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CRYSTAL PALACE FOOTBALL CLUB Selhurst Park Stadium, London SE25 6PU

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Division One: 1993/94 Division One play-off: 1996/97, 2003/04 Division Two: 1978/79 Division Two play-off: 1988/89 Division Three South: 1920/21 Zenith Data Systems Cup: 1991 FA Youth Cup: 1977, 1978

4|5 PAUL HART The boss gives his reaction to his first victory as Palace boss. 14|19 OPPOSITION We bring you a complete round up of our visitors here this evening.

32|33 ACTION REPLAY Palace 1 - 0 Sheffield United. 36|43 INTERVIEW Thomas Coupland talks to young Eagles defender Lee Hills.

22|23 TOP FLIGHT TALES More Palace memories from Ian King.

44|45 ACADEMY We get the latest direct from the Palace Academy.

25 AWAY TRAVEL A look ahead to our next Championship encounter against Barnsley.

62|63 WELCOME BACK Dougie Freedman talks about his return to SE25.

30|31 ACTION REPLAY Doncaster 1 - 1 Palace.

76|77 STATS Results, Scorers and all the stats from 09/10.

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MANAGER’S COMMENTS

PAUL HART THE EXCLUSIVE VIEWS OF THE BOSS DIRECT FROM THE HOME DRESSING ROOM. Firstly this evening I would like to thank you all for the tremendous welcome which you gave myself, Dougie Freedman and John Pemberton at the game on Saturday. It made us all feel very much a part of this great club and was a great start for everyone involved. Before the game on Saturday we had only three days to work with the players out on the training pitch but 4 | PALACE vs BRISTOL CITY

it soon became clear to us that they were a strong bunch and that was evident during the afternoon to gain all three points. From the moment I came in I could see they were determined to achieve our target come the end of the season and they went out and proved it. I was delighted for everyone involved and the performance was excellent .

Whenever you play Sheffield United you know you have been in a game and you have to do the basics and we did that. We also knew at the same time we had to play some decent stuff, which we did. All over the pitch we had to do what was necessary and the boys should take great credit for that. We were aware that their set pieces were always going to be a threat and we did well defending against them in difficult situations when they were pressing for the equaliser. We were pleased that we kept the one goal advantage but it was also encouraging to see the lads create many other chances throughout the game so it would not have been surprising if we hadn’t finished the afternoon with a bigger winning margin. We have only been here a week today so time working with the lads has come and gone very quickly but we haven’t attempted to make big changes. There doesn’t need to be major changes, we are here until May 2nd and the job is to keep this club in the division. There will be some ups and downs but we are confident in our ability to stay in the Championship. This evening I would like to welcome Gary Johnson, his squad and all who have travelled from Bristol City. The two clubs have had some

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WE AS A CLUB – PLAYERS AND SUPPORTERS MUST STAY STRONG AND WORK HARD IN OUR EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE OUR OBJECTIVES.

LEFT: Paul Hart and Johannes Ertl after Saturday’s win against Sheffield United.

interesting meetings over the last few seasons including the incident on the opening day of the season when the club had a perfectly good goal disallowed and this led to a massive story in the media. All this is behind us now and it is all about this evening and focussing on putting another good performance on and working hard as a group to help reach our targets. We as a Club – players and supporters must stay strong and work hard in our efforts to achieve our objectives. The players really did appreciate the great support you showed at the weekend and I cannot stress how important this is going to be over the coming weeks. Once again, thank you very much for your continuing support.

Paul

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SHAUN DERRY SHAUN DERRY GIVES HIS LATEST COMMENTS DIRECT FROM THE DRESSING ROOM FOR THE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME.

Saturday’s result was hugely positive for us. The fact that the other teams around us all won, or at least picked up a point means that we have been able to stay right in the mix and not get separated from the pack. It was a tough game for us. Sheffield United never make it easy for you because Kevin Blackwell has got them well organised and every player in that team understands their role very well. But I thought that we rightly deserved the three points at the end. We created the better chances, played the better football and had a better work ethic so to come away from it with anything less than a win would have been disappointing. And it was good to get the win for the new gaffer. It is always nice to start on the front foot and going into this busy run of games we can take a lot of confidence from it. March will see us play a total of seven games and have a match every Saturday and Tuesday, so we are going to have to draw upon every ounce of energy and determination that we can to make sure we take the most of every opportunity. There are some tough games in there, but we are fully capable of coming away from every one of them with a positive result. It will be tiring and I am sure the lads will feel the effects of it, but it is important that every player now gets his head down and focuses on the challenge ahead. If we prepare right, recover well

“TONIGHT’S GAME IS OUR GAME IN HAND AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE IT COUNT BECAUSE THREE POINTS WILL BOLSTER OUR CHALLENGE TO GET TO SAFETY” from every game and keep to what the gaffer wants then we can come out of it on a high. I think you all saw glimpses of the style of football the gaffer wants us to play on Saturday. At times we played some super stuff and that was only after three days of training, so there

is definitely room for us to improve on that front and become a good footballing side. But results are key. Tonight’s game is our game in hand and it is important that we make it count because three points will bolster our challenge to get to safety. We all know that games against Bristol City have, in the past, proven to be exciting affairs. The atmosphere is always fantastic, both sets of players put in everything for their teams and there has been a little bit of controversy thrown in for good measure. They will be coming here today looking to respond immediately from that heavy defeat at the weekend, which quite possibly makes them a different prospect. Egos will be dented, and as any professional will tell you, all that matters is putting it behind you with a good result in the following game. But a win today will put us two points off City and drag other teams around us in the battle. So we will have to be on top form today, and so will all of you. On Saturday the noise in the ground was superb, and really had its effect as Sheffield began to put some pressure on us late on, and I hope that it can be the same tonight. Enjoy the game Shaun

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NEWS AROUND SE25

SELHURST NEWS OVERTON GRANGE AT WEMBLEY The Crystal Palace FC Community Sports Trust has been running the Football League Cup for girls over the past few months. These tournaments have been running in the London Boroughs of Croydon, Bromley and Sutton. Football Development Officers from the Trust generated great interest in the local schools, and this showed in a total of 36 teams entering the tournaments. After the heats and local area finals Overton Grange High School

from Sutton won a place in the South Regional Final on Wednesday 3rd March. This was held at Charlton Athletic FC Training Ground and Overton Grange won the Final 2-1 against Cardiff FC. As the South

SELHURST SUPERDRAW The winner on Saturday was Reg Salkillo of New Addington, a season ticket holder for ten years in the Holmesdale Road stand. The winning number of 0451 saw Reg winning £650. Don’t forget to get your ticket for tonight’s draw and listen out for the winning number during half time this evening.

