CPFC vs Everton by Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace v Everton 27.04.2019 // 3pm

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Inside palace

Crystal Palace v Everton Saturday 27th April, 3pm

Directors Steve Parish (Chairman) David Blitzer, Joshua Harris

Chief Executive Phil Alexander

Programme Editor Dan Blazer

Graphic Design

Billy Cooke, Luke Thomas

Contributors James Woodroof,

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

Photography Neil Everitt, Sebastian Frej, Reuters, Pinnacle, Andrew Whitton, Rex Features, Tara Hook

Printer Bishops Printers

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WE BID TO FINISH THE SEASON STRONGLY, SAFE IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL BE PREPARING FOR OUR SEVENTH SUCCESSIVE PREMIER LEAGUE CAMPAIGN.

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no lack of effort or desire i'm sure I am delighted to be writing these programme notes today having passed the ‘magical’ 40 points mark to ensure our place in the Premier League next season.

To achieve the club’s earliest ever confirmation of our top flight status, in a week in which we faced current champions Manchester City and an Arsenal side that were unbeaten in the league at home for 16 games in a row, is a victory that the players can be mightily proud of achieved. The game against City was always going to be a tough one. We were expecting them to have the lion’s share of possession, but I was proud of the players for still being in with a fighting chance of taking something from Pep Guardiola’s side until the very last throws of the game. However, going to Arsenal, off the back of a battling 90 minutes against the Premier League champions, meant we had confidence in our ability to get something from the trip to north London. The victory against Unai Emery’s side was a fantastic team performance, and to take four points from Arsenal this season is a total which we haven’t been able to record for 25 years! You could see just how happy the players were for Christian Benteke to find the back of the net again, which highlighted what a well-respected and well-liked player the striker is around the club. I have always had faith in his ability, and it is a pity that he has been on the injury table for far longer than both he and we would have liked this year. I hope for him, and us all, that he continues to impress in the remaining training sessions and three games this season, and that he receives your full support too. Moving on to today’s game against Everton, I must

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first give a special mention to our honorary guests who will be in attendance: several members from the Eagles’ promotion-winning sides of ’69, ’79 & ’89. I hope that I shall get the opportunity to meet them and that you will show your appreciation of all that they did for our club. I would like to welcome Marco Silva and all Everton staff, players and board members to Selhurst Park today, in what will be the 20th Premier League match between our two sides. Earlier in the season, we were on course for a hard earned point away at Goodison Park, until two late goals in the final three minutes from Dominic CalvertLewin and Cenk Tosun meant we returned to south London empty-handed. With our Premier League status confirmed, we have the chance today to make amends for that late heartbreak, as we look to finish as high up the table as we can. There will be no lack of effort or desire I'm sure. We shall be counting on your loyal and noisy support this afternoon and in our final home game next month, as we bid to finish the season strongly – safe in the knowledge that we’ll be preparing for our seventh successive Premier League campaign next season. Enjoy the game!

WE CAN IMPROVE ON OUR HOME FORM, AND RECAPTURE LAST SEASON AND THE SEASON BEFORE WHEN TEAMS KNEW PALACE WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST PLACES TO PLAY.

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to make you happy and proud Even though I felt at 39 points we had secured our Premier League status, it is nice to be writing to you now that we are mathematically safe; it is a good feeling.

Without that pressure for the last three games, we are looking forward to these games and perhaps using these matches to try out some other options and give more minutes to the players who play a key role in our squad. We need to try and get as many points as we can, because first of all we play for our fans and we play for points. We know we haven’t had the best season at home but two of our last three games are at home so we are going to try to take six points from those two games because this will be massive for our fans; we want to make you happy and proud. The fans deserve to be happy until the end of the season and will be with hopefully two victories in these home games. But I hope we have made you proud in many games when we have played away this season. Of course, it is nice when you play at home and win in front of 26,000 Palace supporters. But for fans who travel to away games, we like for them to return home happy and we did this, this season against some top sides and it was amazing – just like we did last weekend in north London. The Arsenal win was special when you consider how many years we have waited to beat them away everything that day was perfect: the weather, the pitch, the opponent, our game plan and the three points; I think that was a complete victory for us. I am so pleased for Christian that he performed against Arsenal in the way he did because he deserves it so much. When footballers don’t play, sometimes they don’t care but that is not Christian, he is a guy who cares

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every single day about football and I love to see that from my teammates because I am like that. Christian knows that I love to see that in him because sometimes when he perhaps misses a chance, we speak about that situation for five minutes and I can see that he is a guy who is very focused in what he is doing. Hopefully he is over his injury, and with three games to go, I know he can finish strongly and it makes me excited for next season with him. Today’s game will be tricky, with Everton playing three of their last five games against the top six and winning each of those matches. They are a good team with a good manager but being at Selhurst Park we have an advantage and we have to use it. It is time to show that we can improve on our home form, and recapture last season and the season before when teams knew Palace was one of the hardest places to play. Hopefully a good performance and result today will set us up nicely for the end of season awards on Tuesday. We can again say we have had a good season and we are all looking forward to that night, to see the fans. But until then… Make some noise!

A SPECIAL MENTION MUST GO TO CHRISTIAN, WHO’S HAD A REALLY TOUGH TIME THIS SEASON – HAVING BEEN SIDELINED FOR SO LONG. HE LOOKED LIKE HIS FORMER SELF ON SUNDAY, AND WE ALL KNOW HE STILL HAS THE ABILITY TO BE DEADLY IN FRONT OF GOAL.

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massive win to secure our future Welcome to the supporters, staff, players and directors of Everton Football Club to Selhurst Park today, and to every Palace supporter here for the penultimate time this season.

Arsenal… what a massive win to secure our future in the Premier League. It’s one which I’m sure you all enjoyed, especially the 3,000 of you who made so much noise in north London last Sunday. Huge credit to the players, Roy and his coaching staff for yet another extraordinary away performance. We were thoroughly deserving of the three points, and to secure our seventh successive season in the top flight – a club record – is magnificent and should be celebrated by everyone associated with the club. A special mention must go to Christian, who’s had a really tough time this season – having been sidelined for so long. He looked like his former self on Sunday, and we all know he still has the ability to be deadly in front of goal. With 200 Premier League games and 70 goals now under his belt, I hope he can finish strong and put the ball in the net a few more times during the remainder of this campaign. With three games to go, there remains a chance of bettering last season’s position of 11th – and I know Roy and the squad are keen to finish with a flourish, and with two home games left – hopefully, something more for all of you to cheer about. I am also really excited today to welcome back several members of the squads from 1968/69, 1978/79 and 1988/89 – the teams who secured the club’s first, second and third spells respectively in the top flight of English football. Some of these guys are part of the reason I support the club and it will be pretty special to meet some of them for the first time. They will be introduced to

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you at half-time, so please show your appreciation as we welcome back several old friends. We are also celebrating the work of the Palace for Life Foundation today. We are all extremely proud of the work our Foundation does with vulnerable youngsters in south London, especially around knife crime and homelessness, but also helping many of them to achieve their full potential through the power of sport and teamwork. We are joined today by a number of the Foundation’s teams, including their powerchair football players and a group of young refugees who took on a side from Everton this morning. Please make them feel welcome if you see them in the Fanzone or in the stands. Palace Ladies will play their second ever match at Selhurst Park tomorrow, in their penultimate fixture of the season. Even though it’s been a tough season, it would be great to see as many of you here as possible to support the team against local rivals Charlton. On Tuesday, we are holding our end of season awards night at Boxpark. Other clubs opt for formal corporate events, but we are proud to put on this free event as a way of thanking you all your support this season. Last year it was an amazing event, so I’d encourage you all to join us from 4pm, with the main event beginning at 6pm. Enjoy the game today, and get behind Roy’s team as you always do, Up the Palace.

10 TODAY'S GAME

Crystal Palace v Everton // Saturday 27th April // Selhurst Park

Today's game Towards the business end of the season, both clubs are finding something in the way of form: Palace have found the back of the net in each of their last seven home league games, after failing to score in seven of the 10 before that. Whilst Everton have won four of their last five Premier League games, as many victories as they managed in their previous 17. This is Crystal Palace’s second-best-ever Premier League campaign after 35 games, with their haul of 42 points bettered only by 2013/14 (43). Everton are four points better off at this stage this season (49 pts) than last season (45). Wilfried Zaha has scored nine Premier League goals this season – he’s never reached double figures in a single top-flight campaign. But whilst the Eagles will be hoping the Ivory Coast international is firing on all cylinders up top, the defence will be keeping their eye on Everton’s Gylfi Sigurdsson – the Icelandic international has been involved in seven Premier League goals against Crystal Palace (three goals, four assists). All four of Roy Hodgson’s Premier League wins over Everton have come at home (P7 W4 D1 L2), with Blackburn in November 1997, Fulham in March 2008 and September 2009 and West Brom in May 2011. Whereas, Marco Silva has lost two of his three Premier League games against Crystal Palace.

