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Crystal Palace
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Full name Crystal Palace Football Club
Nickname(s) Eagles, Glaziers, Palace
Founded 10 September 1905 (1905-09-10)
Ground Selhurst Park
(capacity: 26,309)
Co-chairmen Jeremy Hosking
Martin Long
Steve Parish
Stephen Browett
Manager Ian Holloway
League Football League Championship
2012–13 Football League Championship, 5th
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours

Current season

Crystal Palace Football Club is an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where it has been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship. Crystal Palace was formed in 1905 by workers at The Crystal Palace. The club reached the top division of English Football in 1969–70, and its first major final was in 1990. It was relegated from the top division in 1973 and once again in the following season. That left the club playing in the third tier of English football for the 1974–75 season, before being promoted back to the top level by 1979–80.

Crystal Palace's most recent successful period began in 1988–89, when the club finished third in the Second Division and was promoted to the First Division. It reached the 1990 FA Cup Final only to lose the replay against Manchester United, and finished 3rd in the First Division in 1990–91. Palace was a founding member of the FA Premier League (1992–93) but was relegated that season. Since then Palace has been relegated from and promoted to the FA Premier League on 4 separate occasions. Its most recent relegation from the top flight was in the 2004–05 season.

Crystal Palace's main rival is Brighton & Hove Albion,[1] though it also has rivalries with fellow South London teams Millwall and Charlton Athletic. The club has twice gone into administration, first in 1998, which ended in 2000 with its purchase by Simon Jordan. His tenure also ended with administration in 2010, leading to a takeover by the CPFC 2010 consortium consisting of Steve Parish, owner of marketing agency Tag: Worldwide, Martin Long, founder of Churchill Insurance, Farr Vintners chairman Stephen Browett and investment fund manager Jeremy Hosking.

Crystal Palace's Holmesdale Fanatics Ultras have an unofficial friendship with Greek team Panionios which sees many Palace fans travelling to Athens to watch games, and the favour being returned by Panionios' Ultras, all in aid of improving the match day atmosphere. This unlikely friendship was formed due to the both clubs playing in red and blue.

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History

For more details on this topic, see History of Crystal Palace F.C..

Crystal Palace Football Club was formed on 10 September 1905 by the builders of The Crystal Palace under the guidance of Aston Villa assistant secretary Edmund Goodman and initially played its home games at the cup final ground at The Crystal Palace.[2] The club joined the Southern League Second Division in 1905–06 and in its inaugural season was promoted to the First Division, crowned as champions.[2] Crystal Palace also joined the United Counties League, finishing runner-up to Watford. Horace Colclough became the club's first England representative when he played against Wales in Cardiff on 16 March 1914.[2]

The outbreak of World War I led to the Admiralty requisitioning the Crystal Palace and the club was forced to move to the home of West Norwood F.C., Herne Hill.[2] Three years later the club moved again to The Nest due to the folding of Croydon Common F.C.. The club joined the Football League Third Division in the 1920–21 season, finishing as champions and gaining promotion to the Second Division. Palace moved to the purpose-built stadium Selhurst Park in 1924, the ground the club plays at today.[2]

The opening fixture at Selhurst Park was against Sheffield Wednesday and, in front of a crowd of 25 000, Palace lost 0–1. Palace finished 21st that season and was relegated to the Third Division South where the club stayed until 1957–58 when it finished in the bottom half of the table and joined the newly formed Fourth Division. This was alongside the other 11 bottom half clubs of Third Division South and 12 bottom half clubs of Third Division North. In 1960–61 Palace were promoted out of the lowest tier of English League Football and this proved a turning point in the club's history as promotions followed in 1963–64 and 1968–69, taking it back to Division 2 and then Division 1.