Regional winners they now go through to the National Final at the Johnstone Paint Trophy Final, to be held at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 28th March 2010. Good luck to the girls for their big day.

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Marie Curie Cancer Care is asking everyone to help paint the town yellow by wearing a daffodil pin this March for its Great Daffodil Appeal. Money raised from the appeal will provide more free nursing care for people with a terminal illness in their own homes and the charity’s hospices. Research shows around 65 per cent of people would like to die at home if they had a terminal illness, with a sizeable minority opting for hospice care. However, more than 50 per cent of cancer deaths still occur in hospital, the place people say they would least like to be. Marie Curie Nurses make spending your final days at home possible, and the charity expects to provide care to around 29,000 terminally ill patients in the community and in its hospices this year. Wendy Hutchinson, Marie Curie Nurse, explains why your support is so crucial. She said: “Every March, the Great Daffodil Appeal is our chance to join together and help make it possible for more terminally ill patients to spend their last days surrounded by loved ones, with all the comforts of home close by. During the Great Daffodil Appeal, I always know that behind every daffodil pin I see there is a story – a story of love, of laughter, of very special moments spent together. So when you pick up your daffodil pin this March, I’d like to ask you to take a moment to think about your own story – the one that made you want to support Marie Curie Cancer Care. No matter what your reason is, I hope you will join me in supporting the Great Daffodil Appeal this year. Without your help, Marie Curie Nurses like me would simply be unable to care for people with terminal cancer when it really matters the most.”

For the duration of the 2009/10 season, Help for Heroes is the official charity partner of The Football League and tens of thousands of pounds have already been raised through the generosity of fans across England and Wales. Football for Heroes week is eight days commanding officer in the famous ‘Football of action where all 72 Football League Battalion’. Leyton Orient, known then as clubs are dedicating their home game to Clapton Orient, also lost leading goal supporting the charity which rehabilitates scorers Richard McFadden and William injured military personnel. Jonas to the Somme in 1916. With a relationship dating back over a During the Second World War, TheWeek club and TrustEnd’s askSir allTom supporters century Football for Heroes is justthe theSupporters’ Preston North Finney, to join with them the in the sponsorship ofWanderers’ Palace’s match against latest chapter in a long history between Wolverhampton Billy Wright NE on Easter and Monday 5 April 2010. 3pm,were which beautiful game and the Preston armed forces. Middlesbrough’s WilfK.O. Mannion Since World War One, football just some of the icons that answered the is also our has Family Day. Our Shirt sponsors GAC Logistics been a crucial tool, serving as call.front Moreof recently, ex-Lincoln City striker, haveoriginally kindly donated the the shirts for this game and a vehicle for recruitment as the public Stant switched to football from the it will now feature thePhil CPFC Supporters’ Trust logo. This followed their heroes into signing up for Army after having served in the Falklands. is a very public statementToday, of how Palace fans can unite in King and Country. football flags fly proudly adversity and help their Cluband in its time of need. The Trust “Football players attained in some at bases from tanks on far-away have and already committed £6,000and to The the fund and we have a regions a rather iconic status they used battlefields Football League’s that status to contribute target to mobilise British recent visit to the defence rehabilitation to raise over £25,000 in total. society,” says Pierre Purseigle, Director of centre, Headley Court with the Carling the Centre for First World War Studies at Cup made it clear that the game is still an Birmingham University. “In many instances integral cog in the military machine. they also led by example by volunteering And building on the incredible support and by encouraging others to sign up.” already shown by countless League clubs But the stars of the day were not across the country, Football for Heroes Fans are asked to donate either £25 for an individual or £50 for exempt from the front line and many were week sets out to be an extended, united a family towards the match sponsorship. In return the name of killed in action including Northampton demonstration of that intrinsic bond. every individual or family that donates will feature on a special Town inside centre, Walter Tull – a

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In addition every individual or family that participates will be entered into a prize draw to win: • One of the sixteen shirts actually worn by the players for the game. • A Boardroom hospitality day for two guests • A day at the training ground for four people including lunch with the players • One of six signed first team shirts • One of ten signed balls SELHURST SUPER DRAW make donation simply complete the The winner of the SelhurstTo Super Drawyour at our last home game was Nicholas Faccenda fromapplicaCarshalton. The winning number was 2330 and thecan prizebe money was £650.from Ticketsthe for today’s tion form. Forms obtained CPFC Box draw will be available prior to the on game and listen out for theor winning number during half time Office 0871 2000071 you can download the form this afternoon. on www.cpfc.co.uk www.cpstrust.org.uk WWW.CPFC.CO.UK | 9

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the club’s physiotherapist NIGEL COX ROUNDS UP ALL THE NEWS FROM WITHIN THE TREATMENT ROOM. Welcome to this evening’s game. What a great start for the new regime on Saturday with the win over Sheffield Utd. Feelings were running high after the game and there is a steely determination amongst all of us to secure the points required to keep this club in this division. If the boys can perform consistently as well as they did at the weekend, then hopefully that achievement can be attained from our remaining games. Injuries and suspensions will play a big part in determining the strength of the squad in each individual game, and this will prove particularly important to us, as we are competing with a small senior squad from the outset. Fortunately for tonight’s game, as we lose one squad member to suspension, we are able to welcome one back from injury, as Neil Danns returns to action following his recent lower back problems. His high energy game will no doubt provide a welcome boost to the new manager.

BELOW: Paddy McCarthy has suffered a setback from recovery of his shoulder injury.

