CPFC vs West Ham

Crystal Palace v West Ham United 09.02.2019 // 3pm

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Inside palace

Crystal Palace v West Ham United Saturday 9th February, 3pm

Directors Steve Parish (Chairman) David Blitzer, Joshua Harris

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Chief Executive Phil Alexander

Programme Editor Jonathon Rogers

Graphic Design

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Billy Cooke, Luke Thomas

Contributors Jonathon Rogers,

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

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

Printer Bishops Printers

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I BELIEVE WE HAVE DONE SOME SHREWD BUSINESS IN THE TRANSFER WINDOW AS WE HAVE IMPROVED OUR OPTIONS IN ATTACK

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FAR FROM A ONE-MAN TEAM After enjoying the taste of a home victory in a London derby last weekend, we must try to replicate that against West Ham United this afternoon.

I left here a happy man a week ago following the 2-0 win against Fulham because we were able to control the majority of the game and struck a good balance between attack and defence. Our backline was solid and kept Fulham’s attackers so quiet that they didn’t register a shot on target all game, while at the other end we converted our two biggest chances of the match, amidst a host of opportunities.

The second goal came about thanks to a great piece of play by Michy Batshuayi, whom I had only met for the first time 24 hours earlier following his lastminute deadline day move from Chelsea. I am delighted to have him at the club as he’ll certainly provide us with more firepower. He can create something out of nothing, as shown by his shot against Fulham that led to Jeffrey Schlupp securing the victory.

If we add in the return of Bakary Sako, I believe we have done some shrewd business in the transfer window as we have improved our options in attack which is vital as we are still nursing Christian Benteke and Connor Wickham back to regular football. Scoring goals is paramount for all teams who find themselves towards the bottom of the table; most of us can keep clean sheets and be defensively organised, so it’s the ability to be clinical in front of goal that usually sees teams pick up enough points to stay in the division.

We’ll be hoping to collect three more today against West Ham, and I would like to welcome Manuel Pellegrini, his players and staff as well as the travelling

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supporters to this corner of the capital. They put in an excellent display against Liverpool on Monday night to get a 1-1 draw, which proves they have plenty of quality in their ranks and ensures we’ll have to be at our best to follow up last weekend’s win with another good result.

We had Wilfried Zaha suspended against Fulham, but the win showed that we are far from a one-man team. The goals are being shared around which is fantastic to see, and a ninth clean sheet of the campaign means that there is confidence throughout the team right now.

With the transfer window out of the way, every club in the division now have to play the hand they have been dealt as we head towards the business end of the season. From my perspective, I am delighted with the ability and quality of this Palace squad. Combined with our passionate support home and away, I am full of belief that we will pull further from danger as early as possible, and then strive to climb the table and get as near to our 11th place finish last term as possible.

As always it’ll be an exciting few months, and hopefully we can give you plenty to celebrate as we enter what we hope will be another successful season’s final straight.

Enjoy the game!

I AM HAPPY THAT WE ARE BRINGING THAT WINNING MENTALITY BACK TO OUR MATCHES AT SELHURST PARK

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A chance to get some revenge Having beaten both Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham 2-0 in successive weeks, today is yet another home game against a London rival and we are looking forward to it.

The Fulham result last weekend was a massive three points for us, especially at this time of the season. We were very solid and during the 90 minutes we didn’t give them many occasions to score. In the second half we created a lot so I felt we deserved the three points.

I managed to get on the scoresheet again which was very pleasing. To score seven goals as a defensive midfielder is not easy, and even though a lot of them have been penalties I don’t care. They’re still not easy to score as there is a lot of pressure on you.

More importantly, we kept our 12th clean sheet of the season in all competitions, which is a very impressive stat especially considering the position that we’re in. It shows how unlucky we have been this season, but we have always been able to say that we are stable, balanced and organised at the back and that is the thing that will keep us in the league.

Last week Michy Batshuayi arrived at the club, who played a few minutes last weekend and deserves a lot of credit for the second goal. He is a great player and will help us for sure, and it’s great to have a player of his quality in the squad. Having trained with him this week, you can see he is a calm guy but hungry and likes to score goals.

It’s also been good to have Bakary Sako back. I know him very well and that is a small advantage when a player arrives that already knows the club, the team and the manager, so you don’t need to help him to adapt. We already had a lot of great characters in

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the changing room but if someone can bring their own qualities into that and improves it, then that’s great.

There is now big competition for one or two places up front with Benteke, Wickham, Ayew, Batshuayi and Sako, and that is very important for us. All of them will get better as time goes on as they have to work very hard to get a place in the first XI. We play West Ham United this afternoon, and having lost 3-2 to them back in December in what was a very strange game we now have the chance to get some revenge. I watched them against Liverpool on Monday night and it won’t be easy because they have an enormous squad with a lot of quality players, and for me they are very near to being a top six team.

However, with our recent results we have plenty of confidence now when we play at home in front of our fans, which was one of our biggest strengths last season. I am happy that we are bringing that winning mentality back to our matches at Selhurst Park, and hopefully it can continue to help us today.

Make some noise!

I HAD A DEAL AGREED TO BUY MICHY BEFORE HE JOINED CHELSEA AND WE HAVE SINCE KEPT A DETAILED EYE ON HIS PROGRESS, ALL WITH A VIEW TO BRINGING HIM HERE AT SOME POINT

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yet another massive game Welcome to the supporters, directors, staff and players of West Ham United for today’s match, as well as the warmest of welcomes to each and every Palace fan.

Last week’s programme was put to bed on Thursday afternoon with six hours left of deadline day, which turned out to be frenetic as we agreed terms with Chelsea for the loan of Michy Batshuayi. I had a deal agreed to buy him before he joined Chelsea and we have since kept a detailed eye on his progress, all with a view to bringing him here at some point. With so many clubs interested, discussions went to the wire, so well done to Iain and Dougie in finalising a complex international transfer in record time. I’m delighted that Michy decided to join us at Palace.

Fulham was a massive result; not only did it pull us away from the bottom but it dares us to look upwards as it remains very tight up to 9th place. With some luck which had previously deserted us, our stingy defence, Connor and Christian back from injury and Jordan looking more settled in a Palace shirt, we now have options up front that hopefully will prove decisive in the run-in and also the FA Cup. We have an incredibly strong squad, but it’s important to say that the standard of players and teams in the Premier League has improved in recent years. It’s more competitive now than ever, but I hope you agree it’s an exciting time to watch our team, whom I’d like to congratulate on recent performances, and notably Andros on his back-to-back ManBetX Player of the Month awards. I think we are seeing the best of him in a Palace shirt; his work rate and endeavour have never been in question but now he’s adding the assists and goals too.

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Off the pitch, there is also much to be excited about.

We are working hard on the finer points of the Main Stand redevelopment, we have finalised our new kits for next season and are planning our end-of-season event for supporters, not to mention the upcoming Season Ticket renewal process and new Membership products which are important to get right.

My staff remain constantly focused on improving your matchday experience, such as speeding up the catering queues by making the vast majority of tills cashless. There is no silver bullet to solve all the challenges we face trying to serve you all in short periods of time, but we are making improvements.

I’d like to thank our outgoing Programme Editor Jonathon Rogers for his efforts in making this publication such a good one, as this is his final game as a Palace employee after six-and-a-half years with the club. We remain proud to be one of the few Premier League clubs who produce their matchday programme entirely inhouse, and I’m pleased that tradition will continue.

You don’t need me to say that today’s match is yet another massive game as we look to climb away from danger and towards that magical 40-point mark. Your support was as magnificent as always last week, so let’s go again and turn things up a notch!

Up The Palace!

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Crystal Palace v West Ham United // Saturday 9th February // Selhurst Park

Today's game After beating a team from the west of the capital last weekend, now Palace face off against one from the city's east side as West Ham United come to SE25 looking to continue their good form against the Eagles.

The Hammers haven’t lost to Palace in the last seven meetings and are unbeaten in their last four visits to Selhurst Park, a run stretching back to 2013 when Marouane Chamakh’s header clinched an important 1-0 win for Tony Pulis’ team. Only against Everton (seven games) and Manchester United (nine) are Palace currently on a worse winless run at Selhurst than against West Ham. However, Roy Hodgson’s side have started to make their home a fortress of late, having won five of their last eight matches on their own turf after winning none of their first six this campaign. They have also kept four clean sheets in that time, helping to boost their tally to an impressive 12 in all competitions this term.

Those stats bode well especially when coupled with West Ham’s recent woes on the road. Manuel Pellegrini has seen his men lose their last three away league games by an aggregate score of 7-0, and suffer a cup shock at the hands of AFC Wimbledon on their last London away day, however they did pick up an encouraging point against Liverpool on Monday night with a good display at the London Stadium.

Luka Milivojevic scores a penalty on average once every five Premier League games – more frequently than any other player to play at least 50 matches.

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Previous encounters:

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Jeffrey Schlupp has scored as many Premier League goals this season (4) as he managed in 99 games between his debut in August 2014 and the end of last season.

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Form guide: West Ham have won three of their last four away games against Crystal Palace in all competitions.

The Hammers could string together a run of four-straight London derby wins for the first time since February 1996.

Last TIME OUT WEST HAM UNITED 1-1 LIVERPOOL 1 Lukasz Fabianski 24 Ryan Fredericks 23 Issa Diop 21 Angelo Ogbonna 3 Aaron Cresswell 41 Declan Rice 16 Mark Noble 30 Michail Antonio

Robert Snodgrass has been directly involved in three goals in his last two Premier League appearances against Crystal Palace (2 goals, 1 assist).

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9 Andy Carroll

8 Felipe Anderson

14 Pedro Obiang

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Newsroom BATSHUAYI SIGNS FOR PALACE Just before the transfer window shut last week, Belgian international striker Michy Batshuayi joined Crystal Palace on loan from Chelsea until the end of the season.

