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Crystal Palace

File:Crystal Palace F.C. logo (2013).png
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	Premier League
2012–13	Championship, 5th (promoted via playoffs)
Website	http://www.cpfc.co.uk/
Home colours Away colours

Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Premier League club based in South Norwood, South London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where it has been based since 1924. The club will compete in the Barclays Premier League in the 2013-14 season.

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, 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, former CEO of marketing agency Tag: Worldwide, Martin Long, founder of Churchill Insurance, Farr Vintners chairman Stephen Browett and investment fund manager Jeremy Hosking.

History

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. 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. 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.

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. 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.

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. 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) 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.

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". The Football League's regulations saw the Eagles deducted ten points, 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.

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. 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, 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 and he guided Palace to the Premier League after an 8 year absence by defeating Watford F.C. 1-0 in the Championship Play-Off Final.

Colours and crest

The clubs colours are red and blue, although this has not always been the case. When Crystal Palace were founded in 1905, they turned to one of the biggest clubs in the country at the time, Aston Villa, to seek advice. Villa helped the club in a number of ways, not least by donating them some kit. As a result, Palace's colours were originally claret and blue shirts paired with white shorts, socks tending to be claret. They kept to this formula fairly consistently until 1938. The 1937-38 strip saw them try vertical stripes of claret and blue on the jersey rather than the claret body and blue sleeves, but then in 1938 they abandoned the claret and blue and adopted white shirts and black shorts with matching socks. Although they returned to claret and blue from 1949-54, the 1955 season saw them return to white and black, now using claret and blue as trim.

Variations on this theme lasted until 1963 when the club adopted the lucky away strip of yellow jersey as the home colours. 1964 saw them adopt an all white strip modelled on Real Madrid whom the club had played recently in a friendly, before they returned to claret and blue jerseys with white shorts in 1966. The club employed variations upon this theme up until Malcolm Allison's arrival as manager in 1973. Allison overhauled the club's image, adopting red and blue horizontal stripes for colours and kit, inspired by Barcelona. The club have played in variations of red and blue ever since, excepting the centenary season of 2005 which saw them deploy a version of their 1971-72 claret, blue and white kit.

The clubs were relatively late in establishing a crest. Although the initials were embroidered onto the shirt from the 1935-36 season, it wasn't until 1955 that a crest featuring the facade of the Crystal Palace appeared. This crest disappeared from the shirt in 1964, and the team's name appeared embroidered on shirts in 1967-72. !972 saw a round badge adopted with the club's initials and nick-name "The Glaziers" before Allsioned changed this too. The nickname became "The Eagles", inspired by Portuguese club Benfica, and the badge adopted an eagle holding a ball. This emblem remained until 1987 when the club married the Eagle with the Crystal Palace facade, and although updated in 2006 and again in 2013 the crest retains these features.

Stadium

Main article: Selhurst Park

In 1905, the owners of The Crystal Palace wanted a professional club to play at the venue, so a new club, Crystal Palace F.C., was formed to use the ground, which was also used as the FA Cup Final venue. When World War I broke out the Palace and grounds were seized by the military, and in 1915 the club were forced to move by The Admiralty. They found a temporary base at the Herne Hill Velodrome. Although other clubs had offered the use of their ground to Palace, the club felt it best to remain as close to their natural catchment area as possible. When Croydon Common were wound up in 1917, the club took over their old stadium at The Nest, but in 1919 they began the purchase of the land on which they would build Selhurst Park, their current home.

Archibald Leitch, the renowned stadium architect, was employed to draw up plans, and the club constructed and completed the ground in time for the 1924-25 season. It remained relatively unchanged, with only the introduction of floodlights and maintenance and updating until 1969 when the Arthur Wait stand was constructed. The Main Stand became all-seater in 1979 and more work followed in the 1980's when the Whitehorse Lane End was redeveloped to allow for a Sainsbury's supermarket, club offices and a club shop. The Arthur Wait stand became all seater in 1990, and in 1994 the Holmesdale Terrace was redeveloped, replaced with a two tier Stand. Selhurst's attendance record was set in 1979, with an official total of 51,482. After all the redevelopments to the ground and safety requirements due to the Taylor Report, the ground's current capacity is 26,309. Proposals were put forward to move the club back to the Crystal Palace National Stadium in 2010, but after the club gained promotion to the Premier League in 2013 there has been a renewed focus on redeveloping their current home.

A panorama of Selhurst Park from the Upper Holmesdale, showing from left to right the Main Stand, the Whitehorse Lane End and the Arthur Wait Stand

Supporters and rivalries

Crystal Palace have a loyal fan base drawn predominately from the local area. Being a London club means they compete against a number of other local clubs for the attention of supporters but the club does have a recognisably large catchment area. When the new owners took control of the club in 2010 they sought to put the fan's experience at the heart of future decisions. They consulted on a new badge design, and when their chosen designs were rejected the club instead opted for a design based on a fan's idea from an internet forum.

