CPFC vs Brighton & Hove Albion by Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace v Brighton & Hove Albion Monday 16th December 2019 // 7:45pm

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INSIDE THE PROGRAMME CRYSTAL PALACE v BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION MONDAY 16TH DECEMBER 2019 | 7:45PM K.O.

Directors Steve Parish, Chairman David Blitzer, Joshua Harris Chief Executive Phil Alexander Chief Financial Officer Sean Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Loughlin Sporting Director Dougie Freedman Club Secretary

Christine Dowdeswell Head of Sport Science, Strength & Conditioning

Scott Guyett Head of Medical Dr. Zaf Iqbal Academy Director Gary Issott Director of U23 Development Mark Bright Head Groundsman Bruce Elliott Commercial Director Barry Webber Operations Director Sharon Lacey Head of Consumer Sales Mike Pink Head of Ticketing Paul McGowan Head of Legal David Nichol Head of Content & Production James Woodroof Head of CRM & Campaigns Tom McGuiness Head of Safeguarding Marcus Puddephatt

70 Editor Dan Blazer Design Billy Cooke, Luke Thomas Contributors Ben Mountain, Ian King, Dom Fifield, Chris Waters, Grace Cullen, Andre Darby, Chris Grierson, Matt Franks Photography Neil Everitt, Seb Frej, Reuters, Pinnacle, Rex Features Printer Bishops Printers

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Copers Cope

Chris Grierson

Junior Eagles

Amateur Analysis

A Corner of South London

Dom Fifield

Cuppa in the Canteen

Palace XI in Time

Annabel Johnson

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ROY HODGSON

We have good reason for feeling reasonably confident before the game, having secured seven points and kept three clean sheets in last week’s compromised fixture programme. We now need to build on the base that these results have provided for us and to leave no stone unturned or take anything for granted in the similarly hectic schedule which now awaits. Sadly, the relative good fortune we have enjoyed on the injury front has ended abruptly, and with a vengeance! At the time of writing the names of Jeffrey Schlupp, Andros Townsend and Gary Cahill have been added to a list which already contained Joel Ward, Patrick van Aanholt and the suspended Mamadou Sakho. A major change from the position we found ourselves in only a few weeks ago. Last week’s run of fixtures, however, gave me great satisfaction and I cannot praise the players and coaching staff highly enough for their efforts. It started with a difficult trip to Burnley, who were in fine form and ended with another tough battle away to Watford nine days go. Sandwiched in between was the highly entertaining game against

Bournemouth where your incredible support and vociferous backing enabled us to overcome a disastrous start which saw Mamadou harshly sent-off and Patrick forced to leave the field injured within the first 30 minutes of the game. This required a major reshuffle in our ranks and a superhuman effort to soldier on with 10men and still manage to come out on top at the end of 95 long minutes. This is all history now and past performances do not necessarily lead to future good ones. Every player on the field today, whichever colour he is wearing, will be fully aware of the importance of this game to both sets of fans and will no doubt be giving of his best to win the game for his team. I’m expecting an intense game but one which I hope will be played in the right spirit and that the support from the terraces will also remain within the spirit of the game. Please enjoy it. Finally, as this is our penultimate home match of the year I would like to wish anyone reading these notes a wonderful Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year. Thanks for your incredible support. Enjoy the game.

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A warm welcome to Graham Potter, his players and his team’s supporters as well as our own Crystal Palace fans who are here tonight.

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LUKA MILIVOJEVIC

We had our Christmas party last week with all the staff that work so hard at this club, to make Crystal Palace so great. It was good to meet so many faces and have an enjoyable evening with them. I must say thanks to our Chairman for putting on this evening. Every single year he tries to do so much for this club, and he works so hard. I think we must be proud to have this type of Chairman. Looking back on the demanding week we’ve had, against Burnley I thought we played a good game across the 90 minutes and deserved to win. It was the usual tough game at their home of Turf Moor, so we are very happy with the three points. The Bournemouth game, just three days after the long trip to Burnley, was already a very difficult game, even before the early sending off of Mama and then the first-half injury to Patrick.

We spoke on the pitch and at half-time about the need to stay calm, hold our shape and hopefully we’d create a few chances. It wasn’t easy but in the end I think we deserved the three points which isn’t an easy thing to achieve in this league with 11men, so to do so with 10-men was a great feeling. Next was Watford in what was another tough away game in a short space of time. Having played for 70-minutes with 10-men in the game before, to then face a team fighting for their Premier League place at the bottom, wasn’t going to be easy. I saw the manager speak after the game about fatigued players, and there was certainly that as we gave a lot in this period of three games and seven points. Every year against Watford they’re different games from most. They look to provoke our players

but we know that before the game that is going to happen. We just have to accept that and try to anticipate what they’re going to attempt to do and keep focussed on our own game. Tonight’s game against Brighton is everything to you, to me and to the whole squad. It’s one we want to always win for our passionate fans. However, it won’t be easy as we’ve picked up a lot of injuries, and these derby games require the whole squad - we are even missing players who were already back-up to earlier injuries we have received. It will be tough but we will do our best and give everything to make you and us happy.

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Make some noise!

This is our last time together before Christmas, so I hope you all have an enjoyable festive period with your family and friends. Hopefully we can give you another six points this week as an early present.

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STEVE PARISH

In the last six years, only one player has been fouled more than Wilf. Eden Hazard was fouled 521 times between Wilf’s Premier League debut in 2013 and when he left London in the summer, with Wilf now within touching distance of that rather depressing record, having been fouled more than 500 times after the latest barrage from Watford last Saturday. That’s the ones that are given against him, there are plenty more he doesn’t get. I was disappointed but not hugely surprised with his treatment at Vicarage Road, especially as Troy Deeney has previously publicly stated that his teammates take it in turns to foul him. Everyone makes tactical fouls; you can’t blame them really as they are getting away with systematic fouling to help them get a result. I’m not calling for him to be protected; I just want him to receive the same, fair treatment as every other player should. The yellow card cannot be rescinded, which is pretty galling given the circumstances. I

have written to the Premier League to share my views on this particular incident, and I think with VAR, it must be possible to get a more standardised approach to bookings, and also give referees the ability to rescind yellow cards that are clearly given in error. On another day, it could have been very costly for him, and the team. Credit to Wilf for not letting it affect his performance. What I know for sure is that Wilf massively appreciates the huge backing he receives of Palace fans – whether it’s at Selhurst, in away ends up and down the country, and even on social media. Huge credit to the eight (!) players utilised in defence and Vicente who have helped secure three consecutive clean sheets. I’d like to praise Jaïro in particular, whose last league outing was nearly two years ago in that memorable New Year’s Eve draw with Manchester City. I know he’s been working incredibly hard and diligently going about his business in that time,

patiently waiting for another chance to prove himself at the highest level, and he did a great job in the circumstances at Watford. Tonight marks Roy’s 100th game in charge - and whilst he tends to not to dwell on milestones like this given his illustrious career, it’s been a magnificent period of stability for the team, and he’s been an absolute joy to work with. Congratulations to Brandon Pierrick on signing his first professional contract with us on his 18th birthday. We’re really excited for Brandon, who has been with us since he was nine, and we are all hopeful of a bright future. But the hard work starts now, Brandon! Tonight’s match is a massive one, and I know you’ll all be up for it. If we can rekindle that atmosphere you created for our win over Bournemouth eight days ago – that really will be something, and give the players a huge boost. I’d like to take this opportunity to wish every single supporter reading this a very Merry Christmas. Up the Palace.

