CPFC v Cardiff City by Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace v Cardiff City 26.12.2018 // 3pm

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Inside palace

Crystal Palace v Cardiff City Wednesday 26th December, 3pm

Directors Steve Parish (Chairman) David Blitzer, Joshua Harris Chief Executive Phil Alexander

Programme Editor Jonathon Rogers

Graphic Design

Billy Cooke, Luke Thomas

Contributors Jonathon Rogers,

James Woodroof, Terry Byfield, Ian King, Dominic Fifield, Chris Smith, Chris Waters, Grace Cullen, Ben Mountain

Photography Neil Everitt, Sebastian Frej, Reuters, Pinnacle, Rex, Tara Hook, Peter Hurn

Printer Bishops Printers

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SOMETIMES MORE CAN BE GAINED FROM A GRITTY ENCOUNTER THAT BATTLEHARDENS THE TEAM AND BOOSTS THEIR SPIRIT, ESPECIALLY AROUND THIS IMPORTANT TIME OF THE YEAR

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I can look back with pride I hope everyone inside Selhurst Park has had an enjoyable Christmas, and that you’re filled with festive cheer ahead of our traditional Boxing Day fixture today. This is always an exciting time to be a football fan with so many games packed into the schedule, but it also means that due to print deadlines I am unable to reflect on last week’s trip to Manchester City. However, I can look back with pride on our last fixture here in SE25 which saw us beat Leicester City. It was our second successive home win, but it came in stark contrast to the attacking prowess that led us to the relatively comfortable victory against Burnley to kick-start the month. Against Leicester we had to dig deep, and I was delighted to see us show that element of our game. Those kind of victories bring just as much satisfaction because although it is wonderful to see us boss a game and pepper the opposition’s goal with shots, sometimes more can be gained from a gritty encounter that battlehardens the team and boosts their spirit, especially around this important time of the year. I said before the game there would be an opportunity for players to step up and give me some selection headaches, and I have to praise a couple of unsung heroes for keeping our sheet clean for the sixth time in the league this season. Martin Kelly replaced the suspended James Tomkins and performed magnificently in the heart of defence, while Vicente Guaita played very well on his Premier League debut which came at late notice due to Wayne’s injury. We’re going to need other players who are prepared to step up to the plate over the next few

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matches because the demands of the Christmas period take their toll. However, that is the case for every team in the division and our opponents Cardiff City will have to face many of the same issues. On that note, I would like to welcome Neil Warnock, his players, staff and Bluebirds supporters to south London this afternoon. I have been impressed with the way they have adapted to life back in the top-flight and have picked up some good results over the past few weeks, so it’ll be a tough match for sure. However, it is one against a team that are around us in the table so it’s an important one too as it gives us the chance to find some breathing space in our quest to move away from the relegation zone as soon as possible. Therefore, I hope that everyone here today backs the team as vocally as you have been doing over the past couple of matches in particular. It is easy to be loud and proud when things are going well like they did against Burnley, but the noisy encouragement you gave the team against Leicester genuinely helped boost the players as they saw out the final minutes. Please repeat that again today, and hopefully we can hand you a belated Christmas present of three precious points! Enjoy the game!

THIS IS JUST MY SECOND TIME PLAYING IN ENGLAND DURING CHRISTMAS, AND LAST YEAR I FOUND IT TO BE THE HARDEST THING IN MY CAREER

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we will make sure we are ready Last time we were here at Selhurst, we managed to get a fantastic result against Leicester City which was great after suffering two defeats, and we deserved it.

We haven’t had a lot of luck in many games this season but we had that in the second half, and Vicente produced an amazing save to win the game. As well as him, all the players showed great character and attitude and so I was proud of the boys. It was the same score at half-time against West Ham United but this time we managed to keep the score at 1-0 right until the end. I was pleased that my goal brought us the three points. When the ball came to me, I saw the space and the goal so in my head I decided how I wanted to shoot, and thank God I scored. It is 100% my best goal for Palace, but I scored one very beautiful goal for Red Star Belgrade in a derby against Partizan and another for Olympiakos, so I would say the Leicester goal would be in my top three. This is just my second time playing in England during Christmas, and last year I found it to be the hardest thing in my career. Last year we played on the 31st December and we had just one day to recover before the next game, but thankfully this year is easier as we have two days! It’s not easy to be fully fit because it is a period of celebration and there are lots of opportunities to spend time with families with a lot of food, but we are paid to be professional; we have to play games and give everything for the team, so we will make sure we are ready. It is not just hard for me; it is hard for every

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player. Before I moved to Palace I was used to having a winter break, but I prefer to play now than finish the season later. This league is the most watched in the world and so playing at this time of the year is a big benefit in terms of marketing, but if you win games around this time of the year it helps put everyone in a very good mood. We will try to do that against Cardiff City this afternoon. It will be an important game because they are a direct rival of ours as we are close in the table, but we are at home and we have lots of confidence from our recent home games. It is great that we’re starting to make Selhurst a fortress again after winning against Burnley and Leicester, and the best feeling is when you win at home because we have great fans. Last season we were very strong at home, but that wasn’t the case at the start of this year. However, the last two victories were very important for us so we will try and win again to put us in the best place before January arrives. Make some noise!

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PROGRESS ON AND OFF THE PITCH Welcome to the supporters, staff and players of Cardiff City to Selhurst Park, and to each and every Palace fan. I hope you all had a magnificent Christmas Day, and are raring to go today.

As the year draws to a close, todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s notes will reflect upon 2018, and for the Chelsea game I will outline some of our plans for 2019. When you look back itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incredible the amount that can be packed into a year. I think that we have made great progress in many areas, starting with achieving our record-breaking sixth season in the Premier League. We began 2018 with a bang by beating Southampton away, starting a rollercoaster few months but we would go on to finish 11th thanks to some magnificent wins over Leicester and Brighton in particular, with only goal difference keeping us from a top-10 finish while our last six games yielded 14 points, placing us at the very top of the form table. It was quite a turnaround, and credit must go to Roy, his staff and the players for that fantastic finish. Your support never wavered too, as always. During the summer, we bade farewell to some magnificent club servants in Damien, Yohan, Chungy and Bakary. Ruben and Timothy returned to their clubs too after doing a great job for us on loan. The World Cup summer where football nearly came home went by in a flash, during which we signed some able replacements in Vicente, Max, Cheikhou and Jordan, all of whom have settled in well. Meanwhile, Roy, Wilf, James, Wayne, Aaron, Julian and several young players were all rewarded with new deals. This season so far has been full of great team performances, but they haven't translated into the

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points we think we deserve... yet! The away wins at Fulham and Huddersfield were excellent; the draws with Arsenal and Manchester United magnificent and the outstanding win over Burnley and gritty defeat of Leicester were special days here at Selhurst Park. I have total faith in Roy and the players to secure some much-needed results in the coming months. There is no reason why we can’t emulate our finish last season and rapidly climb the table. Elsewhere, our under-23s and under-18s won their respective leagues which were brilliant achievements for our academy. Aaron’s progress through the ranks has been something to celebrate, but he’s not the only one to force his way into Roy’s plans. Sam Woods and Ryan Inniss made their first-team debuts, while James Daly, Nya Kirby and Giovanni McGregor have made the bench this year. It is an exciting time to be a young player in our academy. We secured planning permission for a gamechanging 14,000+ seat Main Stand, something that’s eluded the club for years, and signed a long-term lease on our academy site so we can now invest and begin to make it something we can all be proud of.

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Our Ladies were granted a place in the Women’s Championship, which has been a big step-up with results hard to come by but I expect them to show the typical Palace spirit, dig in and avoid relegation. I’d urge you all to get down to a game and support them in the new year. That’s not bad going in a year, although the planning and groundwork for these things has taken a lot longer. I’d like to thank my partners and all my staff here at the club for their work in achieving such positive progress, and of course all of you for your continued, loyal and passionate support of our football club. We really appreciate it. As for today, no-one needs reminding how important this match is. Let’s pull together and get behind Roy’s team. Up The Palace!

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Crystal Palace v Cardiff City // Wednesday 26th December // Selhurst Park

Today's game Neil Warnock makes his first return to Selhurst Park in exactly four years when his second spell as Eagles boss ended following a 3-1 defeat to Southampton. Since then he has managed Queens Park Rangers and Rotherham United before transforming the fortunes of Cardiff City following his arrival in October 2016, whom he led to Premier League promotion; the recordbreaking eighth of his career. The Welsh team were tipped to struggle in their new surroundings, but they displayed the fighting qualities typified by their manager in November and December to win three straight matches at home to see off Brighton, Wolves and Southampton and lift them away from the dreaded drop-zone. However Warnockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team have found things tougher on their travels and are winless in their last nine league away games, conceding 25 goals in that run. Palace meanwhile are aiming to clinch a thirdstraight home victory for the first time since May, when wins over Brighton, Leicester City and West Bromwich Albion secured an 11th-place finish. The sides havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t met since the 2013/14 campaign when the Eagles did the double over Cardiff, whose last win against Palace came exactly six years ago on Boxing Day 2012 when Aron Gunnarsson netted the winner in Championship action.