The 25-year-old has built a reputation as a prolific goalscorer over the course of his career which began at Standard Liege in 2011.

Since then the attacker has spent time with Marseille, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund and Valencia, netting a combined 108 goals from 288 matches. In doing so, he became the first player to score in the top divisions of England, Spain, France and Germany during the 21st century.

Batshuayi also scored on his international debut against Cyprus in March 2015, when he came on for Christian Benteke, and has 12 goals from 23 appearances for his country, playing a part in the side that finished in third place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Shortly after putting pen to paper on his deal, Palace's new man told cpfc.co.uk: "I am very happy to be back in London and the Premier League, and already looking forward to being on the field - this time in red and blue! I'm hungry for gametime and goals, and I hope I will find all that here at Palace."

PALACE AND FULHAM FANS UNITE A group of Palace fans joined their counterparts from Fulham on a march from Craven Cottage to Selhurst Park last Saturday to raise awareness around mental health issues.

The two groups came together to spread awareness through action and by speaking about their own experiences, and hope the message will be a catalyst for encouraging communication.

Organiser Paul Pryce said: “Mental health issues affect many people directly but also their families and friends too. They are a key contributor to male suicide so the joint fan walk was aiming to send out a message to encourage people to open up.

"Help is out there in many places and we believe that talking is the most powerful tool available and the starting point to recovery or saving a life.�

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DONCASTER TICKETS ON SALE Tickets for the FA Cup fifth round clash with Doncaster Rovers have now gone on sale with no minimum points requirement to season ticket holders and members. The game will take place on Sunday 17th February with a 4pm kick-off. They are priced at £10 for adults, £5 for fans aged 18-24 and over-60, whilst under-18s can gain entry for £1.

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TOWNSEND WINS MANBETX PLAYER OF THE MONTH For the second straight occasion, Andros Townsend has been voted by Palace fans as ManBetX Player of the Month following his performances in January, which helped the Eagles to win three from six matches in all competitions to climb the table and move into the fifth round of the FA Cup. The winger scored twice, assisted once and played every minute bar a few towards the end of Palace's cup win over former club Tottenham Hotspur to land January's award with 50% of the votes, beating shotstopper Julian Speroni who finished in second place.

Having been presented with the award, he said: "I'm pleased to have won it for the second time in a row.

I’d like to say thanks to all the fans that voted, it's nice to know that my hard work is being appreciated by the people that matter the most."

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The club shop is hosting a mid-season sale both in-store and online offering discounts to fans on kit, clothing, souvenirs and more. The sale includes big discounts across a wide range of everything Palace at the Selhurst Park club shop and Croydon Centrale, store as well as shop.cpfc.co.uk.

SAKHO WINS FULHAM MAN OF THE MATCH Mamadou Sakho was voted man of the match for his performance against Fulham last Saturday. He helped Palace's backline to keep their 13th clean sheet from all competitions this season and earned the accolade with 21% of the vote.

DEADLINE DAY MOVES On transfer deadline day, Jaroslaw Jach saw his loan spell at Caykur Rizespor cut short and instead move to Moldovan side Sheriff Tiraspol until the end of the season. Meanwhile, Ryan Inniss has returned to the club after playing 13 times for Dundee.

M I C H Y

BATSHUAYI Palace made one of the biggest moves in the January transfer window by landing the Belgian hitman on loan from Chelsea, who has managed to make a splash all across Europe during his short career to date. Here, Jonathon Rogers gives Eagles fans a taste of what they can expect from their new arrival.

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Michy Batshuayi certainly knows how to make a late impact. Having made a name for himself by netting goals equally important and dramatic in nature, transfer deadline day showed that he can also stun the footballing world without a goalkeeper in sight.

Last week as the clock ticked down and the metaphorical window lowered inch by inch, Sky Sports News were becoming increasingly desperate for even the smallest sliver of transfer gossip to fill airtime on a snail-paced news day, but thankfully for Jim White’s sanity the man known as Batsman came to the rescue once again.

It was around 8pm, three hours before the window closed, that a chance phonecall sparked deadline day into life and suddenly Roy Hodgson found himself with a player of undoubted quality at his disposal for the remainder of the campaign. Batshuayi may have netted a last-gasp Premier League title-clinching goal for Chelsea that added further weight to the super-sub millstone already around his neck, but the late, late show that brought him to Selhurst might be the most unexpected moment in a remarkable career to date.

His route the top has rarely been straight forward, typified by his very early days in the game. Born in Brussels in October 1993, Batshuayi’s talent quickly saw him ushered through the Belgian football pyramid as he spent time in the youth ranks of RFC Evere, RUSA Schaarbeek, Brussels FC and Anderlecht, before he finally settled at Standard Liege aged 15.

It was there that his career began to intertwine with Christian Benteke’s, who back then was struggling to carve out a career for himself. Today the pair boast 56 caps and 24 goals on the international scene between them, and while hindsight is a wonderful thing it still seems incredible what Liege allowed to slip through their grasp as the pair played less than five minutes together before Benteke departed for Genk in August 2011.

Seven months previously, an 18-year-old Batshuayi had been handed his professional debut for Les Rouges

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following Benteke’s loan exit to KV Mechelen, paving the way for the teen to shine. Progress was gradual at first with 21 goals coming in 69 outings in his first two years in the side, but his breakout campaign in 2013/14 saw him net that same tally in just 38 league appearances to win Belgium’s prestigious Ebony Shoe award, handed to the top-flight’s best player of African origin and previously held by Vincent Kompany, Romelu Lukaku and one-time Eagle Aruna Dindane.

After his exploits in restoring Liege into title contenders, it was inevitable that European football’s biggest sharks would soon start circling and Marseille were the keenest as they searched for a replacement for an Aston Villa-bound Jordan Ayew.

DEADLY FINISHING, STRONG HOLD-UP PLAY AND PHYSICALITY £4.5 million tempted Liege to cash in on their starlet, and it was in the south of France where Batshuayi’s super-sub tag was first earned as he netted nine goals in his first campaign despite starting only six matches and total just 900 minutes of gametime.

He made a similar splash at international level in March 2015 as his and Benteke’s ships passed in the night once again. Having replaced his former and future clubmate as a 77th-minute substitute, it would take Batshuayi just three minutes to cap his Belgium debut with a goal as Cyprus were put to the sword in a Euro 2016 qualifier.

However, following Marseille boss Marcelo Bielsa’s resignation after the opening game of the

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Ligue 1 season, Batshuayi’s predatory instinct couldn’t be ignored any longer. With his starting spot secure, 23 goals were rattled in in 50 appearances despite grafting away in an underwhelming Marseille side who stuttered to a 13th-place finish and lost the French Cup final to Paris St Germain.

By now the hitman was being likened to former l’OM icon Didier Drogba for his deadly finishing, strong hold-up play and physicality, and he would ultimately tread the same path as the Ivorian when Chelsea came calling just after Belgium’s Euro 2016 quarter-final exit; a game in which the striker made his second appearance of the tournament as he vied with Lukaku, Divock Origi and, of course, Benteke for match action.

It was around this time that Palace first showed an interest in acquiring Batshuayi’s services with a reported £32 million bid accepted by Marseille, but the lure of the Blues proved too strong. In echoes of his Palace bow last weekend, his Chelsea debut saw him come off the bench to set up the winning goal in a 2-1 win against West Ham United, before netting as a substitute in his second league appearance as his impeccable sense of timing came to the fore once again.

Despite that encouraging start to life in England, as Antonio Conte’s team surged towards the Premier League title and Diego Costa enjoyed his best campaign in a Blue shirt, Batshuayi found himself restricted to cup outings and fleeting cameos from the bench. However, when it mattered most, he stepped up.

With time running out and Chelsea needing a goal to beat West Bromwich Albion and seal the title, Batshuayi was thrown on in desperation in the 76th minute and just six later he found himself perfectly placed to tuck home Cesar Azpilicueta’s cut-back to clinch the club’s eighth championship.

Incredibly, it took until after the title had been wrapped up for Conte to hand Batshuayi his first league start, especially when a run of four goals in next three matches took his tally to five in only 236 minutes of Premier League action, or one every 47 minutes.

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Despite this impressive strike-rate, he would receive just two minutes of action as Arsenal beat the Blues in the 2017 FA Cup final, and the following campaign even 10 goals in 25 appearances in all competitions (one every 107 minutes if you’re still counting) wasn’t enough to tempt Conte to hand him regular action. The mis-firing Alvaro Morata was instead selected to be Costa’s replacement following his return to Atletico Madrid – ironically the team Batshuayi netted a last-gasp winner against following Chelsea’s return to the UEFA Champions League.

The Belgian’s undoubted ability was still appreciated elsewhere, and with the World Cup looming and an ever-increasing competition for places in his nation’s 23-man squad, he jumped at the chance at a loan move to Borussia Dortmund just under 12 months ago. As expected, goals followed him to Germany and a brace on his debut against Koln began a run of nine in his first 14 games, but an ankle injury cruelly cut short his season when in full flow.

Even though he had inadvertently handed Roberto Martinez a major headache, the former Everton boss kept faith in Batshuayi who had featured in half of the Red Devils’ qualifiers and he pipped Benteke to a spot on the plane to Russia. It wasn’t the World Cup the striker had dreamed of though, as despite coming home with a bronze medal, Batshuayi’s biggest impact came in the form of a viral video clip that saw him boot the ball off a post and into his own face celebrating Adnan Januzaj’s goal against England in the group stage.

Had Martinez not waited until the 92nd minute of the semi-final defeat to France to call for the perennial super-sub, then perhaps last summer could have been vastly different.