It was good to see that Claude Davis managed to come through the game on Saturday despite needing a great deal of work on his lower back in the days leading up to the game. His suspension will now give us another prolonged opportunity to help alleviate and settle the problem. Some disappointing news to report, is that Paddy McCarthy has suffered a setback in his recovery from his shoulder surgery. He had achieved most of the goals set for his return and indeed was all set for a run out, scheduled for the reserves. Unfortunately for him though he was experiencing pain in contact on occasion that we deemed necessary for investigation. To cut a long story short....... he saw a consultant on Friday afternoon...... and was operated on that night ! It appears that one of the fixation screws in his bone graft may well have been the cause of his problem and has therefore now been removed. The procedure was a minor one and as a result, it is hoped that this will only be a slight setback, and that Paddy will return to action towards the end of this month. Enjoy the game.

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THE LATE GOAL AFFAIR IN 2008 ADDED THE FIRST DEGREES OF HEAT TO A SIMMERING RIVALRY BEFORE THAT INFAMOUS DISALLOWED GOAL INCIDENT EARLIER THIS SEASON NOTCHED IT ALL THE WAY UP TO 11. 14 | PALACE vs BRISTOL CITY

Yes, this meeting always seems to have a habit of throwing up fierce debate and you would be hard pushed not to expect another similarly bizarre turn of events to effect tonight’s game in some way. Quite what could beat last year’s image of Freddie Sears seeing his perfectly legitimate goal ruled out is beyond us, but you would not put it past this fixture to come up with it. Putting that to one side and looking at the purely football aspect of the Crystal Palace/Bristol City history and it is usually a case of home advantage counts.

In the past three seasons both sides have shown a greater propensity for beating the other at their home grounds, with Palace winning four, drawing once and losing once in their last six games against the Reds at Selhurst. Bristol show the same consistency at Ashton Gate with four wins and two draws from their last six against Palace. So far this season it has been their home ground where Bristol have enjoyed greater success with seven wins, eight draws and three defeats – however their 5-2 defeat at home to

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LAST FIVE VS PALACE 15/08/09 Championship Bristol City1 Crystal Palace 0

22/11/08 Championship Crystal Palace 4 Bristol City 2

10/05/08 Play-Off (1st Leg) Crystal Palace 1 Bristol City 2

28/12/08 Championship Bristol City 1 Crystal Palace 0

13/05/08 Play-Off (2nd Leg) Bristol City 2 Crystal Palace 1

HEAD TO HEAD: Palace W31 D18 L27 Bristol W27 D18 L31

ABOVE: Nicky Maynard of Bristol City celebrates scoring their first goal against Coventry City at the Ricoh Arena.

Doncaster on Saturday is somewhat of an exception to that rule. On their travels though, a full compliment of points has only been achieved on two occasions – their last, was midway through December when they beat Leicester City 3-1. Since then they have managed just two league wins in 15 games, having drawn seven and lost six.

THE MANAGER: GARY JOHNSON

It is an increasingly rare occurrence for a club to commit a manager to long term contracts for the simple reason that as football moves its roots deeper and deeper into the money driven culture of fast success and lofty expectancy, the phrase long term is fast becoming unsuited to managerial appointments. The documented fate of the world’s richest club’s former manager is a prime example of the type of fragility that comes with a taking the helm of a professional club. His demise seemed to confirm nothing more than that written contracts are offered, seemingly, as a formality and that a manager’s real length of service is determined purely by the stretch of time that results are equal to the expectation. So one could look upon Bristol City’s decision to offer Gary Johnson a five year contract with a raised eyebrow and a mix of scepticism and intrigue. For although the job Johnson has done at Ashton Gate has been nothing less than worthy of the club’s backing, one is drawn to the notion that to take a contract at face value in modern football is nothing less than naïve. Of course this could be wrong and Johnson stays for the full term with neither him or the club ever voicing any utterance of regret, but let’s put it this way – it would be pleasantly surprising. But right now, with his side sitting just five points off the Play Offs, Johnson rightly deserves the plaudits that have come his way and is showing every bit the manager that deserves to hold onto those five years.

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PLAYER PROFILE

[2] Bradley Orr Position: Defender Nationality: English Joined Newcastle United in the summer of 2004 initially as a midfielder but has since become a regular in defence at right-back He began his career with Everton before moving to St James Park where he skippered the club’s reserve side. After a short loan spell with Burnley where he made four starts, he moved to the Reds in 2004 having never made a professional appearance for the Magpies. But the decision proved the right one as he now has over 200 appearances to his name for Bristol and has scored ten goals.

[3] Jamie McAllister Position: Defender Nationality: Scottish Another free transfer, McAllister signed from Hearts in August 2006. He began his career in his native Scotland with Queen of the South where he spent three seasons before moving on to Aberdeen. After 117 appearances for the Dons he signed for Livingstone in 2003 but spent just one year there before moving on to Hearts in 2004. After two years there though he

had only managed 47 appearances and so moved to Bristol where he has since made over 100 appearances and scored twice.

[4] Liam Fontaine Position: Defender Nationality: English The Fulham Academy product signed on loan from the Cottagers in January 2006 for the remainder of the season, but made the deal permanent in the summer of that year, with an undisclosed fee agreed with Fulham. He previously played under Gary Johnson at Yeovil Town, whilst on loan, and has also played for Scottish club Kilmarnock on a similar basis. Became centre stage when his goal against Wolves in November left his manager Gary Johnson red-faced - having previously told his defender he would “bare my backside in Burton’s window” if he found the net.

[6] Louis Carey Position: Defender Nationality: Scottish The versatile defender, who is a product of the club’s youth system, is now in his second spell at the club. He first began in 1995 where he started at right-back, but he soon

found a new home in central defence. He then left the club in the summer of 2004 after rejecting a new contract and instead joined Coventry City. But he failed to settle in the Midlands and was back at Ashton Gate just six months later. In March 2008 he made his 500th appearance for the club, becoming only the fifth player in the club’s history to reach that feat.

