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10 chairman 34 pub talk 40 Ben Bailey Smith 44 dave cooper 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

12 Palace has always been a family club. There is a togetherness here. It’s a club that gives a lot of youngsters an opportunity.

Obviously you can see that now with the Academy

Editor Will Robinson Design Billy Cooke, Stu Ellmer, Lucas Gough Contributors Ian King, Robin Johnson, Ben Bailey Smith, Toby Jagmohan, Tommy Macarthur, Dave Cooper, Natalia Negri Photography Neil Everitt, Sebastian Frej, Pinnacle Photo Agency, Getty Printer Bishops Printers

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All eyes on Palace from coast to coast As Palace kick-off this afternoon, a huge audience in the United States turn their attention to Selhurst Park for the Premier League Mornings Live event, where fans watch live to enjoy Premier League football and see Palace fan and face of NBC coverage Rebecca Lowe interview top names – including former Eagle Gary Cahill.

Palace’s relationship with their American fanbase continues to grow: Alabama native Chris Richards signed for the club this

summer, and Patrick Vieira honed his coaching abilities living in the Big Apple, New York City. Plus, hit TV show Ted Lasso is filmed at Selhurst Park, the home of the fictional side AFC Richmond.

There is another special Palace guest: legendary American bald eagle ‘Challenger’, who will be representing the club.

Regarded as the most famous of its kind in America, Challenger went on to became the first bald eagle in U.S. history trained to free-fly into major sports stadiums and flew at hundreds of events between 1995-2017.

Some of his biggest appearances

include flights at five MLB World Series, NFL Pro-Bowls and even White House appearances and Presidential inaugurations.

The club is delighted to begin its relationship with Challenger and the American Eagle Foundation, and we look forward to seeing our fans interact with him today live on NBC.

Fan update

On this day: January 21st

Due to engineering works on the lines into Victoria, Selhurst and Thornton Heath will have a very limited service. Additional trains will be added at Norwood Junction, but please allow additional time to make it to and from the game.

Palace welcomed Newcastle to Selhurst Park in 1984, scoring three times before halftime to claim a well-deserved victory over Kevin Keegan, Peter Beardsley and co.

What’s inside Find out… about Ben Bailey Smith’s riddles within riddles (Page 40), and how Palace and Newcastle competed to live La Dolce Vita (Page 50). briefing

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Welcome to Selhurst Park to everyone supporting us today, and welcome also Eddie Howe, the Newcastle United coaching staff, directors, players and visiting fans.

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am writing these notes after our game against Chelsea. It is always difficult to be happy when you don’t win the game, but there were aspects that were positive and if we maintain those qualities we will soon bounce back to winning football matches.

Collectively we were well disciplined and consistent in both sides of the game. The frustrating thing was to concede a goal from a set-piece, and it showed that in those key moments of the game the small details are really important.

We had some opportunities to score goals and the ‘keeper made some good saves, but when you are in a good period against those teams you have to take advantage.

My message in the dressing room was clear: we are close to winning football matches. If we play all the games with the same kind of intensity, discipline and quality that we showed against Chelsea, we will return to getting results.

I was pleased with Tonks’ mentality after he came on for Joachim. It is not easy when someone gets injured and you have to come on straight away, but he

This game is at home in front of our fans.

Every time we play at home the support has been fantastic, and the minimum we can do is perform to a level to make the fans proud of us

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did well for the team and this is the spirit I want from everyone – it was a positive example for the players who are on the bench, and shows that you must always be ready.

I want to congratulate JohnKymani on scoring on his debut for Carlisle – it is a great start for him and I wish him all the best. It’s great to see so many of our young players thriving out on loan, and I know they will all come back to the club as better players for the experience.

We play against a team today that show a lot of intensity, and we will have to match that. It was a tough game at St James’ Park earlier this season, but we showed a lot of resilience and created a few chances.

This game is at home in front of our fans. Every time we play at home the support has been fantastic, and the minimum we can do is perform to a level to make the fans proud of us. We have to bring quality to score those goals, we have to defend well and we have to show the intensity and competitiveness that will allow us to win the game.

Thank you for your support

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We were disappointed to lose to Chelsea despite an improved performance at Stamford Bridge, and we were unfortunate not to come away with more.

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ometimes the luck is against you, and we created a lot of chances but couldn’t score that crucial first goal. Their goalkeeper made several important saves, and no matter how hard we pushed we couldn’t make the breakthrough.

I want to thank everyone for their support – we could hear you roaring the side on throughout.

Despite the result, we can take confidence from our performance against a side packed with international players. This week we have been working hard in training to turn performances into results, and capitalise on good periods within games.

We know that when we have momentum and are on top in the game we have to take our chances, otherwise we will get punished.

Similarly, we want to be aggressive when defending our own penalty area. If we keep working as hard as we have been all this season, the results will come.

I am writing these notes before our game against Manchester United, but I know that you will have created an incredible atmosphere under the

We know that when we have momentum and are on top in the game we have to take our chances, otherwise we will get punished

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lights at Selhurst Park. We need the same against Newcastle to tackle one of the league’s most in-form sides, and I’m sure you will be with us every step of the way.

We want to push on and challenge for a place in the top-half, but to do that we have to get consistent results. Last season we showed that we could get results against the very best sides – Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal to name a few – and this season we are confident we can do the same.

We showed at St James’ Park that we can be resilient and dig in where we have to, and we earned a point and could have got more.

In south London we have to show how much our home advantage means to us.

I know the results at Selhurst Park have been disappointing since Christmas, but I can only tell you how much we as a squad are determined to get back on track. We know that you will be with us every step of the way, and that is all we can ask for. I hope today we will put in a performance that will make you all proud.

Make some noise!

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Welcome to the directors, players, staff and supporters of Newcastle United to Selhurst Park tonight, and to each and every Palace supporter here to get behind Patrick’s side for what will undoubtedly be a stern test against a side full of confidence.

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his early evening kick-off is not only a primetime billing here in the UK being shown live on Sky Sports, it also has that status over in the USA. Today, NBC Sports and the league are hosting another edition of their excellent Premier League Mornings Live festivals where thousands of supporters gather to watch games on giant screens with tons of entertainment surrounding it, and this game is the headline act!

As a broadcast partner, NBC have been fantastic to work with and have helped take the brilliant Premier League to millions more fans through their coverage and events like this. Hundreds of our American fans in attendance at the event in Orlando, Florida, flying in from our Supporters Clubs all over the States.

We are also being represented by an American bald eagle called ‘Challenger’ who will be there to interact with the crowds. Challenger is a very famous eagle, having flown at major US sporting

events and even Presidential inaugurations, and it is great to begin a relationship with the Tennessee-based sanctuary who care for him. It was staggering to learn that the sanctuary’s staff

I know you will throw everything you have behind Patrick and his players tonight, and hopefully the team can get a win to give our supporters, wherever they are watching, reason to celebrate knew of – and followed – Kayla, our beloved eagle who was such a fixture at matchdays here for a decade, before she died a few years ago. chairman

I’d like to remind Season Ticket holders that whenever they can’t attend a match for whatever reason, they can place their ticket up for re-sale to fellow supporters – as long as the game is sold-out (which is usually the case). We understand that Season Ticket holders may not be able to attend every game for a number of reasons, so this added flexibility is there to help ensure you don’t miss out financially if you can’t make a game - and from a club and team perspective, the last thing we want is empty seats especially given so many fans are desperate to join us. It is proving to be a popular service with a few thousand supporters successfully selling their ticket so far this season, so please bear it in mind.

I know you will throw everything you have behind Patrick and his players tonight, and hopefully the team can get a win to give our supporters, wherever they are watching, reason to celebrate.

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The role of the full-back has been transformed over the course of Nathaniel Clyne’s career, and yet he has continued to thrive in the world’s toughest division. He explains how his journey to the top is proving a perfect vehicle to influence the next generation.

Interview: Robin Johnson Words: Will Robinson

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It’s a high energy, high demand position, which I like main interview

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t was one of Monday Night Football’s most memorable exchanges. The chemistry between Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher was still in its early stages, and the joke could have gone down poorly. “Full-backs are either failed centre-backs or failed wingers,” Carragher stated confidently. The twinkle in his eye made clear that there was some traditional Scouse wit incoming.

“No one grows up wanting to be a Gary Neville!”

Except, these days…they kind of do. Not Neville specifically – and after laughing off Carragher’s insult, he was the first to admit that he had grown up as a centre-back before moving out wide to compensate for his lack of height, and capitalise on his borderline obsession with physical fitness.

But the jibe wasn’t about Neville specifically either. It was about the position he occupied at Manchester United for 17 years, seen – in that exchange – as the least sexy on the pitch. How times change.

How many young boys in Liverpool grow up wanting to be Trent Alexander-Arnold?

Countless. How many Manchester City fans awe at João Cancelo’s reinvention of the position itself?

How many Chelsea devotees would name Reece James as their club’s best player?

Football is a fashion business, and, right now, full-backs are in. For Nathaniel Clyne, who has watched this transformation as one of the country’s best for more than a decade, it’s not before time. He has

always considered full-backs to be deserving of that ‘main character energy’. “You get to defend and attack at the same time,” he says.

“That is one quality I like about playing full-back.

“You have the opportunity to do both. Now, in the modern game, they want full-backs to get forward and help out in attack. It’s a high energy, high demand position, which I like.” High energy, high demand.

Which budding footballer wouldn’t want that?