Following his return to England, Batshuayi would have hoped that his exploits for Dortmund combined with Conte’s dismissal would see him finally nail down a starting spot at Stamford Bridge, but those hopes were dashed as he was shipped off to Valencia on another temporary deal, only to yet again find himself

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warming the bench. Even with his team failing to pull up trees in La Liga, the attacker would make just five league starts during a frustrating five months at the Mestalla, although his single league strike at the expense of Celta Vigo underlined his ability as he became the first player in the 21st century to score in La Liga, Ligue 1, the Bundesliga and the Premier League.

It is in the latter where he probably feels he has the most unfinished business, and so when a second opportunity to move to Palace – albeit temporarily this time – came about a little over a week ago, the 25-yearold jumped at the chance to improve on his hugely impressive record of seven goals in just four Premier League starts. While he once again found himself

HE NEEDED LITTLE TIME TO MAKE AN IMPACT taking to the field as a substitute when making his Eagles bow against Fulham last week, it was because he had only pulled on a Palace training kit for the first time 24 hours earlier having jetted over from Spain.

But yet again, he needed little time to make an impact. Five minutes into wearing red and blue for the first time, some dazzling feet in the Cottagers’ box ended with Sergio Rico parrying his rocket of a shot, allowing Jeffrey Schlupp to tap home.

It remains to be seen just when Hodgson will opt to start Batshuayi for the first time, or when the longawaited club partnership with Benteke can properly blossom, but whenever that time comes you can bet that the man known as Batsman won’t be hanging around to make a lasting impression in south London.

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

ARSENAL

Gettin’ Genk

ASTON VILLA

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?

I had an Arsenal shirt with Thierry Henry and his number 14 on the back when I was around 11 or 12-years-old, so I think that was my first.

It was for Genk in Belgium, and I was number 16. They had a blue shirt and it was quite a tight fit, so it was a nice one.

I would say my Aston Villa shirt from when I played against Arsenal in the 2015 FA Cup final.

Even though we lost, it was my first final so it was special.

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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 would say my boy, Eden Hazard.

I swapped with him when I was at Villa, and also at Liverpool and then again at Palace, so I have a few of his!

On the last game of last season, I swapped with Nacer Chadli when we played against West Bromwich Albion as I know him through the national team.

That’s a hard one! I would probably say Brazil because of the old Ronaldo, so that shirt he wore back around the time of the 1998 World Cup.

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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.

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Through this decade the matchday programme was evolving into the magazine style of today, so for the first season of the Premier League a 48-page issue, seeing an increase of eight pages albeit with 14 for adverts, was produced for a cost of £1.50.

Following the regular comments of Steve Coppell, ‘Eagles Newsdesk’ and ‘Our First Meetings’ came ‘Terrace Talk’ with pertinent comments by Paul Romain. There were two pages for ‘News Around the Red and Blues’ and another new item in ‘Palace Preview’ concerned the next home opponents.

The club’s exploits of seven, 14 and 21 years previous were highlighted in ‘Palace Flashback’ and junior supporters were also looked after.

Photographic action was provided by Neil Everitt and ‘Palace Profile’ covered the centre pages. The visitors were afforded three pages and Geoff Thomas penned his ‘Captain’s Comments’ with a puzzle page following on, after which came an expanded reserve and youth team section. The the last section brought ’Jacob’s View’ contributed by Peter Jacobs, and as usual stats, results and brief match details filled the remainder with the lineups housed on the back page.

The first thing that you noticed about this programme was the addition of the club sponsors’ names on the cover and that virtually the whole production was in colour, however the dimensions had altered with 2cms taken off the height. Publications Manager Pete King was still editing the publication at the time.

The regular articles were there as before and in ‘Junior Eagles’ it seems the matchday mascots now numbered three. With the club back in Division One, ‘Captain’s Comments’ came from Andy Thorn following Thomas’ departure, while the reserve and youth teams again occupied three pages, with David Kemp in charge of the former, complete with match reports.

With the Holmesdale Terrace being redeveloped following the season’s conclusion, programmes in January carried details concerning those affected season tickets holders and the methods of claiming a seat in the Arthur Wait or the Main Stand, with the Whitehorse Lane End being full. The last programme of the campaign contained an eight-page photographic souvenir of ‘The Holmesdale’.

In the days before full internet coverage, the back cover contained the line-ups as well as a list of the telephone numbers of all nine main club departments.

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Newman Thomson Ltd of Brighton were now responsible for the programme’s design and printing and there was a slight reduction in advertising for our return to the Premier League, but the price and page count remained unaltered. The use of a smaller font size gave the impression of a compact production filled with a sizeable amount of reading about all matters concerning the club.

There was more involvement from Palace fans with Paul Romain, Joe Hare and Neil Witherow all penning topical comments, while another page was given over to newspaper reports of a recent game and the opposition section was extended to four pages.

Historical content was included in the form of ‘Do You Remember?’ and ‘Looking Back’ which reflected on previous Palace matches on the date in question. The centre pages contained a poster of a Palace player and there was a two-page spread of several pictures taken from a recent fixture.

With the introduction of squad numbers, the back page began to change which still contained the likely starting XI for each team, but the other squad members appeared as a list.

The same format regarding the size of the programme was maintained despite another drop back to Division One, and once again a lot of reading material was packed into the 48-page publication including a wide variety of articles for supporters.

There were some new features such as ‘Eagles Day

by Day’ that gave an account of activities concerning the club, as well as football and sporting events elsewhere.

There was comprehensive cover of ticket and travel arrangements for away games entitled ‘Here and There’ and an Eagles first-team player was interviewed for ‘The Wagle Inquisition’.

Single pages were given over for items such as ‘Forward View’ which previewed the Eagles’ next fixtures, ‘Around and About’ concerned general football matters while ‘Us and Them’ and ‘Flashback’ took care of the historical material.

The remaining six internal pages were given over to details and statistics for the youth, reserve and first-teams, while an additional table was included concerning the club’s ‘Safeguard’ scheme, which was introduced following some unacceptable behaviour and detailed the number of complaints, warnings, bans, ejections and arrests made at each home game for both sets of fans.

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MESSAGEBOARD

Messageboard Send your message (max 25 words) with a picture to programme@cpfc.co.uk for a chance to be in a future edition.

Wishing Zac a very happy sixth birthday. All our love always, Mum, Dad and Ben xxx

Happy 15th birthday to Jack Robbins. We hope you enjoy the match today and Palace win for you. Love from Mum, Dad and Megan x

Congratulations to Jon and Natalie who become Mr and Mrs Hilliger on 21st February.

Fingers crossed that Glad All Over is their first dance!

Thea Parsons is the latest member of the A huge shout-out to Jack Johnstone for CPFC family. Her family are long-term season finally getting ‘JJ’s Bar & Grill’ off the ticket holders. We’re hoping she’ll make her ground. Sylvee! Put them steaks on! debut at Selhurst Park sometime soon!

Today Crystal Palace welcome David James and his family to Selhurst Park and wish you all the very best with your fight against cancer. All our love from Gwyn, Jan and Mum xxx

Congrats to Daniella and Gerald Couturier who attended the Fulham game to celebrate their 45th anniversary. Over 40 years ago they made a wish to one day come watch a game and that came true as they travelled from Switzerland.

Richard and Celia Demarchi announce the arrival of baby Amélie Manon Demarchi, born on 26th January at 2:43am and weighing in at exactly 7lbs. Perhaps she is the youngest Palace fan!

Happy 70th birthday Gramps! John Morrett is 70 today and at Selhurst with the next two generations of Palace fans. Have a great day, love from all the family xxx

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Wishing Ryan Gordon, a season ticket holder Happy birthday Andy, hope you have a in the Whitehorse Lane Stand, a very happy wonderful day watching the mighty Palace!

All our love from Kim, Rory and Denver xxx 21st birthday on 13th February. Have a fab day. Love Mum, Dad, Tash, Nan and Gar xxx

In memory of Roddy Macdonald - 62 years a supporter of Crystal Palace FC and proud of it! Died 12th January 2019.

Happy 60th Grandad, up the Palace! Love Gracie and Charlie xx

Happy birthday Sara/Mummy, love you lots! Baby Oscar Barnard watched his first Love Wayne, Joe and Rose xxx Palace game against Spurs, following in the footsteps of his dad, uncle, poppi and great grandad. Eagles!

Leighton Hards - cannot wait to have you as one of my best men. Bring on May and Eagles success. Love Ash.

Happy birthday to Daniel who will be 10 next Happy birthday to Lucas Benskin, Wilfried Sunday! Love Mum, Dad, Harry, Chris, Max, Zaha’s biggest fan who is six on 14th February. Love Mum, Dad, Jacob, Molly Grandad, Nan, Freya and Kirsty x and Caleb.

Mike Harragin sadly passed away peacefully at the end of January after a brave battle with cancer. As member of the Eagles Fitter Fans he will be remembered as a stoic goalkeeper and a good man. RIP.

Hunter Caldwell of the club’s under-9 squad has been named CPFC Young Writer of the Season. He attends Eltham College. Well done Hunter, we are so proud of you!

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HEROES Bakary Sako’s reappearance in a Palace shirt last week might have been a surprise to many, but as Eagles fans know some of the club’s most legendary figures have previously left SE25 but been lured back later on in their careers. Here we look back at those stars that ignored the old adage that ‘you should never go back’.

40 RETURNING HEROES

1933-1936

1956-1962

1965-1972

ALBERT

JOHNNY

STEVE

DAWES

BYRNE

KEMBER

One of the club's most prolific strikers, Dawes’ first spell brought 75 goals in just 105 games, including a staggering 38 in 1935/36, leading to an England call-up by sadly no cap. In 1936 he joined Luton Town whom he helped win the Third Division South before returning to Palace, whom he also guested for during the war despite departing before the conflict, during which time he featured in every outside position alongside his brother Fred.