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Welcome to the supporters, directors, staff and players of Brighton & Hove Albion to Selhurst Park tonight, and to each and every Palace fan – for this massive match between two fierce rivals, separated by just three points.

Jeffrey Schlupp loves the relationship he has with the Crystal Palace fans. Here, he talks with Dan Blazer about his cult hero status, arriving from Germany and ham and pineapple pizza.

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The social media team at Crystal Palace do not like Jeffrey Schlupp. That’s because they can’t seem to get away with posting anything on Twitter that doesn’t include Palace’s versatile player. If they do, the comments of: ‘Show me Jeff!’ and ‘Why no picture of Schlupp?’ come flying in. If it wasn’t already the case before, Schlupp is well and truly confirmed now as an Eagles cult hero - just observe the various tunnels, toilet stalls and bars around the capital where you’ll invariably find a ‘Rhythm Is A Dancer’ sticker. “It means a lot,” Schlupp says, smiling in his trademark fashion. “You want to build relationships with fanbases, and the best way of doing that is probably through interviews, for them to see what you’re all about, and get a feel for what sort of person you are. It’s profile-building and an insight in to my life. “Everyone wants to be liked. Especially by the fanbase we’ve got here. The fans are top-class with me on social media.” The fans got an excellent insight in to Schlupp back in the summer when the 26-year-old grabbed a bite to eat with DJ Jay Knox during an interview with Palace TV. Schlupp talked about his love for R&B to his aims to build up a property portfolio for when he retires but for the Palace man, despite his confidence on screen and in this programme interview,

the media isn’t something that Schlupp naturally warms to: “It [media duties] is part of the game. I’ve done other interviews and they say the fans want to see a bit more about your life outside of football, but I’m not huge in putting myself ‘out there’.” Sadly for Schlupp though, we told him he’ll need to stop scoring

“ EVERYONE WANTS TO BE LIKED. ESPECIALLY BY THE FANBASE WE’VE GOT HERE. THE FANS ARE TOP-CLASS WITH ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA. ” and to stop being such a useful player in several positions for Roy Hodgson if he doesn’t want to have to put himself “out here.” After all, the celebration against AFC Bournemouth was pretty ‘out there’ in itself. And Schlupp revealed the reason behind the new ‘thumb on his nose finger wagging’ display: “It was something between me and my

son, it’s something that we do. I was speaking to him earlier in the day and because I scored against Burnley he told me I had to score again and he told me I needed a celebration, so I did that for him.” If the goal against Burnley was one of capitalising on a defensive error and being clinical, the strike against the Cherries was one that will be making plenty of Goal of the Season shortlists. And the smile returns as Schlupp relives that heroic 70-minutes with 10-men against Eddie Howe’s side: “To be fair, it wasn’t until I watched it back that I realised where I started the run from. It was one of those moments where I just got the ball and just thought: ‘Why not?!’ We’d had to defend quite a lot being a man down, so going forward we didn’t have a lot of options; I just tried my luck, went on one of those runs and found the back of the net.” The goal is even more impressive when you consider that Schlupp had come into the game at left-back due to an injury to Patrick van Aanholt in the first-half. Sure, it’s a position he is familiar with, but certainly not one the Ghanaian international has played in with any regularity for some time: “There’s always that chance [you’ll be asked to come on in a different position]. I’m always prepared for something like an unfortunate injury and the fact I might be required at somewhere like left-back.

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“I’ve obviously played in other positions more – central midfield more than anywhere else lately – so it was a bit unexpected but as soon as Pat went down I knew there was a high chance I was going to be needed there. Mentally I then had to get ready straight away to go out there and help the team a lot earlier than I had anticipated.” And help the team Schlupp certainly did. In what was a physically demanding and mentally tiring week for the Eagles, Schlupp unfortunately had to make way at half-time of the goalless draw at Vicarage Road due to an injury, so it remains to be seen how much further Schlupp can help the team during this intense festive period. Given the early exit against Watford, will Roy Hodgson allow Schlupp a few extra holiday treats on Christmas Day to help aid his recovery? The 26-year-old is certainly hoping so: “We’ve got training in the morning on Christmas Day. We’ll still have the dinner but obviously you’ve got to watch yourself. My family are all coming over from Germany so we’ll meet up in Milton Keynes, have a normal, traditional dinner there. “I’ll then head back to London for the game on Boxing Day. [And will you be enjoying any Christmas treats?] Definitely! I’ve got to! I’ve got to watch what I eat but certain treats I can’t miss.”

The talk of food turns to Jeff’s favourite cuisine: “I like Greek food. Mezzes are my go-to.” And then with the glint of kid at Christmas who has snuck their selection box up to their room, the word “Pizza!” escapes Schlupp, and he elaborates: “Obviously I like

“ I MANAGED TO PICK UP THE LANGUAGE QUICKLY, AND KNEW PEOPLE IN THE SCHOOLS ALREADY, SO FOR ME, AT THE AGE I WAS, IT JUST FELT LIKE A LONG HOLIDAY TO ME ”

a pizza. Who doesn’t? Not a ham and pineapple man though! All about the pepperoni.” We then try and work out who in the squad would be most likely to order the ‘social media no-no’ of a ham and pineapple pizza. Luka, if

you’re reading this, there’s nothing wrong with whatever topping makes you happy. The earlier reference to Milton Keynes is because that’s the place where a lot of Schlupp’s family live, having made the move from Hamburg, Germany, 16 years ago. Schlupp takes us back to the journey over: “I was born in Germany and lived there until I was 10. That’s when me, my mum and my sister moved away to Milton Keyes. I was quite excited by the move, it was a change of life. Being young I didn’t have a say in it but we had family friends based over in England around London and Milton Keyes. “I managed to pick up the language quickly, and knew people in the schools already, so for me, at the age I was, it just felt like a long holiday to me.” The excitement of feeling like he was on perma-holiday would have only increased when the chance of being a professional footballer became a possibility, having not been on the cards back in Germany. Schlupp continued: “I always loved football but back in Germany it was more just school football and a Sunday League equivalent over in Hamburg. When I came to Milton Keynes, I signed for a Sunday League team and I was there for a year before I signed for Leicester City.”

