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08 captain 10 chairman 34 pub talk 40 Ben Bailey Smith 44 kate shilland 46 over the road 49 south of the river 54 ABCD epl 56 2012/13 revisited 58 from the archive 68 beat brighty 70 stats & results

Directors Chairman Steve Parish, David Blitzer, Joshua Harris, John Textor Chief Financial Officer Sean O’Loughlin Sporting Director Dougie Freedman Club Secretary Christine Dowdeswell Head of Sports Medicine Dr. Zaf Iqbal Academy Director Gary Issott Director of U21 Development Mark Bright Chief Operating Officer Sharon Lacey Chief Commercial Officer Barry Webber General Counsel David Nichol Head of Ticketing Paul McGowan Head of Retail Laura Holland Chief Marketing and Communications Officer James Woodroof Head of Safeguarding Cassi Wright Head Groundsman Bruce Elliott Editor Ben Mountain Design Billy Cooke, Luke Thomas, Stu Ellmer Contributors Will Robinson, Ian King, Ben Bailey Smith, Toby Jagmohan, Tommy Macarthur, Kate Shilland, Annabel Blanchard Photography Neil Everitt, Sebastian Frej, Pinnacle Photo Agency, Getty Printer Bishops Printers

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he’s always been quite clear where he wants me to play and what he wants me to do and how I can be part of this team. It just seems to work at the present moment in time

palace √ leeds united sun 09 oct | 14:00

Palace back No Room for Racism campaign Crystal Palace are proudly backing the Premier League’s No Room for Racism campaign for today’s clash with Leeds United. During the week, Patrick Vieira, Chris Richards and Leigh Nicol involved themselves with club events to educate young south Londoners on racial equality, and across the matchday we’ll be reinforcing the message that there’s No Room for Racism. Crystal Palace are committed to promoting equality

and diversity across the whole club. We want to ensure that the environment on a matchday is welcoming to all, and that supporters feel safe. We will not tolerate racial or homophobic chants or discriminating comments towards a particular individual or group of individuals at Selhurst Park. You can report discrimination on a matchday by using the Anti-Social Behaviour Text Alert Service: the number is 07507 477 669 (+44 7507 477 669). Please include as much relevant information as possible, for example: FOUL LANGUAGE,

RACISM, SMOKING, HOMOPHOBIA etc. Please include the stand, block, row and seat number you are in, and also identify the location of the anti-social behaviour, being as precise as possible. Please state if you wish to remain anonymous in your message. Security staff will make every effort to deal with the issue. If they are unable to resolve the issue, each text will be followed up and investigated by a club staff member. You can also contact your nearest steward to report issues, who will do their best to help.

Fan update

On this day: october 9th

Driving on several residential streets surrounding Selhurst Park has become permit holders only. This will affect supporters who typically drive to or park near the stadium on matchday.

Jonny Williams was born in Kent in 1993. He joined the Palace Academy within a decade and made his firstteam debut in 2011 – aged 17. Williams went on to play a crucial part in securing promotion and, after 70 appearances and five loans, left for Charlton Athletic as a fan favourite.

What’s inside Find out… Eberechi Eze’s newfound interest in chess (Page 12), why the Academy players are learning to cook (Page 44) and how Crystal Palace links Colonel Gaddafi and P Diddy (Page 63). briefing

manager

Welcome to Selhurst Park to everyone supporting us today, and welcome also to Jesse Marsch, the Leeds directors, staff, players and visiting fans.

he message in training this week has been this: we competed well against Chelsea and deserved more from the game, but equally we have to be honest with ourselves and acknowledge that we didn’t get anything – and there were reasons for that. If you look at the matches in which we’ve dropped a point or two towards full-time you can see there’s still a lot of work to do, and to turn those positive performances into draws and wins requires more individually and collectively. The players are doing what we want tactically and technically, so what more do we need to do? For a start, I would like to have seen more aggression. It was a good goal to win the game, yes, but we should avoid conceding it given the number of players we had around the ball. So we have to put further emphasis on being more aggressive in areas of the field where football relies upon sustaining pressure on the opposition.

I won’t use the break as an excuse, but a month without competitive football doesn’t help you face a team like Chelsea. You can train as hard as you want and hit all your physical targets and still nothing will replicate the pressure and competitiveness of a match. Because of that there was a question mark around how we’d start and how we’d compete, but actually we did both of those well. It was more about the details of game management: when you are at 1-1 with minutes to go and can’t find a way to win, you should never lose. Of course, the decision surrounding Thiago Silva was a big moment and naturally had an impact on the game. I don’t want to be critical of any referee, but I do think we have to ask: how should they use VAR? I don’t understand how Thiago managed to stay on the field. More positively, JohnKymani Gordon joined us on the bench for that fixture. Sometimes absences give opportunities to younger players to be around the manager

first-team, and John deserved to be there last Saturday after doing really well with the Under-21s. His inclusion rewarded his conduct on and off the field, which Paddy McCarthy and I discuss closely for all players. In other news Nathaniel is doing well after we had to take him off against Chelsea. He required some treatment but is in good spirits and we hope he won’t be recovering for too long. Finally, today we join the rest of the Premier League in saying there is No Room for Racism. At the start of the week I spent time at the Academy with some local students to discuss my experience as a young, African-French person, and how I managed to deal with racism while growing up and playing across the world. The students responded well and we had an open conversation in which they shared their experiences, I shared mine, and hopefully that will help them deal with any discrimination they might encounter. Thank you for your support

captain

Welcome back to Selhurst Park after just one week since our last match here, which was a very frustrating afternoon for us as a team.

e are good enough to take the lead and hold our own against top sides like Chelsea, but there is work and learning still to do. Conor Gallagher did well to score but we have to say we should not have lost this game and should now be talking about a well deserved point against a team competing for the top four, rather than a disappointing loss. These things happen in football and as professionals we accept that, but it still hurts. The best response is to quickly start focusing on the next match, work as hard as you can every day in training after and put things right the next time you walk onto the pitch as a team. That is what we intend to do today. Some positives from last Saturday are that we started fast, played well for the majority of the match, and that John-Kymani Gordon was able to join us on the bench for the first time in the Premier League. Well done to him for that, and now I encourage him to keep working hard to secure some competitive minutes on the pitch.

we’ll have to fight for every point. we know the next five or six weeks give us an opportunity to gain momentum and push up the table before the World Cup break

captain

Today we have our second of two home matches this month as we enter a congested run of games we are aiming to build up some points from. In our first seven we played Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea, and now do not face a ‘big six’ club until January. Although no match is easy and we’ll have to fight for every point, we know the next five or six weeks give us an opportunity to gain momentum and push up the table before the World Cup break. As a football club today we join the rest of the Premier League to say there’s No Room for Racism. We have a diverse changing room, fanbase, and community, and this is something the players and I are proud of. So we stand with every club and every supporter who agrees with us: there really is no room for racism or discrimination of any sort in our game. We need each of you behind us as ever today to start fast like we did against Chelsea and to stay strong against a tough team. Today is our chance to put last Saturday behind us, play the football we know we can and earn the points our fans deserve. Make some noise!

A warm welcome to everyone here today for this important match, including the directors, staff, players and supporters of Leeds United.

aturday’s result was extremely disappointing given the performance, as we certainly deserved more from the game. People will have their own views on the red card incident, and those of you on Twitter may have already seen my views on Saturday’s VAR intervention – or lack thereof. In my opinion, Thiago Silva should have been sent off, plain and simple, for a deliberate double handball that thwarted a one-onone opportunity. Jordan was away and in the clear, closer to goal and further away from an opposition player that could affect things than Wilf was when Aymeric Laporte was sent off last season, but apparently it’s different because Wilf was central. The ever-shifting interpretation of rules from week to week is becoming baffling. Whether I’m right or wrong on that particular decision, I remain of the opinion that we are in a muddle with VAR. The proponents of its introduction – who I could empathise with – wanted more decisions to be right. Now we don’t

seem concerned with getting it right, we are only concerned with correcting certain errors, ones that are murkily considered ‘clear and obvious’. So we are happy for it to be the wrong decision as long it’s not ‘clear and obviously’ wrong. I’ll say it again, what’s the point of VAR if the aim is not to get decisions right? And what confusion for the referee who should at the very least be sent to look at a decent angle of the chairman

incident and not the one VAR seemed consider from the replay, which was from behind the play. On other matters, I don’t feel as though the league table is a fair reflection of our season – but we should all remember we’ve played Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, Newcastle and Chelsea in our opening seven games. While there are obviously no easy fixtures in the league, the games before the World Cup break do not include

any of last year’s top six, so we are all hopeful that we can convert these excellent performances into several points. At the weekend our Under-18s came back from two down to beat Chelsea 3-2, and our Under-21s defeated West Ham away from home with an excellent 0-1 scoreline – both teams occupying second place in their respective leagues. The women’s team unfortunately lost to Bristol City in the Women’s FA Cup, but are performing valiantly in Women’s Championship. I also must mention the Under-21s’ 7-3 win over Paris Saint-Germain at Dulwich last week. It was such an entertaining game, and it was a delight to welcome Yohan Cabaye back in his new role as Academy Sporting Director at the French club. He and his colleagues were charming and very complimentary of our

We are making good progress on the final phase of the Academy, and the World Cup break presents a brilliant opportunity for us to welcome our Academy Founder Members on site for the first time for guided tours

Academy setup, and I think these results and performances justify all the investment we have made in recent years. We are making good progress on the final phase of the Academy, and the World Cup break presents a brilliant opportunity for us to welcome our Academy Founder Members on site for the first time for guided tours. I’d like to thank each and every one of them for their patience, and very much hope to meet as many as possible this side of Christmas. We are also making good progress on the stand by the show pitch, and hope to welcome a limited number of fans to some games later this season. As always, I encourage you to make as much noise as possible for Patrick’s team today – and hopefully we can celebrate this afternoon with three points. Up the Palace

chairman

A shimmy, a jink and, in the flash of an eye, Eberechi Eze will dazzle his marker and dance further along the pitch. The midfielder’s style may catch out opposition defenders, but it’s clear in his mind. Here, in his own words, he describes his game and mindset to Will Robinson.