Having been influential in the Eagles’ climb out of the Fourth Division in 1960/61 with 30 league goals and gaining England recognition, West Ham United parted with a British record £60,000 (plus Ron Brett for what would be his own second stint at Palace) to add Byrne to their star-studded side. He would help them win the FA Cup and UEFA Cup Winners Cup before returning to SE25 for a short while to complete a century of Glaziers goals.

Roy Hodgson’s childhood friend was an ever-present member of the side that won promotion to the topflight for the first time in 1968/69.

After spells at Chelsea and Leicester City he returned to Palace and incredibly a decade after that first promotion, he again helped the team reach the First Division as champions. Kember was also part of two promotions during the 1990s as a coach and helped the club avoid relegation to the third tier as caretaker boss in 2001.

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1996-1998

2002-2006

2010-2013

WILFRIED

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ZAHA

Shipperley's initial stay saw Palace slip out of the top-flight despite him top scoring with seven goals, but unable to play his part in the run-in due to injury. He would move on to Nottingham Forest, Barnsley and Wimbledon before returning to the Eagles, where as captain he would score in both the Division One playoff semi-final against Sunderland and the final against West Ham United to lift the trophy as captain, gaining retribution for the previous relegation six years later.

AJ’s goals helped propel the Eagles to the Premier League in 2003/04 where he would be the highest-scoring Englishman, leading to international caps. It took £8.6 million to see him depart to Everton, and after being signed

by Roy Hodgson at Fulham and then released by QPR, Johnson made a shock return to SE25 in 2014.

His second stint would prove less memorable as made just a solitary League Cup appearance before ending his career upon his release.

Before Sako, the most recent winger to return was Zaha who had debuted for the Eagles in 2010.

He joined Manchester United in January 2013 before being loaned back to successfully help his boyhood club to promotion, but Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement stalled his United career and he was soon sent to Cardiff City. However, an initial loan return to Palace was made permanent in January 2015, allowing Zaha to become the club’s leading Premier League scorer.

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The manager The Chilean’s managerial career began at Universidad de Chile in 1988 and after stints in his homeland and Ecuador, he won the Argentinian title with both San Lorenzo and River Plate. His first taste of European football came in 2004 where a season at Real Madrid was sandwiched between taking Villarreal and Malaga into the UEFA Champions League, and then he became the first non-European to lift the English league title at Manchester City in 2013/14. After a spell in China, he joined the Hammers last summer.

Club legend Still the only England captain to get his hands on the World Cup, Moore was part of a trio of Hammers who helped the Three Lions to glory in 1966. His club career began eight years earlier at the Irons, whom he made 647 appearances for, winning the FA Cup and Football Writers’ Player of the Year in 1964 and the UEFA Cup Winners Cup the following year. Following his death in 1993, he has been honoured with a statue outside Wembley Stadium and the retiring of his number six shirt by the Hammers.

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West Ham 1-1 Liverpool Premier League

Wolves 3-0 West Ham Premier League

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Steve Potts

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Carlton Cole

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Mark Noble

MOST PREMIER LEAGUE GAMES

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Bournemouth 2-0 West Ham Premier League

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Carlton Cole

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Paulo di Canio

MOST PREMIER LEAGUE GOALS

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West Ham 1-0 Arsenal Premier League

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Age

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Signed from

Swansea City

WHUFC Debut

August 2018

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 4 8 GOAL S : 0

The Pole is now between the Irons’ posts after being unable to prevent Swansea City’s relegation last term and playing once during the World Cup. His professional career started at Legia Warsaw before moving to Arsenal in 2007 but he managed just 32 league appearances at the Gunners, the last of which saw him lift the 2014 FA Cup. Having been a backup keeper at the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008, he played in all four of Poland’s games at Euro 2016.

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Ipswich Town

WHUFC Games: 17 WHUFC Goals: 1

Toulouse

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August 2018

Juventus

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July 2015

WHUFC Debut

Signed from

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IN T E RN AT I O NA L CAP S : 1 3 G OAL S: 0

WHUFC Debut

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WHUFC Games: 117 WHUFC Goals: 6

August 2018

Age

August 2014

WHUFC Games: 172 WHUFC Goals: 5

WHUFC Debut

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

WHUFC Debut

03

WHUFC Games: 28 WHUFC Goals: 1

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Manchester City

WHUFC Debut

August 2017

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 5 8 GOAL S : 0

Zabaleta has been reunited with Manuel Pellegrini this season after the pair helped Manchester City clinch the 2013/14 Premier League title together.

The Argentinian right-back achieved legendary status at City, playing 333 games for the club and lifting four major honours after arriving from Espanyol for £6.5 million in 2008, having started his career in his homeland with San Lorenzo. He won an Olympic gold medal with his national under-23 side in 2008 before playing in the 2014 World Cup final.

WHUFC Games: 58 WHUFC Goals: 0

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

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Sampdoria

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WHUFC Games: 108 WHUFC Goals: 3

IN T E RN AT I ON AL CA P S: 1 G OAL S: 0

Age

August 2015

31

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Hull City

14

WHUFC Debut

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February 2017

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WHUFC Games: 44 WHUFC Goals: 4

August 2016

Age

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WHUFC Games: 7 WHUFC Goals: 1

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WHUFC Debut

Signed from

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January 2019

Age

August 2004

WHUFC Games: 456 WHUFC Goals: 51

WHUFC Debut

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I N T E R N AT I ON AL

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Lazio

WHUFC Debut

August 2018

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

One of the signings of the season, the midfield maestro has scored some wonderful goals for his new club already, as Palace can attest to.

Having come through the famed Santos youth ranks, after winning the 2011 Copa Libertadores Anderson was persuaded to move to Europe

by Lazio two years later for a bargain £7 million and he hit 34 goals in 177 games before switching to England. His only Brazil cap came in 2015, but the following year saw him scoop Olympic gold on home soil.

WHUFC Games: 29 WHUFC Goals: 9

Scholar

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Age

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May 2017

Nottingham Forest

Signed from

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September 2015

WHUFC Debut

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IN T E RN AT ION AL

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Age

Liverpool

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Arsenal

30

I N T E R N AT I ON AL

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August 2018

Bayer Leverkusen

Signed from

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August 2017

WHUFC Games: 53 WHUFC Goals: 13

WHUFC Debut

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I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 1 0 6 GOAL S : 5 0

WHUFC Debut

17

07

September 2012

Age

September 2018

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WHUFC Debut

Signed from

09

I N T E R N AT I ON AL

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WHUFC Games: 14 WHUFC Goals: 5

Age

29

Signed from

Stoke City

WHUFC Debut

August 2017

I N T E R N AT I ON AL C AP S : 7 7 GOAL S : 2 0

Hammers fans were relieved when the enigmatic Austrian remained at the London Stadium following the closure of the transfer window.

After making an early impact at Twente in Holland, he earned a loan move to Inter Milan but played just three times before transferring to Werder Bremen, and moved to England in 2013 with Stoke City where he became a star man for club and country. After a £20 million switch to the Hammers, he ended last season as top scorer and was named Hammer of the Year.

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Things you didn't know...

ABOUT WEST HAM UNITED

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

The club were originally founded as Thames Ironworks in 1895, being the works team of the largest and last surviving shipbuilder on the River Thames. The side turned professional when they entered into the Southern League in 1898, but a dispute over the running and finances of the club led to its disbandment in June 1900, with it relaunched as West Ham United just a month later.

The Hammers’ crest has evolved markedly over the years, with the most recent change coming ahead of their move from the Boleyn Ground to the London Stadium when Boleyn Castle was removed from the badge. The crossed hammers, referring to the club’s founders, was retained, as was the shape of the crest, an homage to the hull of the HMS Warrior which was built at the Thames Ironworks.

The Irons have a strong FA Cup pedigree, having appeared in the final five times and winning it on three occasions. Their first appearance in 1923 was the first ever final to be played at Wembley, where they lost 2-0 to Bolton Wanderers. They are the last team to win the cup with an all-English side when beating Fulham 2-0 in 1975, and are the last club outside the top division to put their hands on the trophy with a famous win over Arsenal in 1980.

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Former Hammers forward Brian Dear holds the jointrecord for the quickest time to score five goals in an English game. Dear scored all five in 20 minutes either side of half-time in a match against West Bromwich Albion in 1965. This incredible achievement was only matched in 2015 when Sergio Aguero did the same for Manchester City against Newcastle United.

The Irons have had many loyal servants, but what is remarkable is the level of performance that many of them gave over long periods of time, such as Billy Bonds who won his first Player of the Year award in 1971 and then won it a final time some 16 years later in 1987! Similarly, Trevor Brooking collected the accolade for the first time in 1972 and then achieved the same feat again 12 years on.

West Ham are one of only eight clubs never to have fallen below the second tier of English football, alongside Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Everton, Liverpool, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur. However, they have never finished higher than third in the top tier which came in 1985/86, and only finished champions twice in the Second Division.

The club has announced plans to increase the capacity of the London Stadium to 66,000, which will make it the biggest football club ground in London and the second biggest in the country, with only Old Trafford larger at a 75,000 capacity.

Although they do not own the stadium, the Hammers have a 99-year lease.

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Palace & west ham Perry Suckling

James Tomkins

Alan Stephenson

Tony Gale

Chris Powell

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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: Perry Suckling – CPFC 71/0 WHUFC 6/0 A top-flight promotion winner in 1988/89, Suckling would mainly play backup to Nigel Martyn in SE25 and had a short loan spell at the Hammers in 1989.

CM: George Petchey – CPFC 153/12 WHUFC 3/0 After struggling at West Ham, the midfield enforcer arrived at the Glaziers via QPR in 1960 and helped them climb two tiers before an eye injury caused his retirement.