Chart showing Crystal Palace's league finishes from 1905–1906 to 2009–10

Despite surviving in the top flight from 1969 until 1972, the club once again experienced great disappointments when it was relegated in consecutive seasons, and played in the third tier for the 1974–75 season. This proved short-lived as Palace were promoted in 1976–77 and 1978–79 back up to Division 1. The 1980s began with relegation from Division 1 in the first season under new owner Ron Noades and this is where the club stayed until it achieved promotion via the play-offs in 1988–89. The club also reached the 1990 FA Cup Final, drawing 3–3 with Manchester United. It lost the replay 1–0. The club built on the success of the previous season in 1990–91 by achieving its highest league finish of 3rd and returning to Wembley to win the Zenith Data Systems Cup, beating Everton 4–1 in the final, its only cup win to date.[2] The following season started promisingly with Palace lying in third place with two games in hand on the clubs above it. However, following a programme on Channel Four called "Great Britain United", the then Chairman Ron Noades made disparaging comments about the work ethic of the club's black players, although he denied this and insisted that his comments had been taken out of context. The fall-out soon saw Ian Wright, the club's talismanic striker, leaving to join Arsenal and the season fizzled out into an anti-climax with Palace finishing 10th. However this allowed the club to become a founding member of the first season of the FA Premier League in 1992–93.

Crystal Palace fans protest – and await anxiously for news – outside the Lloyds HQ in London on 1 June 2010

The damage from the previous season had been done there were few replacements coming into the squad and Palace went from being a mid-table team to one battling against relegation. Despite an opening day six-goal thriller against Blackburn Rovers which ended in a 3–3 draw, the players who had served the club so well wanted to move on, among them 1989–90 club player of the year Mark Bright. The club battled through the season and, despite having a purple patch in December, looked to have done enough as a 3–1 victory over Ipswich Town left Palace comfortably on 49 points. The only club that could catch them was Oldham Athletic, which had three games remaining and was 8 points adrift. Oldham then beat Liverpool and Aston Villa to set up a final day showdown with Southampton while Palace went to Highbury Stadium to face Arsenal. Former player Ian Wright scored the opening goal in a 3–0 win while Oldham beat Southampton to condemn The Eagles to relegation. The club immediately returned to the FA Premier League in the following season after the resignation of manager Steve Coppell. Alan Smith, Coppell's assistant at the club, took over but he was unable to keep the club up and it was relegated once again (Smith immediately departed the club at this time). Coppell returned as technical director in the summer of 1995, and through a combination of the first-team coaching of Ray Lewington and latterly Dave Bassett's managership Palace reached the play-offs. Although ultimately unsuccessful against Leicester City in the final, Coppell (now first-team manager following Bassett's departure to Nottingham Forest in early 1997[3]) was successful in taking the club back to the FA Premier League at the second time of asking when the club defeated Sheffield United in the same end-of-season showdown at Wembley.

However, in true yo-yo club fashion the club was relegated back to the First Division for the 1998–99 season. This began worrying times for the club as it was plunged into administration when owner Mark Goldberg was unable to sustain his financial backing of the club.[4]

The next owner was entrepreneur Simon Jordan, who had made his money as an owner of Pocket Phone Shop. The club spent much of its time in the Championship over the next 10 years with a brief spell in the Premier League during 2004/05, but the club went straight back down on the last day of the season after drawing at local rivals Charlton Athletic. Jordan was unable to put the club on a sound financial footing after 2008, and the club was subject to transfer embargoes. Palace was placed in administration once again in January 2010, owing "approximately £30m".[5] The Football League's regulations saw the Eagles deducted ten points,[6] and they were forced to sell key players including Victor Moses and José Fonte. Survival in The Championship was only secured on the final day of the season after a memorable 2–2 draw at Sheffield Wednesday, who were themselves relegated as a result.[7]

During the close season CPFC 2010, a consortium consisting of several wealthy fans successfully negotiated the purchase of the club stadium. Led by Steve Parish, the vocal representative for a consortium that included Jeremy Hosking, CPFC 2010 eventually secured a deal for the football club itself, with Parish becoming chairman. Crucially, CPFC 2010 also secured the freehold of the ground, the consortium paying tribute to a fans' campaign which helped pressure Lloyds bank into selling the ground back to the club. The consortium swiftly installed George Burley as the Eagles' new manager.[8] However a poor start to the season led to the club hovering around the bottom of the table by December. On 1 January 2011, after a 3–0 defeat to Millwall, Burley was sacked and his assistant Dougie Freedman named caretaker manager. Freedman was appointed manager on a full-time basis on 11 January 2011,[9] with former Charlton boss Lennie Lawrence as his assistant. Soon after, on 10 February, it was announced that former Palace legend Tony Popovic was returning to the club as first team coach. This represented a major re-shuffle to help to push Palace away from the drop. Palace edged up the table and by securing a 1–1 draw at Hull City on 30 April, the club was safe from relegation with one game of the season left. In November 2012 Ian Holloway became the club's manager.[10]

Club crest & colours

Since Crystal Palace formed in 1905, they have had a total of 9 official club crests[11] as well as a 2005 centenary badge.[citation needed] Note Crystal Palace were donated the claret and blue kits by Aston Villa on formation.