Ball at my feet, scoring, assisting, running past people. That’s what I enjoy doing, that’s why I play football main interview

Do you remember on Soccer AM, when before the crossbar challenge they’d run up to the camera, say their name and their position? What would Eberechi Eze say? Probably in the way we play football now it’s like an eight. I prefer to play inside the midfield, but I don’t really mind where I play – whether it’s on the left or in midfield, as long as I’m able to get on the ball, be effective and create a rhythm. The way I play, I’m just trying to find space and find places in which I can be effective and do my stuff. More often than not that seems to be in midfield, some games maybe out wide, but wherever I’m required really. When you joined under Roy Hodgson you played mainly out wide. How did you find that? That was a different formation: 4-4-2. I’m not really ready to play centre midfield in the two. Later on in the season we went to a three and I started to get into midfield there, but with the formation we play now [typically 4-3-3] it seems to work. We spent long periods without the ball playing 4-4-2. It felt like when we did have the ball our aim was to get out wide so we [the widemen] were the main points of attack. It didn’t feel like we were out of the action, but it’s obviously difficult playing 4-4-2.

He said he sees me playing central and out wide, he says I can do both jobs. But the main thing is just for me to be as effective as I can – wherever that is, whichever game that is, wherever I’m required that’s a lot of positions I’ll be taking on. Ball at my feet, scoring, assisting, running past people. That’s what I enjoy doing, that’s why I play football.

The way I play, I’m just trying to find space and find places in which I can be effective and do my stuff. More often than not that seems to be in midfield, some games maybe out wide, but wherever I’m required really

You were injured when Vieira arrived. Was it tricky to establish your position after that? It was a bit of a process getting there, but he’s always been quite clear where he wants me to play and what he wants me to do and how I can be part of this team. It just seems to work at the present moment in time. For those who can’t imagine it – us included – is the feeling of beating your man the exhilaration that you play for? I don’t really realise it as much when I’m playing but it’s something I feel like I do quite naturally. I’m not really working for that it’s just me

In Patrick Vieira’s first conversation with you, did he make it clear that your current role is where he saw you fitting in? eberechi eze

making decisions at that moment in time. [My goal v Sheffield United is] probably me just trying to run past players and trying to make the right decisions, getting myself into position by carrying the ball. I do enjoy doing that and that’s probably one of the best goals I’ve scored. When you were injured, was there anywhere you particularly missed playing? It was just Selhurst. I just wanted to play at home in front of the fans. Away I’m not really too bothered about any of that, but playing at home is what I was missing. [Away] you know it’s not your ground and there’s a lot of support for the other team, but when it’s away it’s almost like you’re there alone. Whereas when you’re at home you have everything around you and it’s a strong energy. You’ve spoken about the frequency you played cage football as a child. Does that influence the style you described earlier? It could do. Also just playing in academies from young and I’ve grown up to be the type of player I am for loads of different reasons; I’m sure cage football is part of it. I’d played cage football, played at Goals and stuff like that – fivea-side… outside the house playing knockouts or whatever, after training and before training but just always having a ball at my feet and wanting to play with whoever was

around… That’s where a lot of the learning happens. How about influences – which figures and coaches made the biggest difference? Dan Thomas at Fulham, Kevin Betsy at Fulham, this was Under-14s. They gave me loads of confidence that year when I’d just been released by Arsenal. They helped me and taught me and guided me, so they were huge in my development.

[They helped to develop] the mental side, and just the belief and patience to deal with how professional football is and getting to the top. There’s a lot of advice I was taking on board during that period [at QPR]

Paul Hall, Andrew Impey, Chris Ramsey at QPR, they were the ones who probably took me to a different level, going from Academy football to first-team football. So being with them was hugely helpful and set the platform for my career. [They helped to develop] the mental side, and just the belief and patience to deal with how professional football is and getting to the top. There’s a lot of advice I was taking on board during that period [at QPR]. Your time at QPR was clearly a highlight. How are you finding life at Palace, and with eberechi eze

It was just Selhurst. I just wanted to play at home in front of the fans main interview

it’s a good place to be where people support you and help you and you’re not having to worry about little things main interview

so many signings over the last year, what’s it like to be welcomed here? It’s fun, it’s good to be here and a great group of people to work with every single day and play for and fight for on the weekend. It’s positive at the moment, for sure. You’re dealing with people who are good people. There’s no stress or worry about anything, you’ve got people who will put you at ease and guys like Danny [Young, Head of Player Care] who will look after you

It’s fun, it’s good to be here and a great group of people to work with every single day and play for and fight for on the weekend. It’s positive at the moment, for sure

from what house you’re living in to what car you’re driving. So it’s a good place to be where people support you and help you and you’re not having to worry about little things. Moving onto off-pitch issues. Do you find social media to be a big part of football now? I think social media is social media. It cuts both ways. It can be good for you and it can be bad for you. So it just depends on how you use it. A lot of the things that go on social media are not real, so if you give too much energy to it you’re eberechi eze

when it comes to gameday we’re together and know what we’re all fighting for main interview

listening to the opinions of people you don’t know. It’s more down to you as a person, if you’re taking those guys’ opinions seriously you leave yourself in a vulnerable position. It’s a huge platform, people have loads of eyes on you and I think it can be dangerous, but as people we need to take responsibility and understand what social media is. You don’t have to be very brave to talk or have an opinion online, so that’s why I feel like it’s tough. You shouldn’t be able to say some of the things people say, and they say that they’re doing a lot of stuff to prevent it and stop it – but who actually knows? I feel like it falls into the hands of the players or the people receiving abuse. It’s how seriously you’re going to take what these people are saying and how much importance you’re going to put onto it. These people may be real people behind it and they may have opinions, but I’m pretty sure if you were to see that person in real life they’re not speaking the same way they’re speaking online. It’s a certain level of distance you have to take.

We’ve noticed you at the chess board lately. What’s going on there?! I play chess on my phone with Michael [Olise] sometimes. [I’ve played] for six months. My brother put me on and I saw Michael play and got me a partner to play with. I’m all right, not the best. It’s fun to play and I enjoy playing it. I’m trying to learn loads of different openers so I don’t actually

It’s a huge platform, people have loads of eyes on you and I think it can be dangerous, but as people we need to take responsibility and understand what social media is

have one at the moment, but it’s difficult. It is a difficult game. We play it but there’s only a few guys that can play – just four of us. I hear [Martin Kelly] was really good. He was very good. Macca [James McArthur] is good as well, to be fair. Final question, and it’s not a standard one to end on, but does chess come into the fold on a matchday? Everyone just does their own thing and when it comes to gameday we’re together and know what we’re all fighting for. I think it’s a good group of people to be with because there are so many different personalities, but working together is immense

How about the fame that comes with football? It’s part of football and we’re blessed to be in this position where people want our autographs and t-shirts and stuff like that. It will come to a point where they don’t want your autograph or picture anymore because you’ve played, are done and retired. So I guess it’s a perspective to have, to be grateful you’re even in a position to be able to do it. eberechi eze

the follow -up

Eberechi Eze seems like a man with all the answers. Here, taking on a random five of 60 questions, he reveals his Nando’s order and slams on-screen mythology in favour of witty lawyers.

#46 If you could get free food for life from anywhere, where would it be? Nando’s. Peri-tamer chicken thighs, peri chips, garlic bread.

#27 If you could have played with a former legend who would it have been? Ronaldinho. He’s my favourite player from 10-years-old. The way he played, the way he enjoyed playing football. He sees, or I think he sees, football as what it is: a game you should enjoy.

#41 What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Thor. Trash.

#8 What’s your favourite sport to watch besides football? Tennis. I try to watch as much as I can. It’s a fun sport. the follow-up

#59 Which TV show do you quote the most? Suits. Harvey Specter – that’s my guy. Life skills from Harvey Specter and Mike Ross

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Did you know? United were formed as Leeds City in 1904, but were disbanded in response to allegations of illegal payments to players during the First World War. They reformed as Leeds United in 1919.

leeds

the whites This is Leeds’ first full season under Jesse Marsch, with the manager having taken over in February this year.

match preview Marsch oversaw United’s dramatic survival at the end of 21/22, with the Whites becoming the first team to stay up despite being in the bottom three at the start of the final day. He will now look to kick on and guide the club closer to repeating their impressive ninth-place finish in 20/21. Despite losing Kalvin Phillips to Manchester City and Raphinha to Barcelona, Leeds managed to strengthen their hand over summer, making nine signings. A 3-0 win over Chelsea provided hope, but early signs won’t have given fans any false confidence, as Leeds have suffered defeats to Brentford and Brighton in their last four. With more draws (15 and 11 respectively) than most teams last season, it may take something special to separate these sides.

story so far

Position Points Top scorer

Home

away

third

recent matches Opposition

most recent = bottom

score

h/a

position

3-1

League Cup

0-1

5th

1-1

7th

2-5

9th

0-0

12th

Tyler Adams

Adams has made 29 tackles so far this season, the second-most of any player in the Premier League.