Luka Milivojevic Only six players in the Premier League this season have scored more big chances (a situation in which the ball has a clear path to goal) than Milivojevic.

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Previous encounters:

With 98, Wilfried Zaha ranks secondhighest for successful dribbles completed in the Premier League this season.

Head 2 head

One to watch:

All-time

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stat to share: Palace beat Everton 6-0 in 1922 in the FA Cup. The next meeting in 1931 saw Everton win with the same score. Everton are on an eight-game unbeaten run against the Eagles, keeping four clean sheets in the process.

Last TIME OUT everton 4-0 MANCHESTER united 1 Jordan Pickford 23 Seamus Coleman 4 Michael Keane 5 Kurt Zouma 12 Lucas Digne 18 Morgan Schneiderlin 17 Idrissa Gueye 10 Gylfi Sigurdsson

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29 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

16 James McCarthy

Gylfi Sigurdsson has 14 Premier League goals this season from 33 shots on target (the 13th highest in the league).

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Newsroom A WARM WELCOME TO JOIN US AT PALACE’S END OF SEASON AWARDS RETURNING SELHURST PARK LEGENDS The Crystal Palace End of Season Awards are set to take place at Boxpark Croydon this coming Tuesday (30th April), and you can attend the action-packed evening for free! From 4pm onwards, you can soak up the spring atmosphere among Boxpark's various food and drink outlets with the awards beginning around 6pm. The Manor will be part of an exciting entertainment lineup taking place throughout the afternoon and evening. The event will get started with Rob Thornton running various games and competitions before The Crystals and Charlotte Lade, one of the world's most experienced female football freestylers, perform while mascots Pete and Alice meet fans and take pictures. There will also be a pop-up club shop so that you can take advantage of savings on your favourite Palace products. In addition, there will be opportunities to interact with Palace first team and Palace Ladies players, whilst DJ Jay Knox keeps you entertained with the very best tunes. We look forward to hopefully seeing you down there.

We are delighted to today be welcoming back several players from three very special promotion-winning squads. The ’69, ’79 & ’89 sides will forever have a place in the Eagles’ history, so be sure to watch the half time celebration of our former icons, as we look back on those magical seasons and the players recall some of their fondest memories: the 51,000 crowd against Burnley, being 2-0 down to Fulham in the must-win game and just the five penalties awarded against Brighton! Confirmed Palace legends returning are: 1968/69: David Payne, John Jackson, Mel Blyth, Frank Parsons, Tony Taylor, Mark Lazarus and Steve Kember 1978/79: David Swindlehurst, Ian Walsh, Jim Cannon, Paul Hinshelwood, Vince Hilaire and of course Steve Kember was part of this squad, too. 1988/89: David Madden, Phil Barber and Mark Bright Player appearances subject to change. PALACE v EVERTON

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2019/20 SEASON TICKETS There's still time to make the ‘save your seat’ deadline on season ticket renewals for 2019/20. Head to cpfc.co.uk for info or call the Box Office on 08712 00 0071 before the 1st May deadline.

SUPPORT THE LADIES TEAM AT SELHURST TOMORROW The Palace Ladies' final home match of the season against Charlton Athletic Women will be played at Selhurst Park on Sunday 28th, 2pm. Tickets for the match are on sale from the box office 08712 00 00 71 or over at cpfc.co.uk - £5 for adults if bought before Sunday (£7.50 on the day) with under-16s able to attend for free.

PALACE LEGENDS CONFIRMED FOR BEER FESTIVAL The ninth annual Beer Festival will take place at Selhurst Park on Saturday 18th May between noon and 7pm. Branch out and grab one of the 200+ beers, ciders and ales on offer, find a spot in the sun and then enjoy a game featuring some Crystal Palace legends! The confirmed Eagles icons running out at Selhurst Park are: Andy Johnson, Andy Gray, Julian Gray, Clinton Morrison, Fitz Hall, John Salako, Dean Austin,Neil Shipperley and Bobby Bowry. - so be sure to grab a picture or pint with our returning heroes. Buy tickets online for £12 now which includes a commemorative pint glass upon arrival – and a saving of £8 on the day price. Tickets can also be bought via the Box Office in person or on 08712 00 00 71. PALACE

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BOOK YOUR PLACE AT PALACE’S BUSINESS CLUB LUNCH For the next Business Club networking lunch on Thursday 2nd May (11:30am - 3pm), the club are delighted to welcome Troy Townsend, father of England and Palace footballer, Andros Townsend and the Head of Development for English football’s equality and inclusion organisation, Kick it Out. For more information and to book your place, please contact events@cpfc.co.uk or call 020 8768 6013. PALACE ‘KEEPERS JOIN IN JUNIOR MEMBERS DAY A group of lucky Crystal Palace Junior Members spent an action-packed day playing football and taking penalties with the Eagles' goalkeepers at the Junior Members Day. The group of Palace fans were surprised by Vicente Guaita, Julian Speroni, Wayne Hennessey and Lucas Perri before joining in with a range of challenges. Head to eagles.cpfc.co.uk to see what else happened.

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We are delighted to welcome Steve Kember back to Selhurst Park today as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1968/69 promotion side, as well as the 40th year since the 1978/79 team replicated the feat. Here, Kember talks with Terry Byfield about those two wonderful campaigns.

It is quite easy in football to have iconic moments. However, what isn’t so easy is becoming an icon. And what is nigh on impossible is becoming a club legend across two different decades and playing a key part in two of a club’s proudest and most important achievements. That is of course unless your name is Steve Kember; a name that still carries a lot of affection in the terraces almost 54 years since the midfielder signed his first professional contract with his boyhood club on the 8th December 1965. For Kember, the Eagles of south London were a big part of his childhood, and he fondly recalls the journey every young Palace-going supporter dreams of: from fan to player. “I started with Palace at the age of 14 and this was amazing considering Palace were

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the side I would watch with my dad from five years old. To actually start to play for the juniors and then get my first pro contract when I was 17 in December 1965, it was a dream come true.” As Motorhead famously sang ‘Everything changes, it all stays the same’ and although the beautiful game may well be unrecognisable to the one that Kember was involved with from the early 60s, the fear of losing players to the perceived big clubs remained a reality, just like it does today. Thankfully for followers of the south Londoners, Kember’s affinity with the Eagles could not be bought: “I had offers to go to Chelsea, Tottenham, West Ham and QPR, obviously Palace were my club and I felt I had a good opportunity of getting into the first team.” Looking back on the first promotion campaign that the midfielder was involved in, the belief that the squad, under the guidance of Bert Head (the manager’s 328 games for the Eagles still remains the thirdmost in Palace’s managerial history) could achieve something special was bubbling under the surface right from the very first kick of the campaign: “We always thought we had a chance. That year we had all the snow over the Christmas period and we basically didn’t play for four weeks and we’d been on a good run and everyone was saying ‘you’ve lost your good run now, what’s going to happen?’ “We played Derby County midweek, who went on and won the league, and beat them 1-0 up at the Baseball Ground and then we played Birmingham on the Saturday and beat them 1-0 again – I think I scored actually to win the game. “Another important game was when we played Middlesbrough on Easter Monday, we beat them 1-0 and everyone thought: we are going to do it.” Kember’s contribution to that memorable season was huge, with moments such as scoring one of the goals against Fulham that sealed Palace’s debut in the First Division for the next season. Of course, though, this was a team effort built on

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solid foundations and Kember was quick to praise the defence behind him, in particular the central defensive pairing of John McCormick and Mel Blyth, with the former going on to win the first ever Player of the Year award for Palace in the 1971/72 season. “McCormick was your big, rough, tough, centrehalf and Mel, to be fair, was a gifted player who could play in midfield but went back to play with John and they were a formidable pair. “We were lucky that the back four played almost every game and that sort of basis was the main reason why we went up; those two were brilliant. The Fulham game, going in 2-0 down, and thinking: ‘We aren’t going to cock it up last minute, are we?’ but the manager was always saying to us ‘you’ve got to keep playing your football, keep knocking it about, get your crosses and shots in’ and I was lucky enough to get myself on a free run and knock it past the ‘keeper. “The scenes after beating Fulham 3-2 were second to none. Finally we had got into the First Division to play with the big boys.” Like all football seasons, it wasn’t always plain sailing for Head’s charges with dropped points, marginal offsides and, unfortunately, player injuries curtailing the

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promotion momentum. But how a team reacts in the face of adversity tells you a lot about them, and when Bobby Woodruff was lost to injury, the questions of how Palace would cope began to rise: “Bobby was a really good player, not only a good player with his feet but also his hands with his long throw. He scored loads of important goals for us in that period before he got his injury and it was a massive blow to us. However, we had enough strength in depth to get by and with the team spirit.” Having left Palace for stints with Leicester City and Chelsea, the lure of Selhurst Park, just as it had been back in 1965 for Kember, was too much to resist when Terry Venables discussed a return to Crystal Palace during the 1978/79 season. “I got a phone call from a Daily Mirror reporter saying: ‘I think Terry is going to come in for you; ‘he wants you to go back there’ and after going so well for Leicester after a season or two the whole thing was falling apart. “It was a dream come true to come back to Palace and when Terry spoke to me he said: ‘I’m looking for you to slot into midfield and be the old head and nurture the young, skilful players through.’ “I came back in and apart from a spell where I got banned, I virtually played in every game.” With Kember returning full of memories and lessons from the club’s first ever promotion to the top flight, this was always going to prove invaluable to a young, exciting team looking to replicate the feat Kember & Co. had orchestrated a decade earlier. “The thing about those boys of 78/79 is that they just got into the habit of winning, starting with winning the FA Youth Cup twice in a row. There were so many talented players, Billy [Gilbert], Jimmy Cannon, Dave Swindlehurst, [Ian] Walshy, [Vince] Hilaire, just loads of talented players. They didn’t take a lot of talking to because they were such good players.”