I first came in and saw him play, and I saw how hard he works and how he developed from playing week in, week out, He has come on leaps and bounds, pushed through to getting England call-ups and I can see him going all the way.

For Clyne, he has both the benefit of years of Premier League experience and also the opportunity to play game after game; he can occupy a senior role in the dressing room but also out on the pitch.

On the opposite flank is a player learning from that experience: Tyrick Mitchell.

“I first came in and saw him play, and I saw how hard he works and how he developed from playing week in, week out,” Clyne remembers. “He has come on leaps and bounds, pushed through to getting England call-ups and I can see him going all the way. nathaniel clyne

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“It’s a credit to Crystal Palace because you have got one of your Academy products that you have trained to get a call-up from the national team. That is a massive achievement, so Palace can be proud of that.” Clyne is talking about Mitchell, but he may just as easily be being self-referential.

Signing for Palace as a 14-yearold, he made his debut just three years later and went on to nail down the right-back berth, winning the club’s Player of the Season award for 2010/11. He looks back on his development at Palace with fondness – but can’t help but point out that it was likely a world away from that of his new teammate.

“I wish it was as good when I was growing up as it is now,” he laughs. “I would have enjoyed it even more. You can see the emphasis on getting Academy players through and developing them, then maybe selling them for big money like they did with Aaron [Wan-Bissaka]. That’s the structure they are going through and the facilities are very good.

“Gary Issott [Academy Director] is the one that gave me my first professional contract and kept on telling the manager at the time, Neil Warnock, that I was ready for the step up to the firstteam, so I owe a lot to him.

“It means a lot. It’s the club that gave me the opportunity to become a professional footballer.

I have to thank the coaches for getting me to the ability to play first-team football; making my debut at the age of 17.

“Palace has always been a family club. There is a togetherness here. It’s a club that gives a lot of youngsters an opportunity.

Obviously you can see that now with the Academy. The club has spent a lot on the facilities and we have excellent facilities there now.

Hopefully there will be a lot more youngsters coming through.”

You can see the emphasis on getting Academy players through and developing them, then maybe selling them for big money like they did with Aaron [Wan-Bissaka]. That’s the structure they are going through and the facilities are very good If it hadn’t been so meticulously planned, you would say that there is a certain serendipity around a stateof-the-art Premier League Academy popping up in south London, arguably the biggest hotbed of talent in the country. Jadon Sancho, Emile Smith Rowe, Joe Gomez. All stellar names who, in an alternative world, could have been tempted towards Palace.

“There are loads of pitches in south London where kids go to play football,” Clyne says, pondering the reason it produces such a conveyor belt of top talent. “Obviously it’s the main sport, everyone wants to play football.

“You know there is that cool kid in the park? If you’re the best at football, that’s what everyone aspires to be. Maybe that’s why a lot of kids in south London want to make it.” nathaniel clyne

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It’s the club that gave me the opportunity to become a professional footballer main interview

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Most of my family and friends are here so it is easy for me to settle down main interview

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Clyne spent three years at Southampton before a move to Merseyside to join Liverpool, but at heart he has always been a Londoner. He is adorned with tattoos celebrating the city of his birth. “I grew up in London, so coming back here and living here is easy,” he says.

I was thankful to Palace for giving me the opportunity to come back. I took it with both hands and I’m looking forward to keeping on improving, keeping on challenging and staying here as long as possible

“Most of my family and friends are here so it is easy for me to settle down. I’m happy where I am living – you can’t get bored living in London. I’m close to the training ground and the stadium…the traffic is still the same, which is a bit of a shame!

“I’m enjoying coming in, working hard in training, playing well and representing Crystal Palace. I see myself staying here.

When I first came back on trial to see how my body was recovering from the ACL injury, I was thankful to Palace for giving me the opportunity to come back. I took it with both hands and I’m looking forward to keeping on improving, keeping on challenging and staying here as long as possible.” nathaniel clyne

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We have got the gaffer who has a strong winning mentality main interview

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Clyne is not just an extra body in the squad, he is an influential member; vastly experienced at club and international level, he is someone for the younger players to look up to.

It’s a role that he is relishing.

“I’m the type of player that leads by example,” he says. “Follow how I prepare for games, how I am in training. I still work hard in training, I don’t take my foot off the gas. I pre-activate well, I don’t miss gym sessions. All that stuff is what youngsters can take in for the good of the team.

“It does feel a bit strange when you are looking around and you are the oldest one there. I’m still young at heart, so that’s good! Obviously it’s been a massive change.

When I left we were still in the Championship, we weren’t playing as well as we are now.

“Now we have a different structure where we try to play attacking, possession based football and you can see we are an established Premier League club, pushing for midtable finishes. Last season we had a good cup run. We are disappointed to be out of the cup this season but we can take positives and push for a top-half finish and maybe more.”

That ambition can be felt right from the top – unsurprising when a World Cup winner is in the dugout.

“We have got the gaffer who has a strong winning mentality,” Clyne says of Patrick Vieira. “You can tell from his playing career, and he has pushed that into his managerial career.

He is always on at us to do better in training, give 100% in games and that is what we are looking to

achieve: that winning mentality to be replicated in games to come.

“We’ve got a young squad now, a lot of young talented players and they can only improve and get better.

It’s exciting to see, and we look forward to it.” So what would Clyne’s advice be to those young players?

“You’ve got to be tough and mentally strong when you are playing in front of huge crowds,” he says.

“Don’t let the atmosphere get to you.

Play your normal game.

“Keep on going, don’t take your foot off the gas. Even when you’re getting in with the first-team and training with the first-team, you have to make every opportunity count.

When you do get the opportunity to play, make it count. Just keep going.”

You’ve got to be tough and mentally strong when you are playing in front of huge crowds, Don’t let the atmosphere get to you. Play your normal game

At Selhurst Park, Clyne took every opportunity given to him. Fullbacks may not have been capturing the imagination when he was a child, but they certainly are now. He has ridden the wave right to the top, and he has done it while returning to his roots.

“I love Palace for giving me the opportunity to become the player I am,” he says. Now he is helping others fulfil that same potential. No one wants to be a full-back? Not anymore nathaniel clyne

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the follow -up

Nathaniel Clyne has spent more than a decade at Crystal Palace from boy to man, and here we finally ask him the burning questions.

#6 Favourite sport beside football?

#47 What was your childhood nickname?

Tennis. I don’t really like any other sport, but tennis when it’s Wimbledon. I like watching it there – I have been once!

Turbz, because I was quick. I was always winning races at school!

#36 If you could bring a former teammate of yours to Palace, who would it be? #16 Who was the last artist you saw live?

DBE [D-Block Europe]. I saw them in Manchester. Drake is my favourite though, he’s the GOAT.

Wayne Rooney. He’s a goalscorer.

He was a leader as well. He was very passionate about the game.

You could see he loved playing football. He was hungry to win lots and that’s why he’s won basically every cup available. the follow-up

#58 If you could have any animal as a pet, which would it be?

Hmmm. That’s a tough one.

Probably a baby tiger or something.

Give it a cuddle

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Did you know?

Newcastle United originally wore red shirts, white shorts and red socks, until 1894 when the club adopted their well-known black and white strip. The stripes had been the kit of the reserve team until then, but became the home kit when Newcastle East End FC and Newcastle West End FC merged.

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magpies Newcastle United fans have been in dreamland this season, as their expectations have moved post-takeover from a relegation scrap to a fight for Champions League football

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story so far

Even accounting for the investment, Eddie Howe has done a fantastic job in transforming the mood around the football club and turning Newcastle into one of the toughest sides to face this season.

St James’ Park has become something of a fortress, but they will have to regain their consistency if they are to become genuine title contenders – although a first trophy in 47 years may await if they beat Southampton in the semi-final of the League Cup. The Magpies will claim a first away win since Boxing Day if they emerge victorious from Selhurst Park, after a goalless draw against league leaders Arsenal and a shock FA Cup exit at the hands of Sheffield Wednesday.

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France international Cabaye was an instant Premier League hit upon his arrival at Newcastle from Lille. A scorer of memorable goals, including a stunning free-kick against Manchester United, he earned a big-money move to Paris Saint-Germain, before joining Crystal Palace a year later. He spent three years at Selhurst Park, starting in the 2016 FA Cup final.

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Pope signed for Newcastle after a stellar spell at Burnley, twice winning the club’s Player of the Year award and narrowly losing out on the Golden Glove award in 2019/20 after keeping 15 Premier League clean sheets. He is the only ‘keeper to keep a clean sheet on his first six appearances for England. opposition

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Another graduate from the famed Ajax academy, Botman honed his defensive abilities in France with Lille where he won the Ligue 1 title, pipping Paris Saint-Germain in the process. A former Netherlands captain at Under-21s level, he is yet to make his debut for the senior international side. opposition

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Born in Rio de Janeiro, Guimarães was a marquee signing at St James’ Park 12 months ago and has since become a firm fan favourite; his first goal, a backheeled volley, was some way to start. Eligible for Spain but declaring for Brazil, he was part of the Seleção squad at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

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Almirón arrived as the most expensive export from Major League Soccer, and his career in the northeast started unspectacularly as he scored just eight times in his first four years at the club. This season, however, he has exploded into life, winning Premier League Player of the Month and Goal of the Month in October.

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stat pack Newcastle have conceded six goals in their last 12 PL games against the Eagles (W5 D4 L3).

However, they’re winless in their last nine PL games with them when conceding (D4 L5).