In 1973 when Malcolm Allison became the manager of Palace he changed the club colours to red and a blue in aid of trying to modernise the clubs look, he also changed the club crest and nickname to the eagles.

In 2013 club owners CPFC2010 introduced a new crest that combined aspects of those that had gone before.

1955–1960 1960–1972 1972–1973 1973–1987 1987–1994 1994–2013 2013-
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League history

As of 1 June 2011

Since being elected to the Football League in 1920 Palace has spent the majority of its history in the second and third levels of English football (70 years)

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D1 = Division 1 of the football league system; D2 = Division 2 of the football league system; D3 = Division 3 of the football league system. D4 = Division 4 of the football league system.

  • Seasons spent at Div. 1 of the football league system: 13
  • Seasons spent at Div. 2 of the football league system: 37
  • Seasons spent at Div. 3 of the football league system: 33
  • Seasons spent at Div. 4 of the football league system: 3

Honours

Honour Year(s)
Old Division One / Premier League Third Place 1990–91
Old Division Two / Division One Champions 1978–79, 1993–94
Runners-up 1968–69
Play-off winners 1988–89, 1996–97, 2003–04
Football League Third Division South Champions 1920–21
Runners-up 1928–29, 1930–31, 1938–39
Old Division Three Runners-up 1963–64
Third Promotion Place 1976–77
Old Division Four Runners-up 1960–61
FA Cup Runners-up 1990
Full Members Cup Winners 1990–91

Records

Club records

Role Name
Highest League finish 3rd in the Old First Division (now Premier League) (1990–91 season)
Highest League position 1st in the Old First Division, 29 September 1979 – 6 October 1979
Record League victory 9–0 v Barrow, Fourth Division, 10 October 1959
Record League defeat 0–9 v Liverpool, First Division, 12 September 1989
Record FA Cup victory 7–0 v Luton, FA Cup Third round replay, 16 January 1929
Record FA Cup defeat 0–9 v Burnley, FA Cup second round replay, 10 February 1909
Record League Cup victory 8–0 v Southend United, League Cup second round, 25 September 1990
Record League Cup defeat 0–5 v Liverpool, League Cup semi-final second leg, 24 January 2001
Record attendance 51,801 v Burnley, Second Division, 11 May 1979
Record transfer fee received £15,000,000 from Manchester United for Wilfried Zaha, January 2013
Record transfer fee paid £2,750,000 to Strasbourg for Valérien Ismaël, January 1998
Longest unbeaten 18 games, 22 February 1969 – 13 August 1969*
Longest FA Cup runs Final (replay), 1990, semi-finals 1976, 1995
Longest League Cup run Semi-finals, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2012
Longest Full Members Cup run Winners, 1991

* the run was split over two seasons where Palace achieved promotion

Player records

Role Name
Most appearances Jim Cannon, 660, 1973–1988
Most goals Peter Simpson, 153, 1930–1936
Most hat-tricks Peter Simpson, 19, 1929–1933
Most capped player* Aki Riihilahti, 35 (69), Finland
Oldest player Jack Little, 41 years, v Gillingham, 3 April 1926
Highest League scorer in season Peter Simpson, 46, Third Division South, 1930/31
Quickest hat-trick (League) Kevin Phillips, 8 minutes, 37 seconds v Hull City, at Selhurst Park (Football League Championship, 5 March 2013)
Quickest hat-trick (Cup) Danny Butterfield, 6 minutes, 48 seconds v Wolverhampton Wanderers, at Selhurst Park (FA Cup Fourth round Replay, 2 February 2010)
First player to appear in a World Cup match Gregg Berhalter, 2002, United States