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Again, as everything changes, it all stays the same, and much like the 1968/69 team, 10 years later the foundations of success for the 78/79 promotion were built on defensive solidity with just four defeats in the whole campaign. “Jimmy Cannon was a great player; not only a good defender but he was good on the ball and we had an understanding that if he came forward with the ball that I would drop in at centre-half for him. “We didn’t give a lot of goals away. Same as the ‘69 side, if your spine is ok: your goalkeeper, two central defenders, two centre-midfielders and your strikers, you’ve got half a chance.” The memories remain as fresh as they did on the day for Kember and none more so than the night of that Burnley game in front of a 51,000 crowd; the match that confirmed Kember’s return to the club coincided with a return to the First Division: “The night against Burnley took us an hour to drive down South Norwood hill to the Queen’s Hotel; just a phenomenal evening. “Getting promotion again and the actual atmosphere around the place was just incredible. When you keep winning football matches there is no greater place to be and when you keep losing them it’s the other way round! “The football we played, and the way we played, that was one of the other great things about it. Not only were we winning games but we were winning them in style. The football that Terry had implemented into the boys when they were younger, passing the ball, was being implemented." Looking towards today, as Palace run out for their penultimate home game of their sixth consecutive season in the Premier League, it is in a large part down to the foundations laid down by Kember and the sides of ‘69 and ’79 that the Eagles are able to class themselves as an established Premier League outfit. Today will see a whole host of icons from those two teams – as well as the ’89 side – returning for another well-deserved moment in the sun at Selhurst

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Park in front of those that saw their greatness and those that have recently heard about it, and it is an occasion Kember is very much looking forward to: “When you all meet up, you’ll be surprised at just how quickly the banter starts up again that you had in the dressing room. “I have found a couple of times when we have had the ‘69 team back together all of the sudden the laughs are there again and you never lose that. That’s one thing you miss after you stop playing: the banter, the camaraderie in the dressing room. “It will be great to see everyone, especially with me having a double meaning for being there with the 69 and the 79 boys!"

"THE NIGHT AGAINST BURNLEY TOOK US AN HOUR TO DRIVE DOWN SOUTH NORWOOD

HILL TO THE QUEEN’S HOTEL; JUST A PHENOMENAL EVENING."

24 GETTIN’ SHIRTY

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

AS Lyon-Duchère

Gettin’ Marseille

Lorient

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?

AS Lyon-Duchère, where I began my youth career.

Marseille, 2009, away kit.

My season in Lorient, I scored loads of goals; it was a special time for me.

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Shirty

With JORDAN AYEW

Brazil

Everton

Real Madrid

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?

' Ronaldinho! It was an international game at Fulham, Ghana vs Brazil in London.

A friend of mine, Idrissa Gana Gueye of Everton.

Any of Real Madrid's; they always have decent kits, I like the consistency.

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100 YEARS OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE PROGRAMME 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 20

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2012/13 This was the last season that the programme was produced using the saddlestitching method being stapled along the spine as since then the programme has been perfect bound. Once more each edition was numbered on the laminated cover together with a clock showing kick-off time. The programme opened with the manager notes ‘From The Dugout’ with captain Mile Jedinak adding ‘From The Dressing Room’. The visitors were covered with eight pages that included a view from an opposition member of the press. Kevin Day was a regular contributor for ‘From The Stand’ and in each edition a Palace player was asked for his ‘First and Last’. Another home player was the subject of an interview and Chris Waters produced ‘Cult Heroes’. On the historic side there was ‘Names and Games’ that concerned our opposition and ‘On This Day’ looked back at previous Palace games. A different Palace supporter contributed ‘Away Days’ about a specific trip to a game at the home of the opposition. The programme concluded in usual fashion and the final inside page found Communications Manager Terry Byfield reflecting on events during his time with the club.

2013/14 Back in the Premier League and there was a rise to £3.50 for the cost of the 80 pages now. The Palace player portrayed on the cover would be the subject of an in-depth interview in the centre of each edition that opened in usual fashion followed by one of the cochairmen giving their view ‘From The Boardroom’. The visitors' section was increased to eleven pages and a new item was ‘Meet The Palace Staff’ who work behind the scenes. ‘Final Score’ reviewed in words and pictures recent Palace games and following the two pages on the academy and development squads there was an interview with a junior and ‘Where Are They Now?’ looking at a former academy player. ‘Foot In Both Camps’ profiled five players who served Palace and our opposition and this was followed by ‘Treasure Trove’, a section on offbeat Palace memorabilia, then ‘Squad Numbers’ looked back at some of the players behind the numbers since 1992. A picture was utilised in ‘Action Replay’ looking back at a previous encounter with the opposition and a player gave his ‘Dream Team’.

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2014/15

2015/16

Jonathon Rogers started his four-year stint in the editor's chair by redesigning the programme for this season into four distinct sections that was laid out on the first inside page and each of these sections had its own index. First came ‘Pre-Match’ that contained the regular opening features and ended with 11 pages concerning the opposition and stats between us. ‘Half-Time’ included ‘Social Media Round-Up’, ‘My Perfect Player’, created by a Palace player, ‘Mark My Words’ by Mark Bright and ‘Final Score’ reviews games in stats and cartoon fashion. ‘View From The Upper’, Barry Wilder’s ‘Away Days’, ‘From The Press Box’, ‘Around The Palace’ and the Palace player interview were wrapped up in ‘Post-Match’ and the final part was ‘History and Stats’. This opened with ‘Selhurst Seasons’ looking back over ninety years at Selhurst Park, Palace and The Great War then ‘Picture Palace’ which portrayed a selection of historic moments. ‘One Hit Wonders’ looked at our single goal players and the stats section completed a comprehensive production. Finally there was a pull-out section in which there were collectible cards of players celebrating the 90th anniversary at our home ground.

There were some subtle changes to the content for this season in the selection of articles and the first of these was ‘In The Bag’ in which a Palace player had to pick seven questions from a choice of fifty and a new addition to the contributors was TV presenter and Palace fan Layla Anna-Lee. To show the spread of our fan base there was a regular ‘Global Eagles’ page highlighting supporter groups from around the world and after this was ‘FanTasy Palace’ in which a fan told of his/her favourite memories from following the Eagles. To illustrate how the club were becoming a true Premier League outfit there was a page in each issue updating the news of the players out on loan at various clubs then a profile on one of our development squads. Towards the end there was a part that looked back at a previous home encounter with that day’s opposition showing the programme cover and back page with a match report, player interview and programme critique. After the stats was a pull-out section for our younger supporters titled ‘Junior Eagles Mag’.

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Mark Butcher, fondly known as Butch, hung up his gloves a decade ago at his home ground The Oval, bringing a spirited cricket career to a close. Ahead of an England summer that could be one in a generation, he spoke with James Woodroof about Ashes and World Cup hopes, his beloved Surrey CCC, the famous red and blue and a special relationship with Steve Kember.