Crystal Palace have only won two of their 11 Premier League home games against Newcastle United (D4 L5), a 5-1 win in November 2015 and 1-0 in February 2020.

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It’s Saturday afternoon, kick-off is ticking closer and you're first to the pub. Before long, hazy memories and almost-accurate stats will fill the air. Brush-up for your Newcastle pre-match pint below.

did you know…

don't they...

Their badge is inspired by an Ancient Greek myth. Or is it Roman? Etruscan? Phoenician? It’s on their logo, anyway.

The crest on the famous black and white shirts is inspired by the city’s coat of arms, and features two grey hippocampuses – or it might be hippocampi – on either side. The creature is depicted with the upper body of a horse and the lower body of a fish. “Err, so a sea horse?” we hear you ask. “We have those already.” But no, this is (apparently) different.

As well as Newcastle, hippocampi feature on the lampposts of Dublin, on the logo of Air France and at the base of the Trevi fountain in Rome. Talk about range…

Walk out to a Dire Straits number. Well, almost. Mark Knopfler was brought up in Blyth from the age of seven, forming the world famous band with his younger brother David and going on to sell more than 120 million records.

But by 1983 – just two years before the release of the legendary album Brothers in Arms – he was developing his own music on the side, and composed the soundtrack to Scottish drama Local Hero. The eponymous song is now played before every home game at St James’ Park, with Knopfler re-recording a special version in 2014 for charity.

Alongside Local Hero is the Geordie folk song Blaydon Races, which greets the sides as they emerge. ‘Ahhh me lads, ye shudda seen us gannin’ and all that…

The crest on the famous black and white shirts is inspired by the city’s coat of arms, and features two grey hippocampuses

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Featured in the film Goal! How many kids grew up idolising the fictional Santiago Muñez in the mid-2000s? Danny Cannon’s 2005 film caught pub talk

The eponymous song is now played before every home game at St James’ Park, with Knopfler rerecording a special version in 2014 for charity the imagination of youngsters worldwide as it told the story of an undocumented Mexican immigrant living in Los Angeles and his unlikely rise to stardom at St James’ Park.

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Made with the cooperation of FIFA and so using real player and team names, Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham, Raul and Alan Shearer appeared as themselves and gave Newcastle a worldwide impression of glamour.

In 2021, they signed a real-life centre-forward called Santiago Muñoz, with their transfer announcement a play on the slogan of the film: ‘The Dream Begins…’

Asprilla to score a hattrick, cancelling out goals from Luis Figo and Luis Enrique, and earning an important three points.

Qualification secured? Not exactly. While Barcelona finished bottom, Newcastle could only go one better and finished behind PSV Eindhoven and eventual group toppers Dynamo Kyiv.

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Dominate the early 1900s. Of Newcastle’s four league titles, three game within a five year spell at the turn of the century. They were crowned champions in 1905, 1907 and 1909, as well as winning the FA Cup in 1910 – they very nearly became the first side to do the double, losing to Aston Villa in the 1905 FA Cup final.

Years later, Peter McWilliam – who played at the heart of defence in that first great side – confidently stated: “The Newcastle team of the 1900s would give any modern side a two goal start and beat them, and further more, beat them at a trot."

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Beaten Barcelona. In 1997, following their rollercoaster title charge which saw them lose out to Manchester United (think Kevin Keegan, finger jabbing and ‘I would love it if we beat them’), Newcastle qualified for the Champions League.

With only one team qualifying from each group, they had to beat Barcelona to have any chance of progressing. Up stepped Faustino

Pub talk tidbit There are several famous Newcastle fans: Brian Blessed, Ant and Dec, Chris Eubank Senior. More recently, Sam Fender has burst onto the scene. But they also have the distinction of counting a Prime Minister among their ranks. Tony Blair was born in Scotland but grew up in the north-east, and famously played a game of head-tennis with Kevin Keegan before the 1997 general election campaign pub talk

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30 YEARS OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE

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Crystal Palace 5-0 Leicester City – April 28th, 2018 A five-goal thriller at Selhurst Park. Palace had their shooting boots on as Roy Hodgson capped the club’s remarkable turnaround in style.

30 years of the Premier League

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doc brown Ben Bailey Smith seeks riddles within riddles

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Natalia Negri on how a goalkeeper can learn from those outfield

dave cooper Dave Cooper talks fierce Under-16s competition

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Caleb Kporha on why hard work can take you a long way

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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.

riddle me this Right, who fancies a riddle? Let’s start with an easy one: What’s red and blue and sad all over? Yep, you guessed it: me last Sunday.

Or how about this one – I’ll give you the answer, you give me the question. Ready? So if the answer is: Spurs, Chelsea, Man United, Newcastle, Man United, what is the question?

Well done! Yes, you’re correct – the question is, of course: where in God’s name are Crystal Palace’s points coming from?

At press time I’ve not yet witnessed the twin riddles of how to beat an in-form United – twice in quick succession – but you’ll know the (bitter?) truth of the answer to one of those by now. So many riddles to solve for us. Like today – I’d love to ask Eddie what the best way to beat Newcastle is, but I don’t know Howe.

It’s a head scratcher all right.

If you’re a regular reader of this column, you’ll know I’m eternally optimistic/naïve when it comes to my club, so I’ll happily scrape any barrel in the search for positives.

I genuinely thought we were

the better team in the first-half against Spurs, and the second-half capitulation didn’t reflect how easily that game could have gone the other way. Similarly, had we scored first against Chelsea I think their shaky confidence could have feasibly handed us the three points.

But right now, we are a riddle of Batman-nemesis proportions.

In fact, our kit could be made up of hundreds of little red and blue question marks. It’s a brain teaser: how does a team packed with attacking flair not attack with enough attacking flair to score goals? We’re a footballing Rubik’s Ben Bailey Smith

I genuinely thought we were the better team in the first-half against Spurs, and the secondhalf capitulation didn’t reflect how easily that game could have gone the other way Cube at the moment – I feel certain the pieces of the pattern are there, but darned if I can work out how to align them. Big Pat has the brains for it, I have no doubt about that, but with the strength of the teams we’re up against on this little run,

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he’s gonna have to become the Gamesmaster, a Grandwizard plotting every move 10 steps ahead of his rivals.

Here's a comforting riddle to ease any pain you may be feeling right now: if you’re at rock bottom, there’s still something beneath you.

What is it? That’s right – Leicester, Bournemouth, West Ham and Everton. Things can always be worse, and when you’re low, things can only get better. Hey, if D:Ream said it, it must be true.

There’s a more existential riddle looming over all of this: what do we want? It’s a fascinating and

Here's a comforting riddle to ease any pain you may be feeling right now: if you’re at rock bottom, there’s still something beneath you – what is it? That’s right – Leicester, Bournemouth, West Ham and Everton. Things can always be worse

There’s a more existential riddle looming over all of this: what do we want? It’s a fascinating and complex time to be a Palace fan.

We know our potential complex time to be a Palace fan. We know our potential; we know on our day we can beat the best. We know we can do more than consolidate a mid-table position. But we also know we’re vulnerable – not scoring enough and conceding too many is always a recipe for disaster. When faced with a riddle like this it seems to me that the best way to find answers is to have Ben Bailey Smith

a clear target. This season’s Premier League is wide open and even the littlest runs of form can catapult you up or down the table quickly.

Perhaps the real riddle is simply a question of what confidence can do. Southampton’s win against us in the Cup changed their entire outlook overnight.

Forest had the same transformation following their League Cup win against Blackburn – as I write this, neither side has lost since. The tide can turn in an eye blink, and despite the daunting questions we’re being asked on this difficult run, there are still plenty of opportunities to find the answers.

The thing about the toughest riddles is that you really need to focus to solve them – you’re gonna need to get your best thinkers on the case. To quote Patrick after the Chelsea game, “we know what we want, we know what we need, and now time and details will dictate if we can make it happen.”

The World Cup has changed our perception of time this season.

Mid-January would normally feel like the sharp end of things, and we might start to panic a little, but actually we’re barely halfway and there is a heck of a lot more football to be played, a whole load more riddles to be solved until we can hopefully pose the final one on the 28th of May: Q. What sits tenth but feels like first?

A. Crystal Palace F.C. Fingers crossed, eh?

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cpfc women Crystal Palace Women broke club records in 2021/22, and are looking to do the same this season. In each edition, we hear directly from one of the squad, with Natalia Negri reflecting on a first six months at Crystal Palace and a first taste of international duty.

Natalia negri Age

19

Joined

Summer 2022

Position

Goalkeeper

Apps

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Goals

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Career highlights

Playing for England Under-19s at the UEFA Women’s Under-19 European Championships last season.

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Growing up as an outfield player, Negri is confident with her feet and more than happy to round an onrushing attacker under immense pressure.

NATALIA NEGRI

I joined Palace at the beginning of the season, after spending the last six months on loan at Charlton. I was at Arsenal from 2013-17, but I joined Charlton at Christmas last year.

Moving from north London to south London was a big change. I’m still young, but I had to move out because the travel was just too far.

It was an hour and 45 minutes every day, which was too much. But moving out has been a good experience: I’ve moved in with a teammate which is nice and I’ve got a lot more independence now.

It was actually quite good knowing there were a lot of other new players coming in at the same time. It made me feel like I wasn’t the only ‘new kid on the block,’ per se. It was nice having a lot of new players together all at once and being amongst some familiar faces. I knew a few of the new signings from my time at Charlton, so it was great to have a few familiar faces around amidst all the new signings. .