RB: James Tomkins – CPFC 79/9 WHUFC 243/11 Despite being predominantly a centre-back, the Hammers academy graduate filled in a right-back fairly often during his nine years at Upton Park.

ATT: Johnny Byrne – CPFC 259/101 WHUFC 206/108 A legend at both clubs, the Hammers spent a British record transfer fee of £65,000 to land the attacker from Palace in 1962 and he won the FA Cup two years later.

CB: Alan Stephenson – CPFC 185/13 WHUFC 118/1 Having come through Palace’s ranks, Stephenson helped the club win promotion to the Second Division in 1964 before a club-record £80,000 took him to east London four years later.

ATT: Peter Simpson – CPFC 195/165 WHUFC 36/12 Another Palace icon, the hitman racked up his club record goal total in just six years including 19 hat-tricks, but a knee injury hampered his career following his move to the Hammers in 1935.

CB: Tony Gale – CPFC 3/0 WHUFC 368/7 Gale was a part of the Hammers side that achieved a record league finish of third in the First Division in 1986, but his career ended 10 years later in SE25 through injury.

LB: Chris Powell – CPFC 5/0 WHUFC 42/0 The future England international came from the Palace academy but had little impact in the first-team, however did help West Ham clinch Premier League promotion in 2004/05.

CM: Hayden Mullins – CPFC 257/20 WHUFC 213/7 Another player developed in SE25, Mullins won Palace’s Player of the Year twice before crossing the capital in 2003 where he helped the Hammers win the 2005 Championship play-offs.

CM: Michael Hughes – CPFC 141/10 WHUFC 97/6 Hughes scored a famous Irons goal that denied Manchester United the 1994/95 Premier League title as well as the winning penalty in a shootout with Sunderland to send Palace into the 2004 Division One play-off final.

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ATT: Ian Wright – CPFC 277/117 WHUFC 26/9 After firing the Eagles to an FA Cup final and third in the First Division, Wright would spend just over a year with the Hammers where he made his final English top-flight appearance in 1999.

TOTAL APPEARANCES

CPFC 1,625 WHUFC 1,358

TOTAL GOALS

CPFC 445 WHUFC 161

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1968/69

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he FA Cup third round draw paired Palace with neighbours Charlton Athletic with the added spice of both clubs vying for promotion from the Second Division. The tie took place at the spacious Valley on 4th January and attracted a crowd of over 32,000, but as can happen with a derby encounter it was no spectacle with niggling fouls and enthusiastic tackles, but the Palace rearguard kept the Charlton striking duo of Matt Tees and Ray Treacy quiet in a goalless draw.

Back at Selhurst Park four days later, the replay created an attendance figure approaching the 40,000 mark. For the neutral spectator it was a much better game, but Charlton had done their homework by closing down Mark Lazarus and Colin Taylor on the Palace wings and took an early lead through Treacy which allowed them to control the game. The Irish international later added a second and all Palace had to offer was a Colin Taylor shot that hit the crossbar near the end.

With just the league campaign to focus on, a trip to Bolton Wanderers at Burnden Park followed where, despite giving away an early goal, the team returned with a point from a 2-2 draw. Lazarus equalised just before the break and Trevor Dawkins, in a rare firstteam outing, put the Glaziers ahead early in the second half only for the Trotters to conjure up another goal.

The wintry weather showed its hand again with the home fixture against Oxford United on the 18th January postponed, and with both Palace and Blackpool knocked out of the FA Cup the abandoned home game from 28th December was played to a conclusion on the 25th.

Steve Kember netted after 39 minutes but John Craven, later to be a Palace player, brought the sides level around the hour-mark and when skipper John Sewell was penalised for handball following a shot from Tony Green, Johnny Johnston slammed home the resulting spot-kick for the Tangerines’ victory.

Palace’s league programme in February then fell into chaos as on the opening day of the month there was another trip to the north-west when the most foul

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winter weather descended, which meant the game at Blackburn Rovers was abandoned after just 18 minutes due to the sodden and muddy pitch.

Three more fixtures then had to be postponed with the home game against Millwall, a visit to leaders Derby County and the rearranged fixture against Oxford all falling to the ice and snow. The enforced break meant that the club were now between three and five games and eight points behind those in the two promotion places.

Finally the meteorological elements relented and after what was virtually a four-week break the Second Division fixtures resumed for Palace with the visit of Hull City to Selhurst on 22nd February. In an entertaining encounter centre-half John McCormick put the hosts in front four minutes from the break after heading home a free-kick, then in the last quarter Lazarus was first to the ball following hesitation in the Tigers defence to sew the game up.

The first of the catch-up fixtures came in the following midweek with a trip to Bristol City where the

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Glaziers faced former player Bobby Kellard. Cliff Jackson was still missing but his strike partner Bobby Woodruff was on hand to grab his first goal for three months to clinch a 1-1 draw, prompting manager Bert Head to say afterwards: “away draws and home wins are promotion form�. March was going to be a busy month.

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1978/79

Jim

Defender | 1972-1988 660 Games, 35 Goals 1978/79 Record: 49 Games, 2 Goals

Cannon

You’d been at the club for six years before the promotion season, could you sense something was brewing?

I made my debut in 1973 when Malcolm Allison first arrived but it was a time of struggle as we were relegated twice to the Third Division. It was certainly a culture shock because Malcolm gave the club such a high profile. He brought in Terry Venables and Ian Evans which coincided with us reaching the FA Cup semi-final in 1976, and Terry had been doing a lot of the coaching before going on to manage the team when things went from good to very good, and then even better as we worked our way back to the First Division.

A lot of that promotion side came through the club’s ranks, could you believe the young talent being produced?

Having watched the youngsters win the FA Youth Cup in successive years I had no doubts about their ability. We already had myself, Paul Hinshelwood, Nicky Chatterton and Dave Swindlehurst who’d come through the youth setup, but then suddenly we had Vince Hilaire, Jerry Murphy, Peter Nicholas, Billy Gilbert, Ian Walsh and Neil Smillie. It was an unbelievable group to work with each day. Bearing in mind their age and how good that group was, obviously the saddest thing for the club was that we didn’t keep everyone together.

Terry Venables is deemed as being revolutionary with his tactics at the time, do you feel that way?

Looking back at that 1976 FA Cup run, I was a wingback as we played with three at the back, five across the middle and two up front. I hear people talk about it now as though it was invented 20 years ago, but Terry did it 40 years ago!

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if the formation had to change for any reason then everyone would know what they had to do. This meant a lot of planning and organisation on the training pitch but it was worth it. He didn’t really worry too much about what the plans were of the opposition, he drilled into us that if we played our game, we would win.

Who do you think were the key men in that 1978/79 title-winning season?

Kenny Sansom was a revelation; he played for England when the club were in the Third Division. We all remember the mercurial Vince Hilaire, Swindlehurst and Walshie up front and Peter Nicholas went on to play just over 70 times for Wales. In those days squads were very small and we only used around 13 or 14 players, but our camaraderie was probably stronger than it would be nowadays where you have squads of 25.

You only conceded 24 times that season, so how big a part did John Burridge play in goal?

You could never predict what you were going to get

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with him! Mike Elwiss once told me that after he moved from Preston he was staying with Budgie and one day Mike was sitting downstairs when suddenly John came into the room in his full goalkeeper kit, including his gloves.

On the table in front of them was a bowl full of fruit and Budgie wanted Mike to start throwing the apples and oranges across the room as he tried to catch them, smashing into whatever was in his way! He is the most amazing character I think I have ever come across. He was a really good goalkeeper but quite an individual and a nice person to have around.

60 THE GLORY YEARS

1988/89

2nd January 1989

Crystal Palace 4 Walsall 0

Match report reproduced from the Croydon Advertiser

M

ark Bright celebrated his 100th appearance for Palace in fine style on Monday as he treated the holiday crowd to a hat-trick in the space of 42 minutes against trouble-torn Walsall.

Bright had not put his name on the score-sheet for eight matches, one of his leanest spells since coming to Palace just over two years ago. But he took the limelight from partner Ian Wright this time with a display of precision finishing to give Palace a happy start to the New Year. And the fans certainly deserved it after Brighton!

Visitors Walsall contributed, obviously thinking it was still Christmas Day as they presented gift balls to an eager Palace side. And if some of the others had been able to follow Bright’s example, Palace would have been close to double figures. Better chances than even Bright picked up were blazed wide. Still, it was lively entertainment, bordering on the comical – if you weren’t a Walsall supporter.

Palace got a flying start – thanks to Walsall’s first slip in the second minute. Graeme Forbes dithered so long that Bright was able to come from a distance to dispossess him. Phil Barber followed up with the perfect cross and Wright crashed home.

Ten minutes later Walsall were floundering again, Forbes was left struggling as Bright pounced on David Burke’s 60 yard through pass to hammer home and the

crowd of 9,352 were primed to cheer an avalanche.

Midfielders Alan Pardew, replacing the injured Geoff Thomas, and Glenn Pennyfather pushed forward well in support and bewildered Walsall just did not know which way to turn, giving away corners in their desperation.

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Kenny Mower, completely out of his depth at left back, let in Wright to cross for Bright to head accurately wide of the overworked Fred Barber in the 29th minute, and Palace might easily have doubled their score before the break. Credit to Barber though. He made a brilliant finger-tip save from the acrobatic Wright and also did well to flick away Pardew’s attempt to get on the scoresheet. But Palace’s Barber gave his namesake a let-off, shooting over the top when it looked easier to score.

Palace applied so much pressure that they almost let in Walsall unnoticed on three occasions!

Perry Suckling had to react quickly to reach efforts by Goodwin and Banton at full stretch. And Walsall’s much sought-after midfielder Craig Shakespeare missed an open goal.

Pardew was denied again by Barber early in the second half before splitting the Walsall defence with a pass to Wright. His unselfish pass inside opened the way for Bright to clinch his hat-trick in the 54th minute.