"It should be a ripping summer – with the World Cup and England as favourites, and an Ashes Series – it doesn’t get any bigger than that for the sport"

ngland’s cricketers are about to embark upon what could be a life-changing summer for themselves, and indeed – the game. England hosts the ICC Cricket World Cup in a month’s time – doing so as firm favourites, before looking to regain the Ashes in favourable conditions. Should it go to plan, it could be a summer that eclipses the impact of 2005. Quite different circumstances then, to when Croydonborn Mark Butcher broke into the England side for the 1997 Ashes series as a combative left-handed opening batsman, coming up against the undisputed best side in the world – one widely regarded as the best ever. Butcher recalls, “It was pretty nerve-wracking but very exciting, we won my first Test – Graham Thorpe and Nasser Hussain put on a huge partnership, we bowled Australia out for just over 100 and we won the Test by nine wickets. It was kind of like ‘what’s all the fuss about’? This is an easy game! “Before we knew it, we were 2-1 down and then lost the series. From the 2005 Ashes onwards, England have largely dominated – but in the late 80s, 90s and 2000s, Australia were dominant – and despite getting a hiding from them, it was a fantastic time to be playing.” It wasn’t plain sailing for Butcher whose career faltered in the early 2000s and he even considered packing it in, but in typically dogged fashion and with the help of his father Alan, he forced his way back into Michael Vaughan’s side and rebuilt his international career as a number three bat. He would go on to earn 71 Tests, one as captain, averaging a respectable 34.58 runs per innings. Now working for Sky Sports as a pundit, he is quick to back England’s chances. “It should be a ripping summer – with the World Cup and England as favourites, and an Ashes series – it doesn’t get any bigger than that for the sport. Almost regardless of who wins, the game can sorely afford to not make a huge splash this summer and hopefully win over a whole new generation of cricket fans.” As a Surrey CCC player for his entire career and with pivotal contributions to three County Championship titles in the space of four seasons, Butcher was delighted for the county winning their first title since 2002, last season under young

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captain Rory Burns. In Butcher's eyes, the side was built around “old school principles of producing brilliant young players.” Indeed, he sees parallels between Surrey’s approach and Roy Hodgson’s Palace. “I almost go back to the Surrey idea of bringing through young players, not being afraid to send them out there to do the work – if you feel they’re good enough. In doing so, there’s a pride in playing for the shirt – but also the belief that you get, when somebody like Roy Hodgson who’s been everywhere, seen everything, done everything – that he believes you’re good enough to play against the best in the world. If you get five or six guys in a team around the same

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age group with the same drive and same ambition, it’s amazing what can be achieved under those circumstances. “All the while you’re producing talent from within, and not relying on buying people who are perhaps at the wrong end of their career to help you out of trouble, the better chance you have at creating sustained success. That’s what it looks like the club is trying to do – and it’s paying dividends.” Butcher became a lifelong Palace fan after being taught at Purley’s Cumnor House by today’s programme cover feature Steve Kember. “He used to coach football and cricket teams at my school, along with my dad. Our families are close – I was best man for his eldest son Matthew’s wedding and he was best man for me. ‘Zimmer’ as we call him is a great man – still as full of life, with an eye for a player, and loves his sport as much as he ever did.” Butcher has since embarked upon a music career as a singer-songwriter and guitarist, with his second album launching in July. Reflecting on his innings so far, he said: “It’s not a bad life – I say to people that the idea was to see if I could get through until my retirement getting through without having a proper job, I’ve managed to scam it so far!”

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44 OPPOSITION

everton f.c.

THE TOFFEES FOUNDED: 1878

1984/85 LEAGUE AND EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS’ CUP CHAMPIONS

The manager Everton are the third English club that Marco Silva has managed, having arrived with Hull City before heading to Watford prior to taking over at Goodison Park at the start of this season. A modest playing career never saw Silva leave his native Portugal but that couldn’t be more different from his managerial career. The coach won the Superleague with Olympiakos, leaving the club with a 79% win record during his one year at the Greek outfit – a performance that added to his growing reputation after picking up the Segunda Liga Coach of the Year in 2011/12.

Club legend Alan Ball joined Everton after winning the World Cup with England in 1966 in a deal that would become a British transfer record with Blackpool receiving £110,000 for letting their star go. The move saw Ball become hugely influential in Everton’s lifting of the First Division crown in 1969/70. Famously, manager Harry Catterick was asked to put a price on his talismanic midfielder, he duly replied: “£1 million." – a sum that if offered would’ve broken the British transfer record five times over. Ball did eventually leave Everton after 78 goals in 249 appearances but not quite for the £1million (Arsenal paid £220,000).

The stadium Goodison Park Capacity: 39,221 Opened: 1892 Record attendance: 40,552 v Liverpool Premier League 11th December 2004 PALACE

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LAST 5

Everton 4-0 Manchester United Premier League

Fulham 2-0 Everton Premier League

Everton 1-0 Arsenal Premier League

Leighton Baines

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Leon Osman

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354

Tim Howard

MOST PREMIER LEAGUE GAMES

354

West Ham 0-2 Everton Premier League

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Romelu Lukaku

MOST PREMIER LEAGUE GOALS

Everton 2-0 Chelsea Premier League

46 OPPOSITION

Age

Signed from

Sunderland

EFC Debut

August 2017

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 1 7 GOAL S : 0

England’s No.1 became the third most expensive goalkeeper of all-time when he moved to Goodison Park from relegated Sunderland (he is now fifth on that list after the signings of Alisson and Ederson but remains the most expensive British shot-stopper ever). The Toffees man between the sticks has faced a total of 35 penalties in his career – not including shootouts – and has managed to keep out eight of those, including five for Everton in the Premier League (three so far this campaign). EFC Games: 83 EFC Goals: 0

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 7 GOAL S: 1

Age

Burnley

August 2017

Wigan Athletic

EFC Games: 70 EFC Goals: 2

I NT E R NAT IO NA L C AP S: 4 0 GO A LS : 3

Barcelona

Age

August 2018

On Loan From Chelsea

Signed from

Age

August 2018

EFC Debut

Signed from

IN T E RN AT I ON AL CA P S: 3 G OAL S: 0

EFC Debut

05 EFC Games: 33 EFC Goals: 2

Signed from

Age

August 2007

EFC Games: 411 EFC Goals: 38

04 EFC Debut

Signed from

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 3 0 GOAL S : 1

EFC Debut

EFC Games: 34 EFC Goals: 4

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Age

Signed from

Sheffield United

EFC Debut

July 2007

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 4 0 GOAL S : 3

When Phil Jagielka joined Everton in 2007 for £4million from Sheffield United it made him, at the time, the club’s biggest ever outlay on a transfer. 12 years later, it has been money well spent, with the centre-back close to racking up 400 appearances for the Merseyside outfit, as an ever-present during much of his stint at Goodison Park. During his time at the club, the Englishman has won the club’s Player of the Year twice and also Players’ Player of the Year the same number of times. EFC Games: 384 EFC Goals: 19

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 5 1 GOAL S: 1

Age

Wigan Athletic

EFC Games: 133 EFC Goals: 6

IN T E RN AT I ON AL CA P S: 41 G OAL S: 0

Age

September 2013

Signed from

On Loan From Barcelona

EFC Debut

Age

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Signed from

Sligo Rovers

EFC Debut

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Barcelona

EFC Games: 287 EFC Goals: 25

08 EFC Games: 28 EFC Goals: 1

Signed from

Age

November 2018

EFC Games: 14 EFC Goals: 1

23 EFC Debut

Signed from

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 1 7 GOAL S: 6

EFC Debut

48 OPPOSITION

I NT E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 1 5 GOAL S : 0

Manchester United

January 2017

Age

Signed from

EFC Games: 105 EFC Goals: 4

EFC Debut

I NT E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 6 3 GOAL S : 2

Age

Aston Villa

August 2018

Signed from

EFC Debut

EFC Games: 67 EFC Goals: 1

Age

Signed from

Swansea City

EFC Debut

August 2017

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

The Icelandic international is Evertonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s record signing with former manager, Ronald Koeman, moving to bring the attacking-midfielder to Goodison Park after 34 league goals in 130 Premier League appearances for Swansea City. Sigurdsson is currently enjoying his best season in front of goal in the top flight of English football with 14 goals, bettering his campaign from 2015/16 when he scored nine for the Swans. EFC Games: 71 EFC Goals: 20

IN T E RN AT ION AL

Scholar

Age

April 2016

Shakhtar Donetsk

Signed from

Age

August 2018

26 EFC Debut

Signed from

EFC Games: 33 EFC Goals: 2

I NT E R NAT IO NA L C AP S: 1 4 GO A LS : 1

EFC Debut

EFC Games: 89 EFC Goals: 4

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I NT E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 3 6 GOAL S : 1 3

Age

Besiktas

January 2018

Arsenal

Signed from

Age

January 2018

EFC Games: 51 EFC Goals: 8

EFC Debut

Signed from

I NT E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 4 7 GOAL S : 8

EFC Debut

EFC Games: 41 EFC Goals: 8

Charlton Athletic

I N T E R N AT I ON AL

Age

January 2017

Sheffield United

Signed from

Age

December 2016

EFC Games: 91 EFC Goals: 17

EFC Debut

Signed from

I N T E R N AT I ON AL

EFC Debut

EFC Games: 35 EFC Goals: 4

Age

Signed from

Watford

EFC Debut

August 2018

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 8 GOAL S : 3

Despite the Brazilian internationalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relatively young age, the former Fluminense player has enjoyed a good start to life in the Premier League, firstly with Watford, before leaving Vicarage Road after one season to reunite with Marco Silva at Goodison Park. 18 goals (three headers, 10 with his right foot and five on his left) and five assists across his 70 appearances in the top flight of English football is a solid return for the Samba star. EFC Games: 36 EFC Goals: 14

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50 CHRIS WATERS

Things you didn't know... ABOUT THE TOFFEES

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 Everton.