Rodrigo (4)

Most assists

Jack Harrison (3)

Most passes

Tyler Adams (404)

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last five √ palace

most recent = bottom

David Hopkin

fixture

March 9th, 2013

November 7th, 2020

February 8th, 2021

November 30th, 2021

April 25th, 2022

Selhurst Park

Between two spells at Palace 1997, play-off icon Hopkin represented Leeds and Bradford City, joining the Whites after speaking with Nigel Martyn. He returned to south London in 2001.

Selhurst Park

Elland Road

Selhurst Park

Recent clash

0-0 Sun Oct 2nd Elland Road

starting xi 1

i. Meslier

p. Struijk

l. Cooper

r. Koch

25 r. Kristensen 8

m. Roca

t. Adams

7 5

23 l. Sinisterra 7

b. Aaronson

j. Harrison

Rodrigo

subs

2 3 9 10 13

l. Ayling j, Firpo p. Bamford c. Summerville K. klaesson

14 29 42 43

D. Llorente W. Gnonto S. Greenwood M. Klich

Boot in both camps

02 05 Luke Ayling

Robin Koch

POS DEFENDER

NAT ENGLAND

NAT GERMANY

06 Illan Meslier

Liam Cooper

Diego Llorente

POS DEFENDER

NAT FRANCE

NAT SCOTLAND

NAT SPAIN

80 apps 306 saves

clean sheets

Age

Height

1.97m

Joined

August 8th, 2019

Debut

January 6th, 2020 v Arsenal

At just 22 Meslier is approaching a century of Premier League appearances. He joined Leeds as a teenager and fought for the first-choice spot with Kiko Casilla, ending his first season on loan firmly between the posts. The Frenchman then signed permanently in July 2020 and has continued to play a central role since.

player profile

POS GOALKEEPER

career history:

Lorient.

25 37 Rasmus Kristensen

Cody Drameh

POS DEFENDER

NAT DENMARK

NAT ENGLAND

04 07 Adam Forshaw

Brenden Aaronson

Pascal Struijk

POS MIDFIELDER

POS DEFENDER

NAT ENGLAND

NAT USA

NAT NETHERLANDS

player profile

POS MIDFIELDER

Age

Height

1.9m

Joined

January 28th, 2018

Debut

December 10th, 2019 v Hull City

career history:

ADO Den Haag and Ajax.

09 clean sheets

63 apps 2,866 passes

Struijk joined Leeds as something of a future star, competing largely with the Under-23s in his first season. He began to break-through after a year and has now become a regular in the back four, playing every minute of 22/23 so far.

08 10 Marc Roca

Crysencio Summerville POS MIDFIELDER

NAT SPAIN

NAT NETHERLANDS

Tyler Adams

Luis Sinisterra

Jack Harrison

POS MIDFIELDER

NAT USA

NAT COLOMBIA

NAT ENGLAND

player profile

POS MIDFIELDER

Age

Height

1.75m

Joined

July 30th, 2018

Debut

August 5th, 2018 v Stoke City

career history:

New York City, Manchester City and Middlesbrough.

17 goals

78 apps 12 assists

Harrison bagged an assist in each of his first three games this season. He joined Leeds from Man City in 2018, signing on loan for three successive seasons before making the deal permanent in July 2021. He has thrived since: scoring his first hat-trick in January 2022 and scoring the goal that kept Leeds up in May.

43 09 Mateusz Klich

Patrick Bamford

POS MIDFIELDER

POS FORWARD

NAT POLAND

NAT ENGLAND

29 30 Rodrigo

Wilfried Gnonto

Joe Gelhardt

POS FORWARD

NAT SPAIN

NAT ITALY

NAT ENGLAND

5 Assists

18 goals

Height

1.82m

Joined

August 29th, 2020

Debut

September 12th, 2020 v Manchester City

Rodrigo’s first introduction to England came on loan from Benfica to Bolton Wanderers. He joined Leeds from Valencia in summer 2020, having won the Copa del Rey with the Spanish side. Internationally he holds 27 caps for Spain and won the Under-21 European Championship in 2013.

player profile

80 apps

Age

career history:

Real Madrid, Benfica, Bolton Wanderers and Valencia.

stat pack Crystal Palace have failed to score in their last three league matches against Leeds (D1 L2), after netting four times in the game previous to this run, a 4-1 home win in November 2020.

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Leeds have won none of their last six league visits to Palace (D3 L3) since a three-match winning run between 1994 and 2006.

01 16

390

Passes per match

444

shots

Possession %

goals conceded

clean sheets

Wilfried Zaha

Rodrigo

goals

04 04

It’s the weekend, kick-off is ticking closer and you're first to the pub. Before long hazy memories and almost-accurate stats will be filling the air. Brush-up for your Leeds pre-match below.

Aren’t they… Missing two talismen. Leeds lost a crucial pair of players in summer, allowing Raphinha to join Barcelona and Kalvin Phillips to move to Manchester City. The two played a combined 55 league games last season, with the former finishing as the club’s top scorer on 11 goals. Phillips had been in demand for some time, especially after excelling with England in 2021, and left after 12 years in west Yorkshire. Raphinha has played eight times for Barcelona so far while Phillips has taken a little longer to settle at City, featuring in three matches. Leeds moved to replace them both by bringing in

Marsch was the Alan Mullery to Vieira’s Terry Venables while they coached in America. Well, he was the manager of New York Red Bulls

Brenden Aaronson and Luis Sinisterra. The later, however, is suspended after two yellow cards against Aston Villa.

Didn’t he once… Manage against Vieira. Yep, Jesse Marsch was the Alan Mullery to Patrick Vieira’s Terry Venables while they coached in America. Well, Marsch was the manager of New York Red Bulls anyway, whose main rivals were Vieira’s New York City. ‘The Hudson River Derby’ was first played in 2015 and began to develop upon the announcement of New York City’s formation in 2013. In Major League Soccer, several local rivalries have their own cups, typically awarded to the team with the best season. The Red Bulls already compete for the Atlantic Cup with D.C. United, but there is no trophy currently awarded for the most successful of New York’s biggest teams. That’s expected to change soon, however, because there now exists a Hudson River Derby Foundation, a nonprofit organisation to “grow,

With half a smile, Marsch has previously described his tactics as producing ‘energy drink football’. It makes sense, too manage, and administer the annual Hudson River Derby competition,” and organise a physical trophy. Another local rivalry without a trophy, LA Galaxy v Los Angeles, is dubbed ‘El Tráfico’, on account of Los Angeles having some of the worst congestion in North America. During Vieira’s time at the heart of New York’s battle, City won three out of nine derbies overall, drew once, and bagged their first victory against the Red Bulls. Thankfully, there were no damaged seats – or tossed coins – in any fixture.

I was there for... Palace’s finest hour against Leeds undoubtedly came in the 1976 FA Cup, when the south Londoners stormed their way into

the tournament’s semi-final as a third-tier club courtesy of wins over the Whites, Chelsea, Scarborough, Millwall, and Walton & Hersham. The Leeds win came in January 1976, with a single Dave Swindlehurst goal securing victory.

that I wouldn’t tell him where we got it from and I never will. It was from one of their players, but it was one of their players who knew one of my staff. It didn’t help us – we got beat!”

Pub talk tidbit: Marcelo Bielsa is a tough man to replace. He was at Leeds for almost four years, took them from 13th to third in his first season, and won them the Championship. He remains lauded at Elland Road despite the Whites’ struggles throughout 2021/22, his final campaign.

Do you remember… Leeds leaking their own team. Leeds v Palace in February 2007 will be better remembered for its pre-match events rather than the game itself. The home side won 1-0 and ended Palace’s eight-game unbeaten run, but manager Dennis Wise was furious at full-time nonetheless, saying: “One player gave my team to the opposition at my football club and I found that out. It disappoints me immensely and I told the players before, and he won't be playing for this football club again.” Then-Palace manager Peter Taylor recalled: “It didn’t come from somebody to me. One of my staff said to me: ‘By the way, that’s their team.’ “Dennis wasn’t happy. I signed Dennis at Leicester, so he and I go back a long way. He wasn’t happy

Leeds v Palace in February 2007 will be better remembered for its prematch events rather than the game itself

dazukommen (the second wave of the press, ie: following every press is another set of players pressuring the opposition in possession). He says these principles are more important to him than formation

What’s the deal with... Energy drinks. With half a smile, Marsch has previously described his tactics as producing ‘energy drink football’. It makes sense, too, with his former side, RB Leipzig, playing the high-tempo, sapping game Leeds have also adopted. Former manager Bielsa was famed for his demanding approach on the pitch and in training, so there’s some continuity for Leeds here. Marsch’s approach, in his own words, is based on the acronym ‘S.A.R.D’: sprinting, alle gemeinsam (German for ‘all together’), reingehen (‘going in’) and

Pre-match pint Cronx’s Green Hop 2022. A light and refreshing green hop beer made with freshly picked local hops from the Croydon and Crystal Palace area. Picked and loaded into the brew within 24 hours, this pale is all about showcasing the freshness of the hops. Available in the Lower Holmesdale’s Tap Room.