Palace coasted the rest of the game and were given a let-off when the luckless Shakespeare hit the

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post. Then Wright missed an opportunity to net his 50th league goal before cleverly back-heeling into the path of John Salako, but the youngster lashed his shot across the face of goal.

Palace supporters chanted “Rudi, Rudi”, wanting to see the pre-Christmas signing, and the lanky Hedman appeared in the 73rd minute – somewhat surprisingly in place of Wright. The dismayed Wright left to a great ovation but Palace could never really sustain the momentum of the first half hour.

It’s doubtful whether they will meet any other teams as charitable as Walsall and Palace missed the chance to boost their goal difference.

Palace – Suckling, Pemberton, Burke, Pennyfather, Hopkins, Nebbeling, Salako, Pardew, Bright, Wright (Hedman), Barber. Sub: Harris (not used).

Walsall – Barber, Dornan, Taylor, Shakespeare, Forbes, Hart, Pritchard, Goodwin, Mower, Banton (Marsh), Naughton. Sub: Jones (not used).

Step Back

Shirtsleeve weather on the Holmesdale terrace in 1982 in the days before replica shirts were as popular as they are they currently are. As you can probably gauge from this photo, there wasn’t much for Eagles fans to be excited about during this particular year.

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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 sheer volume of tributes paid to Huw

and report for the benefit of those not at

sabbatical from sport, he returned to hard news

McIlvanney, who died last month aged

the scene.

for the Daily Express to cover the Troubles in Northern Ireland and ended up winning Journalist

84, marked him out as a legend of Fleet

He never shied off from

Street. A man who set the standard for

pronouncing what he considered the

of the Year. As the tributes across media outlets

the modern day match report or ringside

truth. When Frank Bruno underwhelmed,

and newspapers, television and radio suggest,

dispatch as a storytelling art form; the

McIlvanney declared him “no more

McIlvanney was peerless.

richness of his prose a constant over

competitive than a sheep in an abattoir”.

a career which stretched to almost 60

When Sir Alf Ramsey once sought to

years of excellence.

dismiss his criticisms by asking him

That included 30 years at The

how many caps he had gained, the Scot

Observer and, while generations of

snapped back: “None, but if I send a

aspiring journalists will remember

turnip around the world, it doesn’t return

McIlvanney for his weekly columns, he

an expert on geography.”

always counted himself a reporter first

But there was nothing flippant

and foremost. Having grown up with

about the effort he put into his work. As

sports reports in newspapers being mere

Sunday approached, he would disappear

blocks of information, he oversaw the

into “the tunnel”, labouring over every

revolution and transformed accounts of

word of his column. He started each

football or boxing into epic non-fiction.

one working to the same mantra -

McIlvanney’s insights went

“don’t screw it up” - and only took any

beneath the surface. He benefited

satisfaction or joy at the sight of the final

undoubtedly from the accessibility of

printed version.

the age – sports journalists these days must infiltrate armies of agents, minders

journalists and, if you were ever

or club communication teams to reach

fortunate to spend time in his company,

sportspeople – but he tapped into the

a figure upon whose every word you

time he spent with the likes of Jock

hung. He had competed with the likes

Stein, Bill Shankly, Alex Ferguson, Matt

of Ian Wooldridge and James Lawton,

Busby, Muhammed Ali and Brian Clough.

who himself passed away only last

To read his work was to savour an

September, but it was McIlvanney who

intimate insight into the dressing room or

rose above those contemporaries.

boxing gym. That, surely, is the true art of the sporting journalist: to reveal, explain

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KYLE’S STORY – BREAKING THE CYCLE Growing up between Wallington and Croydon, 16-yearold Kyle found himself getting caught up in anti-social behaviour and was becoming increasingly disengaged with school, with his behaviour seeing him placed in a Pupil Referral Unit.

It was at this time he was put forward for Breaking the Cycle, the Foundation’s targeted intervention programme that aims to reduce youth crime in south London by working with those aged 8-19 who are recommended by schools, the police and agencies such as the Youth Offending Service.

Experts help give participants a positive focus in life and can direct them towards training or employment, with young people encouraged to set and achieve goals in order to improve their resilience. Nine months since starting the scheme, Kyle has improved his life skills and ability to take on responsibility, and now has a job in the Palace club shop.

Reflecting on the impact the programme has had on his life, he said: “It’s helped me a lot. I don’t know where I’d be right now if I wasn’t here. I’d be in prison, or on tag, that’s the way my life was going.

“Working at the Palace club shop is good; it keeps me off the streets. My daily life is always stressed, but somehow getting a job has taken some of it away as I don’t have to worry about where I’m getting money from now.

“Before, I wanted people’s first impression of me to be that I was a thug, but now I realise that doesn’t get you anywhere. You’ve got to be polite and respectful and those are the things that will get you far.”

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Kyle’s mentor, Targeted Interventions Officer at the Foundation Ernest Eghan, added: “Kyle’s transformation has been really impressive. He’s still learning but the key thing is he’s broken that cycle of re-offending and continuing with anti-social behaviour, and he’s equipped himself with the tools to get through life. He’s ready for the real world.”

Kyle is now looking ahead to the future with a renewed optimism: “I want to have my own business, make my own money and be able to travel; basically be free.”

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Rob Street Having scored goals for both the under-18s and the development team this season, the striker talks about how he finds juggling playing at the two levels, and his hopes for the remainder of the campaign.

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FACT FILE Name: Rob Street Date of birth: 26th September 2001 Place of birth: Oxford When did you start at Palace?

Under-15 level, about two years ago Team supported as a youngster?

Liverpool

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First footballing idol?

Steven Gerrard Career highlight to date?

Winning the league with the U18s as an U16 Favourite food?

Pasta Favourite TV show?

Match of the Day What do you like to do in your free time?

Be with my family and friends If you weren’t a footballer, what would you be?

A coach or anything else in football If you could meet anyone famous, who would it be?

Steven Gerrard Hopes for the season?

To keep scoring goals - I’d like 15-20

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Rob Street

I was spotted playing against Sussex in my first season at county level. I got a six-week trial at Palace from that and I had some gametime in a few pre-season friendlies when I scored in every one. As the weeks go by, you get more and more nervous until the decision comes but luckily they saw something in me. I was delighted because I’d been trying my whole life to get into an academy. My dad and grandad first got me into it, so for them to see me play with much older lads makes them really proud. I can’t thank them enough.

My chance with the under-23s first came about at the end of last season, and I was nervous. It was tough because I was only an under-16 and I wasn’t expecting it, but lads like Ollie O’Dwyer and Ryan Inniss helped me out a lot. My debut was at Selhurst on a bank holiday Monday so we had a bit of a crowd there.

The step up is massive; the older boys don’t switch off once and they’re on it for 90 minutes. The tempo always goes up with age groups but you really notice it between academy and development football.

I’m between two age groups and I train with both at the moment. I want to keep my place in the under23s, become a regular and score a few more goals.

We’re second in the table at the moment, so I think we can get into the play-offs at the end of the season and then maybe win them. The team are doing well, now we need to push on and I want to help with that.

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I’m a target man, or an old-fashioned centreforward as everyone calls me! I can press well and I’m quite strong in the air, and my desire is important too because I won’t give up right until the end. My strengths are those of a typical centreforward, but I’ve got room to improve - I need to work on my hold-up play as well as my composure in front of goal.

James Daly is a really good player who’s quite similar in style to me. He has helped as well, though he and I haven’t played together as much as I’d have liked. We’re both hard workers and he’s done really well. I try to pick things up off his game because when he came up he scored a lot of goals, so I try to take elements of his game and put them into my own.

I was injured for about eight weeks recently, which was a challenge. I’d started the season really well and was in form but I twisted my ankle on a sprinkler that hadn’t been pushed down properly in Cardiff, and I thought I’d done my Achilles at first because I’ve never felt so much pain in my life. I tried to work harder in the gym and use it as an opportunity to improve but I did struggle. There were three of us in rehab though; myself, Josh Ajayi and Jacob Russell.

We’d all injured our ankles at similar times so it helped massively to have those two going through it with me.

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74 FINAL SCORE

SOUTHAMPTON 1 CRYSTAL PALACE 1 Wednesday 30th January 2019

An eventful evening for Wilfried Zaha saw the Palace man opening the scoring but also be sent off as the Eagles drew with Southampton.

Palace looked the livelier in a quiet first half and on 41 minutes Andros Townsend managed to nick the ball into Zaha who got it under control and powered a shot past Alex McCarthy at his near post.

In the second 45, Mamadou Sakho then controversially saw a goal chalked off for a soft foul on McCarthy by James McArthur before the Frenchman

LINE-UPS

MAN OF THE MATCH

Southampton v Crystal Palace 1

Alex McCarthy

35

Jan Bednarek

5

Jack Stephens

4

Jannik Vestergaard

43

Yann Valery

23

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg

Vicente Guaita

31

Shots:

3

Aaron Wan-Bissaka

29

Duels:

26

James Tomkins

5

Possession gained:

5

Mamadou Sakho

12

Distance covered:

11.4km

Patrick van Aanholt

3

Pass accuracy:

76%

Cheikhou Kouyaté

8

14

Oriol Romeu

Luka Milivojevic

4

16

James Ward-Prowse

James McArthur

18

33

Matt Targett

Andros Townsend

10

22

Nathan Redmond

Wilfried Zaha

11

9

Danny Ings

Jordan Ayew

14

SUBSTITUTES Southampton: Gunn, Ramsey, Slattery , Armstrong , Elyounoussi , Gallagher, Long.

Palace: Hennessey, Kelly, Dann , Schlupp , Meyer, Wickham, Benteke.

Goal

Own Goal

had another attempt hooked off the line by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, and that proved vital as with 13 minutes to go a slick passing move resulted in James Ward-Prowse tucking into the bottom corner.