The club was originally founded in 1878 as St Dominigo FC, named after the Methodist church in Everton, which gave local people the chance to play sport all year round. The team attracted a lot of interest outside of the church, so it was unanimously decided to change the name to Everton in November 1879. Their opening match under their new moniker was a resounding 6-0 win over St. Peters.

Anfield is of course synonymous with Liverpool but Everton were the first team to play there. Having outgrown their two previous venues, the Toffees rented the land from local brewers, the Orrell brothers, and played their first match at Anfield in September 1884. The club then won their first Championship there in 1891 but trouble began when the then club president purchased the ground and demanded a much higher rent. Having found land to purchase across Stanley Park, Everton decided to move to what became Goodison Park.

The club’s Toffees nickname comes from the fact that in the club’s early days, the ground was close to Ye Anciente Everton Toffee House, and then upon moving to Goodison Park they were next to Old Mother Nobletts Toffee Shop. The latter sold Everton Mints which proved a hit. To counteract this, Ye Anciente hit back by getting permission to throw free toffees into the crowd before the match and at half-time - a tradition that still exists today.

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Dixie Dean holds the record for most goals in a single season, when he scored a remarkable 60 goals for Everton in just 39 games in the 1927/28 season. He achieved this at the tender age of 21. He finished that imperious campaign with a hattrick against Arsenal. In the 1928 calendar year he notched a staggering 85 goals. With 473 goals over 502 appearances, he stuck with the club when they were relegated and was rewarded with winning another title upon their return to the First Division.

In 1938, after being asked to design a crest that could be used on club neck-ties, Secretary Theo Kelly thought of the Prince Rupert Tower. This had been constructed in Everton in 1787 to act as holding cells for criminals, and had become a local landmark. However, it was not until 1978 that it first appeared on the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shirt, replacing the embroidered initials EFC, and still appears on their kits today.

The Toffees took part in the first ever penalty shootout in the European Cup in 1970. UEFA had introduced the shootout after the old system of a third tie played at a neutral ground (and failing that a toss of a coin) was proving increasingly problematic in a congested fixture calendar. Thus, after drawing 1-1 both home and away with Borussia Monchengladbach, history was created as the tie went to penalties - the Toffees won the shootout 4-3.

Everton hold the record for the most seasons in Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top tier with a remarkable 115 campaigns out of 118. The Toffees have only spent 1930/31 and 1951-54 out of the top flight. The closest they came to relegation in recent times was in the 1993/94 campaign when they had to win their final match of the season against Wimbledon. They duly did so, but only after coming back from 2-0 down to win 3-2.

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52 DREAM TEAM

Combined xi Palace & Everton Nigel Martyn

Terry Phelan

Alan Irvine

Andrew Johnson

John Brearley

John Oster

Kenny Sansom

Alan Whittle

James Vaughan

Yannick Bolasie

Marcus Bent

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A foot in

Both camps GK: Nigel Martyn – CPFC 350/0 EFC 100/0 The first ‘keeper in English football to command a £1million transfer fee, and Martyn was well worth the money in his seven years with the Eagles. The former England international finished his career with the Toffees, a player that David Moyes described as “his greatest ever signing.” LB: Kenny Sansom – CPFC 197/4 EFC 7/1 Captain of Palace’s youth team in their 1977 FA Youth Cup success, whilst also also winning the Eagles’ Player of the Year award for the same period – Sansom also took that individual honour in 1979 again. CB: John Brearley – CPFC 77/3 EFC 22/7 Despite being a defender, Brearley finished as Everton’s top scorer in the league for the 1902/03 season with seven goals. RB: Terry Phelan - CPFC 14/0 EFC 24/0 Despite spending three years at Goodison Park, the right-back didn’t feature regularly, with his period on Merseyside including a loan stint in south London with the Eagles. LM: Yannick Bolasie – CPFC 144/13 EFC 32/2

IN EACH EDITION, WE WILL TRY TO 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.

RM: Alan Irvine – CPFC 127/14 EFC 79/6 A bittersweet 1983/84 FA Cup campaign for Irvine saw him play in every round apart from the final, a game in which Everton won. Palace signed the winger in 1984 and he went on to play over 100 times for the club. ST: Andrew Johnson – CPFC 161/85 EFC 74/22 AJ remains a fan favourite amongst the Holmesdale Road faithful thanks to his unbeaten penalty-scoring record for Palace, which resulted in back-to-back Player of the Year awards. ST: James Vaughan – CPFC 30/9 EFC 60/9 Two different spells on loan from Everton to Crystal Palace saw a healthy return in front of goal, however, the striker never really made his mark with Everton, making just eight starts in the league. ST: Marcus Bent – CPFC 31/5 EFC 66/8 Signed during the season that saw Palace relegated from the Premier League, Bent remained in with the club but his time wasn’t prolific. However, he was an underrated figure in Everton’s 2004/05 campaign that resulted in Champions League qualification for the first time.

Currently on loan at Anderlecht from Everton, the DR Congo international remains Palace’s record sale for when he left Selhurst Park for the blue half of Merseyside. CM: John Oster – CPFC 33/4 EFC 50/3 Playing for Everton between 1997-1999, the midfielder had something of a journeyman career which saw him arrive at Selhurst Park in 2008, scoring on his debut in the League Cup against Hereford. AM: Alan Whittle – CPFC 122/24 EFC 91/28 Despite making more appearances for the south London outfit, Whittle had greater success in the blue of Everton where he helped the Toffees lift the 1969/70 First Division.

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TOTAL APPEARANCES

CPFC 1286

efc 605

TOTAL GOALS

CPFC 161

RESULT

efc 86

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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 secured the return of top-flight football to Selhurst Park.

56 THE GLORY YEARS

1968/69

Tony

Taylor

Midfielder | 1968-1974 222 Games, 11 Goals 1968/69 Record: 26 Games, 2 Goals

With just under 200 league games for Palace, how do you look back on your time? We really liked living down in the area of Crystal Palace and settled really well. We had times living in Beckenham, south Croydon and then ended up in Banstead. Palace for me was a really happy time; I was fortunate to join during the promotion season and I was there when Malcolm Allison came to the club but obviously that period wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t such a great time as we suffered relegation but honestly, when I look back on that time of my career, I always wonder why I moved. Joining in that promotion year, a season that was truly about what dreams are made of, wasn't it? The ambition and expectation was certainly something that hit me and there was no doubt that the aim was to be moving up to the next division. I made my debut in the victory against Oxford United and was pleased to be given an extended run in the team but our season was halted early in 1969 due to bad weather and we had an enforced winter break. I think we went without a game for about three weeks but from the restart we went on a great run and never lost another game. During that unbeaten run of games there was great confidence and the team were flying and that

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self-belief got us the results and on the final day we were 2-0 down to Fulham but came out and won 3-2 to clinch promotion, the season was like story book stuff for me. Throughout your career you were extremely versatile when it came to positions. Did you have a preference? As a young player I was never a left winger, but more of a central midfield player but because of my pace clubs tended to play me on the wing. Then at Celtic, under Jock Stein, I was played as a striker and scored a number of goals for their reserve side but having left there for Morton I was once again back on the wing. Eventually I did get the chance to play as a striker but when Palace came calling I was back lining up as a winger. Funny enough, for the promotion run in I was put upfront alongside Cliff Jackson; I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t score that many goals but the team set up seemed to suit us and we blended well and the results reflected that.

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Once we got promotion though I presume the management thought that wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be an ideal position for me so eventually went back to the wing. I must say though that my most successful season was my last one at Selhurst when I went to left back which I really enjoyed. After your playing career came to an end you went into coaching, which was no surprise as you had showed an interest whilst playing. At Palace I used to have the opportunity of coaching the Palace schoolboys at the club. Kenny Sansom was in that group and when the chief scout used to ask me whether there were any standouts, I mentioned him because he always took his game to another level each session. I later remember watching a schoolboy international game on TV in Scotland and there was Kenny representing his country, which was great to see how he progressed at club and country in his career having seen him coming through the Palace ranks during my time there.

58 THE GLORY YEARS

1978/79

20th April 1979

Leicester City 1 Crystal Palace 1

Match report reproduced from the Croydon Advertiser

AUL HINSHELWOOD’S last-gasp equaliser at Filbert Street would not have won any ‘Goal of the Month’ award. “I would have been upset if my missus couldn’t have scored that one” he joked afterwards. The goal gave Hinshelwood some of the spotlight for a change. He had to think to remember the last time he scored: “It was against Millwall just after the Christmas before last,” he said. But this one is sure to stick in his mind: “I feel I have now got my full confidence back after the cartilage injury in mid-season. And I am again confident in myself has enabled me to get up into scoring positions.” A free kick, followed by a lob into the box by Billy Gilbert, set off a frantic scramble and what actually happened next can only be retold by Hinshelwood himself. “They failed to clear with a couple of headers and then I saw Jerry Murphy’s shot hit the post. The ball came back off the goalkeeper’s head and I was there to follow up.” Hinshelwood was mobbed by his relieved colleagues after the second extraordinary smash-andgrab finish by Palace in a week. At Bristol the previous Saturday, Ian Walsh snapped a winner in the 88th minute. This time Palace cut it even finer.