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at Wembley, because at 17, the opportunity to play at the national stadium was something I couldn’t turn down.” Those decisions aren’t ones Schlupp regrets either. After all, perhaps we wouldn’t be talking to Jeffrey ‘Premier League winner’ Schlupp ahead of tonight’s huge

“ WE WIN THAT GAME [V BRIGHTON] FOR THE FANS. WITH THE TV ATTENTION AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA CHAT, IT GETS US HYPED UP. WE DON’T GET CARRIED AWAY BUT THAT’S OUR DERBY AND THE GAME WE WANT TO WIN THE MOST. ”

squad but I never actually played because it always seemed to fall at times where I was just starting to break in to first-teams. “The first time I was on loan at Brentford, but it was during the season, and we had the final of Johnstone’s Paint Trophy at Wembley and I would’ve missed that if I went. I had a decision to make and I chose the day out

derby. And whether Schlupp takes part or not, he’ll be out there in spirit with the team, willing them to overcome the Seagulls. He finishes up with a rallying cry: “We want to win that game [v Brighton] for the fans. With the TV attention and the social media chat, it gets us hyped up. We don’t get carried away but that’s our derby and the game we want to win the most.”

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Despite being born in Hamburg, and it being a place Schlupp regularly returns to to visit his brother, Ghana is the country he chose to represent at international level. But how close did he come to representing Die Mannschaft? Schlupp reveals: “I was called up a few times to the Under-19

COPERS Sebastian Frej

A behind the scenes look at first-team training, with Roy Hodgson and his coaching staff putting the squad through their paces ahead of tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clash with Brighton.

VICENTE GUAITA

JAIRO RIEDEWALD & MAMADOU SAKHO

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WILFRIED ZAHA

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JAMES McCARTHY

WAYNE HENNESSEY

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EAGLE EYE WITH PALACE TV'S CHRIS GRIERSON

I’ve had many successes in my 36-and-a-half years on this planet. I’ve done a Christmas tour of the midlands being both Jason and Howard at the same time in a Take That tribute act. I’ve torn my hamstring doing the splits at a wedding. I’ve tested my acting skills to the limit playing a smug know-it-all called Chris in Channel 4’s Hollyoaks. But none of those remarkable achievements top April 2018, when a Brighton fans’ messageboard thread calling me a disgrace stretched to 20 pages long. What a moment. Yes, this game’s column is all about the Utilita half-time challenge. I’ve always been a fan of half-time challenges at Palace. Sometimes the best part of coming to games in the mid-to-late 2000s was watching the king of half-time Terry Byfield present

classics such as ‘A game of two baths’, ‘They sink it’s all over’ and ‘On me shed son’. I enjoy listening to his stories about them, especially the one about everyone panicking when some bloke actually won the car! It would be great to recreate some of those classics or come up with something along the same lines but at the moment the current sponsor is more than happy with the

kids shootout. The groundsmen are happy too as a kid’s knee-slide is less damaging than a merry 18-stone adult slipping in his loafers and impaling himself on a sprinkler. The half-time in question on the messageboard was the one when we were 3-2 up against Brighton going in to the break and I was feeling giddy after watching Wilf score twice. A 12-year-old Brighton fan stepped up

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and I simply asked him: “Matthew, you’re a Brighton fan, who’s your favourite Chelsea player?”. Cheap and easy, it got a laugh, the kid was still happy, especially after he buried his penalty. Positive tweets started coming through from Palace fans and I glided back up to the PA room on a wave of egotistical selfsatisfaction. And then the tweets arrived from delicate Brighton fans. “Do you condone ripping the p*** out of seven-yearolds generally then?” Suddenly 12-year-old Matthew had been stripped of five years of his life. Poor lad. I pointed out it was a gentle joke about the fanbase and not the boy specifically and that he had a lovely time scoring a penalty in front of his fans. If people get upset about jokes that go over the heads of kids but

make adults laugh then perhaps they should take it up with the lucrative pantomime industry. The messageboards were even more entertaining. “It’s a small, entirely legal but really, really pathetic act by a man old enough to know better.” Ouch. That second “really” really hurt. “He’s a grown man picking on a seven-year-old child. Don’t bother wasting your effort on him, life has already failed him in a million different ways.” He was 12, but you’ve got a point. “The announcer was probably one of those smug, trying to be popular kids that everyone hated when they were at school.” I’m going to stop now because these are scarily accurate descriptions of me and it’s denting my fragile self-esteem.

Anyway, all I’m saying is it was a massive overreaction. And if anyone still has a problem with it and would like to see me disciplined…speak to PA Announcer Mike Rankine as he told me to say it! Finally, one thing few noticed at the time was that Matthew did actually respond to the question. His answer was…Eden Hazard. The defence rests, your honour.

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Oliwia Grabowska Age: 8

Harry Hoveman Age: 8

Ted Hoveman Age: 6

Stanley Potter Age: 10

Jack Challen Age: 8

Harry Oram Age: 11

junior eagles

quiz,games And more! plus: training with

martin

kelly

Mascots

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junior eagles that s the real quiz

What was the score the first time Palace and Brighton & Hove Albion faced off in the Premier League?

Palace are known as the Eagles, but what is Brighton’s nickname?

Brighton’s No.1 is Mat Ryan. What is the ‘keeper’s nationality?

0-0 or 2-1 to Palace The Badgers or The Seagulls Australian or Austrian

Talking of Aussies, who was the last Australian to play for the Eagles?

Glenn Murray played for the Eagles and tonight’s opponents. But for which club does he currently have the most goals for?

Mile Jedinak or Craig Moore Palace or Brighton

Which club did Murray leave the Eagles for?

Bournemouth or Burnley

Murray holds the Championship record for the most goals in a season during his time at Palace.

True or False

In 10 appearances against Brighton, how many goals and assists combined does Wilfried Zaha have?

Five or Seven

Sticking with our wing wizard: Zaha represents Senegal at international level.

True or False

This is Palace’s 11th season in the Premier League. What number campaign is this for Brighton?

Third or Tenth

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13th May 2013 is a date that will live long in the memory of Palace fans, with the Eagles heading to the play-off final after overcoming Brighton in the secondleg of the semi-final. Can you remember the score and missing players from the Palace XI from that famous 90 minutes?

in training martin with defender kelly From Jamie Carragher at Liverpool to Gary Cahill and Mamadou Sakho at Crystal Palace, to name just three, Martin Kelly has played alongside some of the finest central defenders. Here, the Eagles player offers advice on how to form a centre-back partnership. “Someone takes the lead. Usually, you’d see your partner’s attributes and what they’re not so good at and you'd then mould your strengths around that. “Always constantly talk

Guess Who: Julian Speroni , Danny Gabbidon , Dean Moxey Score: 2-0 6. Bournemouth 7. True 8. Seven 9. False 10. Third QUIZ: 1. 0-0 2. The Seagulls 3. Australian 4. Mile Jedinak 5. Palace

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during the game, you need feedback between each other because you’re constantly looking over both shoulders. There are five centre-backs to choose from in our squad so you get a bond every day. “You know who’s good at what and you should know what you’re doing when you’re partnered with who. It’s all about practice with your centre-back partner. Make sure you’re both on the same wavelength.”

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PALACE v brighton ? ? ?

guess who

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FANTASY FIVE Throughout this season, we are asking the Palace squad for the 5-a-side team they’d pick based on a certain criteria.