[7] Marvin Elliott Position: Midfielder Nationality: English The 25 year old signed for Bristol City in the summer of 2007 for an undisclosed compensation fee after his Lions contract expired. The tough-tackling, energetic midfielder began his football career with Millwall at the age of 12 and went on to enjoy four years at the Den, making 144 appearances and scored three times before deciding to move on to Ashton Gate. In his first season with the Reds he enjoyed a regular starting spot and made 47 starts, but the following year starts were a little harder to come by and made just 24. But this year he looks to be back in favour with just under 30 starts already to his name.

[9] David Clarkson Position: Striker Nationality: Scottish Clarkson joined Bristol in the summer for an undisclosed fee from Motherwell where he had begun his career, played over 200 games and scored just one shy of 50 goals. An irregular goalscorer, his past seasons have been a mixed bag of returns. In the two seasons before he arrived at Ashton Gate he had scored 12 and 13 goals respectively. But before then he had struggled for a good run of goals and seasons went by with two, four and three goals to his name. In his short time with Bristol he is again struggling to recapture the scoring form that earned him his move with three goals from his 19 appearances so far. 16 | PALACE vs BRISTOL CITY

PLAYER PROFILES

[37] Chris Iwelumo Position: Striker Nationality: Scottish Iwelumo, who joined Bristol on a month’s loan in February, started his career with St Mirren in Scotland, before then playing in Denmark with Aarhus Fremad. He returned to England with Stoke and then had success with Colchester as well as loan spells with York, Cheltenham and Brighton and a time in Germany with Alemannia Aachen. He moved to Charlton in 2007, but managed just one season before moving on to Wolves ahead of the 08/09 campaign.

[11] Paul Hartley Position: Midfielder Nationality: Scottish The experienced central midfielder has enjoyed a long and varied career that has taken in no less than nine clubs, with all but two of them based in Scotland. He began his career with Hamilton Academical but moved after two years to Millwall. From there he played for Raith Rovers, Hibernian, Greenock Morton, St Johnstone, Heart of Midlothian and Celtic before finally signing for City in the summer.

[14] Cole Skuse Position: Midfielder Nationality: English A product of City’s Academy, Skuse made his senior debut as a substitute at Colchester in 2005 and signed a professional contract a month later to keep him at the club until 2008/09. Despite being linked with a move away to Reading in 2007 he stayed with the Reds and committed his future by signing a new deal this summer.

[17] Ivan Sproule Position: Midfielder Nationality: Irish Sproule signed in the summer of 2007 from Hibernian for an undisclosed six-figure fee after three years at Easter Road. The lightning-quick winger was a real fans’ favourite at Hibs where he made 71 appearances and scored 12 goals, which is a goal record he has yet to better at Ashton Gate with his six goals from just over 100 games.

[22] Dean Gerken Position: Goalkeeper Nationality: English Gerken signed for Bristol in the summer for an undisclosed fee from Colchester United. The highly rated keeper began his career with the U’s in 2002 and made his debut two years later before becoming the club’s first choice goalkeeper the year after that. He went on to spend seven years at the now named Weston Homes Community Stadium making over 100 appearances. Following Colchester’s relegation last year he was moved out on loan to Darlington for a month before returning when the League Two side went into administration.

[31] Danny Haynes Position: Striker Nationality: English A product of Charlton Athletic’s Academy, Haynes was snapped up by Ipswich Town during the 2005/06

season where, over a course of four seasons he struggled to really make an impact. After a first season return of four goals, he improved marginally in 2006/07 season with seven and moved out to Millwall on loan when he managed two goals from five games. On his return to Portman Road he struggled for games, with goals proving even harder to come by with seven in 07/08 and then none from his 24 games last year. Following his move to Bristol in the summer he has enjoyed a promising early return of seven goals from 21 games.

[33] Lewin Nyatanga Position: Defender Nationality: Welsh Signed from Derby County in the summer for an undisclosed fee, Nyatanga has slipped right in at the heart of Bristol’s defence. The Burton-born defender came through Derby’s youth ranks and played for them over 60 times through a four-year spell. During that time he spent a period on loan at Sunderland, and three spells with Barnsley, with his final spell at Oakwell the most successful with 41 games and one goal to his name. WWW.CPFC.CO.UK | 17

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STARMAN: NICKY MAYNARD At only 18 Nicky Maynard broke onto the professional scene during the 05/06 season for Crewe Alexandra where he quickly set himself apart as a highly effective striker. He only managed 59 appearances in his two seasons at Crewe Alexandra, where he was brought through the youth academy, but he still produced a return of 37 goals - and that was following an Under 18 season where he scored 27 goals. It was actually during his second season as a Crewe professional where he managed to establish himself as one of their main goal threats. During the 06/07 season he formed a partnership with Luke Varney where the two proved to be one of the most productive partnerships in League One with a total of 33 goals between them. After Varney moved on to Charlton, the mantle of main goalscoring threat was handed over to Maynard, but he suffered a serious blow when he fractured his fibula, which kept him out for four months. On his return he initially struggled to find the same form with only two goals from his first two months back, but by February he got back into form and once again discovered his shooting boots by scoring in seven consecutive games. In the summer of that year he was snapped up by Bristol City for a club record fee of £2.25m in a move that he called “perfect for me”. In his three seasons at Ashton Gate he has again proved his prowess in front of goal in this division with 36 goals to his name. Already this season he has enjoyed a profitable return of ten goals from 30 games. 18 | PALACE vs BRISTOL CITY

LAST TIME OUT

LAST TIME OUT: BRISTOL CITY 2 ORR 9, 15

DONCASTER 5 Emmanuel-Thomas 2, 43 Sharp 12, 34, ORR 61 (OG)