Let there be no doubt that Palace deserved their point – a point that, when the dust has finally settled in this feverish promotion battle, could be so vital. They pitched everything and almost everyone into getting that goal in the second half, even at the risk

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of leaving themselves exposed to Leicester’s counter. And that was some risk in the face of a Leicester front line full of verve and tenacity. Leicester’s team made Palace look old. They had seven teenagers in their 12, including the talented David Buchanan, still a 16-year-old apprentice. And how well they battled. A gripping game was sparked by an uncharacteristic error by Palace goalkeeper John Burridge in the 11th minute. Instead of holding Tommy Williams’ cross from the right, he punched clear but only into the path of Bobby Smith who rattled in a fine shot from the edge of the box before Burridge could even begin to recover. By his standards Burridge had a poor game. The hard-running Leicester strikers, Peake, Henderson and Lineker, forced him into a number of other errors, but Burridge still produced flashes of his very best. A daring save from Henderson in the last 10 minutes was exceptional and kept Palace in the game. Goalscorer Smith, one of the few with experience

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in the Leicester side, hobbled out of action in the 41st minute, but it was no setback as the youngsters ran even harder. Substitute Vince Hilaire quickly got into the swing of things and was only fractionally offside when he went through to net from Sealy’s prompting. However, Palace battled on and the pressure finally told on Leicester, culminating in Hinshelwood’s equaliser in the nick of time. It was fitting that the defender should get the goal, too. He had played an attacking part in the second half and two of the best shots, whistling inches wide, came from him. Leicester’s Rofe, for retaliation on Swindlehurst, was the game’s third booking. Referee Worrall left to the sound of boos from the home fans in the 16,767 crowd but it was hardly warranted. He had let a fast, action-filled game flow well. Leicester – Wallington, Williams, Rofe, Goodwin, May, Ridley, Lineker, Peake, Henderson, Buchanan, Smith. Sub: Duffy for Smith Palace – Burridge, Hinshelwood, Sansom, Kember, Cannon, Gilbert, Fenwick, Murphy, Swindlehurst, Sealy, Walsh. Sub: Hilaire for Kember

60 THE GLORY YEARS

1988/89

Story of the

Season

ith a place in the play-offs almost a certainty, the Eagles travelled to Manchester City on Monday 1st May. City took an early lead with Ian Wright equalising in the second half and that point kept us in fourth. There was an away visit to Leicester City next. Trailing to a 21st minute goal, David Madden converted two spot kicks to give the Eagles a 2-1 lead but the Foxes equalised right at the death. Palaceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game in hand came at home to Stoke City, and Madden was now entrusted with taking penalties and he duly obliged five minutes from the break, to send us up to third place. Relegated Birmingham City were next, with many of their fans in fancy dress. It required City to lose and Palace to win by five goals to earn automatic promotion. When Wright headed Palace into an early lead it signalled the start of a pitch invasion, with Birmingham fans invading the pitch leading to a 27-minute break in the game. When play restarted, Wright went on to complete his hat-trick and Palace were 4-0 up after thirty minutes and with Bradford City leading Manchester City 1-0 the Eagles were in for automatic promotion with one more goal. Sadly, City equalised so the Eagles now faced Swindon in the play-off semi-finals. Palace faced the Robins first at the County Ground

Part 6

on the sun drenched afternoon of Sunday 21st May, with the only goal coming early in the second half when Jeff Hopkins deflected a cross past Perry Suckling.

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Back under the Selhurst Park lights it was a different matter altogether with a 15-minute delay to the kick off due to the number of spectators getting in. Mark Bright brought parity in the eighth minute, sweeping home a loose ball and Wright volleyed the second home as half time approached with the Robins only bothering Suckling towards the end. Back in 1989 the play-off final was played over two legs, so the Eagles travelled to Blackburn Rovers seven days later. Rovers were on the rampage from the start and Palace found themselves two goals down after 25 minutes, both scored by Howard Gayle. It was a similar scenario in the second half, when twenty minutes from time David Burke brought Gayle down in the penalty area. The Blackburn forward stepped up to take the spot kick but blew his hat-trick chance by firing wide and this gave the Eagles hope and with four minutes left Bright headed down a free kick for Eddie McGoldrick to force over the line. There was a sting in the tail during injury time when Simon Garner restored Blackburn's two-goal advantage.

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Palace played their 59th game of the season in front of 30,000 fans and things started well with Wright on hand in the 16th minute to prod the ball in to give the Eagles hope early in the second leg against Rovers. With the crowd roaring the team on Rovers were defending desperately but their single goal advantage disappeared two minutes after the break when McGoldrick was pushed in the penalty area. Madden stepped up to take the kick and side-footed home and the game went to extra time. Palace now had the advantage of that away goal so Blackburn had to score and nearly did so until Suckling produced a flying save. Two minutes from the end Wright headed home a McGoldrick cross to signal a pitch invasion and a delay of several minutes. Referee George Courtney saw order restored for the remaining seconds and then the party started for the south Londoners.

Step Back

Two Palace legends: Jim Cannon receives a special memento from Terry Long (right) on breaking the latter's 480 league and cup appearance record. Cannon went on to make an incredible 660 league and cup games â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a record which is unlikely ever to be beaten. 27/10/1984

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Noticeboard Please note that all views from external contributors in this programme are not necessarily those of Crystal Palace FC. SMOKING Smoking is not permitted anywhere inside Selhurst Park. To smoke you need to be outside the club’s property on Holmesdale Road or beyond the gates to Sainsbury’s car park. EQUALITY Crystal Palace Football Club is committed to identifying, confronting and eliminating discrimination and intends to ensure that everyone who wishes to engage with the club, whether as matchday fans, staff, players, board members or participants in Foundation programmes has a real and equal opportunity to do so. The club is also a supporter of the Kick It Out programme and would like to remind all supporters to refrain from racist, homophobic or discriminative chanting. TEXT ALERT NUMBER If you notice an issue on a matchday and want to report an incident, we have a confidential text alert number on 07507 477669 to contact the club directly.

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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, games and stories in the sport.

The email dropped on April Fool’s Day, an

of a defence that once felt so flimsy but,

the family’s campaign to source a stem cell donor,

invitation to assess a season nearing its

with the 27-year-old at its heart, is now

and raised his England shirt after scoring against

finale and submit a vote for the Football

the stingiest in the division.

the Czech Republic to reveal a tribute to Dawkins.

Writers’ Association’s Footballer of the

And yet the Netherlands centre-

“Damary was a special young man who touched a

Year. The FWA award has been presented

half – while unable to vote for one of

lot of lives, including my own,” he said. “Positive

annually ever since Stanley Matthews

his team-mates – has opted for a City

until the very end, he was an example to us all.”

was honoured back in 1948, the tribute

rival as his choice for the PFA award.

Sterling’s was a stunning gesture, a player setting

the brainchild of Charles Buchan, the

“Raheem Sterling has been fantastic,” he

an example on and off the pitch. This could yet

publisher of Football Monthly and one of

said recently, with the England winger a

be his year.

the organisation’s founding fathers.

player belatedly cherished on and off the

These days, it sits alongside the Professional Footballers’ Association’s own award, the latter only conceived in

pitch. That could yet set him apart for the FWA gong. Key to Buchan’s original motivation

1974, but is still considered prestigious

behind the award was to honour the

within the game with the winner

player “who, by precept and example, is

attending an end of season dinner in

considered the footballer of the year”.

May. Mohamed Salah claimed last year’s

Sterling may have been hugely critical

honour, with the Egyptian and Kevin De

of huge swathes of the press, but he is

Bruyne polling more than 90% of the

currently the face of a manifesto launched

ballot of over 400 FWA members. Yours

by The Times calling for more black, Asian

truly maintained an unhappy knack of

and minority ethnic people in positions

backing the runner-up.

of power, and harsher punishments for

This year’s contest is likely to boil down to a choice between prospective

The England winger has become

title winners. For all the excellence of

a figurehead in the fight against racism,

Eden Hazard or Son Heung-min, enjoying

though his impact extends further. Earlier

their most productive seasons in English

this week it was confirmed that Sterling

football, it is hard to see beyond Liverpool

is to cover all costs associated with the

and Manchester City supplying the

funeral of Damary Dawkins, the Crystal

winner. Bernardo Silva and Sadio Mané

Palace elite development youth player

could stake claims, yet it was Virgil van

who passed away from Leukaemia in

Dijk who emerged as the early favourite.

March at the age of 13.