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This week, we asked Mamadou Sakho to choose five players from his time at Paris Saint-Germain.

MID

GREGORY COUPET “He used to call me ‘small chicken’ I used to call him ‘big chicken’ as he was experienced in the national team when I was just getting involved.”

MAMADOU SAKHO “Can I play myself?” Of course you can, Mama!

MID

BLAISE MATUIDI “Quite simply, he is my brother.”

CLAUDE MAKÉLÉLÉ “He was like a grandfather for me.”

ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC “Even in training he had that winning mentality.”

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MESSAGEBOARD MATCHDAY

1. To a special dad on his 60th x 2. Wishing our wonderful daughter Holly a fantastic 18th birthday. We are all so proud of you. Love Mum, Dad, Bentley and family xxx 3. Happy 10th Birthday Rafe. We hope you have a great day! Love always Mum & Dad xx 4. Happy 80th Birthday, Dad! Love from Toby and Nancy xx 5. Happy Birthday to Elton Maryon, a Season Ticket holder in the Main Stand, for the 23rd December from your friends and family xx 6. Congratulations to Mr Winter and his partner on the birth of their beautiful daughter Mia Rose Winter on 29th October. Love from 1 Lime and their families x x x 7. Happy 11th Birthday Georgie Thorpe. Lots of Love from Mum, Dad, Alfie & Lorna xxx

8. Welcome to Palaceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest fan, Freda, love from Mummy and Daddy 9. Happy 14th Birthday Chloe for the 19th Dec. Enjoy your day. From, Sharon, Dave, Harry, Nathan and Josh. 10. Happy 19th Birthday Toye for the 19th December. Have a great day. From Sharon, Dave, Harry, Nathan and Josh. 11. Happy 13th Birthday on 9th December to our amazing little man, Jack Goodwin. Have a great day, lots of love Mum, Dad and Sophie x 12. Happy 40th Birthday to this lifelong Eagle Darren - a fantastic dad and husband. Love from Stef, Jack & Sophie xxx 13. Happy 4th Birthday little Eagles fan Eddie Streeton. Have a great day and here's to three points. All our love dad and mum x -

14. Happy 60th Birthday to Steve Troubridge, a loyal Palace fan, Palace Detective, Husband and Dad. We love you and hope you enjoy your celebrations xxx 15. Happy Birthday to Hilary Thomas - a lifetime supporter of the mighty Eagles. Have a great evening and enjoy the match! Alison, Bruce, Sarah, Chris, Em & Emily x 16. RIP Dave. Devoted Crystal Palace fan. Will be deeply missed by everyone. 17. Michael John Boultwood - Lifetime Supporter of CPFC - Born Croydon 02.07.1938, Died Ashford 06.12.2019. His final words to his family before passing, were to ask if The Eagles had won their last game. He passed away a happy man and will be sadly missed by his family and friends.

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PROUD PARTNER

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BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION THE SEAGULLS

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Brighton have kept just one clean sheet in their last 10 league visits to Crystal Palace, losing six of those.

FROM THE DUGOUT

“OUR LADS DID QUITE WELL [V WOLVES] BUT SOMETIMES YOU’VE GOT TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE ATTACKING PLAYER."

MATCH PREVIEW Monday nights are not Crystal Palace’s friend, with the Eagles having lost each of their last three Premier League games played on that day. However, Brighton’s such games have all finished in 2-2 draws. The Seagulls may struggle to register two goals again on a Monday tonight though with the Eagles in imperious defensive form. Roy Hodgson’s side have kept three clean sheets in a row in the Premier League – the club have only ever registered four consecutive shut-outs in the topflight once before, with a run of four back in September 1970. Both sides come in to this fixture in decent form, with Graham Potter’s side looking to do something they’ve never

done before: win back-to-back top-flight games in London after beating Arsenal 2-1 at the Emirates during their recent visit to the capital. An interesting statistic that the first 16 league games of the season has thrown up is the fact that Palace are the only side in the Premier League to have neither scored or conceded any goals from outside the box. Last season, there were 17 goals from outside the box in their games, only four clubs had more. This will be Roy Hodgson’s 100th game as Crystal Palace manager in all competitions (W37 D23 L39). He’s the third manager to reach the milestone for the south Londoners in the 21st century, after Iain Dowie (123 games) and Neil Warnock (146).

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Crystal Palace haven’t lost back-to-back home league games against Brighton since December 1983.

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AMATEUR

ANALYSIS

He’s no expert. However, each week Crystal Palace’s Club Journalist will attempt to turn the ‘pub chat’ into something more conclusive with an ‘out of their depth’ look down the rabbit hole of football data.

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AMATEUR ANALYSIS PALACE V BRIGHTON

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Dale Stephens is one of four players to have featured in all 16 Premier League games for Brighton so far this season, having been substituted off for just 25 minutes. Stephens is crucial to Graham Potter’s side which is epitomised in the manager's reluctance to ever move the midfielder from the middle of the park. All around Stephens the personnel is tweaked, with several players being tasked to play in different positions, but Stephens remains ever-present in the centre. Stephens may not be a Fantasy Football manager’s dream but the midfielder is key to dictating the tempo of Brighton’s play, with the 30-year-old

having made 1038 passes, the most by any Brighton player this season. As well as keeping possession, Stephens is key to Brighton winning the ball back too. With the expected defensive trio of Dan Burn, Lewis Dunk and Adam Webster in the Seagull’s top four for interceptions, Stephens is second on that list with 29 – Dunk tops it with 30. STEPHENS IN THE PL

Tackles

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SHARING THE BURDEN IN THE FINAL THIRD Brighton & Hove Albion’s leading goalscorer in the league is Neal Maupay, with the summer signing from Brentford leading their scoring charts with six goals. Although a respectable return from the forward, that total is the joint-seventh lowest total in terms of each Premier League clubs’ top scorer. Potter has built a team that shares the attacking burden, with

defenders Adam Webster and Lewis Dunk registering a brace of goals each, whilst forwards Leandro Trossard and Aaron Connolly are also on the same number as the centre-backs. Dunk and Trossard also perform well when it comes to setting up goals with the pair – along with Pascal Groß – topping Brighton’s assist charts for the season with two. Although the numbers aren’t earth-shattering, Brighton have clear threats at set-pieces in Dunk and

Webster, on the wings in Connolly, Trossard and Groß, as well as having the league’s joint-twelfth top scorer for the season. Therefore, Potter’s men clearly have various ways to pose a threat in the final third. PLAYER

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21-year-old Alzate has been made to wait for his moment with the Seagulls, but after two years with Brighton & Hove Albion, the Colombian international, who was born in Camden, has been a key tool for Potter. Listed as a striker on Brighton’s club website, it’s ironic that leading the line is more or less the only position Alzate hasn’t played under the Brighton manager in his eight Premier League starts. Alzate’s first two league starts saw him start at left-wingback. However, since then, the former Leyton Orient player has played in central midfield, on

USE OF STEVEN ALZATE

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Steven Alzate Starting Roles either wing, and in the club’s last two games Alzate has filled in at right-back against Arsenal and Wolverhampton Wanderers. A relatively young and inexperienced player being

tasked to play five different roles across eight Premier League starts is an area Roy Hodgson’s Eagles could look to exploit and capitalise on his inexperience.