Luka Milivojevic has scored more Premier League goals for Palace than any other player since his debut in the division back in February 2017.

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Previous encounters:

Andros Townsend has been directly involved in three goals in his past three league matches for Palace at Selhurst Park, one more than in his previous 14.

Head 2 head

One to watch:

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Palace wins Cardiff wins draws

Form guide: The sides have met just twice in Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top-flight, with Palace doing the double over Cardiff in the 2013/14 season. Before then, the Eagles had only won two of the previous 14 league meetings between the sides.

Last away game WATFORD 3-2 CARDIFF CITY 1 Neil Etheridge 5 Bruno Ecuele Manga 4 Sean Morrison 22 Sol Bamba 3 Joe Bennett 17 Aron Gunnarsson 33 Junior Hoilett 21 Roberto Camarasa

SUBS

7 Harry Arter

19 Nathaniel Mendez-Laing

11 Josh Murphy

2 Lee Peltier

13 Callum Paterson

Junior Hoilett scored two goals in four games before the weekend, more than he'd managed in his previous 61 in the Premier League.

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Newsroom PALACE SPREAD FESTIVE CHEER Members of the Eagles first-team and the Palace Ladies squad recently visited Croydon University Hospital for their annual trip to spread some Christmas cheer. Scott Dann, Patrick van Aanholt, Ciara Watling and Freya Holdaway were on hand to dish out presents and chat to patients young and old, including in the children’s unit and the elderly care wards, as well as those member of staff on hand to help treat those who may be spending the holidays away from home. “We do everything we can to make sure that the patients that are here have a Christmas”, said Matthew Kershaw, Interim Chief Executive of Croydon Health Services. “A lot of our staff are working right through Christmas and the new year away from their families and friends, so we try and make sure we look after them as well. “The Palace players coming down is an example of us trying to bring a bit of Christmas cheer to the patients. They were really touched by it, and it's a great bonus for the staff as well as we have some Palace supporters here. "I know Palace give back to the community all year, but it’s particularly gratefully received over Christmas."

MANCHESTER UNITED GAME MOVED Due to Manchester United’s game against Liverpool being switched, Palace’s home game against the Red Devils has subsequently been moved back 24 hours and will now take place on Wednesday 27th February, with an 8pm kick-off. Last season’s encounter saw a 3-2 thriller in SE25 as Nemanja Matic netted in stoppage-time to deny Palace a point in a game that saw them go 2-0 up, but much has changed since then with Jose Mourinho departing Old Trafford earlier this month and Ole Gunner Solskjaer put in caretaker charge for the remainder of the season. Tickets are on sale now at Category A prices, with season ticket holders and paid members with 100+ loyalty points being able to book up to two tickets each. They can be purchased at tickets.cpfc.co.uk, over the phone on 08712 000 071 or in person from the box office.

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NEWS

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FA YOUTH CUP TIE CONFIRMED Palace will host Bolton Wanderers in the fourth round of the FA Youth Cup at Selhurst Park on Friday 18th January 2019 in a 7pm kick-off. Tickets can be bought at tickets.cpfc.co.uk. CPFC FOUNDATION SANTA DRAW The Palace For Life Foundation Super Draw has been given a very festive overhaul, and as well as handing fans the chance to win the Santa Draw jackpot of ÂŁ2,000, there will be a range of other Christmas prizes on offer. The proceeds will go towards the Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal of purchasing three more electric wheelchairs for the Crystal Palace Powerchair Football Team, so buy your ticket today!

JNO BAPTISTE TO JOIN OSTERSUNDS Palace development striker Francis Jno Baptiste will join Swedish club Ostersunds FK on a permanent deal in January 2019, subject to a medical. The 19-year-old has been a member of the Eagles academy for the past six years and hit 26 goals in the past two seasons at under-18 level to help fire Palace to the U18 Professional Development League South title last term. He has also made 10 appearances for the under-23 side since 2017, seven of which have come this season. Jno Baptiste will join up with Ostersunds in the new year, a side that reached the knockout stages of the UEFA Europa League where they were eliminated by Arsenal. They finished sixth in their division last term, having seen manager Graham Potter leave to join Swansea City.

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CPFC TO GO CASHLESS To help alleviate queues inside and outside the ground, the food and drink outlets inside Selhurst Park and the Fanzone will be going cashless from the Watford game on 12th January, so please remember to bring your debit or credit card to the game with you.

REPORT ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR The club is committed to promoting equality and diversity, and want to ensure that the environment on a matchday is welcoming and safe to all. We will not tolerate racial or homophobic chants or discriminating comments towards a particular individual or group at Selhurst Park. Fans can report this anonymously by using the Anti-Social Behaviour Text Alert Service on 07507 477669, providing details and locations which will be looked into by club staff.

James With a one-year-old becoming captured by the magic of this time of the year, James Tomkins is trying to ensure that both his son and the Palace fans have a Christmas to remember. Here he speaks to Ben Mountain about how he juggles the demands of the holiday season with the football season.

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As parts of the country put themselves on hold for a special day or two, Christmas is a vastly different time for footballers. An avalanche of matches and the traditional Boxing Day fixture means that players up and down the country will have to glumly watch on as their families tuck into the turkey dinner, all the trimmings and mince pies galore, and then retreat early to their own bed or, even worse, travel the length of the country to end the most magical day of the year holed up in a hotel room. However, James Tomkins is a firm believer that some joy can be gleaned from Christmas Day despite the demands of being a professional footballer, and just a single afternoon away from the training pitches with his family can make all the difference. “We train normally in the mornings and get the afternoon off,” he explained. “It’s nice to have some family time but knowing we’ve got a game the next day, it used to be hard to keep your mind off the match. “Now I’ve got a little boy, it’s a bit different. It’s massively important to have that family time and I want to make Christmas special for my little man, especially with him growing up and so Christmas is becoming even more important to me as a result. He’s just old enough for Christmas but he’s not really too aware of what’s going on - he’s more interested in the wrapping paper than anything! I might have to start dressing up as Santa soon, especially as he gets older..." And as for that traditional Christmas lunch? “I think it’s important not to get stupidly strict. I like to have a bit of Christmas dinner but not go mad. I’ve cut down and don’t eat as much now as I used to and obviously drinking is gone. You don’t do that now and that’s important. You need a good night’s sleep as well with an important game the next day.” That might be difficult for any parent in the excitable presence of a youngster experiencing their first Christmas, but as a footballer the most wonderful time of the year is even busier for Tomkins with the added pressure of four games in just 12 days. Having allowed himself to briefly lend his focus towards a

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family-orientated festive period, Tomkins’ attentions swiftly return to matters on the pitch and the challenges of the hectic fixture list. “It’s obviously demanding but everyone knows it’s when you can climb up the table,” he said. “Games come thick and fast so if you pick up a couple of backto-back wins it’s massive. It can shoot you right up the table. We’re looking for that over this Christmas period.” Born in Essex but raised on the pitches of east London, Tomkins’ newly-adopted quarter of London has become more than just host to his current employers. Despite having spent the majority of his life in the eastern quadrant of the capital, in just two years its southern counterpart has become home for both him and his family, especially given the recent addition to the Tomkins household. The 29-year-old defender has never settled away from England’s capital. It’s where he spent life growing up, first developed his game and eventually realised his ambitions of making it as a professional. For a young lad growing up in Basildon, the thought of regular football in the dizzying heights of the Premier League must have been a dream beyond imagination but it was one he would strive to achieve. As his career has wound on, he would progress through West Ham United’s youth ranks, the team he supported as a youngster, to eventually captain the club, win the Championship play-offs, be included in the 2011/12 Championship Team of the Year, rack up over 320 games of professional football and feature in the UEFA Europa League. His switch from the Hammers to Palace marked the first permanent transfer of his career over two years

ago in July 2016. But despite the short space of time and a meagre 16-mile hop across the capital having spent 19 years with his boyhood team things have completely changed for Tomkins. “My game’s come a long way since I left West Ham,” he reflected. “Getting gametime was so important for me and that’s why I left but now I’m really enjoying my time here at Palace and long may that continue. In the most part, my performances have been pleasing. I’ve done well.” One strength the Palace squad can be sure of is a solid backline, led, of course, by Tomkins and his fellow centre-back Mamadou Sakho. The partnership helped the Eagles avoid the drop last term and went unbeaten in their first 14 matches together to turn into quite the dynamic duo, catching the eye of those far outside of SE25. But it’s not just Sakho who Tomkins lines up beside. “The partnership between myself and Mama is good,” he said. “I think it’s important that we continue to work together. Playing with the same back four and keeper is so important for consistency but I’m playing alongside not just Mama but Aaron [Wan-Bissaka] too, and seeing the footballer that he’s been turning into recently is pleasing. “For Aaron, he was a winger previously but he’s turned into a great defender now so you’d never know he was a winger because of how well he can defend. It’s been pleasing because he’s maturing as a man and as a player so it’s nice to play alongside him. “If I can give him any experience and advice then I will. I try and talk to him every now and then on the pitch but I think it’s important for younger players not