The Dutch defender has been a mainstay

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WILF WOWS PUPILS WITH RETURN TO PRIMARY SCHOOL Local hero Wilfried Zaha caused a stir at his former primary school when he took part in a special assembly with Palace for Life Foundation. The Palace forward returned to Whitehorse Manor in Thornton Heath, just a short walk from Selhurst Park, to meet hundreds of delighted pupils on the first day of the summer term. Zaha was last at the school 15 years ago, as an 11-year-old pupil and star of the football team. On his return he was given a hero’s welcome, entering the hall to ear-piercing screams and chants of his name. Speaking after the assembly, he said: “It was amazing, seeing so many familiar faces and being back here, a lot has changed, but it’s nice to be back. “When I was last here all I wanted was to be a professional footballer, so to come back here now in this position is just amazing, it feels like a dream.” The assembly was hosted by children’s TV presenter Ben Shires, an ambassador for the Foundation, who ran a Q&A session for the children before leading the entire room through a fun quiz all about Zaha’s career. Head Teacher Nina Achenbach added: “It’s been really wonderful having Wilf back at the school, it has been truly inspirational for everyone. When we’re out playing football in the field, we’re forever telling the children that one day they could be like him, so for them to meet him is just amazing.” Primary Schools Programme Manager at the Foundation, Sam Bacon, said: “Taking players into local schools is one of the most uplifting things we do at the

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Foundation, and it doesn’t get much better than taking Wilf Zaha back to his old school! “The reaction from the children was priceless and Wilf passed on some really good advice to them, reminding them to work hard and believe in themselves.”

extra This morning, a team of young refugee players representing Palace for Life took on an Everton side in a friendly game to celebrate Amnesty International’s Football Welcomes weekend and Croydon Voluntary Action’s #WeStandTogether campaign. Both sets of players are with us at Selhurst Park today.

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FACT FILE Name: Ciara Watling Date of birth: 18/04/1992 Place of birth: Sidcup Position: Midfield When did you start at Palace? Summer 2016 Team supported as a youngster? Millwall First footballing idol? Cristiano Ronaldo Career highlight to date? My debut for Northern Ireland: a 3-0 win over Georgia Favourite food? Turkish Favourite TV show? Power What do you like to do in your free time? Go to the gym If you werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a footballer, what would you be? Probably a football coach Hopes for next season? To build on what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve started this season PALACE

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Ciara Watling

This season has been a challenge, but it was always going to be tough. I think we’ve underachieved somewhat given what we could have done. We didn’t know the league we’d be in until late last summer so we weren’t as prepared as we could have been. That was a disadvantage to us but there are still some positives to take: we’ve developed a different style of play, we’re working on different things, we’ve bonded as a team and learnt how to come out of a block of bad patches. We know we can do better next season, so it’s going to be about pushing up, working harder and really achieving what we know we can. Receiving my international call-up has been the best moment of my career so far. My family is more Northern Irish than English so it was amazing and a very proud moment for me and my family when I got to play as a substitute in a 3-0 win over Georgia. It’s a very big step-up. When I go over to Northern Ireland, it’s training twice a day and then a home game and flying to another country for an away game. With Palace, we train three times a week so when I go there and we’re training 10 times in one week with a game, it’s intense but it’s a lot of learning and a great experience against the best women’s players in the world. I’ve played with and against some great footballers and friends in my time. Away with Northern Ireland, we’re like a family and we all get along. You spend a lot of time together and Freya

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Holdaway and I are quite close, we’re best friends at Palace. We really get along and it’s good bringing that onto the pitch. I also knew a lot of the squad at Palace from playing together at Charlton and Millwall. I’ve known the likes of Gemma Bryan, Pam McRoberts, Jordan Butler and Ashlee Hincks for about 10 years so we’re all very close. Finding a work-life-football balance isn’t easy. Balancing everything is really hard: I’m constantly either working or playing football because being a women’s footballer is literally an 8am-11pm job. Thankfully I run my own company so I can work anywhere as long as I’ve got my laptop. My husband and I set up a business that runs football for girls aged 3-19-year-olds. My main job is the business side of things but I also coach the academy girls’ football team. We play once a week and train three times. I join in sometimes! My other business is a school coaching company, All Sports. I like working with the girls as a coach and role model. Sometimes they say stuff like: ‘oh my God, I saw so-and-so’ and I think, ‘I play against them!’ It’s really important for them to have role models. I see some girls and think: ‘you’re so talented; I wish I was that good when I was your age.’ It’s so good for them to have someone to look up to, to talk to or even to see on social media and think that that’s what they want to be like.

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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 CRYSTAL PALACE 0 Wednesday 3rd April 2019

Palace fell 2-0 to Tottenham Hotspur in their new stadium with goals from Heung-min Son and Christian Eriksen. After 55 minutes of Lilywhites probing, it finally came to fruition with Son finding himself one-on-one with James Tomkins, before cutting inside the defender, taking it away from the rushing-back Cheikhou Kouyaté, and the resulting shot from the South Korean deflecting, unfortunately, into the back of Vicente Guaita’s net. As Palace looked to maintain their 100% record in wearing their home kit in away games this season,

LINE-UPS

MAN OF THE MATCH

Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace 1

Hugo Lloris

Kieran Trippier

Toby Alderweireld

Jan Vertonghen

Ben Davies

Moussa Sissoko

Vicente Guaita

Goals:

Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Passing Accuracy: 85%

Martin Kelly

Key Passes:

James Tomkins

Assists:

Patrick van Aanholt

Total Passes:

Cheikhou Kouyaté

Dele Alli

James McArthur

Christian Eriksen

Jeffrey Schlupp

Son Heung-min

Luka Milivojevic

Danny Rose

Wilfried Zaha

Harry Kane

Michy Batshuayi

SUBSTITUTES Spurs: Sanchez, Winks , Wanyama , Walker-Peters, Foyth, Gazzaniga, Moura Palace: Hennessey, Ward, Townsend , Ayew, Benteke , Meyer, Dann Goal

Own Goal

Roy Hodgson sent Andros Townsend and Christian Benteke out to warm up - Townsend was the first of the aforementioned duo to enter the pitch against his former club, replacing Jeffrey Schlupp in the 79th minute. A minute later, however, Palace found themselves 2-0 down as Harry Kane bundled his way through the penalty area and after a couple of falls and blocks, the ball found its way to Eriksen who smashed home from close range. Despite a flurry of opportunities in the final stages it wasn’t meant to be for Palace with Spurs winning 2-0.

Yellow Card

Red Card

First Sub

65 POSSESSION 35

DUELS WON

SHOTS

SHOTS ON TARGET

CORNERS

FOULS

Second Sub

Third Sub

Home Team

Away Team

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Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 59,215 Referee: Andre Marriner

Total Crosses: 11

“IT HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN A GREAT EVENING FOR THEM BUT WE CERTAINLY PLAYED OUR PART; NO SURRENDER AND DIDN’T MAKE LIFE EASY FOR THEM.”

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NEWCASTLE UNITED 0 crystal palace 1 Saturday 6th April 2019

In a clash almost as tight as the gap between Newcastle United and Crystal Palace, the Eagles stole three points to put a clear and encouraging 11 points between them and the relegation zone. It came with a win in truly trademark fashion as the south Londoners, away from home, broke against an offensive side to earn a penalty through Wilfried Zaha which, naturally, Luka Milivojevic converted. If it were ever possible to write a script for a Crystal Palace win, this is precisely how it would read.

LINE-UPS

MAN OF THE MATCH

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Martin Dubravka

DeAndre Yedlin

Fabian Schär

Jamaal Lascelles

Florian Lejeune

Matt Ritchie

Vicente Guaita

Goals:

Patrick van Aanholt

Total passes:

James Tomkins

Total passes in opp. half: 31

Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Total crosses:

Martin Kelly

Touches:

Jeffrey Schlupp

Ayoze Pérez

Luka Milivojevic

Isaac Hayden

James McArthur

Ki Sung-yueng

Wilfried Zaha

Miguel Almirón

Andros Townsend

Salomón Rondón

Michy Batshuayi

SUBSTITUTES Newcastle: Dummett , Shelvey , Muto, Fernandez, Manquillo, Darlow, Atsu . Palace: Hennessey, Dann , Ward, Kouyate , Woods, Ayew, Benteke . Goal

Own Goal

With just 10 minutes of normal time remaining, Palace finally broke the deadlock. After an imperious Aaron WanBissaka challenge, substitute Christian Benteke threaded the ball to Zaha who, head down, burst in recognisable fashion toward the Newcastle box. Unable to deal with his driving pace, Yedlin brought the Ivorian winger down and, without hesitation, Atwell pointed to the spot. With Milivojevic on the pitch, the action effectively awarded a conversion and, as he does so well, the Serbian struck home from 12 yards as is his speciality.