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OPPOSITION IN NUMBERS

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The number of league clubs who voted in a 1997 Football League EGM to keep Brighton in the league. Former chairman Bill Archer had failed to provide a ÂŁ500,000 performance bond required as a deposit to the league to ensure the club would fulfil their fixtures while homeless. 17 voted against.

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The number of minutes it took for Andy Johnson to score a hat-trick in the famous 5-0 routing of the Seagulls in 2002 - the first clash between the sides in 13 years. A close-range right-foot shot, a header and a penalty made for a perfect day for the Eagles striker.

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The number in the charts the single ‘Tom Hark (We Want Falmer!)’ reached in January 2005, recorded by Brighton fans to highlight the struggle for the new stadium in Falmer. The song was even played on BBC Radio 1!

The number of months it allegedly took from construction beginning on the Falmer Stadium to the club taking the keys on May 31st 2011. Though permission had been granted to build the then-22,374 capacity ground in 2005, the start of building it was delayed a further three years due to a judicial review by the local council.

The number of years Brighton have been known as The Seagulls. It was decided upon in the Bosun Pub in Brighton that the current nickname of the Seagulls was to take flight. The club’s previous moniker of the Dolphins was changed in response to Palace’s new Eagles nickname.

SOMEONE THEY’D LIKE TO FORGET: Current Derby County striker, Chris Martin, has nine goals in 12 games against the Seagulls. Burnley’s Chris Wood is next in line with seven goals from 15 appearances against Brighton.

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STEPHEN BROWETT

SOUTHAMPTON AWAY

Former owner and current club shareholder, Stephen Browett, is a veteran when it comes to Palace away days. For those of you making the trip to the south coast for our clash against Southampton on Saturday 28th December, Stephen has all you need to know.

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HISTORY We’ve got plenty of history against Southampton. In fact, we played our first ever match against Southampton Reserves in the Southern League Second Division. The Eagles were 3-0 up after 30 minutes but lost the game 4-3. It was our only league defeat of that season, and saw us win the Championship to earn promotion to the Southern League First Division for the 1906/1907 season. Both teams continued to regularly face each other in the Southern League until 1920 when the Third Division South was created. In that league’s inaugural 1920/1921 season, Palace won the league and the Saints were second so both teams were promoted to Division Two. After our relegation in 1925, trips to the south coast became

less frequent, but this will still be the 109th fixture between the two clubs. MEMORABLE MATCHES There are two matches that come to my mind straight away. Back in September 1989 Palace became big news after our 9-0 midweek thrashing at Anfield. Just four days later it was down to the Dell with the Eagles’ nerves still jangling. At that time, Southampton had Matt Le Tissier and Alan Shearer, so you can imagine the huge feeling of relief when our defender Jeff Hopkins scored in the 90th minute to earn us a 1-1 draw. Our first match of the 2007/2008 season was at St Mary’s on August 11th. I remember hearing the team news and my mate Paul’s expletives when we found out

that Dougie was on the bench and James Scowcroft was starting. Paul had to eat his words when Scowy scored a great hat-trick (including two in two minutes) and we won the game 4-1. TRAVEL Southampton is a fairly easy away trip. By car, either the M3 or A3 get you down to the south coast pretty quickly. Now that the Hindhead tunnel has made the A3 a duel carriageway all the way down to the M27, I find it a slightly quicker route. South West Trains offer a fast and frequent service from Clapham Junction that is hard to beat – 70-minutes to Southampton Central - and then a 20-minute walk to the stadium. The slower alternative is on Southern trains from East Croydon but that takes over two hours via Chichester and Havant.

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A FOOT IN BOTH CAMPS There are a whole host of players who have represented both clubs, and in recent times these include Kevin Phillips, Jason Puncheon and Nathaniel Clyne. Further back though, one of my first favourite Palace players was Mel Blyth who was a key part of the promotion team of 1968/69 and who played for us throughout our first stay in the old First Division. Blyth and Scotsman John McCormick formed a formidable centre-back partnership, with Blyth also scoring our first ever First Division goal – a header against Manchester United in August 1969. We’ve also had a couple of exSouthampton managers at Palace since CPFC2010 took over in George Burley and Alan Pardew.

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PUBS AND BEER Hampshire has nearly 40 real ale breweries and some of my favourites are Itchen valley, Triple fff and Flowerpots. A great little pub not far from the stadium is The Guide Dog that always has an impressive range of beers from independent breweries including Dark Star and Flowerpots. Other good free houses include Belgium and Blues, The Giddy Bridge (Wetherspoons), The Witch’s Brew (a tiny micro-pub) and The Dancing Man (with its own brewery).

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Fifteen thousand and nine emergency food bank parcels were provided to people in the five boroughs that straddle Crystal Palace by local food banks in the Trussell Trust network between April and September. 6,853 of these parcels were for children. Thousands of men, women and children in our community are in crisis. The trend in London as a whole is that food bank use is increasing at an alarming rate – 22% more than this time last year. It is the sharpest rate of increase in the past five years. On a macro level, more than 14 million people are living in poverty in the UK – including 4.5 million children. The average weekly income of households needing emergency support is just £50 after paying rent, with one in five having no money coming in at all in the month before being referred for emergency food. According to the Trussell Trust, the main reasons for people needing emergency supplies are low

benefit income, and delays or changes to benefits being paid. There are more than 1,200 food bank centres in the Trussell Trust’s network which provide a minimum of three days’ nutritionally-balanced emergency food – free of charge - to people who have been referred to them, as well as support to help people resolve the crises they face. They are not government nor council funded, and rely wholly on donations from the public. The vast majority of the people who run and work in these centres are volunteers. Norwood & Brixton Food Bank, an entirely independent charity and part of the Trussell Trust network, was formed by Elizabeth Maytom. It is not an overstatement to describe her as a saint, devoting countless hours to helping people who are desperate. She said: “In our foodbank alone, we’ve fed 5,000 people in the last six months. As a charity we would work to not exist but while there is such need in our area, we will continue

to provide food parcels and support to those in crisis to help improve their current situation.” Back in May, Joel Ward, Connor Wickham and several Academy players volunteered at Elizabeth’s food bank in Streatham, lending a hand in the expansion of the site which is catering for increased demand from members of south London communities who are without food, and without money to eat. The visit struck a chord with the players and club staff involved. Six months on, club staff and players have donated a van full of goods to the cause in time for Christmas – with Mamadou Sakho and Christian Benteke due to deliver the donations tomorrow (December 17). Joel Ward said at the time of visiting: “You don’t have to go too far to find poverty. We all know there are some extreme cases around the world, but there are also extreme cases on our doorstep that we can help or prevent.”

