Crystal Palace FC - Official Thread

Rgmonster · 14-07-2009, 10:50 PM

Crystal Palace Football Club (formed 1905) are based in South Norwood, London.

Their home stadium is Selhurst Park which holds 26,309:

Crystal Palace's nickname is The Eagles, highlighted very prominently on the club badge!

The Kit:

Palace in the modern era are best known for wearing red and blue stripes, a design copied from Barcelona during the early 1970's, also another classic Palace home shirt consists of a mainly white shirt with a red and blue sash diagonally across the shirt.
Before that Palace wore claret and blue, much like Aston Villa or West Ham. Here is the current home kit:

Palace currently play in England's second tier (The Championship), but since the forming of the current league structure have been known to be a 'yo-yo' club, between the top and the second tier leagues.

Honours:
Old Divison Two/Division One (second tier):

Winners: 1978/79, 1993/94
Play-off Winners: 1988/89, 1996/97, 2003/04

Third Division (South):
Winners: 1920/21

FA Cup Runners up: 1990

Zenith Data Systems Cup Winners: 1991

Rival Clubs:
Palace's main rival club is Brighton & Hove Albion, known as the seaweed by Palace fans. In more recent years, Palace have also had a rivalry with Millwall (who hasn't!!?) and Charlton Athletic (known as the Clowns by Palace fans). The 2009/10 season will see Palace playing no direct rival although tensions between Palace and QPR fans seem set to pave the way for another London based rivalry there.

Notable Former Players:
Palace have a strong tradition of nurturing young football prospects, and we'll get to the more recent ones next, but here are some players that have played for the Eagles......

Ian Wright
Mark Bright
Attilio Lombardo
John Salako
Gareth Southgate
Chris Coleman
Chris Armstrong
Andy Johnson
Nigel Martyn
Peter Taylor
Aki Riihilaiti
Dougie Freedman
Jim Cannon
Don Rogers
Geoff Thomas
Tomas Brolin (the less said the better!!)

The Youth Academy:
Crystal Palace's youth academy is known to be one of the best for new young talent in Britain, with the club's youth team competing with the highly funded Chelsea and Arsenal youth teams on terms. A massive number of youth players have been promoted into the main squad and look to take the team forward. Palace youth graduates to watch out for: Victor Moses, Sean Scannell, Kieran Djilali, Nathaniel Clyne, Nathan Pinney and Alessane N'Diaye.

Current situation:
The club is currently in a rough patch, despite competing well in the second tier, the financial situation isn't so great, with the club having no real budget to spend on new players, relying on free transfers this summer mainly. The situation has come about due to a number of reasons, though mainly as the club is up for sale with current chairman Simon Jordan publicly stating he has lost his interest in football due to the unjust nature of the game in the transfer market, the straw that broke the camel's back was the John Bostock tribunal fee, where Jordan feels Palace got screwed over having trained the lad from a young age, and giving him the spotlight aged 15 years old when he broke into the first team, before rejecting a pro contract with Palace to sign for Tottenham Hotspur, the tribunal ruled Spurs would have to pay £700k when Jordan & Palace wanted a fee of £2 Million pounds, future add-ons could get the tribunal fee somewhere near the £2m mark, but Jordan claims that the club had already spent more on the development of the player and the youth academy during his time there. Simon Jordan remains chairman whilst he finds a suitable party to take the club over, but as an out and out Palace fan he wants to sell to someone 'with the club's best interests at heart', but while the search goes on no extra money is being injected into the clubs funds.

Current Manager: Neil Warnock, doing a good job with the budget he has, some fans have questioned his long ball tactics, but he is seemingly coming round by playing more youngsters in a more fast counter attacking fashion. He has also acquired the services of rising star Freddie Sears on loan from West Ham United for the 2009/2010 season.

MrFridayNight · 14-07-2009, 10:54 PM

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Rgmonster · 14-07-2009, 11:40 PM

QPR by any chance

MrFridayNight · 14-07-2009, 11:45 PM

No just think CP is the place for lost hopes and dreams lool

Scuba Steve · 14-07-2009, 11:48 PM

Crystal Palace USA

And they don't have a closer rival? Someone who would be considered a derby? Brighton is a decent haul from South Norwood, innit?

AdamK · 15-07-2009, 12:14 AM

I hate Simon Jordan. He still chairman?

Rgmonster · 15-07-2009, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AdamK

I hate Simon Jordan. He still chairman?

He is! though trying to sell and not really funding the club from his own pocket anymore. and he's still orange!!

Rgmonster · 15-07-2009, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hokiegooner

Crystal Palace USA

And they don't have a closer rival? Someone who would be considered a derby? Brighton is a decent haul from South Norwood, innit?