Fran Kitching, another new goalkeeper, also joined at the same time so it didn’t feel like there was a set goalkeeper when I came in. It was nice to get to know someone who was in the same position as me, and

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Some days we turn up to games and we look unbeatable, other days we turn up and we don’t quite stick to our process as much

we started at the exact same time.

We’ve been on the same wavelength ever since.

As a goalkeeper, I would say I’m quite good with my feet. I have quick feet and I like to use a few different skills when strikers are coming at me in training. It probably helped that I played outfield when I was younger.

It meant I gained quite a lot of confidence, and when I have the ball at my feet with players coming at me I like to take them on.

This season has been quite up and down for us. We’ve been at the top of the league, we’ve dropped and it’s been very back and forth. Some days we turn up to games and we look unbeatable, other days we turn up and we don’t quite stick to our process as much. We’re definitely working towards a certain way of playing and now it’s just about all the players trusting the coaches and each other.

It’s also about making sure that we’re not just outcome focused, we’re trying to make sure that we’re developing as a team for next season. Nothing comes in a few months.

In the summer just before joining Palace, I was with England Under19s as part of the UEFA Women’s Under-19 European Championships, which was in the Czech Republic. That was probably my best experience of my career so far. I was playing up an age group, which not a lot of people get the opportunity to do. That was the last major tournament I was at, so hopefully we can get there this year.

I absolutely love playing for England. It’s a very different environment to club football, but it’s nice because you get different NATALIA NEGRI

opinions from coaches and you get different types of coaching. I love being a part of an England camp, it’s one of my favourite things to do.

Structurally it’s different as you’re almost working towards a set month at international level.

For example, we’re now working towards the 2022 UEFA Women’s

You have to slowly get used to the environment you’re in. being a professional footballer is not an easy job to do Under-19 European Championships, so we have camps leading up to it, whereas at club level you’re working towards every weekend.

I didn’t get the opportunity to play in the finals, but it was nice to be in the environment, getting the experience and being exposed to tournament football.

Being a young player, it’s hard to be in an environment where you’re not playing as much as everyone else, either domestically or internationally, but you know that you’re young and you’ve got a long career ahead of you. You have to slowly get used to the environment you’re in. Being a professional footballer is not an easy job to do – you need to have the right mindset and trust in the process.

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academy Dave Cooper - Under-16s Lead Coach I am the Under-16s Lead Coach and Youth Development Phase Lead Coach. I’ve been at the club for more than 10 years now. Initially I was coaching the Under-15s and the Under-16s, but I became a full-time coach here at the Academy in January 2020, just before lockdown.

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came in and coached the Under13s, taking them to tours and tournaments, but, as is the case with all Academies, coaches move on and change roles and I got put up to the Under-15s last year. We had a successful season in the Floodlit Cup. We’ve been lucky with this group.

They are a very strong group of players who have made us coaches look good. Our Games Programme entitles all of them to a minimum 50% of game time, but we want to foster a winning mentality and an understanding how football works and develops, and that means we go into the Floodlit Cup, or any game for that matter, with our strongest XI. You almost treat them like a mini Under-18s or Under-21s team where you want the players to earn the right to play, which in turn builds healthy competition between them. Everything is laid out and we prepared for everything: in possession, out of possession, video analysis, set pieces, etc. We prepared them as we would for an FA Cup game and taught them to work hard as a collective.

Since they’re such a competitive group, they want to win every game. It’s fantastic for them, but things can go wrong. We played

To win the Southern final of the Floodlit Cup at Selhurst Park, in front of a really good crowd, would have been amazing for them – it’s something they will remember for the rest of their lives

Arsenal Under-15s in the quarterfinal, one of the lads got injured in the warm-up so we had to make a change just before kick-off. It shows the strength of the group dave cooper

that the replacement slotted straight in and we managed to beat Arsenal 4-0.

It was good to have that extra number of games to give them exposure to different environments and experiences. To win the Southern final of the Floodlit Cup at Selhurst Park, in front of a great crowd, was amazing for them – it’s something they will remember for the rest of their lives even when they’re older.

They had the disappointment of losing to Sunderland in the National final of the Floodlit Cup, where we had a lad sent off early on. The lads were absolutely amazing until the last five minutes when they would have been absolutely knackered, after leading for all that time with 10-men.

We have exactly the same group at Under-16s this season, albeit a bit smaller, but last year’s success has put them in good stead for this year. They are still competitive and they still want to do well; they want to win every game we play and progress into the Under-18s and far beyond

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over the road caleb kporha

Getting to know caleb kporha

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Goals:

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Highlights so far

Playing for England Under-17s in Spain and making his debut against Germany Under-17s.

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Kporha is capable of playing all over the pitch, having initially started as a centre-forward before moving wide and dropping deeper to full-back.

CALEB KPORHA

A key step in becoming a professional footballer is going on trial, often for a number of different clubs at a very young age. Rejections are commonplace, but Caleb Kporha had the unusual privilege of choosing between two possible destinations – Palace were one of them.

“I was playing Sunday league football and I ended up at Tottenham for a bit, but I was also at Palace at the same time. I had to decide on one so I chose Palace, but ultimately they didn’t accept me at the time.

“I went back to playing Sunday league for Welling United for about two or three years until I came back to Palace on trial once more in 2019. I was on a long trial – about 12 weeks – and then I got signed and earned my scholarship a few months later.”

The awarding of Kporha’s scholar was well documented in the Channel 4 Documentary series Football Dreams: The Academy, which followed a number of players from the age of eight to 18 as they progressed through the Palace Academy.

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“Featuring in the documentary was good,” said Kporha. “It took a long time to record it! I’m not used to it, honestly [having the cameras in front of me], but it’s something you have to get used to if you have the aim of becoming a professional footballer.

“I feel like I managed to deal with it well and I was happy with how it went and how it all played out when I was watching it on TV.”

I was on a long trial – about 12 weeks – and then I got signed and earned my scholarship a few months later

any coach would be happy with a team of 24 calebs! will rose u18s performance coach

After earning his scholarship, Kporha has gone from strength to strength in 2022/23. He has featured in almost every game for Rob Quinn’s Under-18s and managed to earn himself a call-up to the England Under-17s side.

“England has been the highlight of my career so far. It was my first ever call-up and we played Germany twice - we lost 3-0 in the first game – we started off a bit rusty – but when we got to the second game we realised CALEB KPORHA

that we could beat them and managed to win 6-0.

“I came on in the second-half of the second game and managed to do my bit to help us score three goals. Playing in both of those games is the highlight of my career so far and hopefully there are more call-ups to come”

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Keeping you posted on all things south London. Over the page, we hear why Palace and Newcastle were once locked in a battle by the Mediterranean.

Kirsty MacColl Born in Croydon, legendary singer Kirsty MacColl is best known for her vocals on the Pogues’ classic Christmas record Fairytale of New York. She achieved widespread success and was nominated for two Ivor Novello awards before her tragic death at the age of 41.

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quick look at Newcastle United’s Wikipedia page, under the subheading ‘honours’, reveals some intriguing entries. The Sheriff of London Charity Shield, for example, which paired the best professional football club with the best amateur iteration. Who did Newcastle beat in the final, we hear you ask? Corinthians, obviously – 5-2 if we’re being really specific. But then of course you already knew that.

The Texaco Cup is also there – or the International League Board Competition, to give it its full title. Competed by the ‘best of the rest’ in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, it was open only to clubs who had not qualified for European competition. It lasted for six finals – two of which were won by Newcastle in 1974 and 1975 – before being wound up.

The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the UEFA Intertoto Cup, the list goes on. As trophy cabinets go, Newcastle have some niche pots to call their own.

But there is one particular trophy that may just as easily have been on display at Selhurst Park, alongside our own unique prizes (champions of the Generation Cup / Iranian championship, you’ll never sing that).

The Anglo-Italian Cup is a wonderful idea, but when you look back on it today it seems remarkably quaint. It was played from 1970-1973, where eight English teams and eight Italian

Gigi Peronace, Founder of the Anglo-Italian Cup. sides would compete for the title.

It gave rise to wonderful matchups: Roma against Blackpool; Lazio against Middlesbrough; Inter Milan against Huddersfield Town.

It was the brainchild of Gigi Peronace, one of the first modern day football agents. Friends with Matt Busby, he facilitated Jimmy Greaves’ move from Chelsea to AC Milan. “In 1961, Mario Puzo was in the process of writing The Godfather, which, looking back, is somehow appropriate because Gigi Peronace looked as if he could have stepped from the pages of Puzo’s novel of Mafia family life,” Greaves later wrote of him. “If a crocodile could talk it would sound like Gigi Peronace. He was an imposing SOUTH OF THE RIVER

If a crocodile could talk it would sound like Gigi Peronace. He was an imposing figure, one to be wary of, yet he could charm a bracelet

figure, one to be wary of, yet he could charm a bracelet.”

Quaint idea maybe, but the reality was quite different. The first final – Swindon Town taking on Napoli – was abandoned after 79 minutes due to fan violence.

Two pitch invasions and a barrage of missiles saw the referee halt the contest with the English side three goals to the good, and

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the trophy was awarded before the game could be concluded.

“Disgruntled fans, angered at the home side’s failure to check brilliant Swindon, hurled a fusillade of rocks and bottles on the field, prompting the police to retaliate with teargas,” wrote one reporter. “Groups of youngsters then started breaking up stones and wooden benches and hurling them over the wide moat and onto the pitch.”