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A volunteer called Jane who works part-time at the food bank, said: “The food bank is very community-minded, and we are all very invested in making a difference. If we weren’t doing what we’re doing, I don’t really know what some of these people would do. They would be hungry. It’s especially heartbreaking that we give some of our vouchers to schools where teachers can decide whether or not a family needs our help, and they’ve identified that help because those children are hungry. It’s a very disappointing and depressing state of affairs, but there is a need for it.” You can donate any of the following items which are in short supply to the Norwood & Brixton Food Bank, by dropping off at: St Margaret’s Church, Barcombe Ave, SW2 3BH. Opening times: Tues-Fri 10am-3pm, Sat 9-11am.

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The daunting trip to Old Trafford in early December actually thrust together two of the First Division’s most out of form teams. Crystal Palace had gone eight games in all competitions without a victory and were slipping rapidly towards the foot of the table. Manchester United, unbeknownst to them, were already two matches into a similarly dismal winless sequence. From November to February that season, they would not win a league game. Discontent ruled. A crowd of only 33,514 filtered into Old Trafford, a reflection of mounting disillusion, and yet those on the Stretford End still assumed a team who’d recently spent £7 million on the likes of Gary Pallister, Paul Ince, Neil Webb and Danny Wallace would swat aside newly promoted upstarts from south London. Maybe this innocuous fixture would kick-start the Red Devils’ campaign. As it turned out, after Russell Beardsmore’s ninth-minute opener, it proved to be the trough. There were periods when the visitors heaved to contain United that day, Steve Coppell’s rejigged five-man defence scrambled to clear their lines with the debutant, Andy

Thorn, screaming instructions to Jeff Hopkins and Gary O’Reilly at his side. But they survived at the back and, at the front, they thrived. Pallister and Steve Bruce had been braced for what they called ‘tin hat time’. Palace did not disappoint. “We used to kick it long and scrap: fighting, scratching and biting,” recalled Mark Bright. “They knew what was coming. They hated it. That afternoon, they couldn’t deal with it.” It would be the striker who stooped to nod an equaliser in at the near post late in the first-half. Nine minutes after the break, he was there again to head the winner via Jim Leighton’s weak attempt to save. “Going up there and beating the manager’s old team…” said Bright. “They used to clap him off the coach. He pulled me at the end: ‘It’s not often you get two goals at Old Trafford, so enjoy it.’” It was the post-match visit to Alex Ferguson’s office that stuck in Coppell’s mind. “The fans were up in arms,” he said. “Fergie had us in his office for a drink afterwards, as he always would, but although he was there, he wasn’t really there. You could tell that having a drink was the last

thing he wanted to do. He was staring at his feet and looking into space.” Out in the stands, where some were chanting for Bryan Robson to take over, one particular act of mutiny drew the focus. Pete Molyneux, a season ticket holder in his early 30s, unfurled a banner upon which – black paint on a light blue bed sheet – he had daubed: ‘3 years of excuses and it’s still crap... Tara Fergie.’ “We had a decade in which our rivals, Liverpool, had ruled the roost,” Molyneux said. “We were full of bile and jealousy. Fergie copped it for all those failed attempts under Ron Atkinson. It felt then like I’d never see United win the league again. It seemed further away than ever and, believe me, people agreed with the banner. “We’d lost 5-1 at City in September so, when Palace went 2-1 up, I lifted the banner up. Those who could read it cheered. Since then, I must have met 50,000 people who said they didn’t agree.” 13 Premier League titles and two Champions Leagues later, Molyneux’s strop in the stands feels vaguely ridiculous. Regardless, for Palace, a first away win of term had stopped the rot.

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The 2019/20 season marks 30 years on from the first year ‘back’ in the top-flight under Steve Coppell, and this week The Athletic writer Dom Fifield looks back at a much needed first away win for the Eagles.

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Local 20-year-old and Palace for Life trainee Jamil Smith has spent the past month organising a Christmas party for over 100 people from Brigstock House Refugee Centre at the Salvation Army in Thornton Heath. Jamil, who is part of Palace for Life’s Traineeship and Talent Match programmes, won a London Youth microgrant to help make his community action project a reality. Over the summer, Jamil and other young people involved with the Traineeship helped fix and restore the previously out of use garden at the Salvation Army. Their great work caught the attention of London Youth, which resulted in Jamil’s project being chosen. When asked what influenced his decision to help the Brigstock Refugee Centre, Jamil explained: “Christmas time can be very

difficult for new immigrants and refugees, in most cases they tend to be far away from their families and friends which can be really tough for them at this time of year. “In some cases, they’re coming from situations where they weren’t privileged enough to even enjoy a Christmas tradition. We strive to make them feel more included and respected in our local community and share the same Christmas we experience.” Jamil has been supported by Palace for Life’s Pat Gordon, who aided him throughout the party’s planning stages. Pat said: “Being involved with this project has been greatly beneficial to Jamil and given him a greater understanding of the groups in our wider community who he can help and support. “I’m very proud of him to have taken this on board, he

did all of the running around, the budgeting, the networking, everything. Hopefully this is helping him to grow from a young person to an adult.” Alongside Palace for Life staff, local artist Vân Dang, a member of the Thornton Heath Community Action Team was a pivotal support, working with the residents of Brigstock House and helping the young people at the refugee centre make and decorate Christmas cards and posters and enlisting volunteers to work at the event. This article was written by aspiring local journalist Andre Darby. To find out more about Palace for Life Foundation visit www.palaceforlife.org or search@palaceforlife

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Having suffered a lengthy injury sustained on pre-season tour, Tyrick Mitchell is now back and fighting fit. Sitting down where he could find space at a heaving Training Ground, he reflected on the last few months and how he feels now.

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With a bag packed ready to fly to Belgium with Crystal Palace Under-23s, Tyrick Mitchell had just two days to Google the weather for western Switzerland, re-pack and prepare himself for a week with a Premier League first-team on preseason tour. Having spent early July on the far side of Copers Cope Road with the club’s senior players, Mitchell developed the inclination that he would be changing his plans from a Development squad pre-season to something far more competitive. “The first week when we were back in from summer, they told me that a couple of us had a chance of going to Switzerland,” Mitchell recalls. “I wasn’t 100% sure if I was going but as the days went on in the week, you could kind of tell a lot of us were going to go.” Departing from Gatwick on a slightly delayed service to Geneva, Mitchell and seven other Under-23s took their seats on a plane filled with thousands of professional appearances, international caps and players from modern footballing history. Everything started well. An hour on the coach past Lake Geneva to the right and the Jura Mountains to the left took Mitchell and his teammates to Yverdon-lesBains, a small town at the tip of Lake Neuchâtel. Rooming with Nya Kirby who, we’re told, is tidy - and free

“THE WHOLE PRE-SEASON I WAS FEELING THE BEST I’VE FELT GOING INTO A SEASON.”