GAMES COME THICK AND FAST SO IF YOU PICK UP A COUPLE OF BACK-TO-BACK WINS IT’S MASSIVE

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to be told too much. I remember when I was breaking through, I wanted to learn some of it myself first-hand and didn’t want to be told every two seconds by a teammate. I try and tell him little bits, but only every now and then. "Having said that, keeping a check on attacking full-backs is a nightmare, especially trying to get them back to defend! I think the thing is Aaron and Pat [Van Aanholt], as anyone can see for themselves, have a natural ability going forward." While the Palace man may have only played permanently for two London clubs, he has also performed in a somewhat rarelyworn shirt that also brought plenty of pride to England’s capital: that of Team GB. Tomkins lined up alongside the likes of Ryan Giggs, Daniel Sturridge and Danny Rose in 2012 as the country's Olympic football team reached the tournament’s quarter-final stages on home soil, only to lose narrowly to South Korea on penalties. Given that few Englishmen have taken to the pitch to play in the Olympics, Tomkins revealed a little about what the experience was like and how he felt during that famous summer six years ago. Looking back, he recalled, “Playing for Team GB, leading up to the start of the Games and being a part of the opening ceremony was obviously an experience I’d never had before, and it was brilliant. I didn’t play too much, and I’d have liked to have played more, but I’ve got those memories now to remember forever and it was a great experience. “The teams we played against had players in them that we were familiar with, but you only need to

win a couple of games to get into the semi-finals and we expected to go far because we had experienced Premier League players. Sadly, that wasn't the case but tournament football is very different to anything else.” Following the Olympics’ conclusion, Tomkins remained in east London for four more years with West Ham which would see him turn down the opportunity to play in the stadium that held the Games in favour of a switch to Palace where he has quickly become a key member of the dressing room. During a typical summer, one not spent vying for gold, silver or bronze, the centre-back revealed what he gets up to in his spare time. “When I leave work, I spend my time with the family. Typically, I just like to relax and spend time with them, but I am a summer weather player of golf. I’m not too good at it mind you! “Me and the lads play together sometimes and we had a little round a while back. Some of them are quite a bit better than me to be fair, though I reckon they spend more time on the courses than I do! Ian the masseur is the best, but player-wise it has to be Macca. Luckily, he’s my partner! He plays well and carries me a little bit.” When he’s spending time on the lush green turf of Selhurst rather than the fairways, it’s clear to all in SE25 that Tomkins is not carried by anyone. The achievement may seem simple, but for a man who had spent so long in just one place, to speedily capture the support and attention in another small corner of the world is easier said than done. Today, let’s hope for two things: three points earned by Tomkins and his side and, of course, that Master Tomkins enjoyed just his second Christmas.

KEEPING A CHECK ON ATTACKING FULL-BACKS IS A NIGHTMARE, ESPECIALLY TRYING TO GET THEM BACK TO DEFEND!

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Throughout this season we’re finding out which shirts matter most to the Palace squad. Here, Wilfried Zaha gives us an insight into the most special jerseys in his collection.

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WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST SHIRT AS A KID?

WHAT WERE YOU WEARING ON YOUR PRO DEBUT?

WHICH IS THE MOST SPECIAL SHIRT YOU’VE WORN?

It was actually a Tottenham kit which is really random! I don’t remember wearing it but I saw a photo of me in it in the family album from when I was five or six.

I was number 16 and the shirt was very baggy! It was back in 2010 and it had GAC on the front, but it was massive!

The one I wore when we beat Brighton away in the play-offs. It’s hung up in my house next to a painting of me celebrating. When you go up my stairs, it’s the first thing you see!

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Shirty

With wilfried zaha

chelsea

watford

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WHO IS THE BEST PLAYER YOU’VE SWAPPED WITH?

WHO WAS THE LAST PLAYER YOU SWAPPED WITH?

WHICH IS THE BEST SHIRT OF ALL TIME?

I don’t tend to swap shirts really but I have Didier Drogba’s jersey when he was at Chelsea so that’s pretty big for me.

I think it might have been Nathaniel Chalobah who has been a friend of mine for years and I have his shirt from when we played against Watford.

I have to say would be Juventus’ old pink shirt! That was so nice that people just used to wear it out in the streets and on nights out!

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This season, Ian King celebrates a century of the Palace matchday programme as he charts its evolution from a humble pamphlet to its current form.

Part IX

100 Years of the Crystal Palace Programme

1968-1972

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PA announcer John Henty was afforded more space for his topical ‘Viewpoints’ and a small cartoon helped highlight the match officials. Full match summaries of previous games were presented as were details of travel to the next away game, including ticket prices. Another small cartoon accompanied the Supporters’ Club section, with tables, fixtures and results completing the excellent production.

1969/70

1968/69 Because of the inclusion of an additional magazine titled The Football League Review as a supplement, the size of the programme had to be increased to 8.5” x 5.5” and the pagination to 20 pages, although the price doubled to 1/- (5p). Despite this, it was good value for money and the best programme the club had produced for 30 years. A rather bland cover gave no indication of the date, opponents or price but the contents opened with ‘From The Manager’s Chair’ by Bert Head. Four pages were then afforded to the visitors that incorporated special features on their manager and one player as a change from the usual pen pictures. The centre pages again contained the line-ups surrounded by local adverts and upcoming fixtures at Selhurst Park.

An iconic programme cover heralded Palace’s first-ever season in the First Division, which had been designed by a supporter and chosen by the club in a competition, while the inside once again included The Football League Review. With no advertisements there was plenty of reading material, starting with 'As I See It' by the manager opposite details of admission prices for the season (seats £1 and terraces 5/- (25p). The visitors were again afforded a large section, which was usually followed by ‘Peskett’s Page’ penned by journalist and Glaziers supporter Roy Peskett, or a profile on one or two Palace players. Some editions contained ‘Press On Palace’ a summary including photographs of press reports on recent games, and programme editor Doug Organ had

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a page or two answering fans’ letters to the club, plus each edition also contained a ‘Fan Of The Week’ feature. Match summaries also appeared occasionally and from November onwards the team line-ups appeared on the back page with ‘Supporters’ Club News’ moving inside. Away travel details and fixtures and results made up the rest of the edition.

1970/71 A complete change took place in the size of the programme for this one season only as it was produced to tuck into the inside pocket of a coat, measuring an upright 8” x 4” (20cms x 10cms) but this innovative design was offset by the inclusion, albeit loose, of The Football League Review. Photographs of previous games appeared throughout, but the cover reverted disappointingly to a plain design and nowhere was the price displayed, thought to still be 1/- (5p). The content spanned 28 pages with the majority of features kept from the previous season, but the visitors’ section took up three pages including a team photo, with line-ups appearing on the back page. New items were ‘Female Forum’, which carried pen pictures of two of the Palace Dollies, a Palace player would ‘Air His Views’ and there were details of the match referee. Fixtures and results for the first-team were shown horizontally across two pages in a new format, similar to those used these days. Tables and match summaries that included the reserves and juniors also featured.

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1971/72 The programme was changed in the summer to have an almost square look about it, and for the whole campaign the cover portrayed a drawing of a goalkeeper diving to save a ball that appeared in the top left corner. Arriving in the age of decimalisation, the 16 pages cost 6p and the printers were now Ward & Woolverton. The first inside page consisted usually of an action photo and was followed by manager Bert Head with his ‘As I See It’. Up to a five-page section was devoted to the opponents and a picture of Steve Kember and an opponent formed the background to this part, despite the fact that Kember departed that September. Throughout the season a player was portrayed in each edition in ‘Palace Stars’. General club news, and that for the Supporters Club, filled two pages and was followed by fixtures and results at three playing levels, along with match summaries. Line-ups were to be found in their usual place at the back along with a numerical token, to be used in a ballot for a FA Cup final ticket.