Groups of youngsters started breaking up stones and wooden benches and hurling them over the wide moat and onto the pitch

were Crystal Palace. What a journey they were about to have.

Verona were put to the sword first, with Alan Whittle scoring twice as the boys from south London ran out 4-1 winners.

While Manchester United were held by Lazio in a goalless draw, Palace – now under the management of Malcolm Allison – had no such trouble, and won again thanks to a John Craven hattrick. Only a 2-2 draw against Fiorentina could dent their 100% record, and they finished top of the ground and undefeated.

In Group B, Newcastle were also getting on with things with remarkable efficiency. Roma were swept aside, Bologna and Como failed to penetrate the English side’s defence, and Torino – of Denis Law fame – saw five put past them.

Here’s where the format seems peculiar. After all the exoticism of the group stage, the semi-finals saw the English

The Swindon Advertiser even lauded Napoli’s ‘inability to match the craft and finishing of Swindon Town’. Some change of fortunes since.

Fast forward three years, and we come to the reason why this programme specifically harks back to such a bygone era. In Group A, alongside Bari, Fiorentina, Lazio and Verona, SOUTH OF THE RIVER

group winners face one another, and likewise the Italians. Rather than a fascinating tie with Bologna, Palace had a confident Newcastle to deal with. The prize was a place in the final, a trip to the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence and the chance to lift a piece of silverware.

After a goalless first leg, things did not go Palace’s way. Jim Cannon scored for the Glaziers, but Newcastle soon got into a rhythm and never looked back.

Five goals later and St James’ Park was rocking, with 50,000 overjoyed Geordies planning their trips to the beautiful Tuscan capital. As for Palace, it was a long journey back to south London.

Joe Harvey’s Newcastle went on to lift the trophy, pipping Fiorentina 2-1 in the final, and so the cup made its way back to the north-east of England. But it was so close to heading to Selhurst Park to celebrate Crystal Palace’s summer of La Dolce Vita

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THROUGH THE LENS

SAM JOHNSTONE TRAINING PRE-UNITED

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through the lens

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The Premier League celebrates its 30th anniversary this season, with Palace there at the start in 1992/93 and still there today – with a few detours along the way.

Here, we break down the club’s Premier League spells, letter by letter.

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midfield maestros

orn 10,000 miles apart but drawn inexorably together by the great gods of football, there were few finer sights in south London than McArthur and Mile running the midfield – James McArthur and Mile Jedinak that is.

Together with Joe Ledley they were affectionately termed ‘McJedley’ as they dominated Palace’s midfield for two years.

Both Macca and Mile were established internationals: McArthur represented Scotland with pride, while Jedinak captained Australia to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

The McJedley combination earned Palace a 10th place finish, still their highest to date.

But all good things must pass, and soon Jedinak and Ledley moved on. Bur fear not, Palace’s supply of midfield masterminds was about to be replenished.

In came James McCarthy and Luka Milivojevic, and the McArthur-McCarthy-Milivojevic axis was born. Mmm. With a combined 113 international caps between them, they formed one of the most experienced midfield units in

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the Premier League and played 15 times as a trio alongside one another. Perhaps their best performance came as they saw out a famous victory against Manchester United, with Dan James’ late equaliser looking to have dashed Palace hopes before Patrick van Aanholt’s stoppage-time winner.

When it comes to Crystal Palace there is always an appetite for midfielders, be they maestros, metronomes or magicians.

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Newcastle and the north-east

As we welcome our illustrious, stripy opposition down from St James’ Park, it seems the perfect opportunity to dwell on some special results at their expense – and that of their north-eastern neighbours.

Some of Palace’s most memorable Premier League games have come against Newcastle, with records falling along the way. In 2015, Alan Pardew’s Eagles were flying high when his former club came to town.

Despite fielding a side packed with internationals – Gini Wijnaldum, Papiss Cissé and Moussa Sissoko amongst them – the visitors were soon sent packing.

James McArthur cancelled out Cissé’s opener, before Yannick Bolasie added a second and Wilfried Zaha a third before half-time. After the break, McArthur and Bolasie helped themselves to another as Palace hit five for the first time in the Premier League era. It meant that, with Christmas approaching, the boys from south London were sitting pretty in sixth – yes, sixth – in the table. Europa League, here we come? Sadly, it wasn’t to be.

Zaha is not averse to putting north-eastern opposition to the sword. He followed his Selhurst strike with a last-minute equaliser at St James’ Park, while his wonderful solo goal at Hull City

glenn murray To have two spells at Brighton & Hove Albion and remain a hero at Selhurst Park, you have to achieve something quite special while you are here. Glenn Murray did just that.

Arriving in south London in 2011, the centre-forward set about scoring goals up and down the land, including a dramatic winner at Old Trafford in the League Cup quarter-finals.

But his greatest feat was leading the line as Palace reached the promised land, earning promotion via the play-offs in 2013. Murray scored 30 Championship goals, winning the Golden Boot and was named in the Football League Team of the Decade in 2015.

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would make the highlights reel of any player anywhere in the world. It is almost impossible to comprehend, when you see where he collects the ball, that he could be smashing it into the top corner just seconds later. Go on, look it up on YouTube now. We’ll wait.

Then there is Sunderland, and a number of trips to the Stadium of Light that will rank highly in many supporters’ minds. Christian Benteke’s stoppage time winner in 2016 seems a good place to start, as the Eagles overturned a two-goal deficit in the final half-hour to claim a remarkable three points.

Or maybe you prefer a solo show? Then try Yannick Bolasie’s sensational nine minute hattrick on for size – still the only man to go home with the match ball in Palace’s Premier League history. Go on, Wilf, Ebs, Michael and Odsonne.

We know you want to…

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ian king

Having been on the brink of collapse in 2010, Crystal Palace earned promotion back to the Premier League 10 years ago this season. Here, Club Historian Ian King tells the story of a dramatic campaign – with a little help from the stars of When Eagles Dare.

January 1st: Palace 3-1 Wolves -

January 5th: Palace 0-0 Stoke City -

Palace took full advantage of a Wolves side lacking in confidence and dominated the first-half after an early scare when the visitors hit the crossbar. Glenn Murray, Wilfried Zaha and Yannick Bolasie had opportunities to open the scoring, but the eventual breakthrough came near the half-hour mark as Andre Moritz stepped up to curl a sumptuous free-kick into the top corner. Ten minutes later Bolasie found an unmarked Zaha in the middle and he toe-poked past the ‘keeper to double the advantage.

At the start of the secondhalf loanee Aaron Martin replaced Danny Gabbidon. Moritz repeated his dead-ball feat, curling a glorious free-kick into the back of the net to make it three – and

Illness prevented Murray featuring in this FA Cup third round clash against a Premier League side led by Tony Pulis, so Jermaine Easter led the attack while Lewis Price replaced Julian Speroni in goal. Easter nearly opened the scoring after two minutes, while Michael Owen set up an opportunity for Peter Crouch 10 minutes later. Profligacy seemed to blight both sides with chances created but not taken, and Zaha saw his powerful effort tipped over just before half-time.

Midway through the second-half Holloway sent on Jonny Williams, Kwesi Appiah and, for his debut, Jason Banton and the latter was set up by Moritz but fired narrowly wide.

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give Palace a deserved reward for their dominance. The Brazilian nearly completed a hattrick with an attempted bicycle kick before Wolves pulled one back with 15 minutes to go, and the home side held on comfortably.

Defeat for Middlesbrough allowed the Eagles to climb back to third above them.

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Loanee Aaron Martin makes his last appearance for the Eagles

Kagisho Dikgacoi joins South Africa for the Africa Cup of Nations 2012/13

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Eagles try to claim a winning goal but it was not forthcoming, and a draw meant a trip to the Britannia Stadium 10 days later.

January 12th: Burnley 1-0 Palace Both Murray and Speroni returned to the side for this trip to Turf Moor to face mid-table Burnley but Owen Garvan’s injury would keep him out until April. With the Clarets on a bad run of form at home Palace fans were hopeful of obtaining only the club’s third victory in 19 previous visits to the Lancashire town.

The Eagles nearly went ahead when breaking away from a corner but Murray’s effort was inches wide; Grant then saved well from Zaha and reacted brilliantly to turn away a goal-bound deflection from his own defender.

Palace started brightly in the second-half, but nine minutes from time Danny Ings set up Stanislas who curled his effort into the top corner. In the final minutes Alex Nimely came on for his Palace debut.

It was getting tight in the fight for second place with Palace and two others all on 47 points, just three away from the automatic promotion places

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player in focus

wilfried zaha

BORN: 10th November 1992 – Abidjan, Ivory Coast APPEARANCES: 448 GOALS: 89 Zaha’s meteoric rise started with a debut in March 2010, before being named the Football League Young Player of the Year in 2010/11. In January 2013 the club finally agreed his transfer to Manchester United, and he remained at Palace on loan until the end of the season, which culminated at Wembley with victory in the play-off final.

He would return to the Eagles in August 2014, and now sits third in the club’s list of all-time appearance makers.

[Zaha] always had the same wild spirit. He was just a kid that wanted to play football – he didn’t care about anything else. Give him the ball and then watch what happens Julian Speroni

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Jason Banton makes his Crystal Palace debut

Alex Nimely signs on loan from Manchester City

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from the

Times have changed over Crystal Palace’s rich and storied history. In each edition, we dust off the archive and reprint a story from one of the club’s historical programmes. This week, we republish a prescient column from BBC Radio London’s Tom Watt before our meeting with Newcastle almost two decades ago.