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at times to explore the local area, eat out and shop, things continued to improve for Mitchell. Then, when Roy Hodgson turned around and chose the then-19year-old to feature against FC Luzern in place of Patrick van Aanholt, things seemed to get one step better. After a fine sliding challenge to deny Luzern a winner, Mitchell’s first-team cameo got off to a flying start. And then, it all went wrong. “I came on with probably 30 minutes to go, the tempo was high,” Mitchell recalls. “After the match, that’s when I knew I was tired but I didn’t know how bad the injury was. I thought: ‘It’s just trying to get up to speed, my body is fatigued.’ The next day, the pain was still there. Any slight touch on my quad was painful and when I was walking the next day I could feel it constantly. “I tore my thigh, the main tendon in the thigh. It was in the middle, like a big tear. So every time I went to kick a ball, I stretched it. Pain would just shoot through my leg. “I think it was a sprint in the match, sprinting back. You feel it, but with the adrenaline you feel calm. I felt it for a second, but then it went away. I was thinking: ‘Maybe I feel tight for a second and then it’ll release.’ The next day, it really hurt.”

And so, that following day, Mitchell went straight into rehabilitation. The medical team who’d travelled with the squad had their own office and physio room where a portable MRI scanner revealed the extent of the youngster’s tear. Mitchell, though not a keen swimmer, began using the hotel’s pool, keeping fit whilst alleviating pressure from his leg. “It was a great experience and I felt physically good,” he says. “The whole pre-season I was feeling the best I’ve felt going into a season. It was just a setback. Now, I’m feeling decent, trying to get my lungs back and get back into the flow.” Today, over five months after his sidelining sprint, Mitchell has returned for the Under-23s and is working on building his fitness up to last season’s levels. And, having enjoyed “a little stint in pre-season” as the club’s fastest player, he’s set targets to hit. “I’ve been away but I was top,” he laughs. “[Behind me] was Benteke. Jairo’s quick. When I was up there, I think it was Benteke and I think Zaha. I’m like fifth or sixth now. Even [Sam] Woodsy was up there at a point. I want to get to the top of the whole leaderboards. I didn’t stay up there for as long as I want to.” Now fit again, it’s Tyrick Mitchell’s time to start climbing back.

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SUPPORT THE CLUB’S ACADEMY PLANS Bromley Council has published Crystal Palace Football Club’s planning application for the redevelopment of its Academy site, and members of the public now have a chance to comment on - and support - the plans. Last month, the club announced exciting plans to redevelop the Copers Cope Road site, with a major expansion of football, education and welfare facilities for its young players, having secured a long-term lease on the site. The club wants to achieve

Category 1 status for the Academy in time for the 2020/21 season, making it a hub for the most exciting talent in south London. Key features of the redevelopment include: campus-style internal and external refit to all buildings, new classrooms, lecture rooms and meeting spaces, a new medical treatment, rehabilitation, and sports science facility. The playing facilities will be expanded to include: full-size main pitch with under soil heating, a covered full-size 3G synthetic pitch, for all-weather use, a full-size, floodlit

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PALACEXI IN TIME By Ian King

Club historian Ian King looks back at the occasion when Steve Coppell brought his Brighton team to Selhurst Park in October 2002.

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STARTINGXI Brighton returned to Selhurst Park rock bottom of the Nationwide Division One and it took the Eagles just four minutes to open the scoring through Andy Johnson.

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PALACEXI IN TIME DOUBLE TEN Football continued through World War II in the regional leagues despite clubs suffering with the issues wartime brings. Two visits to Selhurst Park from Brighton & Hove Albion highlighted those struggles with the Dolphins, as Brighton were known at the time, leaking 10 goals on each occasion. On 6th April 1940 Brighton arrived with a depleted team so that meant goalkeeper Mee had to play at left-back. The nowvacant goalkeeper spot was filled by a former Palace junior, Clifford, who came from the crowd to take the green jersey – he conceded five goals before swapping places with Mee for the secondhalf as another five flew in. Mee was in goal for Brighton again on 3rd January 1942 but once more Palace had a full team, rather than a collection of players, and scored another 10 (although this time the Dolphins managed a single reply). THIS 90 MINUTES Brighton returned to Selhurst Park rock bottom of the

Nationwide Division One and it took the Eagles just four minutes to open the scoring through Andy Johnson. Around the 30-minute mark Tony Popovic headed home from a corner, and it was not long before AJ added his second towards the end of the first-half. Steve Coppell, having taken a seat in the stands for the firsthalf, walked along the touchline to applause from the Palace fans for the second-half but it was not long before the Eagles were celebrating more misery for their former boss. Johnson was fouled in the penalty area and Dougie Freedman converted the spot-kick. Worse followed three minutes later when Brooker was sent-off for another foul on Johnson in the area, and this time the Palace forward converted the kick himself. Julian Gray added a fifth on the hour. COPPELL’S PALACE RECORD Although not our longestserving manager Steve Coppell can lay claim to being, in

terms of achievement, our most successful manager in a career that goes over 600 first-team games in charge, spread across four spells with the Eagles. A run of nine years followed his first appointment – a job he took when aged only 28 – and Coppell took the club back to the top-flight in 1989 and led us to our then-longest spell of four years in the top division until 1993, as well as an FA Cup final appearance in 1990. Two years later came a spell as Technical Director and then in February 1997 he was back in the Eagles dugout with a return to the Premier League that, for him, ended just over a year later. With the club in administration he was called back for a final time in January 1999 and steered the club through the following year with dignity in difficult circumstances. Coppell’s final game came with the end of season fixture at Tranmere Rovers in May 2000 where he emotionally threw his jacket to fans after the final whistle with nobody really knowing if there would be a club in the future.

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PADDY McCARTHY

It was an excellent 4-0 win over Coventry in our last league game and I was delighted with the way the lads approached that game. I was impressed to see how those returning players had developed playing consistently up a level. The U18s had an important FA Youth Cup game away at Reading’s Madejski Stadium last Thursday night, and the thinking was that due to the fact the Under-23s didn’t have a fixture it would give those players – the likes of Brandon Pierrick, Malachi Boateng and Rob Street – a chance to play as a squad again against Coventry, ahead of the important cup clash. Unfortunately, print deadlines mean I’ll have to review the FA Youth Cup game, and hopefully a positive result, next time I speak to you. However, in terms of our preparation for that game, we try and give the lads as much information as we feel they need in terms of the opposition’s strengths and weaknesses but without

taking the focus away from our own game and principles of play. Obviously, the lads who had been playing, and playing well, would’ve been disappointed to have missed out against Coventry and Reading on the back of the senior players dropping down. But it is something they’ve not sulked about, the work in training has remained intense. Cardo Siddik is a good example of that. Having been a mainstay for us, he then missed the Bristol City game through injury but returned to the squad for Coventry. However, we then had Jude Russell return from a three-month injury lay-off, so we gave him a 45-minute first-half runout as we manage his return. We like to talk to all our players, especially when it comes to situations such as not starting. We talk them through the scenarios and educate them on how to deal with this sort of thing happening at some point in their senior career.