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Bristol Subs: Fontaine (Clarkson 70), Sproule (Haynes 86), Artus, Kington, Edwards, Henderson, Saborio (Maynard 89) Doncaster: Loach, Doyley, Demerit , Mariappa, Hodson (Henderson 85), Eustace, Lansbury (Harley 73), Cleverley, Cowie, Graham, Helguson Unused Subs: Lee, Hoskins, Sadler, Severin, Bennett

bristol city

MATCH STATS

47% POSSESSION

CORNERS

ON TARGET

10 FOULS

YELLOW CARDs

OFF TARGET

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas starred for Doncaster as they eased to a CocaCola Championship victory over Bristol City at Ashton Gate. Emmanuel-Thomas was on the scoresheet twice, as was Billy Sharp, for the visitors while Bradley Orr scored the City goals before rounding off the scoring with an own-goal. Doncaster took the lead after just two minutes when Sharp wandered through the defence and slid the ball across the goal for on-loan Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel-Thomas to slot the ball home. Bristol City were back on level terms after nine minutes when Jamal Campbell-Ryce’s cross from the left was converted by Orr from close range. Parity lasted just three minutes though with Rovers taking the lead from their next attack. James Coppinger ran down the right before chipping the ball into the box for Sharp to control and hammer into the bottom corner. In what was turning out to be a remarkable opening 15 minutes the hosts again drew level through Orr. Campbell-Ryce was again the provider, this time from the right, as his first-time cross was met by Orr at the far post. City could have taken the lead after 21 minutes when Nicky Maynard volleyed the ball against the crossbar from the edge of the area as

Doncaster goalkeeper Neil Sullivan watched on. Robins goalkeeper Dean Gerken made two brilliant saves in quick succession. He saved a Coppinger attempt with his feet and then pushed Gareth Roberts’ shot past the post. Sharp then added his second after 34 minutes when he ran on to Emmanuel-Thomas’ precise through ball and drilled the ball into the bottom corner. Doncaster added a fourth two minutes before the break when Coppinger’s corner found Emmanuel-Thomas at the back post. The 19-year-old took a touch before drilling the ball through the legs of Gerken. Campbell-Ryce tried to get the Robins back in the game with just 19 seconds of the second half gone when he drove forward but his shot drifted wide of the upright. Sullivan made a fine save from an Orr volley but despite the hosts’ pressure, Doncaster extended their lead with a fortunate strike after 61 minutes. Oster crossed the ball from the right and Orr stuck out a leg and diverted the ball past his own goalkeeper. With 14 minutes to play, Coppinger could have got his name on the scoresheet but his left-footed drive went wide of the upright as the visitors continued to stream forward.

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MANAGERIAL RECORDS Paul Hart

Gary Johnson

Played 0 Won 0 Drawn 0 Lost 0 For 0 Against 0 Biggest Win(s) No wins found Biggest Loss(es) No losses found

Played 208 Won 86 Drawn 62 Lost 60 For 265 Against 234 Av Pts/game 1.54 Biggest Win(s) Bristol City 6 Gillingham 0 (18/03/2006). Biggest Loss(es) Ipswich 6 Bristol City 0 (10/11/2007).

2009/10 LEAGUE STATS 21 32 11 11 10 35 36 34

MANAGER HEAD TO HEAD RECORD Played ..1 Draws ..0

Paul Hart ..........................1 Goals 2

Gary Johnson ..................0 Goals 1

Player with the most... shots Darren Ambrose 83

GAMES SINCE shots on target 6 a win 1 Darren 4 a home win 0 Ambrose 46 2 an away win 7 shots off target 1 a defeat 3 Darren 0 a home defeat 3 Ambrose 37 1 an away defeat 1 0 a score draw 2 assists 13 a no score draw 0 Darren 0 conceding a goal 1 Ambrose 5 0 scoring a goal 1 crosses 1 conceding > 1 3 Darren 4 scoring > 1 1 Ambrose 55 8 keeping a clean sheet 0 2 failing to score 0 fouls 6 back to back wins 21 Alan 1 back to back defeats 3 Lee 61 0 gaining a point 0 free-kicks-won 0 losing a point 0 Alan 7 win by > one 9 Lee 66 1 loss by > one 3

Player with the most... shots Nicky Maynard 73 shots on target Nicky Maynard 51 shots off target Danny Haynes 29 assists Danny Haynes 5 crosses Jamie McAllister 89

SHARP SHOOTERS Crystal Pal CCFC Cup Tot Darren Ambrose 12 5 17 Neil Danns 6 1 7 Alan Lee 4 1 5

Bristol City Nicky Maynard Danny Haynes Paul Hartley

CCFC Cup Tot 10 1 11 5 0 5 4 0 4

TEAM HEAD TO HEAD RECORD Played ....31 Crystal Pal wins ............16 Draws ....10 Goals 47 (1.5 per game) 0-0â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ........1 Times failed to score 4

Bristol City wins................5 Goals 30 (1.0 per game) Times failed to score 8

Biggest League win at Crystal Pal for each team: 22/02/1994 Crystal Pal 4-1 Bristol City 09/12/1961 Crystal Pal 2-3 Bristol City

12 33 9 15 9 37 44 42

Record Against Top Half of Table W 3

D 5

W 8

D 6

L 7 L 3

W 10

D 3

L 0

W 1

D 6

RANK 19

W 5

D 7

L 5

RANK 9

Record Against Bottom Half of Table RANK 7

W 4

D 8

L 4

RANK 18

Record When Scoring First RANK 12

W 8

D 6

L 0

RANK 17

Record When Conceding First L 10

RANK 9

W 1

D 4

L 9

RANK 13

Match Scores Wins: 1-0[4], 2-0[1], 2-1[1], 3-0[1], 3-1[2], 4-1[1], 4-2[1], Losses: 0-1[3], 0-2[4], 0-3[1], 0-4[1], 1-3[1], Draws: 0-0[2], 1-1[9]

fouls Marvin Elliott 39 free-kicks-won Marvin Elliott 52

Position Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Points

Wins: 1-0[2], 2-0[1], 2-1[2], 3-1[2], 3-2[1], 4-2[1], Losses: 0-1[2], 0-2[2], 0-3[1], 0-6[1], 1-2[1], 1-4[1], 2-3[1], Draws: 0-0[5], 1-1[8], 2-2[2]

BRISTOL CITY - TEN SEASON RECORD 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

FL1 9

FL1 7

FL1 3

FL1 7

FL1 9

FL1 2

FLC 4

FLC 10

*up to and including 03/03/2010

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JANUARY 1970 A couple of days after the Walsall F.A. Cup game, Palace announced that Chelsea forward Bobby Tambling would be joining the club on a three match loan, a system that had recently been introduced, and he made his debut in the away fixture at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday 10th. His effect in the team was virtually immediate as he engineered goals for Cliff Jackson and Gerry Queen to twice give Palace the lead only for Jeff Astle to equalise on both occasions to send the teams in level at halftime. Lacking match fitness Tambling ran out of steam in the second half and Palace held on to a point until ten minutes from time when Astle completed his hat-trick firing home

