trevoh CHALOBAH Edouard MENDY (GK) Raheem STERLING Armando BROJA Mason MOUNT Denis ZAKARIA Ben CHILWELL Hakim ZIYECH Conor GALLAGHER Reece JAMES Kalidou KOULIBALY César AZPILICUETA Kai HAVERTZ Carney CHUKWUEMEKA Marc CUCURELLA Wesley FOFANA
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