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Happy ninth birthday Daniel, have a fantastic Happy ninth birthday Andrew! We are all so Happy 40th birthday Andy. We love you to the day! Lots of love from Mum and Dad xxx proud of you and love this picture of you with moon and back. Claire and Zac xxx your hero. Love Mummy, Daddy and Harry.

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Happy Christmas to Jack Williams, thanks for everything this year but it’s time for a haircut! From Fat Tony.

A very merry Christmas to Billy Field, aka ‘Soapy Bill’. Hope you clean up in the New Year! From all your CPFC family.

Congratulations to Joe and Emily on the Happy Christmas Dylan and Alice! Have a birth of Rose! Hope all you have a wonderful great day, from everyone at CPFC. Christmas!

Happy holidays to Luke Ruell, pictured here taking a call from Father Christmas himself, asking him to be his best man!

Happy Christmas to JT, a regular at Selhurst Park in recent years. His favourite memory is watching Palace come from behind to draw 3-3 against Liverpool. EAGLES!

A very merry Christmas and a happy new Good luck for 2019 to Sam and Caroline who Sam Williams from South Norwood is south year to Big Ieu! Let’s hope it’s plain sailing London and Proud! will be tying the knot next year! Exciting for you and Palace in 2019! From all the lads. times ahead, enjoy them! From Jonny.

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Boxing Day ENCOUNTERS

Perhaps the most traditional day in the football calendar is Boxing Day, and there have been many memorable moments in the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history that have occurred on this particular day. Palace have taken to the field on 82 occasions on the 26th December and won 32 times, and while you may be full of festive food already, Ian King selects five of the very best to get stuck into.

40 BOXING DAY

Palace 5 Brentford 1 1930 // Third Division South On Christmas Day morning, Palace suffered an 8-2 defeat at the hands of Brentford, but the following day saw the return fixture played; a common occurrence in those days. The Glaziers were eager for revenge and netted after just 30 seconds through George Clarke [pictured], and straight from the restart Peter Simpson secured possession and his deflected shot doubled the lead after two minutes. It was 3-1 at half-time before Albert Harry drove home a Bobby Greener free-kick, and just before the end Clarke completed the scoring when he was able to shoot on the run from close range.

Palace account by rounding the keeper, and two minutes from time Allen netted a spot-kick [below] to complete the scoring in the final game before the famous ‘big freeze’ that would affect the football calendar for the next three months.

Palace 3 Southampton 0 1972 // First Division Having netted five goals his previous seven games, Don Rogers was in red-hot form by the time Southampton came to town, who soon found themselves behind on 18 minutes when John Craven opened the scoring. Things stayed that way until 20 minutes from time when Rogers swerved past the keeper’s desperate attempt to get the ball and shot into the far corner from a tight angle, and two minutes from time he repeated the trick with Alan Pinkney supplying the pass to register the club’s best top-flight Boxing Day result.

Palace 3 Millwall 0 1962 // Third Division Caretaker boss Dick Graham bolstered his striking options by bringing in Dickie Dowsett and Cliff Holton, whose debut was in this derby against Millwall. On a frozen surface, Palace took the lead in the 18th minute through Peter Burridge against his former club. The second arrived after half-time when a Ronnie Allen through-ball found Dowsett who opened his

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Palace 3 Norwich city 1 2008 // Championship Promotion-chasing Palace boosted their chances at Norwich City’s expense, and once again they wasted little time in making a statement when just six minutes in Paddy McCarthy flicked on for his defensive partner José Fonte to nod home. However the lead was short lived as City equalised 12 minutes later in similar fashion through Gary Doherty, but Fonte completed his brace on 31 minutes by smashing home a loose ball. It was left to another defender to seal the points when substitute Danny Butterfield fired in a 20-yard thunderbolt.

aston villa 0 Palace 1 2013 // Premier League Desperate for points, Tony Pulis’ Palace kept things tight in a quiet first half with Jason Puncheon’s scuffed a shot and a Julian Speroni save from Andreas Weimann the main pieces of action. With 20 minutes left Pulis introduced Dwight Gayle, and it produced dividends in stoppage-time when the Eagles countered a Villa corner. Dean Moxey found the striker 70 yards from goal who strode away, turned inside the only Villa outfield player he encountered and curled a fine shot into the top corner to take the Eagles out of the relegation zone.

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THE BLUEBIRDS FOUNDED: 1899

AUTOMATIC PROMOTION WINNERS 2017/18

The manager A man who needs no introduction to Eagles supporters, the City manager has spent two stints in the Palace dugout, taking them into the play-offs in 2008 and having a short spell in charge in 2014. After winning an eighth promotion as a manager last season at the Bluebirds, he broke the record for the most achieved in Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s professional leagues. His managerial career started in 1980 at Gainsborough Trinity and he has notably enjoyed success at Notts County, Sheffield United and Queens Park Rangers.

Club legend The Zambian-born hotshot came through the ranks at Cardiff to become a key player as they climbed from the fourth tier to the second, including netting a club record 35 goals in a campaign in 2002/03 as the Bluebirds won promotion to Division One. After 30 goals at that level the following season, he moved into the top-flight for the first time with West Bromwich Albion but returned to the Welsh capital in 2011 for a couple of seasons, ending his association with Cardiff with a record of 109 goals in 227 matches.

The stadium Cardiff City Stadium Capacity: 33,280 Opened: 2009 Record attendance: 33,280 Wales v Belgium Euro 2016 qualifier, 12th June 2015

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LAST 5

Cardiff City v Manchester United Premier League

Watford 3-2 Cardiff City Premier League

Cardiff City 1-0 Southampton Premier League

David Marshall

Fraizer Campbell

Steven Caulker

MOST PREMIER LEAGUE GAMES

West Ham United 3-1 Cardiff City Premier League

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MOST PREMIER LEAGUE GOALS

Cardiff City 2-1 Wolves Premier League

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Age

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Walsall

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August 2017

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 6 2 GOAL S : 0

The first South Asian player in Premier League history started life in the division by saving penalties in both of his first two outings to be nominated for Augustâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Player of the Month. Beginning at Fulham where he played once, and after stints at Bristol Rovers, Crewe Alexandra, Oldham Athletic and Charlton Athletic he finally made his mark at Walsall in 2015. He shone during his 94 appearances at the Bescot Stadium, before helping Cardiff back into the top-flight. CCFC Games: 64 CCFC Goals: 0

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Huddersfield Town

CCFC Games: 78 CCFC Goals: 4

Lorient

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Reading

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03 CCFC Debut

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October 2016

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 4 4 GOAL S : 2

Ever since he scored on his debut against Bristol City, the towering centreback has been a fan favourite at the Cardiff City Stadium. His nomadic career has seen him represent Paris St Germain, have stints in Scotland, England, Italy and Turkey and selected for two Ivory Coast World Cup squads, meaning that when he was released by Leeds United in 2016, Neil Warnock pounced. He was an ever-present the promotion campaign when Bamba was named in the Championship Team of the Year. CCFC Games: 89 CCFC Goals: 8

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Scholar

CCFC Games: 192 CCFC Goals: 19

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Fulham

CCFC Games: 5 CCFC Goals: 0

07 CCFC Games: 14 CCFC Goals: 0

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Rochdale

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Coventry City

August 2011

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CCFC Debut

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The twin brother of Newcastle United winger Jacob followed his sibling to the Premier League when Cardiff paid Norwich City Â£11 million. Both were a part of the Canaries academy with Josh making his breakthrough during the 2013/14 campaign in the top-flight. After loans to Wigan Athletic and MK Dons - where he was named their Player of the Year in 2015 - he established himself at Carrow Road and played 100 times before being handed another chance in the Premier League. CCFC Games: 15 CCFC Goals: 3

Wycombe Wanderers

IN T E RN AT ION AL

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Real Betis

CCFC Games: 17 CCFC Goals: 1

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Age

K.V. Kortrijk

February 2016

Queens Park Rangers

CCFC Games: 98 CCFC Goals: 15

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CCFC Debut

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Bolton Wanderers

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Bristol City

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CCFC Debut

CCFC Games: 19 CCFC Goals: 0

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CCFC Debut

October 2017

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 1 1 GOAL S : 0

Having been signed as a defender, Neil Warnock has gradually pushed Paterson further forward and now he is spearheading the Bluebirds’ attack. He began as a right-back at Hearts, helping them return to the Scottish Premiership in 2015 and won the club’s Young Player of the Year award the following season. That was a feat he replicated in south Wales the next year as his 10 goals from midfield saw him finish as top scorer as Premier League promotion was clinched. CCFC Games: 51 CCFC Goals: 14

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50 CHRIS WATERS

Things you didn't know... ABOUT CARDIFF CITY

s r e t a W s i r Ch By

Each week, Chris Waters delves into the archives to find some obscure facts about Palace’s opponents. Here, he looks back at all things Cardiff City.