* Most international caps while at club

Players

Current squad

As of 31 January 2013[12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Argentina GK Julián Speroni
2 England DF Joel Ward
3 Wales MF Ashley Richards (on loan from Swansea City)
4 Norway DF Jonathan Parr
5 Republic of Ireland DF Paddy McCarthy (captain)
7 Democratic Republic of the Congo MF Yannick Bolasie
8 South Africa MF Kagisho Dikgacoi
9 England FW Kevin Phillips (on loan from Blackpool)
10 Republic of Ireland MF Owen Garvan
11 Scotland FW Stephen Dobbie (on loan from Brighton)
12 England MF Alex Marrow
14 Wales DF Darcy Blake
15 Australia MF Mile Jedinak
16 England FW Wilfried Zaha (on loan from Manchester United)
17 England FW Glenn Murray
18 England FW Aaron Wilbraham
No. Position Player
20 Wales MF Jonathan Williams
21 England DF Dean Moxey
22 England MF Stuart O'Keefe
23 England FW Alex Nimely (on loan from Manchester City)
24 England FW Kwesi Appiah
25 England MF Kyle De Silva
26 England DF Matthew Parsons
27 Republic of Ireland DF Damien Delaney
28 England DF Peter Ramage
29 England FW Ibra Sekajja
30 Brazil MF André Moritz
33 Wales DF Danny Gabbidon
34 Wales GK Lewis Price
36 England DF Alex Wynter
37 England MF Hiram Boateng
38 England FW Jason Banton

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
19 Wales FW Jermaine Easter (at Millwall)
40 Republic of Ireland GK Ross Fitzsimons (at Harrow Borough)

Development squad and Academy

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
— England GK David Gregory
— England GK Tom King
— Serbia GK Marko Cancar
13 Australia MF Callum Brown
— England DF Ryan Inniss
41 England DF Quade Taylor
— England DF Jack Holland (on loan to Bromley)
— England DF Aaron Akuruka
— England DF Alastair Gordon
— England DF Michael Chambers
— England DF Kiran Khinda-John
— Scotland DF Douglas Wright
— England DF Connor Dymond
— England DF Luke Croll
No. Position Player
— England DF Jerome Williams
35 England MF Bayan Fenwick (on loan to Eastbourne Borough)
— England MF Ghassimu Sow
— England MF Kadell Daniel
— England MF Sonny Black
— England MF Elijah Gabsi
— England MF Sam Toms
— England MF Jake Gray
— England FW Kieran Woodley
— England FW Reise Allassani
— England FW Javen Palmer
— England FW William Johnson-Cole
— England FW Sullay Kai-Kai

Notable former players

For more details on this topic, see List of Crystal Palace F.C. players.

Crystal Palace "Centenary XI"

To celebrate Crystal Palace's centenary in 2005, the club asked Palace fans to vote for a "Centenary XI". The Centenary XI consists of players whom the Palace supporters have decided were their favourites over the history of the club.

Although many great players were included, there were some notable exclusions such as Peter Simpson, John Jackson, Don Rogers, Peter Taylor and Johnny Byrne.

Many felt the Centenary XI only represented the latter years of the club's history, with the oldest player represented being Jim Cannon, who made his debut in the 1972–73 season.

All-time appearances

No. Country Name Played Apps Goals Position
1 Scotland Jim Cannon 1971–1988 663 36 DF
2 England Terry Long 1955–1970 480 18 DF
3 England Albert Harry 1921–1934 440 55 MF
4 England John Jackson 1962–1973 393 0 GK
5 Scotland Dougie Freedman 1995–2008* 368 108 FW
6 England Nigel Martyn 1989–1996 349 0 GK
7 England Simon Rodger 1990–2002 328 12 MF
8 England David Payne 1964–1973 326 12 DF
9 England Paul Hinshelwood 1971–1983 321 28 DF
10 England Bob Greener 1921–1932 317 6 DF

*Freedman played over two periods: 1995–97 and 2000–2008

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers with an equal number of goals are ranked with the highest to lowest goals per game ratio.