Crystal Palace v Newcastle United – November 20th, 2004

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don’t want it to sound like I’m complaining. After all, I know how lucky I’ve been to have grown up round the corner from Highbury. As far as supporting your local team goes, I could have done a lot worse than an N7 postcode back in the mid-60s. And I suppose I should feel privileged to be watching a club compete in the Champions League season after season. I can’t help it, though, and I can’t pretend otherwise: the group stage of the tournament dreamt up to replace the old European Cup is the most boring invention in the history of football.

A couple of weeks back, I found myself sat watching Arsenal play Panathanaikos. All the buildup – the banners, the mascots, the dreadful piped anthems – and the perfect setting didn’t really do the trick. Within 15 minutes I was cocking an ear to the BBC London 94.9 commentary from Loftus Road. QPR were playing Millwall in the Championship the

same evening and I have to admit I found myself hankering for the blood and thunder of a London derby. And the School End fiving Marc Bircham, once of Millwall now of Rangers, some grief.

arsenal threw away a lead again and had to settle for a point in a 1-1 draw.

Frustration?

Disappointment?

Any real emotion whatsoever?

Not really At Highbury meanwhile, of course I watched some lovely football being played and, of course, there were some odd moments of controversy to spice up the proceedings. In case you’ve forgotten – that’s if you ever cared from the archive

in the first place – Arsenal threw away a lead again and had to settle for a point in a 1-1 draw.

Frustration? Disappointment?

Any real emotion whatsoever?

Not really; at the end of the 90, all it took was a second or two to remember that what had just happened didn’t really matter.

There’d be another game or two, after all, for Arsenal to ensure they progress to the interesting bit: the knockout stage where winner takes all.

Of course there are plenty of domestic games which don’t really count, although Palace versus Newcastle in November isn’t necessarily one of them.

There’s always time to blow a lead, turn in a poor performance or stumble away with a draw and still know you can make up the difference the following week or the following month. Domestic games, through, even when the points aren’t crucial, always have something to make them count: history, tradition, rivalry. And local derbies, of course, have something extra, by way of energy, besides.

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Take the last home game here.

Same story for Arsenal, on the face of it, as the Panathanaikos fixture: score first, give away an equaliser and end up nicking a point. The 1-1 draw, I’d guess, won’t be the result that determines whether or not Arsenal retain the Premiership title. It probably won’t be the one that decides whether Palace defy the doubters and stay in the top division come May either. Both teams trooped off, Selhurst still ringing with applause, knowing they’d lived to fight another day. It was an afternoon that rolled into evening, though, which nobody who was there will forget in a hurry: as breathless, as honest, as inspiring an afternoon of English football as you’ll see all season.

The Champions League is creating what will soon bean unbridgeable economic gap between 20 or so wealthy clubs and the rest of European football. There is only one place for the thing to go and that’s a European Superleague

The Champions League is creating what will soon be – if it’s not already – an unbridgeable economic gap between 20 or so wealthy clubs and the rest of European football.

There is only one place for the thing to go and that’s a European Superleague. Whether that’ll run alongside domestic football, or will replace it for a handful of football’s ‘giants’, remains to be seen. Either way, the problem won’t go away: how many times will Arsenal have to play Panathanaikos – or whoever – before a Champions League group game between them will lift anybody out of their seat in the way Palace versus the Gunners did here at Selhurst a fortnight ago?

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palace for life

HMP HIGHDOWN AND HMP DOWNVIEW FACE PALACE FOR LIFE STAFF IN FOOTBALL MATCH

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alace for Life’s Route to Employment team has been delivering the Twinning Project in HMP Highdown and HMP Downview for the past year.

Recently, participants from the programme finished the course and played a match against Palace for Life staff to mark the occasion.

The Twinning Project is a partnership between HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and football clubs, with the objective of twinning every prison in England and Wales with a local professional football club.

The aim is to engage approximately 48 prisoners per year in each of the 117 prisons in England and Wales in footballbased programmes to improve their mental and physical health, and well-being, whilst working towards a qualification which will help improve their life chances and gain employment on release.

Palace for Life partnered with the Twinning Project back in 2020 and since then has been running a football-based programme, aimed to develop the participants’ employability skills and help

them gain a Leading in Football qualification, which often leads to an FA Level 1 in Coaching, once first aid and safeguarding modules are completed.

For me, the Twinning Project is a safe, impactful space that allows individuals to be themselves and learn how skills gained from football are fully transferable kaine senkumba, palace for life The Palace for Life team has been working in HMP Highdown and HMP Downview, a men’s and women’s prison and young offender’s institution respectively. Coaches Pat, Kaine, Angelica and Debbie have been palace for life

visiting both prisons for the duration of the programme and have played a huge part in the development of the participants.

“For me, the Twinning Project is a safe, impactful space that allows individuals to be themselves and learn how skills gained from football are fully transferable,” said Kaine Senkumba, who is a Targeted Intervention Youth Worker at Palace for Life and had been visiting the prisons each week.

“It can allow people to view the world in a different light, and have an open perception on the world for the love and development of football. I feel the project will have a huge impact on the life of the men and women on the course and will hopefully open their eyes to a better future.”

To mark the participants’ graduation, both HMP Highdown and HMP Downview played in a football match against Palace for Life staff after receiving their graduation certificates.

The morning match was a defeat for Palace as Highdown edged a narrow 2-1 win. The

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afternoon game was a 6-6 thriller, decided by a nervewracking penalty shootout, where Downview were victorious.

“The two cohorts at HMP Downview and HMP Highdown were a success,” said Farhad Olaleye, Relationship Lead at the Twinning Project. “Both men and women have been equipped with

The two cohorts at HMP Downview and HMP Highdown were a success, Both men and women have been equipped with an accredited FA qualification, which will better opportunities upon release farhad olaleye, the twinning project

Support Palace for Life in our mission to raise £1 million to help us transform thousands of more young south Londoners’ lives.

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an accredited FA qualification, which will better opportunities upon release. The focus now turns to supporting those post-release.

“I would to thank all at Palace for Life, in particular the coaches, Pat Gordon, Kaine Senkumba and Debbie Worrell for the delivery throughout the duration of the course. I look forward to continuing our work in 2023.”

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In its near-100-year existence, Selhurst Park has hosted a collection of the weird and the wonderful – people, objects and events. In this edition, we look at three of the most enduring characters to grace SE25.

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Mrs Minchella: The Peanut Seller If your sweet tooth needed satiating on matchday, there was always a reliable source of sustenance around the corner – quite literally. In Croydon, the fierce figure of Josephine Minchella has become stuff of legend.

She wasn’t poor because she had a big Victorian house and six children but she just went out. She didn’t speak very good English but she liked [doing] it and worked hard In the 1960s and 1970s, she would fill her pram with a veritable cornucopia of treats from candies to boiled sweets to – as the nickname tells you –

peanuts. It wasn’t just matchday, too, and she would often be seen roaming the streets with her pram looking for customers.

Nobody ever discovered why this became her daily routine, but her daughter looked back on her rounds with affection. “She went out in all weather,” said Josephine (junior). “She wasn’t poor because she had a big Victorian house and six children but she just went out. She didn’t speak very good English but she liked [doing] it and worked hard.”

After being repeatedly mugged Mrs Minchella stopped her regular portable sweet shop rounds, but even after her death in 1991 she left a lasting legacy. In 2019, John J O’Connor of Football Poets wrote an ode to her memory. It began: Some call her Lou Lou, some Isabella; but to most fans at Palace, she was Missus Minchella.

“Peanuts forra sixpence A tanner a bagga” Her accent went through you like a sharpened up dagger.

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Clive ‘Side-O’ Waters Born on April 16th, 1952, Clive began following Palace as a child with his parents, and started selling programmes as soon as he was old enough – and over the following decades he would earn legendary status at Selhurst Park.

With his distinctive bushy sideburns, he quickly earned the nickname ‘Side-O’ from the regulars in SE25 as he sold the matchday editions from Entrance 3 of the Holmesdale Road Stand, making the spot his own personal kingdom on matchdays.

For year after year Clive supported his beloved Crystal Palace, attending more than 1,300 home games before suffering a stroke in 2012, and being forced to spend a spell away from Selhurst Park.

When he was fit enough to make his return, the affection with which he was held by the Palace fans was made clear.

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Clive returned on Saturday, 16th February 2013 at the age of 60, and was greeted with a standing ovation from all four sides of the ground as he watched Palace demolish Middlesbrough 4-1 – from the comfort of an Executive Box, of course. As he recuperated, he was given two season tickets for the remaining games free of charge.

It was emotional seeing people stand up at half-time clapping me.

It surprised me but I was so happy

Len Chatterton It’s hypnotising watching the groundsmen at work before kickoff or at half-time, as they patrol the surface prodding the turf with an enormous pitchfork apparently at random. They must know what they are doing, we reason.

But when Len Chatterton heard the half-time whistle, he knew it was time for the real entertainment to begin – and so did the fans. There was the click of the key in the ignition, the rumble of the engine spluttering into life, and the sight of a car pulling out onto the pitch at Selhurst Park.

An old VW Beetle hoved into view, its wheels covered by

“Saturday was really good,” Clive said after the game. “We got a good win and the football was alright wasn’t it?