Talking of Crystal Palace USA, Palace are currently on a tour of the states and beat them 5-2 with a Baltimore defender scoring TWO OG's!!

Rgmonster · 15-08-2009, 08:56 PM

Palace 1 - 1 Plymouth Argyle 8/8/09

A game of two halves, Pilgrims had the first scoring early from a corner, Palace had the second creating chance after chance and finally Alan Lee equalising.

Palace 2 - 1 Torquay United (Carling Cup) 11/8/09

Palace dominated the team from Torbay, yet failed to score until mid second half where Ambrose popped up with a good header. Torquay rallied and equalised only to concede a penalty minutes later that Ambrose tucked away for the win.

Bristol City 1 - 0 Palace 15/8/09

An open game where Palace played a lot better than the home side in the first half, causing all sorts of problems, then as Palace thought they'd gone one up, with Freddie Sears getting on the end of a lobbed pass, the ball hit the back of the net and hit the structure bouncing back up and out, Palace celebrated but the ref stuttered and discussed it with the linesman, who awarded a goal kick. Palace continued to push but got caught out late on by Nicky Maynard in the last minutes of the game. Poor officiating cost Palace dear in this one, it was possibly more shocking than the Watford vs Reading goal (that wasn't a goal) last season... this one was definitely a goal, but didn't get given because they thought it was wide! Shocking.

Dan · 15-08-2009, 09:11 PM

If it wasn't Neil Warnock, I would feel sorry for you.. It was shocking, but I can't stand him, so I'm looking forward to his rant..

But it was a stupid decision, even the Bristol City players were telling the ref it was a goal..

Rgmonster · 15-08-2009, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danthomas2005

If it wasn't Neil Warnock, I would feel sorry for you.. It was shocking, but I can't stand him, so I'm looking forward to his rant..

But it was a stupid decision, even the Bristol City players were telling the ref it was a goal..

And didn't he have a rant too, didn't shake Gary Johnson's hand at the end either. Must admit in the back of my mind Warnock is a target for all officials because he moans about them every game, win, lose or draw practically.

Still even he didn't deserve that today.

Madness11 · 30-08-2009, 11:04 PM

Even if there is only 2 Crystal Palace supporters (

) We can discuss it. And other dudes we face can come in here and discuss our loss against them.

Anyway, I'm all hyped up for the match against Peterborough It'll be a good match. Here is BBC's preview: BBC SPORT | Football | Championship | Peterborough v Crystal Palace. I'll be going to the Slalalalahorpe game aswell, that'll be a goodun.

The Citizen · 30-08-2009, 11:06 PM

I don't like Neil Warnock, just, dunno. There are so many better more talented managers than him.

MFC_LukeCarter · 30-08-2009, 11:06 PM

I thought there already was one?

Madness11 · 30-08-2009, 11:09 PM

Yes there is, just looke. Sorry I didn't notice first time.

Okay, this'll be a fresh one, terribly sorry.

I dont like Neil Warnock either, hes lalalala for us, just like Peter Taylor mid table. We used to be a serious threat.

MFC_LukeCarter · 30-08-2009, 11:10 PM

It's okay.

The Citizen · 30-08-2009, 11:13 PM

You should go and grab some young retired English footballer. Or just upgrade Keithy Curle.

Madness11 · 30-08-2009, 11:16 PM

You shouldn't of won, if your team wasnt there we would of won 67 - 0

polskaGOLA · 30-08-2009, 11:16 PM

My favorite Championship club is Crystal Palace.

abomufc108 · 30-08-2009, 11:17 PM

i always keep my eyes on Moses and Scannell

The Citizen · 30-08-2009, 11:17 PM

I'm just glad we haven't conceded yet.

Madness11 · 30-08-2009, 11:19 PM

You havn't conceded?

It was bound to happen. We still owe money to a team from a transfer which happened nearly two years ago. And we were up against the richest club in the world

Polska: You have some sense then!

Madness11 · 31-08-2009, 05:09 PM

Peterborough

01 Lewis
02 Martin
03 Williams
04 Morgan
05 Zakuani
08 Frecklington
15 Diagouraga
19 Batt
09 Mclean
10 Boyd
12 Mackail-Smith

Substitutes

13 McKeown,
16 Pearce,
06 Lee,
07 Coutts,
11 Keates,
14 Rowe,
25 Green

Crystal Palace

01 Speroni
03 Hill
05 McCarthy
06 Fonte
20 Butterfield
04 Derry
07 Ambrose
08 Danns
33 N'Diaye
15 Sears
19 Lee

Substitutes

12 Flahavan,
02 Clyne,
17 Lawrence,
10 Carle,
11 Moses,
29 Smith,
14 Scannell

Those are the the line ups, starting in 5 minutes, updates soon.