THIS SEASON I AM REFLECTING ON THOSE SEASONS FROM FORTY, THIRTY AND TWENTY YEARS AGO WHEN THE CLUB FIRST ATTAINED ITS PLACE IN THE FIRST DIVISION OF THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY TWICE RETURNED. by ian king PLEASE NOTE: The original text from the postponed game in January is reproduced in this issue in order to complete the overview of these seasons

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janUARY 1980 The Third Round of the F.A. Cup handed the Eagles a trip to the Vetch Field on Saturday 5th January to face Swansea City again missing the injured Ken Sansom against a team bristling with experience and led by player-manager John Toshack. The home team made all the running from the kick-off and took the lead when David Giles escaped down the wing and Toshack then exchanged passes before slotting the ball home past John Burridge. That was the score until sixteen minutes from time when an inswinging corner from Steve Kember was misjudged by the Swansea keeper and it went straight

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through defenders but Palace still remained above the bottom two. The night before Palace had also faced West Bromwich Albion, this time in the BBC television programme Quiz Ball. Bert Head had tried to get Palace fan Ronnie Corbett in their four-man team but, in the end, had to accept the BBC nomination of Alfie Bass. Bobby Tambling made his home debut the following Saturday in the fixture against Nottingham Forest and again stamped his mark setting up opportunities that unfortunately the forwards failed to capitalise upon. They paid the price twenty minutes from time when a half-cleared corner fell to Forest player Bob Chapman who blasted the ball home off the underside of the bar, however six minutes from time David Payne exchanged passes with Gerry Queen and then cut in to equalise from a narrow angle. After the game the Forest manager joined his Sheffield Wednesday counterpart in feeling that Palace had broken the spirit of the loan system that they thought should only be used to benefit struggling lower division clubs.

JANUARY 1990 Portsmouth came to Selhurst Park for the F.A. Cup Third Round tie on Saturday 6th January and took the lead with their first attack five minutes before half-time when Guy Whittingham headed home past Nigel Martyn. At the break Geoff Thomas, who had been on the bench for the last five games, came on for the injured Jeff Hopkins and in the fifty-eighth minute he followed up a partially cleared free kick to sweep in the equaliser. With a replay looking likely Palace launched one more assault on the Pompey goal as Andy Gray battled his way into their penalty area only to be brought down by Mark Chamberlain. The midfield player got up to take the penalty kick and blasted the spot-kick home and our Cup run had begun.! Gray’s absence by suspension in the next game, a League fixture at Coventry seven days later, paved the way for Thomas’s return to first team duty. A somewhat drab encounter

viewed by less than eleven thousand at Highfield Road saw a Palace side hold their hosts, who were lacking in confidence, to a goalless encounter until five minutes from time when a long punt upfield by keeper Steve Ogrizovic foiled the offside trap as David Speedie lived up to his name and ran through to drill a shot past Martyn for the only goal. The biggest home crowd of the season, 29,870, turned up at Selhurst Park on Saturday 20th January for the visit of League leaders Liverpool. The game will probably be remembered not so much for Liverpool’s goals in their 2-0 victory but for the incident involving injury to Palace players. Ian Rush had put Liverpool ahead in the eighth minute, his opportunity handed to him on a plate by Peter Beardsley who himself doubled the Reds advantage after sixty-three minutes. Just before this Ian Wright had nearly equalised but a last ditch tackle by Barry Vension denied him and left Wright with the first pain of a leg fracture. Twenty minutes from time the injured Wright and Alan Pardew, also suffering from a knock, were replaced by John Salako and Richard Shaw but on another part of the pitch Eddie McGoldrick was being put on a stretcher and would take no further part, leaving Palace to finish the game with only ten men.

came out to Paul Hinshelwood who drove it firmly back past goalkeeper Glen Letheren. Five minutes into the second half and the Eagles were level when Ian Walsh took the ball to the by-line, crossed into the penalty area where Terry Fenwick coolly shot home. There was no further scoring so the tie went into extra-time and in the first period Toshack put Swansea back in the lead but Palace were not to be denied however and with seven minutes remaining Vince Hilaire volleyed home a cross from David Swindlehurst that meant another meeting at the neutral venue of Ninian Park Cardiff! Back to League action on Saturday 12th January at The Baseball

Ground, Derby and the Eagles returned with both points from the relegation threatened club.After thirty minutes play a Terry Fenwick shot took a deflection off a Derby player, struck the crossbar and Walsh was alert enough to sweep in the rebound and then on the hour mark a fine cross from Swindlehurst was returned to the middle by Hilaire and Walsh was on hand to head home. Derby reduced the arrears but Palace stood firm under heavy pressure and County even then could not beat the sharp reflexes of a mud-caked John Burridge as Palace maintained their mid-table position.

TOP LEFT: 1970 - Roger Hoy challenges the Forest goalkeeper whilst Bobby Tambling looks on expectantly. RIGHT: 1990 - Portsmouth’s Kevin Ball blocks out a threat from Ian Wright in the 3rd Round FA Cup tie at Selhurst Park.

into the net for the equalising goal and two minutes later Ian Walsh put Palace ahead when set free by a pass from Gerry Francis. Toshack had the last say eight minutes from time as he climbed above everybody else to ensure a replay back at Selhurst Park three days later. Injuries meant that Peter Nicholas, Gerry Francis and Mike Flanagan would also all be missing from the line-up and inside the first six minutes the Eagles found themselves two goals down having been undone by the wing play of Giles who set up the first and scored the second himself with a shot from twenty-five yards. Palace’s reply came fifteen minutes later when following a corner the ball

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PICTURE: 29/09/1979 This strike helped take us to the top of the first division with a 4-1 victory over Ipswich Town 30 years ago today.