# Country Name Played Goals Apps Position Goals per game
1 Scotland Peter Simpson 1929–1935 165 195 FW 0.85
2 England Edwin Smith 1911–1920 124 192 FW 0.65
3 England Ian Wright 1985–1991 117 277 FW 0.42
4 England Mark Bright 1986–1992 113 286 FW 0.40
5 Republic of Ireland Clinton Morrison 1997–2008* 113 316 FW 0.36
6 Scotland Dougie Freedman 1995–2008** 108 368 FW 0.29
7 England George Clarke 1925–1933 106 299 MF 0.35
8 England Johnny Byrne 1956–1968*** 101 259 FW 0.39
9 England Albert Dawes 1903–1911**** 92 156 FW 0.59
10 England Andy Johnson 2002–2006 84 160 FW 0.53

Bold indicates player is still playing professional football
* Clinton Morrison played over two periods: 1997–2002 and 2005–2008
** Dougie Freedman played over two periods: 1995–1997 and 2000–2008
*** Johnny Byrne played over two periods: 1956–1962 and 1967–1968
**** Albert Dawes played over two periods: 1933–1936 and 1938–1939

Player of the Year

Year Winner
1972 Scotland John McCormick
1973 Scotland Tony Taylor
1974 England Peter Taylor
1975 England Derek Jeffries
1976 England Peter Taylor
1977 England Kenny Sansom
1978 Scotland Jim Cannon
1979 England Kenny Sansom
1980 England Paul Hinshelwood
1981 England Paul Hinshelwood
1982 England Paul Barron
1983 Republic of Ireland Jerry Murphy
1984 England Billy Gilbert
1985 Scotland Jim Cannon
1986 Scotland George Wood
 
Year Winner
1987 Scotland Jim Cannon
1988 England Geoff Thomas
1989 England Ian Wright
1990 England Mark Bright
1991 England Geoff Thomas
1992 Republic of Ireland Eddie McGoldrick
1993 England Andy Thorn
1994 Wales Chris Coleman
1995 England Richard Shaw
1996 England Andy Roberts
1997 Scotland David Hopkin
1998 England Marc Edworthy
1999 England Hayden Mullins
2000 England Andy Linighan
2001 China Fan Zhiyi
 
Year Winner
2002 Scotland Dougie Freedman
2003 England Hayden Mullins
2004 England Andrew Johnson
2005 England Andrew Johnson
2006 Barbados Emmerson Boyce
2007 Guyana Leon Cort
2008 Argentina Julián Speroni
2009 Argentina Julián Speroni
2010 Argentina Julián Speroni
2011 England Nathaniel Clyne
2012 Norway Jonathan Parr
2013 Australia Mile Jedinak

Young Player of the Year

PFA Team of the Year

The following have been included in the PFA Team of the Year while playing for Crystal Palace:

Staff

Current members of staff

Position Name Nationality
Co-Chairman Steve Parish England English
Co-Chairman Martin Long England English
Co-Chairman Jeremy Hosking England English
Co-Chairman Stephen Browett England English
Chief Executive Phil Alexander England English
Manager Ian Holloway England English
Asst Manager Keith Millen England English
Development Team Manager/Coach Jamie Fullarton Scotland Scottish
Under 18's Manager/Coach Ben Garner England English
Goalkeeping Coach George Wood Scotland Scottish
Fitness Coach Scott Guyett Australia Australian
Chief Scout David Sclanders England English
Doctor Bill Jasper England English
Head Physiotherapist Alex Manos Greece Greek
Physiotherapist John Stannard England English
Performance Analyst Vincent North England English
Kit Man Brian Rogers England English
Academy Manager Gary Issott England English
Operations Manager David Muir England English
Academy Physiotherapist Jordan Reece
Academy Doctor Amir Pakravan
Development Centre Head Coach England English
Communications Manager Terry Byfield England English

Notable former managers

For more details on this topic, see List of Crystal Palace F.C. managers.

The following managers have all at least one honour when in charge of Crystal Palace:

Name Nationality Period Played Win Draw Lose Win ratio Honours
From To
Edmund Goodman  England 1907 1925 7002613000000000000613 7002242000000000000242 7002166000000000000166 7002205000000000000205 700139480999999999939.48 Football League Third Division South champions
Fred Mavin  England 1927 1930 7002132000000000000132 700163000000000000063 700133000000000000033 700136000000000000036 700147730000009999947.73 Football League Third Division South runners-up
Jack Tresadern  England 1930 1935 7002213000000000000213 700198000000000000098 700144000000000000044 700171000000000000071 700146010000000000046.01 Football League Third Division South runners-up
Tom Bromilow  England 1935 1938 7002162000000000000162 700171000000000000071 700140000000000000040 700151000000000000051 700143830000000000043.83 Football League Third Division South runners-up
Arthur Rowe  England 1960 1962 7002132000000000000132 700152000000000000052 700132000000000000032 700148000000000000048 700139390000000000039.39 Football League Fourth Division runners-up
1966 1966 70007000000000000007 70002000000000000002 70002000000000000002 70003000000000000003 700128570000000000028.57
Dick Graham  England 1963 1964 7002150000000000000150 700168000000000000068 700141000000000000041 700141000000000000041 700145330000000000045.33 Football League Third Division runners-up
Bert Head  England 1966 1973 7002328000000000000328 7002101000000000000101 700196000000000000096 7002131000000000000131 700130790000000000030.79 Football League Second Division runners-up
Terry Venables  England 1976 1980 7002189000000000000189 700169000000000000069 700168000000000000068 700152000000000000052 700136510000000000036.51 Football League Second Division champions,
Football League Third Division third place promotion
1998 1999 700131000000000000031 700111000000000000011 70008000000000000008 700112000000000000012 700135480999999999935.48
Steve Coppell  England 1984 1993 7002442000000000000442 7002179000000000000179 7002113000000000000113 7002150000000000000150 700140500000000000040.50 Football League First Division play-off winners,
Football League Second Division play-off winners,
FA Cup runners-up,
Full Members Cup winners
1995 1996 700132000000000000032 70009000000000000009 700114000000000000014 70009000000000000009 700128130000000000028.13
1997 1998 700151000000000000051 700116000000000000016 700113000000000000013 700122000000000000022 700131370000000000031.37
1999 2000 700140000000000000040 700117000000000000017 70006000000000000006 700117000000000000017 700142500000000000042.50
Alan Smith  England 1993 1995 7002108000000000000108 700148000000000000048 700125000000000000025 700135000000000000035 700144440000000000044.44 Football League First Division champions
2000 2001 700155000000000000055 700114000000000000014 700118000000000000018 700123000000000000023 700125450000000000025.45
Iain Dowie Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 2003 2006 7002123000000000000123 700150000000000000050 700129000000000000029 700144000000000000044 700140650000000000040.65 Football League First Division play-off winners

Grounds

Selhurst Park
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Full name Selhurst Park Stadium
Location South Norwood, London
Coordinates 51°23′54″N 0°5′8″W / 51.39833°N 0.08556°W / 51.39833; -0.08556Coordinates: 51°23′54″N 0°5′8″W / 51.39833°N 0.08556°W / 51.39833; -0.08556
Built 1924
Owner CPFC 2010
Construction cost £30,000
Architect Archibald Leitch
Capacity 26,309
Field dimensions 110 x 74 yards
Main articles: Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Herne Hill Velodrome, The Nest (london football ground), and Selhurst Park

Selhurst Park is the current home ground of Crystal Palace Football Club. Its present capacity is 26,309 and is located in the London suburb of South Norwood in the Borough of Croydon.

Crystal Palace National Sports Centre was the first home of Crystal Palace. In 1905, the owners wanted a professional club to play at the venue, so a new Crystal Palace FC, was formed. It was previously the home of the original Crystal Palace football club from 1861. It also hosted the FA Cup final from 1895 to 1914 as well as other sports.

It was forced to leave the National Sports Centre by the military in 1914 as it was to be used for World War I purposes. Palace then moved to the Velodrome which was temporarily the home of Crystal Palace FC from 1914 until 1918. In 1918, the club moved to The Nest opposite Selhurst Station.

In 1924 the club built a new ground, Selhurst Park, which is still its home today. The record attendance in Selhurst Park was achieved in 1979, when 51,801 people saw Crystal Palace defeat Burnley 2–0 to clinch the Second Division championship, this was when there were terraces in the ground.

On 20 January 2011, Palace owners CPFC 2010 unveiled plans for a new stadium in Crystal Palace Park – its original home. However, plans were stalled and the owners looked at the path of redeveloping Selhurst Park.

Season Average Attendance League Reference
2002–03 16,866 Football League First Division [13]
2003–04 17,344 Football League First Division [14]
2004–05 24,108 Premier League [15]
2005–06 19,457 Football League Championship [16]
2006–07 17,541 Football League Championship [17]
2007–08 16,031 Football League Championship [18]
2008–09 15,220 Football League Championship [19]
2009–10 14,770 Football League Championship [20]
2010–11 15,351 Football League Championship [21]
2011–12 15,219 Football League Championship [22]

Supporters and rivalries

Main article: South London derby
Main article: M23 derby

Crystal Palace has a number of rivalries. The most prominent rivalries are with Brighton & Hove Albion, Millwall and a smaller rivalry with Charlton.