The Citizen · 31-08-2009, 05:10 PM

1-0 win for CP.

Madness11 · 31-08-2009, 05:11 PM

Mine is 2 - 1. I cant update you on the Slalalalahopre match on Saturday, because I'll be in Selhurst Park

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Rgmonster Elite Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Newton Abbot, Devon Age: 26 Gender: Male Posts: 5,652 Blog Entries: 5	Crystal Palace FC - Official Thread Crystal Palace Football Club (formed 1905) are based in South Norwood, London. Their home stadium is Selhurst Park which holds 26,309: Crystal Palace's nickname is The Eagles, highlighted very prominently on the club badge! The Kit: Palace in the modern era are best known for wearing red and blue stripes, a design copied from Barcelona during the early 1970's, also another classic Palace home shirt consists of a mainly white shirt with a red and blue sash diagonally across the shirt. Before that Palace wore claret and blue, much like Aston Villa or West Ham. Here is the current home kit: Palace currently play in England's second tier (The Championship), but since the forming of the current league structure have been known to be a 'yo-yo' club, between the top and the second tier leagues. Honours: Old Divison Two/Division One (second tier): Winners: 1978/79, 1993/94 Play-off Winners: 1988/89, 1996/97, 2003/04 Third Division (South): Winners: 1920/21 FA Cup Runners up: 1990 Zenith Data Systems Cup Winners: 1991 Rival Clubs: Palace's main rival club is Brighton & Hove Albion, known as the seaweed by Palace fans. In more recent years, Palace have also had a rivalry with Millwall (who hasn't!!?) and Charlton Athletic (known as the Clowns by Palace fans). The 2009/10 season will see Palace playing no direct rival although tensions between Palace and QPR fans seem set to pave the way for another London based rivalry there. Notable Former Players: Palace have a strong tradition of nurturing young football prospects, and we'll get to the more recent ones next, but here are some players that have played for the Eagles...... Ian Wright Mark Bright Attilio Lombardo John Salako Gareth Southgate Chris Coleman Chris Armstrong Andy Johnson Nigel Martyn Peter Taylor Aki Riihilaiti Dougie Freedman Jim Cannon Don Rogers Geoff Thomas Tomas Brolin (the less said the better!!) The Youth Academy: Crystal Palace's youth academy is known to be one of the best for new young talent in Britain, with the club's youth team competing with the highly funded Chelsea and Arsenal youth teams on terms. A massive number of youth players have been promoted into the main squad and look to take the team forward. Palace youth graduates to watch out for: Victor Moses, Sean Scannell, Kieran Djilali, Nathaniel Clyne, Nathan Pinney and Alessane N'Diaye. Current situation: The club is currently in a rough patch, despite competing well in the second tier, the financial situation isn't so great, with the club having no real budget to spend on new players, relying on free transfers this summer mainly. The situation has come about due to a number of reasons, though mainly as the club is up for sale with current chairman Simon Jordan publicly stating he has lost his interest in football due to the unjust nature of the game in the transfer market, the straw that broke the camel's back was the John Bostock tribunal fee, where Jordan feels Palace got screwed over having trained the lad from a young age, and giving him the spotlight aged 15 years old when he broke into the first team, before rejecting a pro contract with Palace to sign for Tottenham Hotspur, the tribunal ruled Spurs would have to pay £700k when Jordan & Palace wanted a fee of £2 Million pounds, future add-ons could get the tribunal fee somewhere near the £2m mark, but Jordan claims that the club had already spent more on the development of the player and the youth academy during his time there. Simon Jordan remains chairman whilst he finds a suitable party to take the club over, but as an out and out Palace fan he wants to sell to someone 'with the club's best interests at heart', but while the search goes on no extra money is being injected into the clubs funds. Current Manager: Neil Warnock, doing a good job with the budget he has, some fans have questioned his long ball tactics, but he is seemingly coming round by playing more youngsters in a more fast counter attacking fashion. He has also acquired the services of rising star Freddie Sears on loan from West Ham United for the 2009/2010 season. __________________ *Club:* Shakhtar Senseless FC *(Scored over 100 for OLC)* C.P.F.C