The club was formed in 1899 by Bartley Wilson as Riverside FC. When King Edward VII granted city status on Cardiff six years later, Wilson applied to change the team’s name to Cardiff City, but this was rejected as it was deemed that the league in which they were playing was too minor. With a switch to the South Wales Amateur League, the new name was granted in 1907.

Mystery surrounds City’s nickname the Bluebirds, with no-one knowing for sure how it exactly came about. One popular theory is that it is linked to a children’s play called The Blue Bird, written by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck, which received rave reviews when it was performed in Cardiff in 1911. The writer received the Noble Prize for Literature a week later.

The Bluebirds were involved in one of the tightest ever First Division title races in 1923/24 when they lost out to Huddersfield Town on goal average by 0.024 of a goal. In the final round of fixtures, Huddersfield won their game, meaning Cardiff needed to beat Birmingham City. At 0-0, Cardiff were awarded a penalty but record goalscorer Len Davies missed and the club lost out on the title.

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Cardiff’s FA Cup final triumph over Arsenal in 1927 is remembered for the Gunners goalkeeper Dan Lewis allowing a tame shot to roll out of his grasp and then inadvertently elbowed the ball into the net. The Welshman blamed his brand-new jersey, saying that the wool was too greasy for him to grip the ball properly. According to Arsenal club legend, no Gunners custodian has played in an FA Cup final since with a new jersey.

Winning the Welsh Cup regularly gave City an avenue into European competition, even as a struggling Second Division side. In 1967 the team went on a remarkable run to the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners Cup where they were pipped by Hamburg, and four years later they made the quarter-finals where they met Real Madrid. The 1-0 first leg win in Wales is one of the most famous victories in the club’s history, though they lost the second leg 2-0.

When Wolverhampton Wanderers decided to ban Cardiff fans from Molineux in the 2006/07 campaign, some supporters came up with a clever way of still getting to see the match. Cardiff fan Steve Day hired a small airship to give around 20 Bluebirds a bird’s eye view, but unfortunately, due to high winds the airship couldn’t take off and Day’s innovative plan was scuppered.

There are many myths about the origin of the Ayatollah celebration unique to Cardiff fans, ranging from it being based on an ancient Celtic ritual to it being out of respect for a mad fan from days of yore. The most likely origin is that it was used by fans of the Welsh language punk group U Thant, and was imitated on the terraces in a game at Lincoln City in 1990 the day after one of the band’s gigs.

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52 DREAM TEAM

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Palace & cardiff george wood

danny gabbidon

mark hudson

joe ledley

Fan Zhiyi

Darcy blake

paul bodin

David Giles

wilfried zaha

Ian Walsh

Bobby Woodruff

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A foot in

Both camps

IN EACH EDITION, WE WILL TRY AND FORM THE BEST STARTING LINE-UP POSSIBLE COMPRISED OF PLAYERS WHO HAVE REPRESENTED BOTH THE EAGLES AND TODAY’S OPPONENTS, AND SEE WHICH CLUB COMES OUT ON TOP WHEN IT COMES TO APPEARANCES AND GOALS.

GK: George Wood – CPFC 210/0 CCFC 87/0 A former Palace Player of the Year back in 1986, the shotstopper moved to Cardiff the following year and after retiring would have stints as goalkeeping coach at both clubs.

CM: Fan Zhiyi – CPFC 102/6 CCFC 7/0 In 1998 Fan became one of the first Chinese players in English football and was named Palace Player of the Year in 2001, before ending his time in Britain with Cardiff two years later.

RB: Darcy Blake – CPFC 11/0 CCFC 118/0 The Welsh international played twice at Wembley for the Bluebirds including in the 2012 League Cup final, but injuries cut short his promising career following his move to SE25 later that year.

LW: David Giles – CPFC 100/6 CCFC 151/12 The winger began his career with Cardiff where he would have two spells bookending his playing days, which also included a stint with the Eagles between 1982 and 1984.

CB: Danny Gabbidon – CPFC 38/2 CCFC 221/10 After helping Cardiff into the second tier in 2003, the 49-time capped international helped the Eagles clinch Premier League promotion in 2012/13 before a second stint in the Welsh capital. CB: Mark Hudson – CPFC 150/7 CCFC 165/11 A captain of both sides, Hudson’s loan arrival helped propel Palace to promotion in 2004 and he won the Bluebirds’ Player of the Year in 2012/13 as they reached the Premier League for the first time. LB: Paul Bodin – CPFC 10/0 CCFC 90/4 Another Welsh international, Bodin’s career took off at Cardiff but would later star for Swindon Town either side of a short stint at Selhurst Park in 1991. RW: Wilfried Zaha – CPFC 301/46 CCFC 13/0 Following his move to Manchester United in 2013, the mercurial winger was loaned to Cardiff for the second half of the 2013/14 campaign in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid relegation. CM: Joe Ledley – CPFC 96/6 CCFC 265/30 Cardiff born and bred, the central midfielder played for the Bluebirds in the 2007 FA Cup final and, after a spell at Celtic, spent three years helping Palace remain in the top-flight.

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CF: Ian Walsh – CPFC 133/27 CCFC 17/4 A member of the Team of the Eighties, Walsh famously scored on the night Palace gained top-flight promotion against Burnley in 1979 and ended his playing days at Cardiff a decade later. CF: Bobby Woodruff – CPFC 139/48 CCFC 197/32 Having helped the Glaziers reach the First Division in 1969, the striker switched to Ninian Park for £25,000 the following year where he spent five seasons.

TOTAL APPEARANCES

CPFC 1,290

CCFC 1,331

TOTAL GOALS

CPFC 148

CCFC 103

RESULT

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Ian King & Terry Byfield This season we are celebrating the 30th, 40th and 50th anniversaries of Palace's promotionwinning campaigns via a series of season reviews, interviews and classic match reports, detailing the key moments that saw the return of top-flight football to Selhurst Park.

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1968/69

Bobby

Forward | 1966-1970 139 Games, 39 Goals 1968/69 Record: 36 Games, 11 Goals

Woodruff How did you initially come to arrive at Palace back in 1966? Bert Head was at Swindon Town when I was a youngster and he gave me my chance at just 17 years of age and really looked after me as my manager in those early days. When the opportunity came along for me to move on he sold me to Wolves, but when things didn’t work out so well during my third season up there, he was on the phone to give me the opportunity of moving to Crystal Palace and I certainly didn’t wait long to take him up on that chance. Having been at the club for a few seasons beforehand, did you think we would challenge for promotion heading in 1968/69? In the two previous seasons we had been in there with a real chance. However after Bert Head made a few signings, we were ready for a challenge. We had individuals who would play a major role in our success that season. Palace fans of that era will not need me to tell them what an impact Steve Kember had, while

centre-half Alan Stephenson and goalkeeper John Jackson made up a perfect spine of the team. One of the team’s threats that season was your famed long-throw, how did you develop that? It first started at Swindon. In those days it was the done thing for the wingers to take the throw-ins, and we suddenly realised that I could throw it slightly further than most. I worked on it quite a bit and rather than it just be a weapon for players to go for at the near post, eventually I was able to aim for the far post. Hopefully the strikers in the Palace team benefited from the way I was able to help create havoc. The highlight for you that season came in March, what do you recall of that month? We went into the away game at eventual champions Derby County on the back of a few matches unbeaten. A win up there would be such a vital one for our group of players who were still trying to believe whether this was going to be the season that mattered.

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We completely outplayed them and even though I got the goal on the night the referee cancelled out a couple more! Even so it was such an important result because other people started taking notice of what we were capable of. A few days later we played Birmingham City and won by the same scoreline, so those wins were the ones that really pushed us into promotion contention. Injury caused you to miss the successful run-in, how difficult was that from a personal point of view? A few weeks later I got a knock from Jim Barron against Oxford United; I was flat out on the floor and ended up with a broken collarbone. That put me out for the final seven games and had to sit in the stands watching the lads get promoted rather than being out there in the thick of the action, but you never know we might not have got promotion if I was out there! It was quite a time to be watching from the stands and obviously the rollercoaster of the 3-2 win in

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the final home game. I can still remember the level of support from those fans around me as they went mad with delight, and when the lads came out to celebrate near the Directors Box after the game that rounded off a memorable day.