Between Bristol and Coventry, we had a three-week period without a game. And we now have another big spell coming up over the Christmas period without a match. However, this isn’t a concern for us. We’ve got a behind-closeddoors game scheduled in against an opponent on 4th January. We manage the situation so that no players go too long without match practice. We are now roughly at the halfway stage of our season, so it’s a good chance for me to reflect on how things are going so far. We have had an inconsistent spell result-wise but I’ve been pleased with performances and always said the points would eventually come. I feel the second-half of the season, when the first-years go away for a few days over Christmas to recharge, can come back and hit the ground running for this second period and really see the best of these Under17s players.

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We’ve had several Under-18s players consistently playing up with the Under-23s - some of them since December last year - so it was good to welcome a few of them back for the Coventry City and Reading games.

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ANNABEL

JOHNSON

Our training schedule will be upped in the absence of games, so Sundays will become an added training session – making it four-sessionsa-week. We will perhaps get a few days off over Christmas, depending on how the dates fall. It’s important we keep our fitness levels up, keep ‘ticking over’ because it’s clear to see after the Christmas break which teams have been training intensely and which teams haven’t. It’s important for the individuals to keep disciplined over that period, because although training will replicate a certain level of the in-game demands - and we will probably have one or two friendlies - it’s a long period to go without a competitive match. I’ve recently signed a new contract with Palace and I’m delighted about that. When I joined at the beginning of the season, the initial contract was to stay for one year. The short-term deal made sense

to begin with because I didn’t know the club that well, and likewise, the club didn’t know me. But over the last few months we’ve got on well, I’ve enjoyed myself and the performances have been good. Therefore, I was more than happy to sign a contract extension. Paula [Johnson, General Manager] and Dean [Davenport, Manager] took me aside after one game and said: ‘We are delighted with you, and we hope you’re happy here. Therefore, we want to talk to you about a longer term contract’ and talks progressed smoothly and quickly from there. At the time of writing this column, I’ve played in 13 of our 14 games so far this season, having been rested for our Conti Cup clash against Tottenham Hotspur. To have that faith right away from the manager is a huge confidencebooster - it’s never easy moving to a new club with things such

as learning their style of play and whether you can fit in to that style. To get into the squad and also the starting lineup, to have that instant level of trust and that the manager feels that he can rely on you, has only further helped improve my performances. I’ve enjoyed my first few months being managed by Dean. I’ve been to a few clubs in the Women’s Championship now – Durham, Leicester City and London Bees - and although things aren’t drastically different across those sides, I have to say I’ve enjoyed Dean’s refreshing approach. I have a lot more conversations with him than I had with previous managers; he’s willing to hear what the team have to say and welcomes questions from the squad regarding team selection to formation. Dean is happy to have those chats and that’s been a huge part in me enjoying my start to life with the Eagles.

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There are a lot of differences between the women’s and the men’s games at the moment and one of the biggest is the Christmas period. For us, we had a league game against Durham yesterday and will now not play until January 12th.

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U18s, U23s & WOMEN FIXTURES, RESULTS & TABLES

Date

Opposition

Mon 12

Birmingham City

Result

Sheffield United

0-0

Wed 21

Crewe Alexandra

0-1

Sat 24

Nottingham Forest

0-0

Tue 27

Hull City

1-3

Sat 31

Burnley

1-2

Mon 2

Barnsley

3-0

Thurs 5

Birmingham City

5-1

Mon 9

Leeds United

0-0

SEP

Sat 17

Sat 14

Wigan Athletic

2-2

Mon 16

Bolton Wanderers

1-5

Sat 21

Cardiff City

2-3

Mon 23

Queens Park Rangers

3-1

Sat 28

Coventry City

0-7

Mon 14

Watford

0-2

OCT

Date

Opposition

Sun 18

Coventry United

Sat 5

Ipswich Town

2-1

Mon 21

Charlton Athletic

1-2

Sat 19

Queens Park Rangers

0-5

Mon 28

Cardiff City

3-0

Sat 2

Millwall

3-0

Mon 18

Bristol City

1-2

0-0

Sun 25

Durham

2-1

Sun 8

Lewes

1-1

Sun 15

Aston Villa

0-6

Sun 29

Leicester City

1-2

Sun 13

Sheffield United

1-5

Sun 27

London Bees

2-3

Sun 17

London City Lionesses

1-2

Sun 24

Blackburn Rovers

2-0

Sun 1

Charlton Athletic

1-1

Sun 15

Durham

Sun 12

Coventry United

1-1

Mon 25

Millwall

Sat 16

Bristol City

2-1

Mon 16

Ipswich Town

Sat 7

Coventry City

4-0

Mon 23

Colchester United

Fri 20

Cardiff City

Mon 6

Queens Park Rangers

Sat 11

Queens Park Rangers

Mon 13

Charlton Athletic

Sat 1

Millwall

Wed 29

Cardiff City

Sat 8

Charlton Athletic

Mon 3

Bristol City

Sat 15

Bristol City

Mon 10

Coventry City

Sun 19

Leicester City

Sat 22

Watford

Tue 18

Millwall

Sun 2

Sheffield United

Sat 29

Ipswich Town

Mon 2

Colchester United

Tue 10

Watford

Fri 6

Watford

Sun 9

London Bees

Sat 14

Colchester United

Mon 16

Ipswich Town

Sun 23

London City Lionesses

Sat 21

Barnsley

Mon 23

Wigan Athletic

Sat 28

Hull City

Mon 30

Nottingham Forest

Sun 22

Blackburn Rovers

Sat 4

Bolton Wanderers

Mon 6

Sheffield United

Sun 29

Charlton Athletic

Sat 11

Sheffield Wednesday

Tue 14

Coventry City

Sun 19

Lewes

Sat 18

Leeds United

Mon 20

Sheffield Wednesday

Sun 26

Aston Villa

Mon 27

DEC JAN FEB MAR APR

JAN FEB MAR

Crewe Alexandra

4-2

NOV

Charlton Athletic

DEC

Sat 9

Sat 25

Result

1-1

Burnley

0-4

AUG

Result

SEP

Colchester United

OCT

Opposition

Sat 10

AUG

Date

Professional Development League

APR

MAR

FEB

JAN

DEC

NOV

OCT

SEP

AUG

U18 Professional Development League

Team

Pts

Team

Pts

Team

Pts

Millwall

Watford

Aston Villa

Bristol City

Charlton Athletic

Sheffield United

Charlton Athletic

Coventry City

Durham

Watford

Millwall

London City Lionesses

Ipswich Town

Cardiff City

London Bees

Crystal Palace

Bristol City

Crystal Palace

Lewes

Cardiff City

QPR

Leicester City

Colchester United

Crystal Palace

Blackburn Rovers

Colchester United

Ipswich Town

Coventry United

Queens Park Rangers

Colchester United

Charlton Athletic

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JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY

DECEMBER

NOVEMBER

OCTOBER

SEPTEMBER

AUGUST

Yellow Card

Red Card

DATE

Sat 10

15:00

Everton

Sun 18