Yellow Card

Red Card

First Sub

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DUELS WON

SHOTS

SHOTS ON TARGET

CORNERS

FOULS

Second Sub

Third Sub

Home Team

Away Team

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Venue: St James’ Park Attendance: 51,926 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Total Aerial Duels: 11

“IT WAS A VERY HARDFOUGHT GAME AND I’M PLEASED WITH THE WAY WE HANDLED IT. I AM VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM’S PERFORMANCE”

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crystal palace 1 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 2 Goals Beckenham // 26th March 2019

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: J. Russell, J.A. Russell, Onoabhagbe, Trehy (Chamberlin-Gayle 45), Trialist

10/11/18

Charlton Athletic

1-2

(Hanson 69), Trialist, Parris, Gurung, Addy, Aveiro, Gordon. Subs not used: Luthra,

24/11/18

Colchester United

1-1

01/12/18

Queens Park Rangers

3-4

Matthews, Ajayi.

21/12/18

Leeds United

5-6

05/01/19

Bristol City

2-1

Crystal Palace Under-18s fell to a narrow

the counter-attack, however Brandon Aveiro

09/02/19

Watford

1-4

defeat at the hands of a competent Queens

could not score with his second dead-ball

16/02/19

Cardiff City

0-4

Park Rangers side at the academy ground.

and Mahoney held his dipping shot to nullify

23/02/19

Millwall

2-3

02/03/19

Charlton Athletic

1-0

09/03/19

Birmingham City

4-1

in the clash when Dejarhn Grant exhibited

16/03/19

Barnsley

1-3

great strength to hold the ball up for Cameron

then Shiwa Remy who warned Palace with

26/03/19

Queens Park Rangers

1-2

Antwi, who was well tackled by a Palace

a sailing effort over the bar before TQ Addy

30/03/19

Burnley

2-2

02/04/19

Coventry City

3-1

trialist. However, in the mix as the ball

brought his side level from a failed defensive

06/04/19

Sheffield United

1-1

cannoned across the Eagles’ box from the

clearance; he reacted fastest in the box and

09/04/19

Colchester United

2-0

challenge, Khaliq Callender latched on and

put the ball into the net from six-yards.

13/04/19

Nottingham Forest

2-1

struck home from close range.

16/04/19

Ipswich Town

1-1

22/04/19

Coventry City

0-2

QPR demonstrated their talent early

A goal down within seven minutes,

the threat. At the other end of the pitch, it was

The visiting Hoops showed their composure, however, and not long after

then, Palace looked to respond through

regained the lead through Pritbiado Isaac

John-Kymani Gordon, who rode a crunching

as his shot from distance cannoned off the

challenge well before breaking through

blockade of Palace legs in front of it, thus

one-on-one with visiting ‘keeper Murphy

looping over the hand of Jacob Russell.

Mahoney. Despite his best efforts, the Hoops’

With only 20 minutes left, QPR did

Crystal Palace

Bristol City

indomitable shot-stopper stood up strongly to

well to remain organised, and frustrated the

Charlton Athletic

block his resulting crack at goal.

Palace attack by keeping their discipline and

Watford

Coventry City

Colchester United

Team

Pts

Ipswich Town

Cardiff City

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

In the half’s final attempt for the home

holding the Eagles off despite a barrage of

side, a fine defensive block from Cian Trehy

late chances, meaning the points were shared

led to Palace earning another free-kick on

in the London derby. PALACE

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hull city 2 CRYSTAL PALACE 1 KCOM Stadium // April 6th 2019

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: Tupper, Tavares, D.Boateng, M.Boateng, Hobbs, Inniss (Mensah 14),

29/10/18

Cardiff City

2-2

McGregor, Dreher (Pierrick 59), Daly, Flanagan (Aveiro 77), Lumeka. Subs not used:

05/11/18

Millwall

2-0

12/11/18

Colchester United

4-0

Webber, Mitchell.

19/11/18

Ipswich Town

2-5

26/11/18

Charlton Athletic

4-0

Crystal Palace’s Under-23s fell to a

10/12/18

Bristol City

1-1

narrow defeat away at Hull City’s KCOM

go begging and Tupper did well to

3-6

Stadium.

prevent the deficit from increasing

Both sides then saw good chances

14/12/18

Coventry City

07/01/19

Cardiff City

1-1

22/01/19

Millwall

2-1

28/01/19

Charlton Athletic

1-3

intentions going forward when Luca

ascendancy and looking most likely to

04/02/19

Ipswich Town

4-3

Navarro fired a clear attempt over. The

score next.

11/02/19

Queens Park Rangers

2-0

Eagles, however, created chances of

18/02/19

Colchester United

4-1

04/03/19

Bolton Wanderers

0-1

their own and Levi Lumeka was left

through the in-form Gio McGregor, who

08/03/19

Sheffield Wednesday

1-5

frustrated after he drilled a shot against

found the net from a delightful Brandon

25/03/19

Sheffield United

3-0

the foot of the upright from the edge of

Pierrick cross.

06/04/19

Hull City

1-2

15/04/19

Leeds United

2-2

18/04/19

Watford

2-3

Hull began the game showing their

the Tigers’ post. Seizing the opportunity to take the

further, but it was Palace playing in the

A conciliatory goal eventually came

Then as the game wound to a close, Hull were left thanking the woodwork for

lead having been fortunate not to have

the second time as McGregor looked to

conceded, Billy Chadwick worked his

double his tally only to be denied by the

way down the right wing minutes later

frame of George Long’s goal - and with

and cut the ball back to Jon Toral, who

that near miss, Palace’s chance of an

struck home with confidence.

equaliser went, too.

Bristol City

Millwall

Cardiff City

minutes after celebrations had died

were left rueing missed chances and

Queens Park Rangers

down when Joe Tupper saved Max

bad fortune to return to south London

Watford

Sheaf’s effort only for Navarro to strike

empty-handed.

Colchester United

Team

Pts

Ipswich Town

Coventry City

Crystal Palace

Charlton Athletic

PALACE

EVERTON

The game was then won just two

the rebound home.

At the final whistle, then, Palace

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manchester united 7 CRYSTAL PALACE 0 Leigh Sports Village // April 20th 2019

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

Palace: Gillett, Collins, Stevens, Nutttal, MacKenzie, Watling, McKeag, Chandler, Haydock, Whinnett, Balfour Subs: Butler, Georgiou, Nash, Keogh, Salgado

09/12/18

Tottenham Hotspur

0-1

05/01/19

Millwall

3-1

13/01/19

London Bees

1-2

On an afternoon that Manchester United

with the fourth goal of the game going

27/01/19

Durham

0-2

Women could confirm their status as

in just 12 seconds after the referee got

10/02/19

Leicester City

3-2

champions, Crystal Palace knew they

the second half started: Jess Sigsworth

21/02/19

Lewes

0-3

would need to dig deep against a side

the goalscorer.

10/03/19

Sheffield United

0-2

that had dropped five points all season

20/04/19

Manchester United

0-7

and conceded just seven goals.

28/04/19

Charlton Athletic

12/05/19

Aston Villa

The first chance of the game went

some superb saves, ultimately though it

to United’s Leah Galton with the winger

wasn’t meant to be for the Eagles, with

latching on to a Lizzie Arnot pass that

United finishing with a flurry of goals in

went just wide of the Eagles’ post.

a seven-minute spell to end the game as

Team

Pts

Manchester United

Tottenham Hotspur

In the ninth minute, however,

Durham FC

Palace did fall behind with Lauren

Charlton Athletic

James scoring her first goal of the

Sheffield United

afternoon down at Leigh Sports Village.

Aston Villa

London Bees

Leicester City

Lewes

Crystal Palace

Millwall

PALACE

EVERTON

Palace never gave up and Lucy Gillett between the sticks pulled off

Despite some resolute defending,

7-0 victors and confirm their promotion as champions. The Eagles will look to provide a response to the defeat at the hands of the champions on Sunday 28th April as

the Eagles did go in at half-time three

Dean Davenport’s team play their final

goals down without reply, with Arnot

home game of the season at Selhurst

and Galton finding the back of the net in

Park - a game in which you can still grab

the first 45.

a ticket for (Adults £5, Juniors go free) by

The second-half got off to the worst possible start for Davenport’s women,

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82 STATISTICS

Seasonal Statistics Most passes

Interceptons

Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Luka Milivojevic

1,852 Top Goal Scorers 01. Luka Milivojevic

12 09

02. Wilfried Zaha 03. Andros Townsend

Overall Discipline

Total Goals

42%

Shooting Accuracy

Hit Woodwork

133

Shots on Target

187

Shots off Target

PALACE

EVERTON

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Pass Success Rate

Player In Focus

77%

Average Possession

44%

Touches In Opposition Box

Wilfried Zaha

210 PALACE

EVERTON

73%

Palace’s Vicente Guaita ranks fourth best for save percentage – trailing Alisson, Petr Cech and Hugo Lloris - of ‘keepers who have played over 450 minutes in the league this season.

Most Crosses (open play)

Andros Townsend

123

RES

ATT

POS

Sat 11