30 YEARS OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE

Liverpool 1-3 Crystal Palace – May 16th, 2015 Palace hadn’t read the script the day Steven Gerrard said goodbye to Anfield.

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Annabel Blanchard explains why life at Palace is tough work

Kate Shilland Academy Nutritionist Kate Shilland reveals the impact of a young player’s diet

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Kaden Rodney describes Palace fans’ support on his debut

doc brown Ben Bailey Smith, aka Doc Brown, does it all – acting, rapping, writing, directing, you name it. The multifaceted Palace fan is also a patron of Palace for Life Foundation. In each edition, he offers his unique take on the world in SE25.

The true stars of the small screen It feels like a weird season. Intriguing and entertaining as ever but also slightly off. Maybe the staggered rhythm to it is knocking me slightly out of whack. A game here, a game there. Nothing for ages, then loads. I don’t know about you but it often leaves me a little discombobulated, as if someone’s been in my sock drawer and moved one of each pair to a mystery cupboard I’ll stumble across later. I watch Palace, then we don’t play for a month. I finally watch us again and just when it feels like we’re back – plot twist – turns out the World Cup’s on in a minute. It all feels like your favourite drama series has returned with a new writer – it’s still good but the tone has shifted. The Premier League is of course a form of drama in and of itself, but the current version especially seems like the latest edition of a long running soap opera, back for its 20th series with loads of quirky new

characters: Crazy Old Uncle VAR, Offside Armpit, Qatari Christmas and the terrifying new baddie, Erling Haaland. To me, Palace are the special guest stars. We’ll pop up against the biggest TV characters (Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea), give them a little jump scare (Episode 7: Chelsea) freak them out (Episode 2: Liverpool), maybe even wreak havoc (first half of Episode 4: City) before they come to their senses and turn the tide, reminding everyone who the traditional protagonists are; end credits and we’re gone. Then Ben Bailey Smith

To me, Palace are the special guest stars. We’ll pop up against the biggest TV characters (Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea), and give them a little jump scare

you won’t hear a peep from us for a few episodes. We’re the Sideshow Bob to the Premier League’s Simpsons.

The Premier League is of course a form of drama in and of itself, but the current version especially seems like the latest edition of a long running soap opera, back for its 20th series with loads of quirky new characters

This is not necessarily our fault. We’re a fantastic, versatile performer – funny, unpredictable and engaging. We’re like Paul Rudd. We’ve played some fantastic roles over the years: the plucky David in several chapters against Goliath, or the pantomime villain in that spin-off episode Crystanbul. I’m obviously biased, petulant and probably misinformed (though don’t let that get in the way of an opinion) but I genuinely think that although we’ve become small screen icons ourselves over 10 consecutive series, all the football chat on that same small screen rarely includes us. I don’t think we’re talked about with much depth or insight. As much as it’s frustrated me over the past 10 years, I also quite like the resulting mystery that shrouds us (and long may the mainstream not pick up on the genius of Eze, Olise, Mitchell et al – I want them in red and blue forever). It makes us kind of an enigma: we can still surprise the superstars as if we’re an unknown quantity, freshly promoted and not yet figured out. In short, if Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and that lot are Ryan Gosling, Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence and that lot, we’re Harry Dean Stanton. You think you don’t know him but you do. Every 70s action film, Alien, The Green Mile. We’re the guy who pops up and steals the show. You know, that guy from Ben Bailey Smith

that thing? Ol’ whassisname. You know, with the hair and the face? That guy! He’s brilliant in everything! Pops up for five minutes and it’s memorable. But every dog has its day. I’m pretty sure Stanton was the lead in one or two movies. We’ve starred alongside pure Hollywood in really tough roles early this season, but starting with Leeds United’s visit this afternoon, we’ve got a decent run of fellow character actors and supporting cast to come up against on that mighty stage – and I, for one, would love it if we one day bring home an Academy Award

Harry Dean Stanton: friends with Francis Ford Coppola and Jack Nicholson, featured in a Bob Dylan video, and now compared with Palace. What a life.

cpfc women Crystal Palace Women broke club records in 2021/22, and are looking to do the same this season. In each edition, we hear directly from one of the squad, with fast-starter Annabel Blanchard explaining the team’s environment below.

annabel blanchard Age

Joined

Summer 2022

Position

Forward

Apps

Goals

Career highlights

Representing England at youth level in the Euros.

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Blanchard plays with the ball at her feet and is a talented goalscorer. She is two-footed, finished joint-top scorer for Rovers last season and enjoys assisting, too.

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I played football very early in my life – but growing up in Liverpool with three brothers, you sort of have to. My family are football mad – they’re big Evertonians, so when I was offered a trial at Liverpool Women it gave us a laugh. I signed anyway aged 10 and stayed for almost nine years, initially balancing it with county level football too. Then at 18 I made the decision to leave despite being offered a contract. With Liverpool in the Women’s Super League and me being a teenager I felt I wouldn’t play regular minutes at senior level for several years. I wanted to develop rather than fight for a place on the bench, so I moved to Leicester City, who were up-and-coming in the Championship and fielding a lot of young players who’d joined for the same reasons as me. I fell out of love with football a bit in my second season there due to injuries and various other reasons. But at Blackburn Rovers I met a great group of girls, had consistent minutes and found a bit of form. I discovered my passion again after the most difficult time in my career, and that’s what football’s

i discovered my passion again after the most difficult time in my career, and that’s what football’s about: getting up when you’re down. I’d say I’ve done that

about: getting up when you’re down. I’d say I’ve done that. I’ve always been quite an independent person, so living away from home doesn’t bother me – though my mum would hate to read that! Now I’m here in London with Palace I’m settling in well. When things become tough that side of football can be quite hard, but having good support from friends and teammates helps. That’s certainly the case at Palace, where the team and staff are close-knit and help one another. I joined Palace because I feel like they can help me become the player I aim to be. When I spoke to the staff I saw the level of coaching and detail they go into, and it’s the best I’ve ever had. You never go in thinking you’re in for an easy day – the detail in training and in the gym is out of this world. I love watching and studying football so appreciate working with people who have so much knowledge. I’ve never been in a team that has so much quality, where everyone around you can do everything. I fit in because we’re possession-based and make things happen. Next I have to learn to be patient in that approach, but thankfully I have staff behind me who can pick out those points to improve on. I’ve only been here for a short amount of time but the demand is already improving me, and I wanted to join a competitive environment where I’m challenged every day. It’s not easy, but you sense this team can do great things. annabel blanchard

We’ve had a really good start to the season, but there’s a long way to go and things can change in the blink of an eye. The detail and standards here have allowed us to start strongly; we just have to sustain them throughout the season.

I joined Palace because I feel like they can help me become the player I aim to be. When I spoke to the staff I saw the level of coaching and detail they go into, and it’s the best I’ve ever had. You never go in thinking you’re in for an easy day – the detail in training and in the gym is out of this world What helps, of course, is your backing. Even at London City away our fans were the loudest. You give us such a boost on the pitch and we hear you throughout the game. That lifts morale and is massively appreciated. Women’s football is really driving on at the moment, so it would be great for people who haven’t yet come down to see what it’s about

Kate Shilland

academy Kate Shilland: Academy Nutritionist This is my fifth season as Academy Nutritionist at Crystal Palace, working with all age groups from Under-9s to Under-21s.

he key element of my role is education: helping players understand the link between food and performance while building healthy, strong, resilient bodies along the way (and helping them understand why they shouldn't put sweet chilli sauce on everything!). Nutrition underpins everything they’re doing on the pitch, mentally and physically. You get out what you put in, so we want to nourish our talent and build a bunch of future first-team stars. Nutrition is often overlooked, but it’s so important – particularly in an Academy when players are still growing. It's easy to underestimate quite how much they need to eat – a lot of parents comment on how their sons are constantly hungry and expensive to feed! We need to ensure players are meeting their needs for growth, development and health, first and foremost, but ultimately the goal is performance on the pitch, so they need to understand the right foods to put in and when to get the best out of themselves. A well-fuelled player

is also a smarter one: it's much easier to make smart decisions, accurate shots and passes, and to be emotionally resilient when you're well fuelled. A big element of my role is the practical side, getting the players into the kitchen; it's definitely more fun and effective to learn by doing rather than by going through theory in a classroom. If players can understand the link between food and performance, that’s great, but if they also have the skills to make a pre-training snack or meal then we complete the circle. One of the purposes of the Academy is to build skills for life, not just for while they’re here, so cooking is a really important life skill to learn. Last year the Under-18s cooked Christmas dinner for the whole Academy and were brilliant. I also work closely with the physio team. An injured player will have an increased requirement for certain nutrients to help accelerate their recovery and ensure they have the chance to come back stronger. Psychologically it also helps the Kate Shilland

players to know there are things within their control that can help them get back to training faster. There's often an instinct to eat less or comfort eat to make yourself feel better when injured, which is a natural knee-jerk reaction, but actually being in an energy deficit is the worst thing you can do – your body has an even higher requirement for certain nutrients. You’re rebuilding elements of your body, so you need to make sure you’ve got the right building blocks. Food is essentially the toolkit you give your body to do the work you’re asking of it. The better the tools, the better the quality of work. Anything that can help you adapt to training so you can run that bit further, push that bit harder, or recover that bit quicker is going to be advantageous. Nutrition can really give you the edge over the opposition, especially when the whole team is invested in making smart choices. Fortunately at Palace we have great groups and investment is high, so I'm confident we're fuelling long-term talent

over the road Kaden Rodney

getting to know Kaden Rodney

Age

Joined

Under-9s

Position

Defender

Apps

Goals

Highlights so far

His professional debut against Oxford United in the second round of the League Cup this season.