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SATURDAY 13TH MARCH 2010 COCA-COLA CHAMPIONSHIP BARNSLEY (A)

A new dawn. A new day. Another twist on the Palace rollercoaster. After two matches in a row at home it is back on the road north next weekend as the Eagles make the journey up to Oakwell to face Barnsley. After an impressive spell as Rotherham United manager, diminutive former Manchester United striker Mark Robins took the hot

STADIUM: Oakwell Stadium ADDRESS: Oakwell Stadium, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S71 1ET

roundabout take the fourth exit on to West Way. At the following roundabout take the second road on to Harborough Hill Road (A61) then turn sharp right on to Pontefract Road. After 0.17 miles turn left on to Grove Street and Oakwell will be on your right.

seat at Barnsley at the beginning of September after early season results under Simon Davey failed to inspire the Board with an opening day draw followed by four defeats in a row. Robins has certainly impressed with limited resources, guiding the Tykes to wins over the likes of West Brom and Middlesbrough, as well as a spirited run in the League Cup only ended at the hands of the eventual winners in the fourth round. The side currently sits a comfortable eleventh, some eleven points clear of the relegation zone, a position clearly helped by the last two games in which the Tykes beat playoff aspirants Cardiff and Blackpool. The manager was particularly pleased with forward Daniel Bogdanovic’s contribution, saying, “He was excellent today and when

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he wants to compete he is a very intelligent player. It will be brilliant for the club if he continues like that”. The Maltese striker has impressed this campaign with twelve league goals including a brace against the Bluebirds. Palace have a decent recent record against the Tykes, winning five of the last six clashes at home. Away at Oakwell is a different story with the Eagles last tasting success in 2002 when Dougie Freedman, Aki Riihilahti, Ade Akinbiyi, and Julian Gray all scored in a 4-1 victory. A similar result in these difficult times would be a most welcome sight. By Chris Waters

Midland Street. Turn left at the end of the road on to Kendray Street. At the end of street carry on over to Bala Street, which leads straight on to Belgrave Road and Oakwell is located at the end of the road.

regarded as a suitably friendly establishment. Drinking in the town centre is generally not recommended, especially near the bus and train stations, and cautious discretion is advised when choosing any pub. There is a bar in the away end of the ground, however should the stand be split between the two sets of supporters the bar is situated on the home side.

Each week we take a look inside Neil Everitt’s catalogue of pictures from BEFORE KICK OFF: over the years and pick out a frame THE HOLLEYWELL INN, in Oakwell Road, in Palace’s history.

FROM THE STATION: Turn left out on to Eldon Street and then turn left again on to

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WITH ROY KEANE AS THE MANAGER OF THEIR LOCAL CLUB BBC RADIO SUFFOLK HAVE NOT BEEN THE ONLY ONES AFTER A WORD OF TWO WITH THE FORMER INTERNATIONAL BUT TODAY WE TALK TO ONE WHOSE FOOTBALL FREQUENCY HAS FOLLOWED EVERY KICK SINCE HIS ARRIVAL. Brenner Woolley will be in the press box this afternoon as one of the visiting local station’s reporters as Town’s fortunes are covered in the A C O N S T E L L AT I O N B R A N D S regular sporting programme. “ Like many of the BBC local stations we base our sports coverage around a four hour programme on a Saturday afternoon, which includes a preview, the commentary- home and away matches- and a reaction hour after the game including a phone in and interviews from those involved in the action”. Brenner is the regular voice behind the mike on all the games but that level of broadcasting did not come about without the normal grounding. “ I went to university in Liverpool and got my degree and this was followed by a post graduation before a freelance role for a year. After that I was fortunate to land a job in The bookmakers made Town the commercial radio for a year in the fourth favourites behind the three north. Nine years ago I moved to relegated clubs to get promotion. Suffolk and I am now covering Town Sadly the eighth attempt by the club Coman & Co,a summariser based inat Crystal arethe top flight games alongside to getPalace, back amongst games who is normally a formersole traders, didn’t get off to the best of starts accountants serving companies, Ipswich player. but the recent run is hopefully an investors andsee contractors. “My weekdays me cover indication that the second half of the a variety of sports including the season will fortunes We combine big accountancy expertise andsee the latestimprove”. breakfast bulletins on the stations “Roy has been excellent to work technology with traditional family values to deliver a from 6am each morning.” with from a journalist’s point of view friendly andhasefficient Brenner been oneservice. of many and I have found him very honest and journalistswith eageryou, to see how the tailor next the open with all forms of the media. He Working we can following services chapter Keane’s management to meetofyour individual needs: has been self critical having been the career progresses and his arrival first to admit that the start to his time Business tax planning meant the expectancy level went up a here has not gone as well as expected notch around suffolk. so far because he is results driven as Personal tax planning “Roy Keane came in towards the much as anyone. He firmly believes IR35 for end of lastservices season and thecontractors. summer he has the right coaching staff, a was one of planning towards a season good squad of players in position to For free initial consultation call usTown on a successful force with a high expectations. Back to back please make Ipswich wins started his management with the once again. He is desperate to prove club and spent heavily in the summer. himself as a manager and he believes

he will do that at Portman Road.” Brenner is looking forward to this Boxing Day encounter but is finding it difficult to separate the two sides. C O M“Ipswich P A N are Y on a ten match unbeaten run and this has been mainly down to them having a settled back five and that has really paid dividends in recent weeks. The side have looked a lot tighter defensively at the back and probably more than any Town side have for a long time. “Looking at both teams record I could see this being another draw for each side. My concern for Town though is someone who has done some damage to them already this season. Darren Ambrose is a player that I think a lot of, I was disappointed that last season, under Jim Magilton, we didn’t keep hold of him and he has had a great start to this season with 13 goals. He is a match winner and proved that earlier this season in Palace’s victory in the middle of August at Portman Road. “This will be a difficult game today for Ipswich as visitors and they will need to be on their guard, but are missing a couple of players through suspension Jon Walters and Grant Lidbetter. They have been outstanding this season so will be a big miss for Keane. “Both teams this season have been prone to getting the 1-1 scoreline and I can see that happening again this afternoon.”