Sakho then headed another good opportunity over the bar before Zaha’s evening turned sour after he got into a confrontation with the England international and received a booking from Andre Marriner, for which he sarcastically clapped the official, leading to a swift second yellow.

Yellow Card

Red Card

First Sub

59 POSSESSION 41

46

DUELS WON

54

13

SHOTS

15

04

SHOTS ON TARGET

03

03

CORNERS

08

11

FOULS

08

Second Sub

Third Sub

Home Team

Away Team

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Venue: St Mary’s Stadium Attendance: 28,339 Referee: Andre Marriner

Passing accuracy in oppo half: 91.3%

WE HAD CHANCES TO WIN, THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. OF COURSE WE’RE GOING TO BE A BIT DISAPPOINTED, AND TO LOSE A PLAYER THROUGH A SENDING-OFF IS EVEN MORE DISAPPOINTING

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Crystal palace 2 fulham 0 Saturday 2nd February 2019

Palace secured a big win in their quest to survive in the Premier League as goals from Luka Milivojevic and Jeffrey Schlupp saw the Eagles beat struggling Fulham.

There was an early scare for the hosts when a well-placed Aleksandar Mitrovic nodded the Cottagers’ best chance of the game wide, and Palace capitalised on that let-off 15 minutes later when Cyrus Christie’s bizarre handball in the box allowed Luka Milivojevic to drill home his seventh goal of the season.

The woodwork denied the Eagles from doubling

LINE-UPS

their lead in brilliant fashion when Christian Benteke acrobatically smacked a bicycle kick off the crossbar, but after the likes of James Tomkins, Schlupp and Mamadou Sakho saw good chances go begging, the win was finally wrapped up with three minutes left.

Some quick feet from debutant Michy Batshuayi saw him wriggle away from the Fulham defence and a thunderous shot was palmed away by Sergio Rico, but Schlupp was first to react and tapped home to seal three important points.

MAN OF THE MATCH

Crystal Palace v Fulham 31

Vicente Guaita

Sergio Rico

25

Aerial duels:

5

29

Aaron Wan-Bissaka

Denis Odoi

4

Passes:

41

5

James Tomkins

Maxime Le Marchand

20

Passing accuracy:

98%

12

Mamadou Sakho

Tim Ream

13

Clearances:

8

3

Patrick van Aanholt

Cyrus Christie

22

Possession gained:

5

10

Andros Townsend

Calum Chambers

5

18

James McArthur

Jean Michael Seri

24

4

Luka Milivojevic

Joe Bryan

23

15

Jeffrey Schlupp

Tom Cairney

10

17

Christian Benteke

Ryan Babel

12

14

Jordan Ayew

Aleksandar Mitrovic

9

SUBSTITUTES Palace: Hennessey, Kelly, Dann, Riedewald, Meyer , Sako , Batshuayi .

Fulham: Fabri, Fosu-Mensah , Cisse, Ayite , Kebano, R. Sessegnon, Vietto .

Goal

Own Goal

Yellow Card

Red Card

First Sub

37 POSSESSION 63

52

DUELS WON

48

17

SHOTS

08

06

SHOTS ON TARGET

00

11

CORNERS

01

09

FOULS

12

Second Sub

Third Sub

Home Team

Away Team

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Venue: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,355 Referee: Michael Oliver

Shots 4, On target 2, Goals 1

WE LOOK MORE DANGEROUS FROM CORNERS, SO THERE ARE POSITIVES FOR US. MICHY BATSHUAYI DID SO WELL TO CREATE THE SECOND GOAL. WE WILL NEED THESE PLAYERS WHO CAME ON

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MACCABI U19 WINTER TOURNAMENT Tel Aviv, Israel // 24th – 26th January 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

Squad: Jude Russell, Luthra, Chamberlin-Gayle, Parris, Ajayi, Siddik, Street, Jacob

10/11/18

Charlton Athletic

1-2

Russell, Onoabhagbe, M. Boateng, Gurung, Steele, Trehy, D. Boateng, Donkin,

24/11/18

Colchester United

1-1

01/12/18

Queens Park Rangers

3-4

Omilabu, Aveiro, Addy, Hungbo, Pierrick.

21/12/18

Leeds United

5-6

05/01/19

Bristol City

2-1

Palace recently sent an under-19 squad

the Eagles went on to face Hapoel Be’er

09/02/19

Watford

to Tel Aviv where despite picking up

Sheva, and after falling behind Rob

16/02/19

Cardiff City

just two points from their five games,

Street headed in an equaliser just before

the Eagles were able to benefit from

half-time, but Cardo Siddik was sent-off

23/02/19

Millwall

02/03/19

Charlton Athletic

09/03/19

Birmingham City

the important but rare experience of

and with two minutes to go the Israeli

12/03/19

Queens Park Rangers

competing in a tournament abroad.

side snatched a winner.

16/03/19

Barnsley

23/03/19

Coventry City

30/03/19

Burnley

02/04/19

Coventry City

06/04/19

Sheffield United

09/04/19

A packed schedule saw all the

The Eagles then lost their next

matches completed in just three days,

match 1-0 against hosts and eventual

with teams playing one-hour games,

winners Maccabi Tel Aviv before going

and Gary Issott’s team kicked-off their

on to record a well-earned point with

Colchester United

campaign with a 0-0 draw against

Beitar Jerusalem as Will Donkin and

13/04/19

Nottingham Forest

Maccabi Haifa which was the only day in

David Boateng netted once each to

18/04/19

Ipswich Town

which Palace would play just one match.

cancel out the home side’s two leads in a

Team

P

Pts

01

Cardiff City

17

37

02

Ipswich Town

18

34

03

Millwall

19

31

The first was against Dutch side SBV

coach Rob Quinn said: “These are the

The following afternoon they lost two games, both by narrow margins.

game that ended 2-2.

Commenting on the trip, academy

04

Queens Park Rangers

18

27

Excelsior who prevailed 3-2 having been

experiences we want to expose them

05

Charlton Athletic

18

25

06

Watford

19

23

2-0 down early on thanks to Malachi

to, where they have limited time to

07

Bristol City

19

23

Boateng and his brother David each

rest and recover. If you’re going to

08

Crystal Palace

14

17

scoring once.

be a professional and come away in

09

Coventry City

17

16

10

Colchester United

19

5

However, Excelsior ultimately fought back to steal three points before

tournaments and travel abroad this is what they have to get used to.”

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CRYSTAL PALACE 4 IPSWICH TOWN 3 Beckenham Training Ground // 4th February 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: Perri, Ward (Trialist 63), Tavares, Woods, Mitchell, Riedewald (McGregor

29/10/18

Cardiff City

2-2

63), M. Boateng, Lumeka, Flanagan, Pierrick, Sako (Street 63). Subs not used:

05/11/18

Millwall

2-0

12/11/18

Colchester United

4-0

Tupper, Brown.

19/11/18

Ipswich Town

2-5

26/11/18

Charlton Athletic

4-0

In a thrilling encounter between the top

level seven minutes after the restart

10/12/18

Bristol City

1-1

two in the Professional Development

when Idris El Mizouni sent an effort

14/12/18

Coventry City

3-6

League South, a late own goal from

soaring at goal which crept over Perri’s

07/01/19

Cardiff City

1-1

22/01/19

Millwall

2-1

Ipswich’s Corrie Ndaba handed Palace a

outstretched fingertips, and on 70

28/01/19

Charlton Athletic

1-3

vital three points.

minutes the Tractor Boys took the lead

04/02/19

Ipswich Town

4-3

11/02/19

The Eagles included January

when Giovanni McGregor was penalised

Queens Park Rangers

arrivals Lucas Perri and Bakary Sako in

for handball and Conor McKendry slotted

18/02/19

Colchester United

25/02/19

Watford

their starting line-up and the latter struck

home the resulting penalty.

04/03/19

Bolton Wanderers

08/03/19

Sheffield Wednesday

wide of Adam Pryzbek’s post, and Kian

Flanagan cut into space inside Ipswich’s

25/03/19

Sheffield United

Flanagan then forced the shot-stopper

box to strike home the leveller, and four

06/04/19

Hull City

into a flying save before Levi Lumeka’s

minutes later Rob Street rifled home to

15/04/19

Leeds United

drive across the face of goal whistled

put his team 3-2 in the ascendancy. The

just off target.

striker then played a key role in clinching

an early effort with venom narrowly

But with 10 minutes to play

Team

P

Pts

01

Ipswich Town

20

39

02

Crystal Palace

20

32

03

Queens Park Rangers

20

28

broke the deadlock on 37 minutes when

pressure on Ipswich’s backline to force

04

Coventry City

20

28

Lumeka intercepted Corey Ndara’s pass

an own goal from Ndaba.

05

Millwall

19

28

06

Bristol City

19

26

to burst into Ipswich’s box where he

07

Charlton Athletic

20

21

squared for Sako who couldn’t miss from

into contention with seconds remaining

08

Watford

18

19

two yards out.

when Tristan Nydam smashed the ball

09

Cardiff City

19

18

10

Colchester United

19

16

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But Richard Shaw’s team finally

However, the second half goalfest began with the visitors drawing

the win for his team when he put

Ipswich did pull themselves back

home, but Palace held on to claim a big win in the race for the play-offs.

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CRYSTAL PALACE 0 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 3 Hayes Lane, Bromley // 3rd February 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

09/12/18

Tottenham Hotspur

0-1

05/01/19

Millwall

3-1

13/01/19

London Bees

1-2

In their fourth game against Tottenham

with Gillett putting in a heroic shift to

27/01/19

Durham

0-2

Hotspur this season, Palace Ladies

maintain the deadlock however she was

10/02/19

Leicester City

exited the Women’s FA Cup thanks to

eventually beaten when she got her

21/02/19

Lewes

goals from Ashleigh Neville, Jessica Naz

hands behind an effort from Dean only to

10/03/19

Sheffield United

and Coral-Jade Haines.

see Naz prod home from close range.