“It was really nice to be in the box. It was a lovely gesture to get the half-season ticket, it really surprised me. I just hope I can go to all of them now. It was emotional seeing people stand up at half-time clapping me. It surprised me but I was so happy.”

The club was deeply saddened to learn of Clive’s passing last October at the age of 70.

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heavy duty rollers designed to flatten the pitch. In the driver’s seat was Chatterton, his hat proudly adorning his head, one hand on the wheel and the other out of the window as he peered down to make sure the pitch was getting just the right coverage.

It was a fool-proof system… until the car broke down while halfway through its rounds, delaying the start of the second-half in bizarre fashion.

Chatterton’s legacy did not stop there, as his son Nick Chatterton came through the club’s ranks and made more than 150 appearances for the first-team, helping Malcolm Allison’s side reach the FA Cup semi-finals in 1976

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The page for Palace supporters: taking your comments from the terraces into the programme.

This week, we print your messages. Want to get in touch? Use the details below.

Happy 70th Birthday Janet a supporter for 57 years. Hope you have a fabulous time enjoy your celebrations .With lots of love Dave, Neil, Steve Rob and all the family.

The Baxter Boys - Aron, Matthew, and Jeremy - are proud to be here today with our wonderful Dad Simon Baxter supporting the Palace. Love you Dad!

In loving memory of our little eagle James Pitcher, who flew to freedom in December after a courageous life. Always in our hearts and loved by so many

Congratulations to Connie Mullins on celebrating her 101st Birthday on January 20th 2023. SE25 Resident since 1934. Supporting Palace since 1951. Season Ticket Holder 1969-2021

from the terraces

Rest in Peace lifelong Palace fan Glenn Parton.

Congratulations to my Husband Tony Pedrotti on receiving the OBE in the Kings first new years honours list, so proud, Mandy x

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Wishing Ian Moore a super birthday with love from Stanley and Amelia

Happy 6th Birthday to Charlie.

Enjoy your day at Selhurst.

Happy 13th birthday Harrison Stannard! Lots of love from mum and dad, and COYP!!!

Thinking of John and Linda Mayhew who were lifelong Palace fans.

They both died over the Christmas period and will be dearly missed by all their family and friends.

Happy Birthday to Carolyn Daniels.

With love from your fellow Palace fans. Have a special day. Sarah & Ian

Best of luck Rob Hunt, Here to watch Palace today on their annual pilgramage from Dublin with Dad Tony, uncles & cousin, prior to his wedding to Amanda in April.

Email programme@cpfc.co.uk Happy 13th Birthday to Ivy, lifelong Palace fan. Lots of love Mum, Dad Freddie, Maryann and Thomas, have a great day. Xxxx

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with a message of 30 words or fewer and an image to feature on our messageboard.

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Prepare for what’s coming up next, relive a famous away win and pit your wits against Brighty below.

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next up: man united It’s déjà vu for Palace who face Manchester United for the second time in three games, travelling to Old Trafford on Saturday, 4th February (15:00 GMT).

Travel: Trains run (sometimes) from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly, where fans can get a tram straight to Old Trafford, Exchange Quay or Trafford Bar, which are all a short walk from the stadium.

Pre-match: Away supporters are welcomed at Lime Bar in Salford Quays pre-match, as well as plenty of bars in the centre of the city.

The away turnstiles are located on the south east corner of the stadium, and open two hours before kick-off.

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

You

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

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Best memory: Where to start? Ambrose’s stunner, Zaha against his former side – but we’ll go for Patrick van Aanholt’s 93rd minute winner to silence the home crowd.

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team stats: women / U21S / U18S Polly Doran Doran continued her record of featuring in every Women’s game so far this season, starting againts London City Lionesses.

Noah Watson Watson made his first start since October as the Under-21s took on Fulham at Champion Hill.

Basilio Socoliche Socoliche scored a brace as the Under18s demolished Fulham 4-0 to move second in the table.

Home fixture Away fixture Cup fixture (Crystal Palace score shown first)

AUGUST Sun 21

London City Lionesses

W 1-0

Sat 27

Coventry United

W 3-0

SEPTEMBER Sun 18

Southampton

L 1-2

Sun 25

Blackburn Rovers

W 3-1

Sun 2

Bristol City

L 0-4

Sun 16

Sunderland

L 0-2

Sun 23

Bristol City

L 0-3

Sun 30

Durham

W 1-0

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER Sun 20

Charlton Athletic

L 1-2

Sun 27

Lewes

L 1-4

DECEMBER Sun 4

Lewes

W 1-0

Watford

W 5-1

JANUARY Sun 8

Wed 11 Charlton Athletic

L 0-2

Sun 15

London City Lionesses

L 0-5

Sun 22

Coventry United

Sun 29

Durham

FEBRUARY Sun 5

Southampton

Sun 12

Durham

Sun 26

Sheffield United

MARCH Sun 5

Bristol City

Sun 12

Sheffield United

Sun 19

Birmingham City

Sun 26

Blackburn Rovers

APRIL Sun 2

Sunderland

Sun 16

Birmingham City

Sun 23

Lewes

Sun 30

Charlton Athletic

AUGUST Mon 8 Brighton & Hove Albion Fri 12 Manchester United Fri 19 Fulham Fri 26 Wolves Tue 30 Swindon Town SEPTEMBER Sat 3 Tottenham Hotpsur Fri 16 Chelsea OCTOBER Sat 1 West Ham United Tue 4 Bristol Rovers Sun 9 Everton Tue 18 Plymouth Argyle Sat 22 Manchester City Mon 31 Arsenal NOVEMBER Fri 4 Leicester City Mon 14 Sheffield United Mon 21 Newcastle United Mon 28 Bristol City december Sat 3 Bristol City Mon 19 Newcastle United JANUARY Sun 8 Brighton & Hove Albion Fri 13 Sheffield United Mon 16 Fulham Sun 22 Liverpool Mon 30 Manchester City FEBRUARY Mon 13 Leicester City Mon 20 Manchester United Mon 27 Tottenham Hotspur MARCH Fri 3 Everton Fri 17 Arsenal APRIL Mon 3 Chelsea Fri 7 Blackburn Rovers Mon 17 West Ham United Mon 24 Wolves MAY Mon 1 Blackburn Rovers Sat 6 Liverpool

women/u21S/u18S

W W D W W

3-2 5-1 2-2 2-1 2-0

SEPTEMBER Tue 6 Hertha Berlin Wed 28 Paris Saint-Germain FEBRUARY Sat 4 Dinamo Zagreb Wed 8 SC Braga

W 1-0 W 7-3

W 3-0 D 3-3 W L L L D D

1-0 0-2 3-4 0-1 3-3 1-1

D W W D

0-0 2-1 1-0 2-2

L 2-5 L 2-3 W 4-2 D 1-1 L 1-2

AUGUST Sat 13 West Ham United Sat 20 Aston Villa Sat 27 West Bromwich Albion SEPTEMBER Sat 3 Brighton & Hove Albion Sat 17 Southampton OCTOBER Sat 1 Chelsea Sat 8 Sheffield United Sat 22 Leicester City Sat 29 Fulham NOVEMBER Sat 5 Leeds United Sat 19 Norwich City Sat 26 Tottenham Hotspur DECEMBER Sat 3 Brighton & Hove Albion Sun 11 Manchester United JANUARY Sat 7 West Ham United Sat 14 Fulham Sat 28 Aston Villa FEBRUARY Sat 4 Arsenal Sat 11 Tottenham Hotspur Sat 18 Brighton & Hove Albion Sat 25 Arsenal MARCH Sat 18 Leicester City APRIL Sat 1 Southampton Sat 15 Norwich City Sat 22 Chelsea Sat 29 West Bromwich Albion

L 2-3 W 4-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-2 W W L D

3-2 2-1 1-5 2-2

L 2-5 D 2-2 L 1-3 W 5-0 L 1-3 L 0-4 W 4-0

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women Name

u21s

Apps

Goals

Name

u18s Apps

Goals

11

Tayo Adaramola

15

10

Josh Addae

4

Victor Akinwale

19

4

Kofi Balmer

16

1

Ryan Bartley

2

Chloe Arthur Paige Bailey-Gayle Kirsty Barton

8

1

Annabel Blanchard

14

3

Charley Clifford

1

Rianna Dean

Freddie Bell

1

David Boateng

2

Maliq Cadogan

11

Owen Goodman (GK)

17

John-Kymani Gordon

17

1

Name

Apps

Goals

Cormac Austin

10

Kalani Barton

12

Freddie Bell

15

2

Rio Cardines

9

2

Junior Dixon

13

11

Joseph Gibbard

14

2

Polly Doran

14

Aimee Everett

7

Anna Filbey

11

1

Seán Grehan

21

Fliss Gibbons

9

1

Danny Imray

12

Jake Grante

15

Shauna Guyatt

11

Fionn Mooney

3

Jackson Izquierdo (GK)

13

Coral-Jade Haines

11

1

Adler Nascimento

2

Eyimofe Jemide

16

Elise Hughes

14

5

Jake O’Brien

2 David Ozoh

2

1

Caleb Kporha

15

2

Giulio Marroni

2

Zach Marsh

14

4

Hindolo Mustapha

12

1

Adler Nascimento

13

5

Kaden Rodney

2

1

Laurence Shala (GK)

4

Basilio Socoliche

13

4

Vonnte Williams

15

1

Annabel Johnson

1

Jackson Izquierdo (GK)

13

Fran Kitching (GK)