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Guess who? CAN YOU NAME THE TWO PALACE PLAYERS MERGED TOGETHER INTO ONE?

true Or FAlSe? Q1. Wayne Rooney scored two goals against Egypt last Wednesday.

PALACE MA+HS! The minute of Alan Lee’s goal against Sheffield United in the last home game:

Q2. Lee Hills has a GCSE in Japanese. Q3. Nathaniel Clyne has made 10 appearances for England U19’s. Q4. Huddersfield are the oldest team to have won the Premiership/ Old Divison 1 and not won a trophy since. Q5. Dougie Freedman’s last trophy with the club was the Championship Title in 2004. Q6. JLS will be hosting a concert at Selhurst Park Stadium in June.

The number you get when add Clint Hill’s and Shaun Derry’s squad number together: The number of red cards in total Palace have received this season:

Paddy McCarthy’s squad number:

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QUiZ QUESTions Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7

What is Bristol City’s nickname? Where do Bristol play their home games? Which current Crystal Palace was signed from Bristol City at the start of last season? Who will the Eagles face in their next league fixture? Where did Paul Hart start his managerial career? What nationality is Dougie Freedman? What was the score in last season’s corresponding game against Bristol City?

Fill the 6×6 grid so that each column, each row, and each of the six 3×2 boxes contains all the letters from Ian’s surname (W,R,I,G,H,T).

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ACTION REPLAY

DONCASTER 1 COPPINGER 37

PALACE 1 DJILALI 67

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Lawrence

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Clyne

Hill

Butterfield Derry

Carle

Ambrose

Djilali 19

Lee

Palace Subs: Mann, Hills (Davis 6), Ertl (Hills 46), Comley, N’Diaye, Scannell, Andrew (Djilali 89) Doncaster: Sullivan, Chambers, Ward, O’Connor, Roberts, Hird, Wilson (Shiels 89), Coppinger, Oster (Mutch 83), Sharp, Hayter (Emmanuel-Thomas 76) Unused Subs: Guy, Spicer, Smith, Dumbuya

CRYSTAL PALACE In what turned out to be Neil Warnock’s last game in charge, Palace travelled to the Keepmoat Stadium days after exiting the FA Cup to Aston Villa, to face Doncaster Rovers. The home side dominated the early proceedings and had the ball in the back of the net twice, only for both to be ruled out. They thought they had the breakthrough on 21 minutes when James Hayter headed past Speroni, but Billy Sharp was ruled offside as the official’s flag was raised. It was not long before another flag meant another goal cancelled out for Sean O’Driscoll’s side. Sharp once

again the reason as he pushed Hill to enable him to convert the chance. Donny didn’t have to wait long though before having the advantage and it was an excellent curling effort into the top corner past Speroni eight minutes before the break from James Coppinger. After a difficult first half Palace came out for the second the stronger of the two sides, and the Eagles’ fans didn’t have to wait long before celebrating an equaliser. On 67 minutes Ambrose did well to get away from his man and put in a fine cross which Djilali got on the end of and fired the ball into the net to bring the scores level.

MATCH STATS

36% POSSESSION

CORNERS

ON TARGET

FOULS

YELLOW CARDS

OFF TARGET

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ACTION REPLAY

Paul Hart’s reign as Crystal Palace manager began with a win thanks to Alan Lee’s close range strike on 23 minutes. In a game of few chances it was Palace who created the better, and they controlled much of the match with a flowing passing game. On 11 minutes a neat exchance between Lee and Nick Carle led to the Australia international with a shooting chance from 25 yards out, but on his right foot he allowed the covering defender to get a block in and deflect it harmlessly into Mark Bunn’s hands. Moments later Danny Butterfield was found on the edge of the box as a Palace corner was cleared, but unlike his cultured finishing in the FA Cup a few weeks back, he smashed this one high and wide. But he made amends on 22 minutes when his pinpoint cross from the right flank beat the first man and dropped to Lee, who managed to get infront of his marker and poke it past Bunn from six yards. The goal seemed to settle the Palace nerves and they could have extended their lead four minutes later when Carle fed Calvin Andrew with a nice through ball, but as he went to pull the trigger he hadn’t set himself properly and, on his left foot, he missed the target. The second half played out much the same as the first with Palace showing the greater attacking edge and chances proving a rarity. Ambrose may look back at his chance early on in the half when he was played through by a clever Derry header because he had much more time than he thought and could have taken a touch instead of striking

the ball first time from 15 yards into Bunn’s arms. And the same could be said for Lee, who had the best opportunity of the half to extend Palace’s lead on 57 minutes. Some brilliant work on the right flank from Carle afforded himself some space for a dangerous cross right across the six yard box. It was missed by Johnny Ertl, but found Lee at the back post. The Palace striker seemed surprised that it travelled all the way through to him, and as such he shot over the bar. Carle appeared to be really enjoying his football, and some more good work on the right drew a foul from Montgomery right underneath the linesman’s nose. Ambrose floated it in and it was met by Andrew at full stretch, but he jumped marginally too early and couldn’t keep his header down. On 82 minutes some very good

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Ertl

22 18

Andrew

Carle

Ambrose 19

Lee

Palace Subs: Mann, Hills (Ambrose 89), Lawrence, Djilali, N’Diaye (Andrew 87), John, Scannell (Carle 89) Sheff Utd: Bunn, Morgan, Nosworthy, Bartley, Kallio, Yeates (Evans 78), Quinn (Camara 58), Williamson (Harper 70), Montgomery, Cresswell, Ward Unused Subs: Bennett, Seip, Taylor, Stewart

close-quarter passing led to a foul 25 yards out and Ambrose smashed a dipping effort that was well picked up by Bunn. The best Sheffield United could muster, despite some pressure towards the end, was a screwed Camara effort from 20 yards that flew harmlessly wide of Speroni’s post and two late Evans efforts. His first was a volley that he smashed into Camara in stoppage time, and his second was a dipping volley that thankfully bounced past the post. But Palace held on against some late United pressure to give Paul Hart his first win as Crystal Palace manager.

CRYSTAL PALACE

MATCH STATS

54% POSSESSION

CORNERS

ON TARGET

13 FOULS

YELLOW CARDS

OFF TARGET

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