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Rgmonster Elite Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Newton Abbot, Devon Age: 26 Gender: Male Posts: 5,652 Blog Entries: 5	Palace 1 - 1 Plymouth Argyle 8/8/09 A game of two halves, Pilgrims had the first scoring early from a corner, Palace had the second creating chance after chance and finally Alan Lee equalising. Palace 2 - 1 Torquay United (Carling Cup) 11/8/09 Palace dominated the team from Torbay, yet failed to score until mid second half where Ambrose popped up with a good header. Torquay rallied and equalised only to concede a penalty minutes later that Ambrose tucked away for the win. Bristol City 1 - 0 Palace 15/8/09 An open game where Palace played a lot better than the home side in the first half, causing all sorts of problems, then as Palace thought they'd gone one up, with Freddie Sears getting on the end of a lobbed pass, the ball hit the back of the net and hit the structure bouncing back up and out, Palace celebrated but the ref stuttered and discussed it with the linesman, who awarded a goal kick. Palace continued to push but got caught out late on by Nicky Maynard in the last minutes of the game. Poor officiating cost Palace dear in this one, it was possibly more shocking than the Watford vs Reading goal (that wasn't a goal) last season... this one was definitely a goal, but didn't get given because they thought it was wide! Shocking. __________________ *Club:* Shakhtar Senseless FC *(Scored over 100 for OLC)* C.P.F.C

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Dan EA Veteran Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: England... Martin Skrtel does not sleep, he waits.. Age: 17 Gender: Male Posts: 12,679 Blog Entries: 2	If it wasn't Neil Warnock, I would feel sorry for you.. It was shocking, but I can't stand him, so I'm looking forward to his rant.. But it was a stupid decision, even the Bristol City players were telling the ref it was a goal.. __________________

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MrFridayNight Banned Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 983	No just think CP is the place for lost hopes and dreams lool

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Madness11 EA Veteran Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South East London! Age: 16 Gender: Male Posts: 13,037 Blog Entries: 6	Crystal Palace Thread Even if there is only 2 Crystal Palace supporters () We can discuss it. And other dudes we face can come in here and discuss our loss against them. Anyway, I'm all hyped up for the match against Peterborough It'll be a good match. Here is BBC's preview: BBC SPORT \| Football \| Championship \| Peterborough v Crystal Palace. I'll be going to the Slalalalahorpe game aswell, that'll be a goodun. __________________ RIP Debi BE LOUD, BE PROUD, BE PALACE!

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Madness11 EA Veteran Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South East London! Age: 16 Gender: Male Posts: 13,037 Blog Entries: 6	Yes there is, just looke. Sorry I didn't notice first time. Okay, this'll be a fresh one, terribly sorry. I dont like Neil Warnock either, hes lalalala for us, just like Peter Taylor mid table. We used to be a serious threat. __________________ RIP Debi BE LOUD, BE PROUD, BE PALACE!

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Madness11 EA Veteran Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South East London! Age: 16 Gender: Male Posts: 13,037 Blog Entries: 6	You shouldn't of won, if your team wasnt there we would of won 67 - 0 __________________ RIP Debi BE LOUD, BE PROUD, BE PALACE!

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The Citizen Elite Join Date: Dec 2007 Age: 14 Gender: Male Posts: 7,968	I'm just glad we haven't conceded yet. __________________

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Madness11 EA Veteran Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South East London! Age: 16 Gender: Male Posts: 13,037 Blog Entries: 6	You havn't conceded? It was bound to happen. We still owe money to a team from a transfer which happened nearly two years ago. And we were up against the richest club in the world Polska: You have some sense then! __________________ RIP Debi BE LOUD, BE PROUD, BE PALACE!

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Madness11 EA Veteran Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South East London! Age: 16 Gender: Male Posts: 13,037 Blog Entries: 6	Peterborough 01 Lewis 02 Martin 03 Williams 04 Morgan 05 Zakuani 08 Frecklington 15 Diagouraga 19 Batt 09 Mclean 10 Boyd 12 Mackail-Smith Substitutes 13 McKeown, 16 Pearce, 06 Lee, 07 Coutts, 11 Keates, 14 Rowe, 25 Green Crystal Palace 01 Speroni 03 Hill 05 McCarthy 06 Fonte 20 Butterfield 04 Derry 07 Ambrose 08 Danns 33 N'Diaye 15 Sears 19 Lee Substitutes 12 Flahavan, 02 Clyne, 17 Lawrence, 10 Carle, 11 Moses, 29 Smith, 14 Scannell Those are the the line ups, starting in 5 minutes, updates soon. __________________ RIP Debi BE LOUD, BE PROUD, BE PALACE!

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The Citizen Elite Join Date: Dec 2007 Age: 14 Gender: Male Posts: 7,968	1-0 win for CP. __________________

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Madness11 EA Veteran Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South East London! Age: 16 Gender: Male Posts: 13,037 Blog Entries: 6	Mine is 2 - 1. I cant update you on the Slalalalahopre match on Saturday, because I'll be in Selhurst Park __________________ RIP Debi BE LOUD, BE PROUD, BE PALACE!