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1978/79

11th November 1978

Crystal Palace 3 Blackburn Rovers 0 Match report reproduced from the Croydon Advertiser

alace’s eager youngsters, spearheaded by man-of-the-match David Swindlehurst, brushed away the unsavoury memories of two successive defeats that had knocked them out of their promotion-seeking stride and got grimly down to nailing the challenge of a surprisingly talented Blackburn side on Saturday. In doing so, they pushed themselves back into second place in the Second Division and emerged, too, with flying colours from a test of character that had manager Terry Venables enthusing afterwards. It was obvious from the opening moments that victory was not going to come easily against a Blackburn side who, after a dismal start, had won their previous two away games, including a fine win over high-flying Fulham. Faced with the absence of the experienced Paul Hinshelwood and Mike Elwiss, Venables took the bold step of dropping another seasoned campaigner in Nick Chatterton – “He’s had one or two personal problems lately and it was beginning to show in his play,” explained the Palace boss. The net result was that Palace went into the game with seven youngsters in the side, and another young man with little first-team experience – Neil Smillie – on the substitutes bench. But such is the talent in this Palace side that

their comparative rawness did not really show. Mind you, it was not particularly pretty to watch for most of the first half while Palace were finding their feet against a Blackburn side who had their fair share of ordinary performers, but who had in their ranks several outstanding players as well.

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Give Blackburn credit, too, for not pulling all back into defence. They were prepared to run at Palace, and in the first 40-minutes or so it was John Burridge in the Palace goal who had more important work to do than his Blackburn counterpart John Butcher. Palace’s best chance of that opening spell came in the 22nd minute when Brotherston flattened Swindlehurst as the big centre forward bored his way into the Blackburn penalty area. Palace besieged referee Angus McDonald with their penalty appeals, but they were strangely waved aside. It looked to be heading for a scoreless deadlock at half-time when Palace suddenly sprang into life and scored two goals in the space of a minute in the dying stages of the first period. The first came in the 42nd minute when Alan Birchenall recklessly chopped down Jerry Murphy a couple of yards outside the Blackburn penalty area. Palace’s strength in set-piece situations was illustrated graphically yet again. Murphy touched the ball to Kember who stopped it and Swindlehurst

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chipped an exquisite little lob over to Peter Nicholas at the far post. Nicholas headed back into the goalmouth and into the path of the advancing Ian Walsh, who scored with a diving header. Swindlehurst had taken a supporting role in that goal, but while Blackburn were still reeling from the precision of it all, he claimed star billing less than 60 seconds later as he gathered a Hilaire pass, tore through a Rovers defence that was in total disarray and beat Butcher with a low, firm shot. From that moment on it was Palace’s match, and when Rovers' Derek Fazackerley handled in the 66th minute under pressure from Walsh it was just a formality as Swindlehurst sent a carefully aimed penalty past Butcher. Palace – Burridge, Fenwick, Sansom, Kember, Cannon, Gilbert, Nicholas, Murphy, Swindlehurst, Walsh, Hilaire. Blackburn – Butcher, Hird, Bailey, Metcalfe, Keeley, Fazackerley, Brotherston, Garner, Craig, Fowler, Birchenall.

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1988/89

Story of the

Season Part 3

s the relentless run of fixtures continued, Palace exited the League Cup at Bristol City on the first day of November, with the Eagles shipping three goals before half-time in a 4-1 defeat. Their mini-slump continued four days later at Selhurst Park where they drew 1-1 against an unyielding Barnsley, also mid-table in the Second Division. With Neil Redfearn wanting a return to his northern roots, a deal was set up with Hull City which would see Alex Dyer go in the other direction. As it happened, Redfearn opted to stay so Dyer arrived for ÂŁ225,000 and made his debut at Bournemouth as a substitute for Redfearn, but to little effect as Palace lost 2-0. The following week Redfearn left for Watford so Dyer made his full debut in a home fixture with Leicester City and the Eagles returned to winning ways with a fine 4-2 victory. The Foxes scored early on but with 15 minutes remaining they had shipped four goals with Dyer providing an assist for Mark Bright, while former junior Chris Powell played his last game with a late cameo. Despite the prospect of a play-off place and the entertaining football on show, attendances in SE25 were still below the 10,000 mark. On 22nd November the club gained its first success in the Simod Cup by also overcoming Walsall at home by a 4-2 scoreline. Trailing at the break, Steve

Coppellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team netted three goals in six second half minutes with new signing Dyer helping himself to two in front of a lowly 2,893 crowd that saw Ian Wright claim his 50th Palace strike. A trip to The Hawthorns followed as the Eagles again took part in a high-scoring game in a 5-3 defeat to West Brom. Trailing by a single goal, Dyer equalised a minute into the second half and then the PALACE

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Finding themselves two-down by the break, Wright offered a glimmer of hope early in the second half but with too many players off-key, the Seagulls cruised to a 3-1 victory. 1988 ended with a long journey north to play on Oldham Athletic’s plastic pitch and some compensation for the debacle in Brighton was gained. Thomas set the Eagles on their way just before the break but had go off injured early in the second half as Oldham got back on terms, but Wright, on his 150th appearance, netted twice to clinch all three points.

floodgates opened before Geoff Thomas reduced the deficit to 4-3 with two minutes remaining, only for the Baggies to kill the game seconds later. The following week Palace’s slump down the table continued as they drew 0-0 with third-placed Manchester City. However, a win was claimed at Birmingham City on 10th December as Dyer’s bright start continued when his corner kick eluded the Blues goalkeeper in the 34th minute to claim a 1-0 success. Progress in the Simod Cup continued the following Tuesday down at Southampton where the First Division outfit were seen off 2-1 thanks to goals from Wright and Dyer, whose winner came with just two minutes remaining. There was then a second successive goalless game in SE25 with Leeds United, and as the month drew to a close there was the little matter of a trip to Brighton on Boxing Day where again the Eagles’ erratic away form continued. PALACE

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Ian Wright comes up against some unconventional tackling from Blackburn's Derek Fazackerley. Probably a sending off today but the rules were, shall we say, slightly more relaxed in 1985 when this shot was taken.

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Behind The

Headlines

By Dominic Fifield

In his regular column, The Guardian’s London Football Correspondent gives a unique insight into the world of a football journalist covering the biggest names and games in the sport.

The last few weeks have brought me

“I was a classic case of a 18-21

explained. “Some of the guys I work with have

interviews with two strikers whose

drop-out, not because I wasn’t good

the potential to be among England’s best for the

careers have veered to the extremes.

enough,” he said. “I just never knew

next 10 years, but are also one step from being

Olivier Giroud won the World Cup with

how to believe in myself. I’d put so

average Championship players. They tread the

France in the summer, his rise well

much pressure on myself, it would

finest of lines, and they need help to stay on

charted from his homeland to excelling

overwhelm me. I’d over-think, over-train,

track.” Broughton, the ex-player, is seeking to

in the Premier League with Arsenal and

try to be too perfect and stifle all my

provide just that.

Chelsea over the last seven seasons.

natural instincts.”

Drewe Broughton, in contrast, made 516

These days, while Giroud targets

appearances at 22 clubs over 17 years

the Premier League title as one last

primarily in the lower leagues, his talent

hurrah, Broughton is giving back to

forever choked by stifling self-doubt.

the game, providing six young players

Giroud, hugely engaging as he

with the holistic support they feel

spoke in an executive box at Stamford

uncomfortable accessing at their

Bridge, reflected on the effects winning

clubs. He listens to their fears and

in Russia had on French society, and

encourages them to express their

how the success has yet to sink in with

doubts or anxieties to allow them to

any of Didier Deschamps’ victorious

cope in a sport where the pressure can

squad. The interview with Broughton,

be suffocating.

now seven years retired with his

Players struggle to understand

autobiography And Then What..?,

why they can thrive one week, then

recently published, was a very different

be bombed out the next without

kind of chat.

explanation. They are expected to offer

It is difficult to gauge just what

t Do

a public show of strength to survive the

the 40-year-old might have achieved

dressing room bravado and convince

in the game. He boasted the talent;

the management they should be picked.

he had scored aged 17 on his senior

The ego is all for show. All the while,

debut for Norwich City and would

the doubts are devouring them from

grace the England under-20s alongside

the inside.

Michael Owen and Jamie Carragher.

PRE

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One of Broughton’s clients,

Yet within 18 months he was on loan in

an England under-21 international,

the Conference, and would never again

regularly cries himself to sleep at night.

enjoy life higher than the third tier.