20/04/19

Manchester United

28/04/19

Charlton Athletic

12/05/19

Aston Villa

Spurs began the game with an

The home side would have done

alarming spell of dominance as both

well to enter half-time just a goal down

Neville and Naz saw efforts fly just

but they were punished moments before

inches over Palace’s bar within the first

the first half ended when Neville sent

Team

P

Pts

01

Tottenham Hotspur

13

33

five minutes. The visitors then kept

a low strike across goal and into the

02

Charlton Athletic

13

29

Palace on the back foot with relentless

Palace net, and despite opening the

03

Durham

14

29

pressure, leading to Lucy Gillett pulling

second half brighter Palace were again

04

Manchester United

11

28

off a stunning save as she dived low to

made to watch on as Spurs celebrated

05

London Bees

14

21

guard her net from Rianna Dean.

when, having been awarded an indirect

06

Leicester City

13

20

07

Aston Villa

13

14

08

Sheffield United

12

13

09

Lewes

14

10

10

Crystal Palace

14

7

11

Millwall

13

2

PALACE

v

WEST HAM UNITED

Palace then saw their first chance of the afternoon go begging when Kallie Balfour and Nikita Whinnett

free-kick, Bianca Baptiste laid the ball off to Haines who rifled home.

Despite their valiant efforts, Palace

broke into Spurs’ box where a messy

were unable to find the elusive goal that

period of defending eventually led to

may have kick-started a revival, and saw

the ball being cleared to safety, but the

their Wembley dreams end at the fourth

Lilywhites continued their onslaught

round stage.

82 STATISTICS

Seasonal Statistics Most Touches in Opposition Box

Best Dribble Success Rate

Mamadou Sakho

Wilfried Zaha

82%

140 Top Goal Scorers 01. Luka Milivojevic

07

02. Andros Townsend

04

03. Wilfried Zaha

04

Overall Discipline

Total Goals

42%

Shooting Accuracy

2

41

13

Hit Woodwork

26

97

136

Shots on Target

Shots off Target

PALACE

v

WEST HAM UNITED

STATISTICS 83

Pass Success Rate

Player In Focus

77%

Average Possession

45%

Most Aerial Duels Won

132 v

WEST HAM UNITED

Jeffrey Schlupp has the best minutes-to-goal ratio than any other Palace player this season

Most Passes

James Tomkins

PALACE

231

Luka Milivojevic

1,330

POS

4th

20:00

Liverpool

L 0-2

25,750

10th

13:30

Watford

L 1-2

20,014

10th

Tue 28

19:30

Swansea City

W 1-0

9,122

CC2

Sat 01

15:00

Southampton

L 0-2

25,495

15th

Sat 15

15:00

Huddersfield Town

W 1-0

23,696

12th

Sat 22

15:00

Newcastle United

D 0-0

25,679

11th

Tue 28

20:00

West Bromwich Albion

W 3-0

10,818

CC3

Mon 01

20:00

Bournemouth

L 1-2

10,199

13th

Sat 06

15:00

Wolves

L 0-1

25,717

14th

Sun 21

16:00

Everton

L 0-2

38,668

15th

Sun 28

13:30

Arsenal

D 2-2

25,718

14th

Wed 31

20:00

Middlesbrough

L 0-1

11,850

CC4

Sun 04

16:00

Chelsea

L 1-3

40,407

14th

Sat 10

17:30

Tottenham Hotspur

L 0-1

25,685

16th

Sat 24

15:00

Manchester United

D 0-0

74,516

16th

Sat 01

15:00

Burnley

W 2-0

25,098

14th

Tue 04

19:45

Brighton & Hove Albion

L 1-3

29,663

15th

Sat 08

15:00

West Ham United

L 2-3

56,995

16th

Sat 15

15:00

Leicester City

W 1-0

24,738

15th

Sat 22

15:00

Manchester City

W 3-2

54,340

14th

Wed 26

15:00

Cardiff City

D 0-0

25,206

14th

Sun 30

12:00

Chelsea

L 0-1

25,781

14th

Wed 02

19:45

Wolves

W 2-0

30,666

14th

Sat 05

17:30

Grimsby Town

W 1-0

19,967

FA3

Sat 12

15:00

Watford

L 1-2

25,010

14th

Sat 19

15:00

Liverpool

L 3-4

53,171

14th

Sun 27

16:00

Tottenham Hotspur

W 2-0

19,491

FA4

Wed 30

19:45

Southampton

D 1-1

28,339

15th

Sat 02

15:00

Fulham

W 2-0

25,355

14th

Sat 09

15:00

West Ham United

Sun 17

16:00

Doncaster Rovers

Sat 23

17:30

Leicester City

Wed 27

20:00

Manchester United

Sat 02

15:00

Burnley

Sat 09

12:30

Brighton & Hove Albion

Sun 17

12:00

Tottenham Hotspur

Sat 30

15:00

Huddersfield Town

Sat 06

15:00

Newcastle United

Sat 13

15:00

Manchester City

Sat 20

15:00

Arsenal

Sat 27

15:00

Everton

Sat 04

15:00

Cardiff City

Sun 12

15:00

Bournemouth

Mon 20 Sun 26

2018/19 Games

Cheikhou Kouyaté

ATT

24,821

Max Meyer

RES

W 2-0

15:00

TV

Red Card

Fulham

Sat 11

OPPOSITION

Yellow Card

Scott Dann

Goal(s)

James Tomkins

KO

Unused Sub

Luka Milivojevic

MAY

APR

MAR

FEB

JAN

DEC

NOV

OCT

SEP

AUG

DATE

Used Sub

Patrick van Aanholt

Started

Joel Ward

Home Fixtures Away Fixtures Cup Fixtures

Julian Speroni

Fixtures & Results

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

2

4(2) 27 25(2) 22 2(1) 15(9) 20(5)

2018/19 Goals Palace Career Games Palace Career Goals

405 212 4

2

7

1

70

78

79

139

24

1

9

19

7

15

1

25

Alexander Sørloth Andros Townsend Wilfried Zaha Mamadou Sakho Wayne Hennessey Jordan Ayew Jeffrey Schlupp Christian Benteke James McArthur Jonny Williams Connor Wickham Lucas Perri Michy Batshuayi Sullay Kaikai Bakary Sako Pape Souare Aaron Wan-Bissaka Giovanni McGregor Vicente Guaita Ryan Inniss Martin Kelly Sam Woods Dion-Curtis Henry Nya Kirby Joe Tupper Jason Puncheon Jairo Riedewald

09 10 11 12

w

13 14 15 17 18 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 29 30 31 33 34 35 36 39 41 42 44

tvt

x

t

4(12) 29(1) 23

1

7

4

20

109 310

53

1

12

1

47

25 17(1) 14(7) 14(12) 5(2)

25

2

4

2

21

69

78

155

70

41

2

4

20

18

1

10

124

1

1(6)

1

0(1) 0(2) 0(1) 2(2) 26(1)

1

11

51

1

8

63

34

11

1

11

1

8(1) 0(1)

3(5)

4

113

1

169

19

1

16

86 STATISTICS

League Table Pos

Club

P

W

D

L

F

1

Manchester City

26 20

2

4

68 20 48 62

A GD Pts

2

Liverpool

25 19

5

1

56 15 41 62

3

Tottenham Hotspur

25 19

0

6

51 24 27 57

Mohamed Salah

16

4

Chelsea

25 15

5

5

45 23 22 50

P-E Aubameyang

15

5

Manchester United

25 14

6

5

49 35 14 48

Harry Kane

14

6

Arsenal

25 14

5

6

51 36 15 47

Sergio Agüero

14

7

Wolves

25 11

5

9

33 32

1

38

Eden Hazard

12

8

Watford

25

9

7

9

33 34

-1

34

Sadio Mané

11

Top Scorers

9

Everton

26

9

6

11 36 38

-2

33

10

Bournemouth

25 10

3

12 37 44

-7

33

11

Leicester City

25

9

5

11 30 31

-1

32

12

West Ham United

25

9

5

11 31 38

-7

32

Eden Hazard

10

13

Brighton & Hove Albion

25

7

6

12 27 36

-9

27

Ryan Fraser

9

14

Crystal Palace

25

7

5

13 26 33

-7

26

Leroy Sané

9

15

Newcastle United

25

6

6

13 21 33 -12 24

Raheem Sterling

9

Most Assists

16

Southampton

25

5

9

11 27 42 -15 24

Christian Eriksen

8

17

Burnley

25

6

6

13 26 46 -20 24

Paul Pogba

8

18

Cardiff City

25

6

4

15 22 46 -24 22

19

Fulham

25

4

5

16 25 55 -30 17

20

Huddersfield Town

25

2

5

18 13 46 -33 11

Statistics correct as of Thursday 7th February

Matchweek 26 Fixtures Fulham v Manchester United

Watford v Everton

Saturday 9th February – 12.30pm

Saturday 9th February – 3pm

Crystal Palace v West Ham United

Brighton v Burnley

Saturday 9th February – 3pm

Saturday 9th February – 5.30pm

Huddersfield Town v Arsenal

Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City

Saturday 9th February – 3pm

Sunday 10th February – 1.30pm

Liverpool v Bournemouth

Manchester City v Chelsea

Saturday 9th February – 3pm

Sunday 10th February – 4pm

Southampton v Cardiff City

Wolves v Newcastle United

Saturday 9th February – 3pm

Monday 11th February – 8pm

PALACE

v

WEST HAM UNITED

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Referee Craig Pawson

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Assistant Lee Betts

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Assistant Ian Hussin

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