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Rodney has regularly played up the age groups during his time at Palace. He is a versatile player who is capable of playing across the defence and in midfield.

Kaden Rodney

Having been at the club for 10 years, progressing through the ranks in the Academy, defender Kaden Rodney this season achieved the dream many players aspire to: he made his first-team debut. Two months after starting in the 2-0 victory over Oxford United in August, Rodney recalls: “That week I trained with the first-team twice. The next day I got told that I’m travelling with them to Oxford United. I was expecting to be on the bench, and if I got my chance I got my chance. “An hour or two before the game, Patrick Vieira revealed the teamsheet and I saw my name on it and I was shocked and bewildered. I wasn’t expecting to start! I was a bit nervous, seeing that I was playing left-back and not my normal position of right-back. “I was training as a right-back the whole week, but the manager told me he had faith in me and that he knows I can play anywhere on the pitch. I took this faith in me onto the pitch and did what I could

He was fantastic, he played with a lot of confidence and a lot of belief [against Oxford]. He showed personality, quality and it’s good for the club Patrick Vieira First-team manager

do. He told me that confidence would come through passing, [and to] just keep the ball. “In the first-half I was on the side of the Palace fans; we have some great supporters. They helped me a lot, especially when I did something good – they would notice and cheer.” Performing at the Kassam stadium wasn't the first time Rodney competed with the firstteam, having featured for them in pre-season against Millwall and on tour in Australia and Singapore. “I was shocked when I found out I was going [on tour],” he says. “The first game of the tournament was against Liverpool. Being in that stadium with that atmosphere, I never expected to come on, but when I did it was a great experience that I would like to achieve many more times again. “Being with the first-team day in, day out [on tour] helped us build relationships, friendships and they are very kind and welcoming. They’ll bring you in and teach you, give you advice on the pitch, and help you improve your game. “You have to be developed enough to be around them. There's a lot of pressure and competition. No one is ‘safe’, everyone has to work for their shirt. There's a lot of healthy competition. “When you’re in a positive, competitive environment you know you can go into a tackle and if you don’t get it right you know your teammate is there to back you. That’s where building those relationships helps on the pitch.” Kaden Rodney

The now 18-year-old (Rodney was just 17 on his debut) has been at Palace for over a decade, having joined the club in the pre-Academy at Under-9s. He has seen the setup transition from humble beginnings to where it is now. “Being here from a very young age and seeing how the club developed, it was a completely different experience compared to what we have now,” he says.

I was shocked when I found out I was going [on tour]: The first game of the tournament was against Liverpool. Being in that stadium with that atmosphere, I never expected to come on, but when I did it was a great experience

“We used to train in the National Sports Centre, sometimes Bromley – we never really had one specific training ground. It used to be: ‘Where do I go after school?’, but now you can see how far the club has come.”

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Keeping you posted on all things south London. Over the page, editor Calum Jacobs explains the story behind his first published book and talks racism in football.

loyle carner Lambeth-born musician Loyle Carner (real name Benjamin Gerard Coyle-Larner) was raised in South Croydon and educated at the BRIT school in Selhurst. He has produced two hugely well-received albums, Yesterday’s Gone and Not Waving But Drowning.

THE CATFORD ARTS TRAIL Catford, between Bellingham, Catford and Hither Green stations October 8th-16th With events across Catford, over 100 local artists open their doors to visitors to showcase their work to the public. There are also exhibitions in pubs, shops, churches and libraries.

SOUTH OF THE RIVER

outh Londoners know their local footballers by heart: the players who developed by weaving along terraced streets, battling across concrete pitches and cramming into cages. These players, restricted and liberated by a lack of space, have come to define an era of English football: at Palace Wilfried Zaha, Eberechi Eze and Marc Guéhi fly the flag. Further afield the likes of Jadon Sancho, Tammy Abraham and Emile Smith Rowe strut the region’s style on other stages. But south of the river spawns talents that thrive off the pitch, too. On these pages alone we’ve met singers, racing drivers, boxers, doctors, coaches, photographers, filmmakers, Paralympians, historians, writers and more. Today, Calum Jacobs fills the columns, a south-London born writer and editor, whose book, A New Formation: How Black Footballers Shaped the Modern Game, was published to rave reviews in spring. Like the players whose quick-thinking developed with barriers pressed into their back and a ball at their feet, Jacobs has also been shaped by his environment. He began writing for an agency (“It was consumer reports: ‘Here’s what the consumer thinks, and here’s what alcohol brands are going to do next,’” he says without enthusiasm) while in his spare time compiling articles and essays about football. This led to publishing a magazine, CARICOM, and

eventually A New Formation. To explain a breakneck progression, we start in Jacobs’ early years – and, perhaps as telling a signal as any, he almost immediately drifts into football. “I was raised between South Norwood and Addiscombe. My mum lived in Addiscombe and my dad lived in South Norwood,” he says. “It was in this area I was initially exposed to football at school and with my friends… I went to a school in south London, Stanley Technical High School for Boys, which no longer exists and SOUTH OF THE RIVER

Maybe antiracism work can be done in celebration of black lives or point out the ways in which black people have enriched and positively transformed British society

is the Harris Academy. That school had a lot of good footballers in it – Victor Moses was there for a little bit and some of the boys in my year were on the books, like Ryan Hall.” Jacobs stops himself short of further anecdotes. “I’ve kind of turned it towards football automatically,” he says almost apologetically. We urge him on.

“It’s a working class area so the predominant sport is football; no one was playing tennis or cricket or rugby, everyone was football mad. That was all I spoke about, and all I wanted to write about and do was associated with football.” Jacobs’ passion for football and writing first expressed itself as a distraction during maths and English classes, “just drawing teams, like Football Manager vibes.” But around the theoretical formations and playground chatter the sport also began to teach Jacobs more serious lessons. Going to Selhurst with his Palace-supporting brother, the south Londoner experienced an existence that contrasted the slick editing on Match of the Day. “I was going to games and Palace were struggling,” he says. “I remember Steve Bruce walking out and leaving the club and how devastating that was, I remember the club nearly going into liquidation… I remember Palace losing to Wigan 5-0. “I had a different perspective the other kids didn’t have because they were all Chelsea or Arsenal or Man United or Liverpool.” Through this, Jacobs saw football collide with the outside world, an experience that would later shape his life and career. “I feel like a lot of black people will be able to see the double standards to which black players are held, and they feel like personal slights [because] ‘that person looks like me.’

“My brother used to come home and say Clinton Morrison got stick other players wouldn’t, so he was really highlighting it to me. But other stuff, like picture editors in the paper would be like: ‘Here’s a picture of Chris Powell,’ and it wouldn’t be Chris Powell – it would be another black player. I could see the subtle differences.” As Jacobs grew older he continued to encounter examples of football’s more hidden prejudices. He began to write about it, producing “thought experiments” comparing black and white players, something he felt standard football media failed to do. “At its core,” he explains, his writing first said: “this is really unfair.” Then he began to divert his attention: “There is a long tradition of far more brilliant black people than me who’ve committed themselves to this cause, to continually educate and point out, analyse and deconstruct. They’ve dedicated their genius to it. I wouldn’t say nothing has changed, but not enough has changed for me to want to commit my life to it. That’s phase one of it. “Phase two was: if I was to ring [a friend] after I ring you, we wouldn’t talk about the latest racism that happened to us. I wouldn’t say it would never come up but it’s definitely not the first thing on the menu when I see any of my friends. “I was like: what does my life consist of? It isn’t just talking about the worst thing. If you’re racially abused it’s the worst thing ever. SOUTH OF THE RIVER

It’s different from being teased; it cuts into your core. So I don’t continually want to focus on that. “Maybe anti-racism work can be done in celebration of black lives or point out the ways in which black people have enriched and positively transformed British society. Let’s focus on contribution, on the colour and difference we’ve brought.” So A New Formation speaks with Ian Wright about punditry, celebrates Raheem Sterling’s heritage and explores the stories of black Muslims, women, and LGBT figures. “It’s not easy to talk about racism,” Jacobs says, “but if I wanted to write a book about racism in my life, chapter and verse, starting with school, then secondary school, to uni, to the doctors and hospital, I could do that. Why would I want to?”

A New Formation: How Black Footballers Shaped the Modern Game (Penguin Random House) is out now.

THROUGH THE LENS

EBERECHI EZE v CHELSEA

through the lens

The Premier League celebrates its 30th anniversary this season, with Palace there at the start in 1992/93 and still there today – with a few detours along the way. Here, we break down the club’s Premier League spells, letter by letter.

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he full-time whistle can bring frustration when the scores are level. The final hope of a late equaliser is extinguished, and it’s another week before seeing Palace in action again. The Eagles were no stranger to a draw last season, notching up 15 over the course of the season. Although there

was frustration – Arsenal’s late equaliser at the Emirates springs to mind – there were also comebacks aplenty. Palace’s first goals under Patrick Vieira came against West Ham United, as the south Londoners twice came from behind to secure a well-earned point. Against Leicester City, Michael Olise made his impact,

eberechi eze Is there a better symbol of Palace’s refusal to give up than Ebs? Released from the academies of Arsenal, Fulham and Millwall during his youth days, he fought back at Queens Park Rangers and lit up the Championship, before moving to the Premier League and doing just the same. Now in his third season at Palace and having overcome a devastating Achilles injury, the sky really is the limit.