“I can see the fear in their eyes,” he

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FACT FILE Date of birth: 5th June 2002 Place of birth: Chelsea When did you start at Palace? At under-11 age, around 2012/13 Team supported as a youngster: Manchester United, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a Palace fan now! First footballing idol: Luka Modric Career highlight to date: Being involved in the under23s squad and winning against Cogenhoe United in the FA Youth Cup Favourite food: Pasta Favourite TV show: My Wife and Kids What do you do in your spare time? Play Playstation and work on my football If you werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a footballer, what would you be? An estate agent or coach If you could meet anyone famous, who would it be? Lionel Messi Hopes for this season: To win the FA Youth Cup

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Malachi Boateng

My brother Hiram inspired my love of football. He has played for the Palace first-team before and when he joined the club my family decided to come with him so we moved from Battersea to Kent. Seeing my brother do well was definitely an inspiration. He’s with Exeter City now but whenever he has games in and around London, I’ll go down with my parents to watch him. Having a professional footballer in the family only made me want to become one more. Hiram and my dad were the ones who used to help me with football and I used to go outside with him to play back when he wasn’t so busy, and since then I fell into a love of football. During that time, Hiram kept me motivated and told me the important things to do as I progressed. I’m learning that things such as sleep can cost you on gameday. It’s the little things that can cost you, so we need to prepare better individually. Physically and tactically the boys are doing quite well; we just need to focus for the full 90 minutes. A lot of the things we need to improve on come from being quite a young side but it all comes with experience. It’s been a challenging season but one we’re working hard on to improve. I think we’ve had quite a slow start but gradually we’ve been getting better. We want to keep the team united to do well and achieve our goals this season.

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While I play in midfield, I can play in defence as well when asked to. I prefer to play in midfield though, where I’m typically quite defensive anyway or a box-to-box number eight. I’m quite dynamic in my positions but look to play the ball wherever my role is. My style of play means I like keeping it short normally, though sometimes I like to spray the ball from the centre of midfield, but mainly, I like to keep it. My vision and range of passing are strengths, so if I see a run I’ll be able to pick it out. Because I’m looking to step up soon, I’m working hard to improve my all-round game. I’m working to build on my strength and ability going forward because going into older age groups, those attributes become very important. I’m working in the gym to improve on them in preparation for more under-23 matches, which are quite a step up but I want to break in the team soon. You mustn’t be brushed off the ball at that level - it’s much faster and more physically demanding. I really enjoy it at Palace because of my teammates and coaches. I’m happy to be with the club right now because it’s quite a fun, bubbly atmosphere. Even with the gym sessions, we’ll all have a laugh while taking it seriously. We’ve got a good balance, and the coaches are amazing because they help individually and collectively so if there’s something you need, you can just knock on their door.

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west ham UNITED 3 Crystal palace 2 Saturday 8th December 2018

Despite taking the lead within six minutes, Palace lost a hard-fought battle after a West Ham comeback clinched three points thanks to a smash-and-grab 17-minute spell. James McArthur opened the Eagles’ account in quickfire fashion when he raced into the Hammers’ box to prod a James Tomkins header underneath Lukasz Fabianski, and the half came to a close in dramatic fashion when Luka Milivojevic struck the crossbar with a long-distance free-kick. That seemed to stir the hosts and three minutes

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MAN OF THE MATCH

West Ham v Crystal Palace 1

Lukasz Fabianski

Pablo Zabaleta

Wayne Hennessey

Clearances:

Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Interceptions:

James Tomkins

Mamadou Sakho

Arthur Masuaku

Patrick van Aanholt 55

Robert Snodgrass

Max Meyer 84

Mark Noble

Luka Milivojevic

Declan Rice

Cheikhou Kouyaté

Fabián Balbuena

Issa Diop

Felipe Anderson

James McArthur

Javier Hernandez

Andros Townsend

45 Lucas Perez

Wilfried Zaha

SUBSTITUTES West Ham: Adrian, Cresswell, Ogbonna, Obiang , Diangana , Antonio, Carroll . Palace: Guaita, Ward, Kelly, Schlupp Ayew . Goal

Own Goal

after the restart Robert Snodgrass curled in excellently from the edge of the box, and then after Wayne Hennessey saved a free-kick from the Scotsman, Javier Hernandez reacted quickest to strike into the Eagles’ net. On 65 minutes Felipe Anderson seemed to have put the result to bed when he notched an excellent strike of his own by stroking the ball home from 20 yards, however Palace were handed optimism when Jeffrey Schlupp nodded in Max Meyer’s cross but that glimmer of hope ultimately proved to be in vein.

, Puncheon , Sørloth,

Yellow Card

Red Card

First Sub

5 3 Possession gained: 16 Passes: 53 Pass accuracy: 83%

48 POSSESSION 52

DUELS WON

SHOTS

SHOTS ON TARGET

CORNERS

FOULS

Second Sub

Third Sub

Home Team

Away Team

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Venue: London Stadium Attendance: 56,995 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Distance covered â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11.7km

AFTER THEY EQUALISED WE STARTED TO PLAY BETTER AND HAD GOOD CONTROL, BUT FOUND OURSELVES 3-1 DOWN. WE CONTINUED TO ASK QUESTIONS BUT THE TWO GOALS AFTER THE EQUALISER DID FOR US

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Crystal Palace 1 Leicester city 0 Saturday 15th December 2018

A sensational strike by Luka Milivojevic sealed successive home wins for Palace for the first time this season as Roy Hodgson’s team claimed victory against Leicester City with a dogged display. Making his first league start, Vicente Guaita was given a first half scare when he miscontrolled a backpass and Jamie Vardy pounced to win the ball and pop it into the unguarded net, however the Foxes striker was penalised for a foul on the relieved goalkeeper. However the key moment came on 39 minutes when

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a wonderstrike handed Palace the lead as Milivojevic produced a brilliant attempt that arced away from Kasper Schmeichel’s dive and nestled inside the net. As Palace dug in after the break, hearts were in mouths with 11 minutes to go when Vardy stabbed towards the bottom corner but Guaita showed marvellous reactions to tip the effort onto the post, and received the slice of luck his stop deserved when the rebound trickled back into his thankful grasp to ensure the points remained in a soggy south London.

MAN OF THE MATCH

Crystal Palace v Leicester City Kasper Schmeichel

Clearances:

Ricardo Pereira

Interceptions:

Wes Morgan

Aerial duels:

Mamadou Sakho

Harry Maguire

Aerial success:

78%

Patrick van Aanholt

Christian Fuchs

Top speed:

21.2mph

James McArthur

Nampalys Mendy

Cheikhou Kouyaté

Wilfred Ndidi

Vicente Guaita

Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Martin Kelly

Luka Milivojevic

Marc Albrighton 89

90 Max Meyer

James Maddison 45

Andros Townsend

Demarai Gray 73

78 Jordan Ayew

Jamie Vardy

SUBSTITUTES Palace: Speroni, Ward, Dann, Puncheon , Schlupp , Sørloth , Wickham. Leicester City: Ward, Simpson, Evans, Iborra, Ghezzal , Okazaki , Iheanacho . Goal

Own Goal

Yellow Card

Red Card

First Sub

43 POSSESSION 57

DUELS WON

SHOTS

SHOTS ON TARGET

CORNERS

FOULS

Second Sub

Third Sub

Home Team

Away Team

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Venue: Selhurst Park Attendance: 24,738 Referee: Michael Oliver

Possession gained: 11

WE LOST CHEIKHOU KOUYATÃ&#x2030; IN THE SECOND HALF AND IT HANDED THE ASCENDANCY TO LEICESTER. WE THEN HAD TO MAKE CERTAIN WE WORKED HARD AND GROUND OUT THE VICTORY

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COGENHOE UNITEd 1 CRYSTAL PALACE 2 Compton Park, Cogenhoe // 6th December 2018

Home Away

APR

MAR

FEB

JAN

DEC

NOV

OCT

SEP

AUG

U18 Professional Development League Date

Opposition

18/08/18

Hull City

Res 5-0

25/08/18

Crewe Alexandra

1-1

01/09/18

Sheffield Wednesday

0-5

07/09/18

Bolton Wanderers

1-3

15/09/18

Watford

4-2

22/09/18

Cardiff City

1-0

06/10/18

Millwall

1-4

27/10/18

Ipswich Town

1-3

03/11/18

Bristol City

1-0

Palace: Luthra, D. Boateng, Trehy, Onoabhagbe. Chamberlin-Gayle, Keutcha

10/11/18

Charlton Athletic

1-2

(Russell 90), M. Boateng, Robertson, Addy, Aveiro (Ajayi 45), Street (Omilabu 78).

24/11/18

Colchester United

1-1

01/12/18

Queens Park Rangers

1-2

Subs not used: Cawdron, Gurung.