In an extensive census on FootballFansCensus.com in December 2003, the surveyed fans placed Brighton & Hove Albion as the main rival of Crystal Palace, followed by Millwall and then Charlton Athletic.[23]

As of the 2012–13 season, Charlton, Crystal Palace and Millwall will all play in The Championship, the first time all three clubs have been in the same league in sixteen years. The 1995–96 season in Division One was the last time all three were in the same division. Millwall finished 22nd and were relegated to Division Two, while Palace and Charlton finished 3rd and 6th respectively. They met in a play-off semi-final, which Palace won to progress to the final.

Brighton rivalry

Palace and Brighton are over 40 miles apart and their rivalry did not develop until Palace's relegation to the Third Division in 1974. The clubs had two of the division's biggest followings, communications between Croydon and Brighton were good and many fans were keen to travel to an away fixture. The rivalry reached a climax when the two teams were drawn together in the first round of the FA Cup in 1976. The first game took place on 20 November at the Goldstone Ground, and Rachid Harkouk came off the bench to score a stunning equaliser and take the match to a replay after a 2–2 draw. Back at Selhurst Park the replay ended up 1–1, with Rachid Harkouk scoring the goal. This meant a second replay being held at Stamford Bridge. The second and final replay ended 1–0 to Palace, with Phil Holder grabbing the only goal but only after a disputed Brian Horton penalty miss. Horton had scored with his first attempt, but the referee ordered the kick to be retaken, due to a Palace player encroaching on the box, which he missed. Brighton supporters and Brighton manager Alan Mullery were understandably outraged, with Palace fans not surprisingly jubilant. Alan Mullery disparaged Palace fans, an act never forgotten by fans of that time, and made his appointment as manager a few years later all the more surprising. However, the two did not play in a league encounter from seasons 1989-90 to 2001-02, leading to a lull in the rivalry, and Palace fans turning their attentions to neighbours Millwall during the 1990s. However, the return of Brighton to the second tier saw Brighton lose to Palace 5–0 in a memorable game with Andrew Johnson scoring a hat-trick. Brighton gained revenge in 2005 with a 1–0 win at Selhurst Park, however, a month later at the Withdean, Palace twice came from behind, with Dougie Freedman scoring his 100th goal and Jobi McAnuff scoring in the last minute to win the game 3–2. On Brighton's return to the championship on 2011-12, Palace again came from behind to win 3–1 with three goals in the final ten minutes. This game took place at the new Amex Stadium and represented Brighton's first league defeat at its new venue.[24] In the second encounter of the season Chris Martin gave Palace the lead, but later Ashley Barnes equalised to make the final score 1–1 at Selhurst Park. In the 2012-13 season, Crystal Palace beat Brighton in a sweeping 3–0 win after Brighton were reduced to 10 men in the first 10 minutes, with ex-Brighton player Glenn Murray scoring twice. However, Brighton gained revenge in the return fixture, winning 3-0 at the Amex Stadium. The two played in the 2012-13 Championship Play-offs, drawing 0-0 in the first leg at Selhurst Park and Palace winning 2-0 in the second leg at the Amex to reach the finals.Wilfried Zaha scoring both goals to take Crystal Palace to Wembley.

Millwall rivalry

Millwall has been a long standing rival with the match between the two clubs. Because of the close proximity many players have also moved between the clubs, for example Derek Possee, Anton Otulakowski, Chris Armstrong, Andy Roberts, Phil Barber, Jamie Moralee, Bobby Bowry, Darren Ward, Tony Craig, Carl Veart, David Martin, Lewis Grabban, Ricky Newman and Matthew Lawrence.[25]

Ultras

In 2005, Crystal Palace supporters formed an Ultras group, the Holmesdale Fanatics. The group is based in Block B of the Lower Section of the Holmesdale Road Stand.