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scoring as the Eagles fought back from two goals down. Then, when the presumptive champions Manchester City arrived at Selhurst Park in March, Marc Guéhi and Joachim Andersen held firm to secure a goalless draw and thus become the only team to shut out Pep Guardiola’s side twice in the 21/22 Premier League season.

Free-kicks, fouls and five-star performances

In a football ground, there are several types of silence. There is the microscopic intake of breath before the ball hits the back of the net and the stands explode. There is the dreaded lull on those off-days where nothing seems to go your way. Perhaps best is the hushed sense of anticipation as a setpiece taker stands over a free-kick and begins their run-up. As they approach the ball, we all know the likely outcome: the wall will stand tall or it will miss the target, or an over-complicated set-piece routine that worked every time in training will end up in that week’s blooper reel. But there is a small chance – small, yes, but realistic enough to give hope – that something special might follow; that the ball will arc and swerve, dip and bounce, and end up nestling in the back of the net. Palace have witnessed some free-kick beauties over the years, from Peter Taylor against Chelsea in 1976 to Andy Gray against Manchester City in 1990 – and the return to the Premier League has been no different. Leading the way as always was Mile Jedinak. Standing 30-yards out against Liverpool, the skipper sent the ball racing through the driving rain and

towards the far post. From its trajectory it looked to be heading wide, but it curled just in time and into the back of the net to spark wild celebrations. A year before, however, André Moritz went one better. Wolves had arrived at Selhurst Park and were about to witness a virtuoso dead ball display. In the first-half Moritz struck, picking out the top corner with ease. After the break, he proved it was no fluke: this time he found the far corner to make it a famous double. Ask most Palace fans their memories of André Moritz, and this will surely rank high on the list. That and the chant.

fouls In March this year Palace took on Manchester City at Selhurst Park, and unsurprisingly Wilfried Zaha caused the visitors trouble. In the end there was only one way to stop him: Rodri figured it out and brought Zaha crashing down. It was an innocuous challenge but it set a new Premier League record: the 728th foul against the Ivorian saw him overtake Kevin Davies as the most fouled player since Opta began recording data. Zaha has played in many guises since beginning his Premier League career, but even though the twinkle-toed teenager of yesteryear has developed into a frighteningly efficient forward, defences are finding it just as hard to dispossess him. Davies’ record stood for a decade. As the fouls on Palace’s talisman continue to rack up, it seems as though Zaha’s may stand for even longer

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ian king

Having been on the brink of collapse in 2010, Crystal Palace earned promotion back to the Premier League 10 years ago this season. Here, Club Historian Ian King tells the story of a dramatic campaign – with a little help from the stars of When Eagles Dare.

Saturday, September 29th: Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Palace Palace gained their first victory in 17 attempts at Bolton thanks to a Glenn Murray penalty 10 minutes from time. Joel Ward started, with Peter Ramage injured, and Owen Garvan replaced André Moritz to face a Wanderers side recently relegated from the Premier League. The south Londoners almost scored after just two minutes when Wilfried Zaha forced Ádám Bogdán into a reaction save and Murray headed wide just before the break. Bolton had made a lowball offer for Zaha the previous January and the Ivorian showed what they’d sought when he drew a foul in the penalty box as the clock began to tick down. Murray dispatched a fierce spot kick

but the hosts nearly drew level at the death with future Palace player Lee Chung-yong’s drive. September began with Palace rock bottom of the Championship, but by the end the club sat 10th with 13 points from the last five games. Meanwhile Brighton led the way just three points ahead.

Tuesday, October 2nd: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Palace -

later two future Palace signings, Bakary Sako and Kevin Doyle, created scares, with the former having a shot blocked and the latter hitting the crossbar. Zaha then turned the game on its head with two goals in six minutes. First he gathered Ward’s long ball on the edge of the box, beat his marker and found the bottom corner for the equaliser; he then controlled a raking pass from Garvan and rifled in an unstoppable shot from just outside the penalty area.

Palace faced another recently relegated club when they travelled to Molineux to play third-place Wolves. Both sides had opportunities to score in a topsy-turvy first-half, but Wolves drew first blood in the 53rd minute when Sylvan Ebanks-Blake robbed a hesitant Damien Delaney and slotted the ball home. Minutes

September 22nd – October 6th

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Palace win four consecutive games, scoring 10

Former player Attilio Lombardo returns to Selhurst with Man City’s Under-21s 2012/13

Saturday, October 6th: Palace 4-3 Burnley With Jonny Williams standing down the team welcomed back Kagisho Dikgacoi after the South African missed the Wolves game through injury, and Darcy Blake replaced Ward. ‘Kids for a quid’ boosted the crowd to over 20,000 – and they were treated to a seven-goal thriller. The Eagles started on the front foot but the Clarets scored twice in three minutes midway through the first-half to dampen the initial buzz. Just before the break Moritz played a ball through to Zaha on the left for the winger to hold off Kieran Trippier and reduce the arrears. Eight minutes into the second-half Palace drew level with another Moritz-Zaha combination, followed midway through the half when Delaney buried a left-footed drive to give his side the lead. Murray then netted his seventh goal in seven games by turning home Dean Moxey’s cross, and the hosts survived a nervy conclusion after Charlie Austin netted Burnley’s third. For the second time in two weeks Palace had come from 0-2 down to win at home, a feat last achieved in April 1969

player in focus

André Moritz

BORN: August 6th, 1986 Florianópolis, Brazil APPEARANCES: 32 GOALS: 5 Moritz had just had a trial with Rangers when he came to the club’s attention, and made his debut 24 hours after signing. The first Brazilian to play for the first-team, he became popular with the fans despite making more appearances as a substitute than in the starting XI. He netted a brace of sumptuous free-kicks in a 3-1 victory over Wolves and had a role off the bench in the play-off semi-finals and at Wembley.

That [Wolves win] was one of the games where you look and saw what Wilf could do to teams, and people were starting to take notice Jonny Williams

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Zaha secures his first league brace in Palace colours

Against Burnley, Palace hit four goals for the first of three times in 12/13

2012/13

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Times have changed over Crystal Palace’s rich and storied history. In each edition, we dust off the archive and reprint a story from one of the club’s historical programmes. This week, we republish an interview with Italian journeyman Michele Padovano from the Palace v Leeds programme in 1998.

January 31st, 1998 “We won’t get relegated. But even if we do I will stay and score the goals to get us promoted, and then to win medals after that. This is a great club, and I have a three-year contract. As long as I am wanted, I will be here to score goals.” Selhurst Park fans have had only two fleeting glimpses of £1.8 million star striker Michele Padovano in action, but both of these, against Newcastle and Liverpool, were enough to convince everyone of his outrageous talent. Speed, flair and a sharp shot come naturally to the Italian, and when fit, Palace will have a truly formidable weapon. But for the moment, Michele (pronounced Mik-ay-li), is in a bad mood. In the build up to the Leicester match last week he was planning his big return to first-team action, and his father was planning to fly over to England to watch. But then, just before we met to discuss his new life at the club for this article, injury struck… again.

NEW TARGET “This has just been the worst time. I expected to be scoring lots of goals by now – that is why I am here, and that is what I want from life. I really hate not being able to play. Hopefully against Leeds, I may be able to – that is my new target. I want the fans to know that I am fighting these injuries, and that I am desperate to succeed for them.” There can be no doubting his determination to regain fitness. Michele is one of those players who simply cannot bear having to sit out and watch matches. From the Archive

Born in 1966 in Turin, he was just six years old when he learnt the art of goalscoring for his local boys’ team, and he has lived for goals ever since. “I have always been a striker – goals are what I really enjoy. I liked school, and once thought that I might choose architecture as a career, but football was always my passion, and was the priority over work. You ask me what the teachers thought of me as a pupil? I think they thought that I was a good footballer!”

biggest clubs His footballing journey, which was to take him to some of the biggest clubs in Italy, and now into the Premiership, began with a professional contract at Ravenna, at the age of 16. “My mother didn’t know what to think when we got the news of the contract. She was upset, but also very happy. She is a typical Italian mother, and was very sad that I would be leaving home at 16, especially as I have no brothers and sisters. But she was also

proud, and she was pleased for me, as she knew I would be going to Ravenna to do what I love most.” Fifteen years later, after spells at Asti, Cozenza, Pisa, Napoli, Genoa, Reginna and Juventus, he made the biggest decision of his life, and came to Selhurst Park. And contrary to some reports, he’s delighted to be here. “The press were lying when they said I couldn’t settle in here. They were being stupid. The people at this club are extremely nice, and the manager is very studious. I admire the way he thinks of the human side of management, as well as tactics. This club will be winning things very soon. To suggest that I am not happy here is totally ridiculous. I am loving London, and England, and my only regret is not being to score goals for the fans.”

ones. David Tuttle is evil! He taught Attilio rude words, and he taught me rude words. But I am trying to learn some others. Attilio has been great to have here as a friend, although we both speak English very badly. But he has shown me London, and has helped me to adjust to life here. I enjoy the culture very much, and I love jazz and blues music, which London is great for. We’ve also found lots of nice Italian restaurants in Knightsbridge and Chelsea, where sometimes the food is even better than at home!”

LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES? Michele is married to Adriana, and they have a six year old son called Denis, who hopes to follow in his father’s footsteps. Life in England though is not without difficulties, and like a certain Mr Lombardo, Michele is having one or two problems with the language. Most of those problems, predictably enough, are coming from a familiar source… “I am afraid the first English words I was taught were rude

PROTRACTED TRANSFER But London could have been Middlesbrough, if things had worked out slightly differently during the protracted transfer negotiations last November. Palace and Boro have a similar taste in strikers – Dion Dublin, Tommy Johnson and Michele were targets of both clubs. So

what exactly happened during the troubled exchanges between Michele and Middlesbrough, before he signed for the Eagles? Michele isn’t too forthcoming. “I do not want to talk about Middlesbrough. It is all stupid. I have closed that chapter in my life, but it was never a chapter I opened in the first place. A lot of wrong things were said, but it is all in the past. And I never said that Middlesbrough was a horrible city either! It is all over now though, and I am at Crystal Palace, and I am delighted to be here. It is by far the better place to be. “The press have said some silly things about me. About me not settling in, about Middlesbrough, and about me being a troublemaker. I am someone who has strong convictions, and I believe strongly in what I do. That is how you should live your life. That doesn’t make me a troublemaker. I love the people at this club, and am very happy here.” Having played against, and alongside, the likes of Maradona and Careca, Michele has a fine career record behind him, but is still looking towards the future, and new successes with Palace. And like every good striker, as his final message to the fans confirms, he is almost totally obsessed with goals. “I will score for you, lots.”

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While he did stay after relegation as promised, Padovano continued to be hampered by injury while in south London and eventually scored just once. He left for F.C. Metz in October 1999.

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Vieira, Richards and Nicol talk No Room for Racism This week, Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira and first-team players Chris Richards and Leigh Nicol joined important conversations about race as part of the Premier League’s No Room for Racism campaign, which also falls within Black History Month this October.

o Room for Racism is a campaign created by the Premier League and exists to tackle racism on and off the pitch and to promote equality and inclusion across all areas of football. On Monday (October 3rd), 20 young people from Palace for Life’s Targeted Intervention programme came to the Academy and participated in a workshop around race identity and intersectionality. They later sat down with club manager Patrick Vieira for a Q&A around his experience with racism, diversity within the Premier League and Crystal Palace, and what more can be done to help tackle racism in football, especially online. Speaking to the students, Vieira said: “Football is a really good reflection of our society. I think we should use football to talk about our differences, and those differences shouldn’t stop us from living well together. An example is just looking at our dressing room. People come from all around the world, and we accept our

Football is a really good reflection of our society. I think we should use football to talk about our differences, and those differences shouldn’t stop us from living well together

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differences and work and fight to win football matches together.” October also marks Black History Month in the UK. Black History Month celebrates the historical achievements and contributions of black people in this country and around the world, and stimulates discussion about what more needs to be done to ensure our education system is fit for purpose. New Palace recruit Chris Richards and PFA Community Champion Leigh Nicol visited St Chad’s Primary School, South Norwood, to chat with pupils about the importance of Black History Month and black

athletes who have inspired them in their life and career, as well as the benefits of having a multicultural dressing room at Palace.

Richards said: “Black History Month means a lot. Coming from a black family, it was definitely something relevant when I was growing up, and is still relevant today. It’s great to be able to teach younger kids about it, and hopefully they carry it with them in their lives.” Nicol added: “It was great to visit St Chad’s primary to celebrate Black History Month and educate myself further too. It was brilliant talking to the little ones and hearing how much knowledge and understanding they have already.” Black History Month and No Room for Racism workshops are taking place across many of the Foundation’s programmes during October – keep an eye on Palace for Life’s social media channels to see what they get up to. For more information on the Palace For Life Foundation, head to palaceforlife.org

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From audacious signings to headline-grabbing ownership bids, Palace have built a collection of tall tales over time. Here, we pick apart the most outlandish rumours from club history, starting with two contrasting owners.

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he Colonel Gaddafi story is one of those Palace tales that jumps very swiftly from the memory. It works its way around the pubs and terraces pre-match, occasionally pops up on social media and is usually met with something like: ‘Was that real, or am I imagining it?’ Gaddafi’s rumoured desire to buy Palace after their promotion in 2004 is, understandably, a lasting story. And although 18 years may have clouded the details somewhat, they were certainly concrete at the time. The BBC, Telegraph, Guardian and Irish Examiner all ran stories about the Libyan leader’s interest, with the BBC even publishing a report into the financial implications (“rather a lot of David Beckhams and Wayne Rooneys,” it concluded). And while it’s certainly about as far as fetched can be, the prospect was more plausible than it first sounds. Libyan leader (or Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, to give him his proper title) Muammar Gaddafi had footballing links through his 5% stake in Juventus, having purchased shares via the Libya Arab Foreign Investment Company, a state-owned fund. His son Al-Saadi (above) even scraped together a professional career. Gaddafi Jr once signed for then-Serie A team Perugia, where Diego Maradona was his technical consultant, and later

Udinese. He also captained the Libya national team and was president of the Libyan Football Federation. With barely any professional appearances outside of his home country, however, Al-Saadi’s career never progressed beyond his father’s influence. Meanwhile in south London Palace had just fought their way back to the Premier League through the 2004 play-offs and had exciting players like Andrew ON ROTATION

Johnson, Wayne Routledge and Aki Riihilahti on their books. Add to that Iain Dowie’s management, a huge catchment area and an owner looking to get out, and the club was quite attractive to a prospective buyer. Having declared “I have achieved what I have set out to do; I don’t enjoy football anymore,” then-owner Simon Jordan soon told the Guardian: “I’ve been told that Gaddafi and

his son are interested in acquiring Palace… If it’s beneficial to the club, it will be considered.” A club spokesperson later confirmed that no approach was formally made, but Jordan doubled down on the story in 2020, saying: “A long, long time ago in a land forgot, Colonel Gaddafi tried to buy Crystal Palace from me… I did a video at the Palace party saying: ‘One tin despot out and another in.’ “Out of the ether came this particular enquiry, and you’re thinking: ‘Oh, really? Okay.’”

A long, long time ago in a land forgot, Colonel Gaddafi tried to buy Crystal Palace from me… I did a video at the Palace party saying: ‘One tin despot out and another in’ When the press asked Palace fans for their views – this was July, so a quiet time for football news – the general sentiment was that Gaddafi’s money wasn’t welcome in SE25, despite Libya sitting on a reported £800bn of oil (or a little over one-million Paul Ifills, to you and me).

Unfortunately for the prematch pub chat, a spokesperson for Gaddafi said at the time: “Mr Gaddafi had been informed about the rumours that bounded him to a possible interest to buy Crystal Palace, but he knew nothing and he isn’t involved in this situation.” So, it seems, the question remains: ‘Was that real, or am I imagining it?’ Now, for an impossibly tough segue: how to link a dictator with a rapper who helped record the song Shake Ya Tailfeather. That’s right, Crystal Palace. For those of you who can’t pin the singer, we’re talking about Sean Combs, better known as P Diddy. Thankfully, Combs’ interest in buying Palace is less disputed than Gaddafi’s. The rapper and producer rose to prominence when he established Bad Boy Entertainment, the label that signed Biggie Smalls and Faith Evans, and later received three Grammys for his own music. (Including Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for the aforementioned directive, SYT.) As head of Combs Enterprises he is also a successful businessman, and in 2010 as Palace sought new ownership, expressed his interest in the “dream” of buying a football club. “Portsmouth were mentioned but he thought Palace were a better idea,” a spokesperson said at the time. “He could cover their debt and bankroll a return to the Premier League. ON ROTATION

Now, for an impossibly tough segue: how to link a dictator with a rapper who helped record the song Shake Ya Tailfeather. That’s right, Crystal Palace

He liked the name as well.” Eventually Combs opted against buying Palace or any club, saying: “There was somebody that had looked at it, but the business of it just wasn’t the right business move for me at the time.” You can’t blame him. After all, It’s All About the Benjamins

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The page for Palace supporters: taking your comments from the terraces into the programme. This week, we welcome today’s mascots, share a few highlights from Palace on Twitter and print your messages.

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aiden hills

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Theo made it on to MOTD. Thanks @cpfc and @MitchellTyrick for being so welcoming to us.

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Email us on programme@cpfc.co.uk with a message of no more than 200 words with a (printable) opinion or story. Want to feature as a mascot? Email liam.connery@cpfc.co.uk.

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@GMcRae91

October 2nd, 2022

FairPlay I love my club, the boy got to go in the sensory room for his birthday with his new @EbereEze10 proudly on. Just can’t thank @CPFC enough for having this as a possible. Life isn’t always easy with a child with Autism but @CEO4TAG you team made our trip so easy.

@tonyfletcher

October 2nd, 2022

Kept to my side of the deal! Now, who wants to help get my #MarathonMarch donations over £1000? The @PalaceForLife foundation does amazing work in the disadvantaged south London community. #CPFC loyalty not necessary.

Remembering Ian Hayhow who died suddenly in July, aged 43. Ian was a disabled season ticket holder, who sat with his dad, in the Upper Holmesdale. He will be sorely missed.

Happy 70th Birthday Keith. Hope you have a fabulous time and enjoy your Celebrations. Love from your family and friends xxx

Happy birthday Chloe with lots of love Mum, Dad, Albie and Tilly.