21/12/18

Leeds United

05/01/19

Bristol City

Palace reached the fourth round of the

12/01/19

Ipswich Town

FA Youth Cup by edging past Cogenhoe

determined to get it back and only

26/01/19

Charlton Athletic

United, with TQ Addy netting his first goal

some good goalkeeping by Cunningham

02/02/19

Colchester United

09/02/19

Watford

of the campaign to avoid an upset.

prevented Joshua Ajayi from restoring the

16/02/19

Cardiff City

23/02/19

Millwall

played seven ties and beaten Coventry

saw chances go begging later on as the

02/03/19

QPR

City to reach this stage, and they had

pressure mounted.

09/03/19

Birmingham City

16/03/19

Barnsley

the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first real chance when Mitch

23/03/19

Coventry City

30/03/19 02/04/19

The Northamptonshire side had

Have let the lead slip, Palace were

advantage, while Boateng and Ajayi both

Street thought heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d found the

Roberts headed wide. However, Palace

breakthrough when his shot was too

Burnley

began to settle and Rob Street forced a

powerful for Cunningham but Mullally

Coventry City

good stop from Zach Cunningham, but

was on hand to clear off the line, which

06/04/19

Sheffield United

Rohan Luthra had to show some quick

was something the Eagles were forced to

13/04/19

Nottingham Forest

reactions to prevent Joe Freeman from

do themselves when Martin Onoabhagbe

lobbing him from 30 yards out.

denied Jessi Obeng from turning the cup

Team

Pts

Cardiff City

Millwall

Ipswich Town

minutes after the restart when Pierrick

It looked as though it would be a

Queens Park Rangers

Keutcha spotted David Boateng on the

frustrating night for Palace when Keutcha

Watford

Charlton Athletic

edge of the area who sent the ball into

blasted over with the goal gaping,

Bristol City

the top corner, however almost instantly

however with six minutes remaining Addy

Crystal Palace

Cogenhoe fought back and equalised

took aim from distance and saw a rocket

Coventry City

when a corner was flicked on by Jake

thunder into the net via the post to set up

Colchester United

Walpole and Jack Mullally headed home.

a home tie against Bolton Wanderers.

The deadlock was broken five

tie on its head.

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coventry city 6 Crystal palace 3 The Alan Higgs Centre, Coventry // 14th December 2018

Home Away

APR

MAR

FEB

JAN

DEC

NOV

OCT

SEP

AUG

Professional Development League Date

Opposition

Res

10/08/18

Nottingham Forest

4-3

20/08/18

Crewe Alexandra

2-0

28/08/18

Burnley

1-2

03/09/18

Barnsley

4-0

11/09/19

Birmingham City

2-2

17/09/18

Queens Park Rangers

0-5

28/09/18

Watford

1-1

15/10/18

Bristol City

2-0

22/10/18

Coventry City

0-1

Palace: Webber, D. Boateng, Tavares (Hungbo 45), Woods, Mitchell, Kirby,

29/10/18

Cardiff City

2-2

McGregor, Williams (Dreher 70), Flanagan, Lumeka, Jno Baptiste. Subs not used:

05/11/18

Millwall

2-0

12/11/18

Colchester United

4-0

Henry, Robertson, Street.

19/11/18

Ipswich Town

2-5

26/11/18

Charlton Athletic

4-0

Palace’s development side came out on

fourth of the afternoon after Walters

10/12/18

Bristol City

1-1

the wrong side of a nine-goal thriller

struck an effort off defender Sam Woods

14/12/18

Coventry City

3-6

against Coventry City in what must be the

and into the net, but after being allowed

07/01/19

Cardiff City

15/01/19

Millwall

most topsy-turvy clash they’ll experience

the chance to regain some composure at

28/01/19

Charlton Athletic

this campaign.

the break, Palace reduced the deficit to

04/02/19

Ipswich Town

11/02/19

Queens Park Rangers

a slow start as after just two minutes

ball back across goal for Joseph Hungbo

18/02/19

Colchester United

25/02/19

Watford

Jack Burroughs buried the ball into Oliver

to head home.

04/03/19

Bolton Wanderers

08/03/19

Sheffield Wednesday

the Sky Blues were awarded a penalty

get back in touch but Kirby would see a

25/03/19

Sheffield United

which was converted by Zain Westbrooke

penalty saved, and Palace were left to rue

06/04/19

Hull City

to double the lead.

that missed chance when Jak Hickman

15/04/19

Leeds United

Richard Shaw’s side were left ruing

Webber’s net, and then four minutes later

Team

Pts

Ipswich Town

Queens Park Rangers

Crystal Palace

Millwall

The Eagles incredibly found

4-2 soon after when Kian Flanagan cut the

Shaw’s team had a golden chance to

netted Coventry’s fifth, seemingly bringing

themselves 3-0 down after 12 minutes

to an end any hopes of an away side

when Westbrooke got his second with

fightback after he struck well into the

an exceptional strike from distance, but

Eagles’ net.

instead of crumbling after a nightmare

Coventry City

Bristol City

start, the visitors responded by pulling a

when Levi Lumeka got on the scoresheet,

Charlton Athletic

goal back via Nya Kirby, who drilled a shot

but it was to be cancelled out when David

Cardiff City

low and hard into City’s net.

Bremang converted the day’s third penalty

Watford

Colchester United

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In spite of this, Palace’s efforts were nullified when Coventry nabbed their

Once again the deficit was reduced

with barely five minutes of the match remaining to complete the scoring.

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CRYSTAL PALACE 7 LONDON BEES 2 Hayes Lane, Bromley // 13th December 2018

Home Away Date

Opposition

09/09/18

Leicester City

Res 0-2

19/09/18

Lewes

1-2

23/09/18

Millwall

1-1

30/09/18

Tottenham Hotspur

1-2

14/10/18

London Bees

1-0

21/10/18

Durham

0-2

28/10/18

Sheffield United

0-1

18/11/18

Manchester United

0-5

25/11/18

Charlton Athletic

1-2

02/12/18

Aston Villa

1-3

09/12/18

Tottenham Hotspur

0-1

06/01/19

Millwall

13/01/19

London Bees

Palace went into the Christmas break on a

her complete her hat-trick when she

27/01/19

Durham

massive high after they took their league

converted a penalty.

10/02/19

Leicester City

frustrations out on the London Bees in the

21/02/19

Lewes

Continental Tyres Cup, with Ashlee Hincks

on the game seven minutes after the

10/03/19

Sheffield United

netting four times during the rout.

restart when Burr rifled the ball under the

20/04/19

Manchester United

28/04/19

Charlton Athletic

start to flow as after 11 minutes Hincks

netted her fourth when she flicked in a

12/05/19

Aston Villa

fired home from close range after Chloe

Hannah Mackenzie delivery.

It didn’t take long for the goals to

Burr played her through to give Palace the

The Eagles tightened their grip

crossbar from distance, and then Hincks

Palace’s sixth of the night came two

Team

Pts

Manchester United

lead, but the visitors would find a way to

minutes later when Burr latched onto a

Charlton Athletic

turn proceedings around and take the lead

loose ball and dinked the ball over the

Durham

themselves on 20 minutes after Lauren

helpless Bees goalkeeper Sarah Quantrill,

Tottenham Hotspur

Pickett rounded Shanell Salgado, who

and the goalfest was capped off 15

London Bees

then fumbled an Anne Laure-Davy cross

minutes from time when Charmaine True

Leicester City

over her own line.

lobbed the shot-stopper.

Sheffield United

Aston Villa

Lewes

Crystal Palace

Millwall

PALACE

CARDIFF CITY

However, Palace reacted

The margin of victory could have

fantastically to the setback and equalised

been even greater had Ciara Watling’s

within three minutes when Hincks

strike not been well-saved by Quantrill

curled in a free-kick from the edge of

before Mackenzie struck the bar with a

the box, and on the stroke of half-time

header, but the morale-boosting victory

another dead ball situation would see

had long-been clinched by then.

82 STATISTICS

Seasonal Statistics Most Chances Created (Open Play)

Most Touches

Luka Milivojevic

Andros Townsend

1,291

Top Goal Scorers 01. Luka Milivojevic

04 03

02. Wilfried Zaha 03. Jeffrey Schlupp

Overall Discipline

Total Goals

42%

Shooting Accuracy

Hit Woodwork

Shots on Target

Shots off Target

PALACE

CARDIFF CITY

STATISTICS 83

Pass Success Rate

Player In Focus

78%

Average Possession

Best Duel Success Rate

Aaron Wan-Bissaka

69%

PALACE

CARDIFF CITY

Mamadou Sakho has made the most successful passes in the oppositionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s half this season for Palace, over 100 more than his nearest challenger.

Most Assists

Max Meyer

Statistics correct as of Thursday 20th December

47%

517

ATT

POS

Fulham

W 2-0

24,821

4th

Mon 20