10

Natalia Negri (GK)

4

Leigh Nicol Ellie Noble

8

Hollie Olding

6

1

Chloe Peplow

7

Kirsten Reilly

11

Molly-Mae Sharpe

14

2

Isabella Sibley

7

1

Ademola Ola-Adebomi

20

5

David Omilabu

22

8

David Ozoh

18

2

Killian Phillips

19

7

Dan Quick

1

Jesurun Rak-Sakyi

1

Jadan Raymond

9

Kaden Rodney

20

Laurence Shala (GK)

Hope Smith (GK) 11

Lizzie Waldie

William Eastwood (GK) 13

Cardo Siddik

3

Rob Street

4

Matthew Vigor

4

Noah Watson

14

Jack Wells-Morrison

19

Joe Whitworth (GK)

5

2

1

All statistics correct as of 17:00 Wednesday, January 18th pos CLUB P W D

L

F

A GD Pts

1

lon

11

7

3

1 25 7 +18 24

2

bri

10 7

2

1

17 6 +11 23

3

cha

10 6

1

3 19 14 +5 19

4

bir

10 6

1

3 15 10 +5 19

5

sou

11

4

2 13 9 +4 19

5

pos CLUB P W D 1

mci

13 8

L

F

A GD Pts

3

2 37 19 +18 27

2

che

14 7

5

2 33 20 +13 26

3

ars

13 7

5

1 26 19 +7 26

pos CLUB

P W D

L

whu

12 12 0

0 47 18 +29 36

2

cry

12 6

2

4 30 23 +7 20

3

che

11

1

4 26 21 +5 19

1

6

F

A GD Pts

4

cry

13 6

5

2 31 21 +10 23

5

ful

13 6

4

3 28 14 +14 22

4

tot

11

6

0

5 23 21 +2 18

6

liv

13 6

4

3 23 16 +7 22

5

ful

11

5

2

4 33 20 +13 17

6

lew

10 4

4

2 10 8 +2 16

7

eve

13 6

1

6 24 24 0 19

6

ars

10 3

3

4 20 22 -2 12

7

cry

10 5

0

5

8

bha

13 4

4

5 26 24 +2 16

7

nor

12 3

3

6 17 28 -11 12

8

bla

10 3

3

4 10 15 -5 12

9

bla

14 5

1

8 21 27 -6 16

10 mun

14 3

7

4 25 38 -13 16

9

dur

11 15 -4 15

10 3

2

5 15 16 -1 11

10 sun

11

1

7 13 16 -3 10

11

10 2

1

7 14 13 +1 7

13 lei

11

0

11

14 tot

she

12 cov

3

0

7 40 -33 0

11

8

wba

9

3

2

4 15 16 -1 11

9

bha

10 3

2

5

10 sou

9

2

3

4 20 22 -2 9

12 2

3

7 24 40 -16 9

9

1

6

wol

14 4

2

8 18 29 -11 14

12 whu

14 3

2

9 17 28 -11 11

13 2

3

8 15 29 -14 9

11

14

6

7

12 lei

1

11 27 -16 9

women/u21S/u18S

avl

2

11 24 -13 11

11 22 -11 7

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L

0-2

17th

52,970

D

1-1

16th

Sat 20

Aston Villa

25,012

W

3-1

9th

Tue 23

Oxford United

9,564

W

2-0

Second round

Sat 27

Manchester City

53,112

L

2-4

12th

Tue 30

Brentford

25,043

D

1-1

13th

Sat 3

Newcastle United

51,863

D

0-0

15th

Sat 1

Chelsea

25,125

L

1-2

17th

Sun 9

Leeds United

25,002

W

2-1

15th

Sat 15

Leicester City

31,298

D

0-0

13th

Tue 18

Wolverhampton Wanderers

25,099

W

2-1

11th

Sat 22

Everton

38,939

L

0-3

13th

Sat 29

Southampton

25,130

W

1-0

10th

Sat 5

West Ham United

62,451

W

Wed 9

Newcastle United

51,660

D

2-1 0-0 (3-2)

Third round

Sat 12

Nottingham Forest

29,045

L

0-1

11th

Mon 26

Fulham

25,176

L

0-3

11th

Sat 31

Bournemouth

9,972

W

2-0

11th

Wed 4

Tottenham Hotspur

25,169

L

0-4

12th

Sat 7

Southampton

20,320

L

1-2

Third round

Sun 15

Chelsea

40,075

L

0-1

12th

Wed 18

Manchester United

20:00

Sat 21

Newcastle United

17:30

Sat 4

Manchester United

15:00

Sat 11

Brighton & Hove Albion

15:00

Sat 18

Brentford

15:00

Sat 25

Liverpool

19:45

Sat 4

Aston Villa

15:00

Sat 11

Manchester City

15:00

Sat 18

Arsenal

15:00

Sat 1

Leicester City

15:00

Sat 8

Leeds United

15:00

Sat 15

Southampton

15:00

Sat 22

Everton

15:00

Tue 25

Wolverhampton Wanderers

19:45

Sat 29

West Ham United

15:00

Sat 6

Tottenham Hotspur

15:00

Sat 13

Bournemouth

15:00

Sat 20

Fulham

15:00

Sun 28

Nottingham Forest

16:00

tbc

TBC

Brighton & Hove Albion

TBC

palace Career Appearances

OCTOBER NOV DEC JANUARY FEBRUARY March APRIL

Marc Guéhi

25,286

Liverpool

MAY

Position

James Tomkins

Arsenal

Mon 15

SEP

Result

Luka Milivojevic

Fri 5 AUGUST

Opposition

ALL-TIME

attendance/ KICK-OFF

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

22/23 FIXTURES & RESULTS 02

03

04

05

06

10th

322 83

palace Career goals

5

fixtures & results

1

190 128

62

29

4

9

Michael Olise Jordan Ayew Eberechi Eze Wilfried Zaha Vicente Guaita Jean-Philippe Mateta Jeffrey Schlupp Joachim Andersen Nathaniel Clyne James McArthur Will Hughes Sam Johnstone Odsonne Edouard Malcolm Ebiowei Chris Richards Cheick Doucouré Nathan Ferguson

07 09 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 26 28 36

51

154

73 448 145

51

181

57

186 249 35

2

49

5

5

17

1

5

16

8

9

14

1

0

11

0

0

0

0

89

0

1

19

Fixtures & Results

Kofi Balmer Jaïro Riedewald John-Kymani Gordon Killian Phillips Owen Goodman Adler Nascimento David Ozoh Kaden Rodney

1

Joe Whitworth

73

41 43 44 45 55 63 76 77 78

0

0

82

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

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PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE 22/23

pos

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

1

Club arsenal

18

15

2

1

42

14

+28

47

2

manchester city

18

12

3

3

46

18

+28

39

3

newcastle united

19

10

8

1

33

11

+22

38

4

manchester United

18

12

2

4

29

21

+8

38

5

tottenham hotspur

19

10

3

6

37

27

+10

33

6

fulham

20

9

4

7

32

29

+3

31

7

Brighton & Hove Albion

18

9

3

6

35

25

+10

30

8

Brentford

19

7

8

4

32

28

+4

29

9

liverpool

18

8

4

6

34

25

+9

28

10

chelsea

19

8

4

7

22

21

+1

28

11

aston villa

19

7

4

8

22

27

-5

25

12

Crystal Palace

18

6

4

8

17

26

-9

22

13

nottingham forest

19

5

5

9

15

34

-19

20

14

leeds united

18

4

5

9

26

33

-7

17

15

leicester city

19

5

2

12

26

33

-7

17

16

Wolverhampton Wanderers

19

4

5

10

12

27

-15

17

17

bournemouth

19

4

4

11

18

41

-23

16

18

west ham united

19

4

3

12

15

25

-10

15

19

everton

19

3

6

10

15

26

-11

15

20

southampton

19

4

3

12

17

34

-17

15

All statistics correct as of 17:00 Wednesday, January 18th

crystal palace newcastle

bournemouth nottingham forest

leeds brentford

leicester brighton

man city wolves

Saturday, January 21st - 15:00

Sunday, January 22nd - 14:00

southampton aston villa

arsenal man utd

Saturday, January 21st - 15:00

Sunday, January 22nd - 16:30

west ham everton

fulham spurs

Saturday, January 21st - 12:30

Saturday, January 21st - 15:00

Saturday, January 21st - 15:00

Saturday, January 21st - 17:30

Sunday, January 22nd - 14:00

Monday, January 23rd - 20:00

premier league

this week’s fixtures

liverpool chelsea

Crystal palace f.c.

newcastle united f.c.

Joel WARD 02 Tyrick MITCHELL 03 Luka MILIVOJEVIC 04 James TOMKINS 05 Marc GUÉHI 06

C. Pawson

Michael OLISE 07 Jordan AYEW 09 Eberechi EZE 10 Wilfried ZAHA 11 Vicente GUAITA (GK) 13 Jean-Philippe MATETA 14 Jeffrey SCHLUPP 15 Joachim ANDERSEN 16

M. Perry S. Ledger A. Taylor J. Gillett G. Beswick

Nathaniel CLYNE 17 James McARTHUR 18 Will HUGHES 19 Sam JOHNSTONE (GK) 21 Odsonne EDOUARD 22 Malcolm EBIOWEI 23 Chris RICHARDS 26 Cheick DOUCOURÉ 28 Nathan FERGUSON 36 Jaïro RIEDEWALD 44 Kaden RODNEY 78

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