The club are also strengthening their ties with the local community, and through the Crystal Palace F.C. Foundation they work with local London boroughs of Croydon, Bromley and Sutton to provide sports and educational programmes. Through this work the club hope to develop their supporter base and geographical base. The Foundation's work was recognised by The Football League in August 2009 with their Silver Standard Community Scheme Award.

Because of their location in the capital, Crystal Palace are involved in a number of local derbies, mostly across South London. Their most prominent rivalries are with Brighton & Hove Albion and Millwall, with a smaller rivalry enjoyed with former tenants Charlton.

The club's rivalry with Brighton, known as the M23 derby, did not develop until Palace's relegation to the Third Division in 1974, reaching it's height when the two teams were drawn together in the first round of the 1976-77 FA Cup. The game went to two replays, but the controversy was based on referee Ron Challis ordering a succesful Brighton penalty be retaken because of Palace player encroachment. The retake was saved, Palace won the game 1-0 and a fierce rivalry was born.

The club also maintains a healthy celebrity support. Kevin Day and Jo Brand host an annual comedy night for Comic Relief and the Palace Academy, and the club also count fellow comedians Eddie Izzard, Harry Enfield, Sean Hughes, Ronnie Corbett and Roy Hudd amongst their fans. Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrisey developed Palace Ale, a beer on sale in the ground, while actor Bill Nighy is patron of the CPSCC, a Crystal Palace based charity. Two of the stars of The Inbetweeners, James Buckley (actor) and Simon Bird are also Palace fans. Smooth Radio DJ David Kid Jensen is Chairman of the Crystal Palace Vice Presidents Club and acted as spokesman for the CPFC 2010 consortium during their takeover bid for the club.

Ownership

Crystal Palace F.C. is currently owned by CPFC 2010 Limited, a Private Limited Company registered at Company House number 07206409. The company list three directors and a secretary in its current appointments on file.

Statistics and records

League history

As of 27 May 2013

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)

File:Leaguehistory cpfc.jpg

1920–1921 Third Division South (D3) 1921–1925 Second Division (D2) 1925–1958 Third Division South (D3) 1958–1961 Fourth Division (D4) 1961–1964 Third Division (D3) 1964–1969 Second Division (D2) 1969–1973 First Division (D1) 1973–1974 Second Division (D2)

1974–1977 Third Division (D3) 1977–1979 Second Division (D2) 1979–1981 First Division (D1) 1981–1989 Second Division (D2) 1989–1992 First Division (D1) 1992–1993 Premier League (D1) 1993–1994 First Division (D2) 1994–1995 Premier League (D1)

1995–1997 First Division (D2) 1997–1998 Premier League (D1) 1998–2004 Championship (D2) 2004–2005 Premier League (D1) 2005–2013 Championship (D2) 2013- Premier League (D1)

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

Main article: List of Crystal Palace F.C. records and statistics

Honour		Year(s)
Old Division One / Premier League	Third Place	1990–91
Old Division Two / Championship	Champions	1978–79, 1993–94
	Runners-up	1968–69
	Play-off winners	1988–89, 1996–97, 2003–04, 2012–13*
Old Division Three	Runners-up	1963–64
	Third Promotion Place	1976–77
Old Division Four	Runners-up	1960–61
Football League Third Division South	Champions	1920–21
	Runners-up	1928–29, 1930–31, 1938–39
FA Cup	Runners-up	1990
Full Members Cup	Winners	1990–91

• = Crystal Palace hold the record for most play-off promotions to the top flight (4) and are the only team to win play-off finals (in any division) at 4 different venues (Selhurst Park 1989, Old Wembley 1997, Millennium Stadium 2004 and New Wembley 2013).

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	82,025 v Watford, 2013 Football League Play-off Final, 27 May 2013
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
Oldest player to score a goal	Kevin Phillips, 39 years 306 day, v Watford, 27 May 2013
Quickest hat-trick (League)	Kevin Phillips, 8 minutes, 37 seconds v Hull City, at Selhurst Park (Football League Championship, 5 March 2013) (Over Half Time Period)
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

Shirt sponsors

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. ** Avec are also part of Nike.