Famous Fans

Charlie Neish Proud Palace Fan (even when in Australia)

Layla Anna-Lee TV presenter, Voice of the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony and FHM top 100 - 2013

Martin Bashir Journalist (infamous Lady Di and Wacko Jacko interviews)

Bob 'the Cat' Bevan After-Dinner Speaker

Jim Bob Bonkers 90's indie star (Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine)

Jo Brand Comedienne

Mark Butcher Cricketer

Harry Carpenter Legendary Boxing Commentator

Ronnie Corbett Comedian

Roger de Courcey & Nookie Bear Philosophers

Windsor Davies Actor (Never the Twain)

Peter Davison The 5th Doctor Who, Singer of 'Button Moon' theme tune

Kevin Day Comedian

Harry Enfield Comedian

Tim Gudgeon Grandstand football scores announcer

Nigel Harman Actor (Eastenders)

Roy Hudd Comedian and actor

Sean Hughes Comedian

Sir Bernard Ingham Politician

Eddie Izzard Comedian

David Jensen Former Radio One DJ

Daniel Day Lewis Actor

Neil Morrissey Actor

Rob Newman Comedian (the Mary White House Experience)

John Deacon Musician

Bill Nighy Actor

John Peinnar Polictical Commentator

Mark Steel Comedian

Paul Weller Top Mod

James Whale Radio DJ

Nicholas Witchell Posh BBC Newsreader

Matthew Wright TV Presenter

Bill Wyman Rolling Stone

Shirt sponsors

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Year Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
1975–77 Umbro None
1977–80 Admiral Sportswear
1980–83 Adidas
1983–84 Red Rose
1984–85 Hummel None
1985–86 Top Score
1986–87 AVR
1987–88 Admiral Sportswear Andrew Copeland
1988–91 Bukta Fly Virgin
1991–92 Tulip Computers
1992–93 Ribero
1993–94 TDK
1994–96 Nutmeg
1996–99 Adidas
1999–00 TFG Sports Various sponsors*
2000–01 Churchill Insurance
2001–03 Le Coq Sportif
2003–04 Admiral Sportswear
2004–06 Diadora
2006–07 GAC Logistics
2007–09 Erreà
2009–12 Nike
2012– Avec**

* There was no permanent sponsor due to the club being in administration

** Avec will be main kit manufacturer but training wear will continue to be provided by Nike.

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f Business: Club History, CPFC, retrieved 26 August 2009 
  3. ^ "Bassett quits Palace and joins Forest". The Nation (Bangkok: Nation Multimedia Group). Reuters. 1 March 1997. Retrieved 1 August 2012. 
  4. ^ "The Company File: Palace on the rocks". BBC News. 3 March 1999. Retrieved 26 August 2009. 
  5. ^ "Championship side Crystal Palace go into administration". BBC Sport. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2012. 
  6. ^ "Crystal Palace deducted 10 points". BBC Sport. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2012. 
  7. ^ Fletcher, Paul (2 May 2010). "Sheff Wed 2–2 Crystal Palace". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2012. 
  8. ^ "Crystal Palace appoint George Burley as new boss". BBC Sport. 17 June 2010. 
  9. ^ "Crystal Palace appoint Dougie Freedman as their new manager". The Guardian (London). 11 January 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2012. 
  10. ^ "Holloway enters his new Palace". FFO. Retrieved 4 November 2012. 
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  12. ^ "Crystal Palace Current Squad". Crystal Palace FC. Retrieved 24 August 2012. 
  13. ^ "Crystal Palace Attendance 2002–03". The Football League. Retrieved 2008-07-06. 
  14. ^ "Crystal Palace Attendance 2003–04". The Football League. Retrieved 2008-07-06. 
  15. ^ "Statistics". Premier League. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
  16. ^ "Crystal Palace Attendance 2005–06". The Football League. Retrieved 2008-07-06. 
  17. ^ "Crystal Palace Attendance 2006–07". The Football League. Retrieved 2008-07-06. 
  18. ^ "Crystal Palace Attendance 2007–08". The Football League. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
  19. ^ "Crystal Palace Attendance 2008–09". The Football League. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
  20. ^ "Crystal Palace Attendance 2009–10". The Football League. Retrieved 2010-04-27. 
  21. ^ "Crystal Palace Attendance 2010–11". The Football League. Retrieved 2011-08-23. 
  22. ^ "Crystal Palace Attendance 2011–12". The Football League. Retrieved 2012-06-21. 
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  24. ^ "Brighton – The history". Holmesdale.net. October 2002. Retrieved 7 October 2010. 
  25. ^ "Crossing the divide". Holmesdale.net. August 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2010. 

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