Email programme@cpfc.co.uk with a message of 30 words or A very Happy 8th Birthday to Alfie Miller, with love from Dad, Mum, Amelia and Bobo the cat.

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Nutritional advice, Eberechi Eze’s Nando’s order and the convergence of a rapper and a colonel. Catch-up on what you might have missed in this edition, prep for the next away trip and pit your wits against Brighty below.

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quote of the week “I am afraid the first English words I was taught were rude ones. David Tuttle is evil! But I am trying to learn some others.” Michele Padovano

The elephant on Page 65. Find out why this one paraded around Selhurst Park in the 1990s.

Colonel Gaddafi and P Diddy share Page 65. A perfectly natural duo.

sagi burton Sagi Burton represented Palace at the start of his career, playing 28 times after graduating from the youth system in the mid 1990s. He left for Colchester United and most notably represented Port Vale and Peterborough. He now works as a personal trainer and recently graduated from the University of Salford with a master’s degree.

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next up: leicester city Next Saturday Palace travel to the King Power stadium for an early kick-off. Travel: Trains run from St Pancras and take just over an hour. From Leicester station supporters can take local buses to the King Power or, if they fancy the exercise, the stadium is about a 25-minute walk away. Pre-match: The Counting House is the typical away fans’ pub and is a 10-minute walk from the stadium. Alternatively, in Leicester city centre, the Globe provides a traditional, central option and the Blue Boar is popular locally. It’s a 12:30 kick-off, though, so you may want to visit post-match...

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Best memory: Palace enjoyed their trips to Leicestershire a few years ago, winning 3-0 and 4-1 on the trot – sandwiched between these victories were 5-0 and 1-0 home wins, too.

team stats: women / U21s / U18s Elise Hughes Hughes leads the league as top scorer, following her hat-trick v Blackburn Rovers.

John-Kymani Gordon Gordon was named in a Premier League squad for the first time, sitting on the bench v Chelsea.

Junior Dixon Dixon bagged in the 93rd-minute against Chelsea, sealing a last-gasp win.

Home fixture Away fixture Cup fixture (Crystal Palace score shown first)

AUGUST Sun 21

London City Lionesses

W 1-0

Sat 27

Coventry United

W 3-0

SEPTEMBER Sun 18

Southampton

L 1-2

Sun 25

Blackburn Rovers

W 3-1

Sun 2

Bristol City

L 0-4

Sun 16

Sunderland

Sun 23

Bristol City

Sun 30

Durham

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER Sun 6

Sheffield United

Sun 20

Charlton Athletic

Sun 27

Lewes

DECEMBER Sun 4

Lewes

Sun 18

Charlton Athletic

JANUARY Sun 15

London City Lionesses

Sun 22

Coventry United

FEBRUARY Sun 5

Southampton

Sun 12

Durham

MARCH Sun 5

Bristol City

Sun 12

Sheffield United

Sun 26

Blackburn Rovers

APRIL Sun 2

Sunderland

Sun 16

Birmingham City

Sun 23

Lewes

Sun 30

Charlton Athletic

TBC TBC

Birmingham City

AUGUST Mon 8 Brighton & Hove Albion Fri 12 Manchester United Fri 19 Fulham Fri 26 Wolves Tue 30 Swindon Town SEPTEMBER Sat 3 Tottenham Hotpsur Fri 16 Chelsea OCTOBER Sat 1 West Ham United Tue 4 Bristol Rovers Sun 9 Everton Tue 18 Plymouth Argyle Sat 22 Manchester City Mon 31 Arsenal NOVEMBER Fri 4 Leicester City Mon 14 Sheffield United Mon 21 Newcastle United Mon 28 Bristol City december Sat 3 Bristol City Fri 9 Sheffield United Mon 19 Newcastle United JANUARY Mon 9 Brighton & Hove Albion Mon 16 Fulham Sun 22 Liverpool Mon 30 Manchester City FEBRUARY Mon 13 Leicester City Mon 20 Manchester United Mon 27 Tottenham Hotspur MARCH Fri 3 Everton Fri 17 Arsenal APRIL Mon 3 Chelsea Fri 7 Blackburn Rovers Mon 17 West Ham United Mon 24 Wolves MAY Mon 1 Blackburn Rovers Sat 6 Liverpool

women/u21s/u18s

W W D W W

3-2 5-1 2-2 2-1 2-0

W 3-0 D 3-3 W 1-0 L 0-2

SEPTEMBER Tue 6 Hertha Berlin Wed 28 Paris Saint-Germain DECEMBER Wed 14 Dinamo Zagreb FEBRUARY Wed 8 SC Braga

AUGUST Sat 13 West Ham United Sat 20 Aston Villa Sat 27 West Bromwich Albion SEPTEMBER Sat 3 Brighton & Hove Albion Sat 17 Southampton OCTOBER Sat 1 Chelsea Sat 8 Sheffield United Sat 22 Leicester City Sat 29 Fulham NOVEMBER Sat 5 Leeds United Sat 19 Norwich City Sat 26 Tottenham Hotspur DECEMBER Sat 3 Brighton & Hove Albion Sat 17 Arsenal JANUARY Sat 7 West Ham United Sat 14 Fulham Sat 28 Aston Villa FEBRUARY Sat 11 Tottenham Hotspur Sat 18 Brighton & Hove Albion Sat 25 Arsenal MARCH Sat 18 Leicester City APRIL Sat 1 Southampton Sat 15 Norwich City Sat 22 Chelsea Sat 29 West Bromwich Albion

W 1-0 W 7-3

L 2-3 W 4-0 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-2 W 3-2

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u21s

Apps

Goals

Name

u18s Apps

Tayo Adaramola

Josh Addae

Victor Akinwale

Kofi Balmer

Ryan Bartley

Chloe Arthur Paige Bailey-Gayle Kirsty Barton

Annabel Blanchard

Charley Clifford

Rianna Dean

David Boateng

Maliq Cadogan

Polly Doran

Owen Goodman (GK)

Aimee Everett

John-Kymani Gordon

Anna Filbey

Seán Grehan

Goals

Jackson Izquierdo (GK) 3

Fionn Mooney

Coral-Jade Haines

Jake O’Brien

Elise Hughes

Ademola Ola-Adebomi

Annabel Johnson

David Omilabu

Fran Kitching (GK)

David Ozoh

Natalia Negri (GK)

Killian Phillips

Dan Quick Jesurun Rak-Sakyi

Ellie Noble

Jadan Raymond

Hollie Olding

Kaden Rodney

Chloe Peplow

Laurence Shala (GK)

Kirsten Reilly

Cardo Siddik

Rob Street

Matthew Vigor

Noah Watson

Jack Wells-Morrison

Joe Whitworth (GK)

Molly-Mae Sharpe

Isabella Sibley

Hope Smith (GK) 3

Lizzie Waldie

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A GD Pts

bri

1 +4 10

cha

6 +5 9

cry

3 +5 9

she

12 3 +9 7

lon

bir

pos CLUB P W D 1

mci

Goals

Cormac Austin

Kalani Barton

Freddie Bell

Rio Cardines

Junior Dixon

Joseph Gibbard

Jake Grante

Jackson Izquierdo (GK)

Eyimofe Jemide

Caleb Kporha

Giulio Marroni

Zach Marsh

Hindolo Mustapha

Adler Nascimento

Laurence Shala (GK)

Basilio Socoliche

Vonnte Williams

William Eastwood (GK)

Shauna Guyatt

Leigh Nicol

Apps

Danny Imray

Fliss Gibbons

Name

A GD Pts

0 16 5 +11 17

cry

0 19 9 +10 17

mci

0 18 9 +9 15 7 +2 13

pos CLUB 1

whu

P W D

0 19 10 +9 15

A GD Pts

cry

che

2 10 8 +2 9

15 7 +8 12

eve

ful

13 7 +6 12

nor

8 10 -2 9

4 +3 7

liv

9 10 -1 10

tot

8 +3 8

5 +2 7

che

2 17 15 +2 9

bha

6 +3 7 7

sou

6 -1 5

wol

3 13 10 +3 8

ars

lew

lei

3 13 13 0

wba

11 13 -2 4

dur

7 -3 4

avl

10 bla

8 -5 3

10 lei

5 10 -5 4

10 bha

5 10 14 -4 6

3 10 21 -11 4

mun

12 tot

8 14 -6 8

11 -4 4

sun

9 -6 1

13 bla

6 17 -11 3

sou

3 13 19 -6 4

12 cov

2 15 -13 0

14 whu

12 ful

17 -10 1

women/u21s/u18s

11 17 -6 2

Jack Butland

Joel Ward

Tyrick Mitchell

Luka Milivojevic

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Career Appearances

311

182

Career goals

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Home fixture Away fixture Cup fixture (Crystal Palace score shown first) Started Used sub Unused sub Goal(s) Yellow card Red card

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MAY

APRIL

March

FEBRUARY

JANUARY

DEC

NOV

OCTOBER

SEP

attendance/ KICK-OFF

Date

Opposition

Result

Fri 5

Arsenal

25,286

0-2

17th

Mon 15

Liverpool

52,970

1-1

16th

Sat 20

Aston Villa

25,012

3-1

9th

Tue 23

Oxford United

9,564

2-0

Second round

Sat 27

Manchester City

53,112

2-4

12th

Tue 30

Brentford

25,043

1-1

13th

Sat 3

Newcastle United

51,863

0-0

15th

Sat 1

Chelsea

25,125

1-2

17th

Sun 9

Leeds United