Players

Current squad

As of 28 May 2013

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARG	Julián Speroni
2	DF	ENG	Joel Ward
4	DF	NOR	Jonathan Parr
5	DF	IRL	Paddy McCarthy
7	MF	COD	Yannick Bolasie
8	MF	RSA	Kagisho Dikgacoi
10	MF	IRL	Owen Garvan
12	MF	ENG	Alex Marrow
14	DF	WAL	Darcy Blake
15	MF	AUS	Mile Jedinak
17	FW	ENG	Glenn Murray
18	FW	ENG	Aaron Wilbraham
20	MF	WAL	Jonathan Williams
21	DF	ENG	Dean Moxey
22	MF	ENG	Stuart O'Keefe

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	FW	ENG	Kwesi Appiah
25	MF	ENG	Kyle De Silva
26	DF	ENG	Matthew Parsons
27	DF	EIR	Damien Delaney
28	DF	ENG	Peter Ramage
29	FW	ENG	Ibra Sekajja
30	MF	BRA	André Moritz
33	DF	WAL	Danny Gabbidon
34	GK	WAL	Lewis Price
36	DF	ENG	Alex Wynter
37	MF	ENG	Hiram Boateng
38	MF	ENG	Jason Banton
40	GK	IRL	Ross Fitzsimons
41	DF	ENG	Quade Taylor
—	FW	ENG	Jerome Thomas

• Jedinak placed interim captain whilst McCarthy was placed in long term injury list since Summer 2012.

Development squad and Academy

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	David Gregory
—	GK	ENG	Alex James Sr
—	GK	SRB	Marko Cancar
13	MF	AUS	Callum Brown
—	DF	ENG	Ryan Inniss
41	DF	ENG	Quade Taylor
—	DF	ENG	Alastair Gordon
—	DF	ENG	Michael Chambers
—	DF	ENG	Kiran Khinda-John
—	DF	SCO	Douglas Wright
—	DF	ENG	Connor Dymond
—	DF	IRL	Phlip Ryan

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	Jerome Williams
—	MF	ENG	Ghassimu Sow
—	MF	ENG	Sonny Black
—	MF	ENG	Elijah Gabsi
—	MF	ENG	Sam Toms
—	MF	ENG	Jake Gray
—	FW	ENG	Reise Allassani
—	FW	ENG	Jacob Haxell
—	FW	ENG	Sullay Kai-Kai

Notable former players

Further information: List of Crystal Palace F.C. players

Crystal Palace "Centenary XI"

Manager – Steve Coppell Martyn Sansom Coleman Cannon Hinshelwood Salako Thomas Gray Lombardo Johnson Wright

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.

• Nigel Martyn (1989–96)
• Kenny Sansom (1975–80)
• Chris Coleman (1991–95)
• Jim Cannon (1972–88)

• Paul Hinshelwood (1974–83)
• John Salako (1986–95)
• Geoff Thomas (1987–93)
• Andy Gray (1984–87,1989–92)

• Attilio Lombardo (1997–99)
• Andrew Johnson (2002–06)
• Ian Wright (1985–91)

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		Jim Cannon	1971–1988	663	36	DF
2		Terry Long	1955–1970	480	18	DF
3		Albert Harry	1921–1934	440	55	MF
4		John Jackson	1962–1973	393	0	GK
5		Dougie Freedman	1995–2008*	368	108	FW
6		Nigel Martyn	1989–1996	349	0	GK
7		Simon Rodger	1990–2002	328	12	MF
8		David Payne	1964–1973	326	12	DF
9		Paul Hinshelwood	1971–1983	321	28	DF
10		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		Peter Simpson	1929–1935	165	195	FW	0.85
2		Edwin Smith	1911–1920	124	192	FW	0.65
3		Ian Wright	1985–1991	117	277	FW	0.42
4		Mark Bright	1986–1992	113	286	FW	0.40
5		Clinton Morrison	1997–2008*	113	316	FW	0.36
6		Dougie Freedman	1995–2008**	108	368	FW	0.29
7		George Clarke	1925–1933	106	299	MF	0.35
8		Johnny Byrne	1956–1968***	101	259	FW	0.39
9		Albert Dawes	1903–1911****	92	156	FW	0.59
10		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 John McCormick 1973 Tony Taylor 1974 Peter Taylor 1975 Derek Jeffries 1976 Peter Taylor 1977 Kenny Sansom 1978 Jim Cannon 1979 Kenny Sansom 1980 Paul Hinshelwood 1981 Paul Hinshelwood 1982 Paul Barron 1983 Jerry Murphy 1984 Billy Gilbert 1985 Jim Cannon 1986 George Wood

Year Winner 1987 Jim Cannon 1988 Geoff Thomas 1989 Ian Wright 1990 Mark Bright 1991 Geoff Thomas 1992 Eddie McGoldrick 1993 Andy Thorn 1994 Chris Coleman 1995 Richard Shaw 1996 Andy Roberts 1997 David Hopkin 1998 Marc Edworthy 1999 Hayden Mullins 2000 Andy Linighan 2001 Fan Zhiyi

Year Winner 2002 Dougie Freedman 2003 Hayden Mullins 2004 Andrew Johnson 2005 Andrew Johnson 2006 Emmerson Boyce 2007 Leon Cort 2008 Julián Speroni 2009 Julián Speroni 2010 Julián Speroni 2011 Nathaniel Clyne 2012 Jonathan Parr 2013 Mile Jedinak

Young Player of the Year

• Gary Stebbing – 1983
• Gary Stebbing – 1984
• Dave Lyndsay – 1985
• Richard Shaw – 1986
• John Salako – 1987
• John Salako – 1988
• David Stevens – 1989
• Simon Osborn – 1990
• Dean Gordon – 1991

• Mark Hawthorne – 1992
• George Ndah – 1993
• Brian Launders – 1994
• No award from 1995–2001
• Julian Gray – 2002
• Wayne Routledge – 2003
• Wayne Routledge – 2004
• Tom Soares – 2005
• Ben Watson – 2006

• Gary Borrowdale – 2007
• Sean Scannell – 2008
• Nathaniel Clyne – 2009
• Nathaniel Clyne – 2010
• Wilfried Zaha – 2011
• Wilfried Zaha – 2012
• Jon Williams – 2013

PFA Team of the Year

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

• Derek Jeffries – Third Division 1975 (Third Tier)
• Peter Taylor – Third Division 1975 (Third Tier)
• Ian Evans – Third Division 1976 (Third Tier)
• Derek Jeffries – Third Division 1976 (Third Tier)
• Peter Taylor – Third Division 1976 (Third Tier)
• Ian Evans – Third Division 1977 (Third Tier)
• Kenny Sansom – Third Division 1977 (Third Tier)
• Kenny Sansom – Second Division 1978 (Second Tier)
• Kenny Sansom – Second Division 1979 (Second Tier)
• Kenny Sansom – First Division 1980 (First Tier)
• Mark Bright – Second Division 1988 (Second Tier)

• Ian Wright – Second Division 1989 (Second Tier)
• Nigel Martyn – First Division 1994 (Second Tier)
• Dean Gordon – First Division 1996 (Second Tier)
• Dougie Freedman – First Division 2002 (Second Tier)
• Andrew Johnson – First Division 2004 (Second Tier)
• Andrew Johnson – Premier League 2005 (First Tier)
• Nathaniel Clyne – Championship 2012 (Second Tier)
• Glenn Murray – Championship 2013 (Second Tier)
• Wilfried Zaha – Championship 2013 (Second Tier)
• Yannick Bolasie – Championship 2013 (Second Tier)

Club staff

Current members of staff

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

Managers

Further information: 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	613	242	166	205	039.48	Football League Third Division South champions
Fred Mavin	England	1927	1930	132	63	33	36	047.73	Football League Third Division South runners-up
Jack Tresadern	England	1930	1935	213	98	44	71	046.01	Football League Third Division South runners-up
Tom Bromilow	England	1935	1938	162	71	40	51	043.83	Football League Third Division South runners-up
Arthur Rowe	England	1960	1962	132	52	32	48	039.39	Football League Fourth Division runners-up
		1966	1966	7	2	2	3	028.57
Dick Graham	England	1963	1964	150	68	41	41	045.33	Football League Third Division runners-up
Bert Head	England	1966	1973	328	101	96	131	030.79	Football League Second Division runners-up
Terry Venables	England	1976	1980	189	69	68	52	036.51	Football League Second Division champions, Football League Third Division third place promotion
		1998	1999	31	11	8	12	035.48
Steve Coppell	England	1984	1993	442	179	113	150	040.50	Football League First Division play-off winners, Football League Second Division play-off winners, FA Cup runners-up, Full Members Cup winners
		1995	1996	32	9	14	9	028.13
		1997	1998	51	16	13	22	031.37
		1999	2000	40	17	6	17	042.50
Alan Smith	England	1993	1995	108	48	25	35	044.44	Football League First Division champions
		2000	2001	55	14	18	23	025.45
Iain Dowie	Northern Ireland	2003	2006	123	50	29	44	040.65	Football League First Division play-off winners

See also

• Crystal Palace L.F.C.
• Crystal Palace Baltimore
• Palace Echo
• History of Crystal Palace F.C.

External links

• cpfc.co.uk
• palace/footballblog.co.uk
• Palace Radio 1278am
• Palace Play-off record

Category:Association football clubs established in 1905 Category:Football clubs in England Category:Premier League clubs Category:Football League clubs Category:Football clubs in London Category:Southern Football League clubs Category:1905 establishments in England