Are you alone? Is the wife out of the house? Good. If she even whiffed a hint of evidence which suggests that Palace aren’t in action this weekend then you my friends may be in for an uncomfortable weekend of painstaking shopping trips, DIY duty or even a trip to see the in laws, what with England playing Montenegro on Friday night.
Jokes aside, the new UEFA schedule results in an empty weekend devoid of any Championship or Premiership games to immerse yourself in. Plus we have to deal with the …
Palace recorded their second away victory of the season with a relieving win over arch rivals Brighton at the Amex Stadium tonight in a 3-1 win. Late goals from Wilfried Zaha, his first in the league for over a year, Darren Ambrose and ex-Seagull Glenn Murray cancelled out an early Craig Mackail-Smith effort.
The rivalry flames had been well and truly stoked pre-game with football fans and pundits bemused as to why a game of such insignificant geography was being treated in such manner. Rather than reel off the past, Brighton …
A raft of youngsters swept aside a talented Wigan team last night as Palace’s mercurious home form shows no boundaries, swapping league wins for cup victories.
I hasten to jump aboard the bandwagon as easily as a flowing rendition of ‘We Love You’ and speculate on on future matters, convinced of promotion and cup success, but for almost a year teams have had little answer to us at Selhurst.
Since the despondent defeat to rampant Swansea at the climax of last October, Palace have lost just 2 home games; one to Scunthorpe which ended …
17-year-old Jon Williams’ summer holiday hasn’t been your average one. Whilst people of a similar age were most probably partying, lazing around and taking it easy, Williams aided Crystal Palace in a thrilling comeback against Coventry and received a first full start under Dougie Freedman a week later in the Carling Cup.
His talent is undoubted; despite only 2 matches under his belt Williams has already attracted the attentions of Liverpool and Arsenal alongside recognition internationally with the Welsh Under 21s.
Bags of pace and a canny eye for a pass, Williams …
Normally its us who are on the end of late strikes closer to the 100 minute mark than the 90 resulting in dropped points. But how sweet last night was;each fan has their own tale of celebrating wildly and excessively from the upper Holmesdale down to the boys on the pitch.
Me? I began by embracing my dad until 3 burly men danced along towards us and along with a steward who was caught up in the hysteria, jumped around manically in the upper tier. Normally you’d think twice about parading around with 4 strangers …
Crystal Palace have today confirmed the signing of Kagisho Dikgacoi on a three year contract for an undisclosed fee believed to be £600,000.
The barnstorming South African, 26, played two games at the World Cup last year and will now certainly be adding to his 13 appearances for the Eagles in the coming months.
With a sole, calamitous goal to his name (without a clue where the ball was he unknowingly spun and back heeled the ball into the bottom corner against Cardiff), KG looks to bounce back from his unsuccessful stint at …
“He looked great, he looked fresh. He knows how much I love him and he will always play in my team”.
Dougie Freedman on Darren Ambrose
The thoughts of just one of the men who regard Palace’s number 7 so highly. It is however a shame that if any more of Ambrose’s fans were to utter similar tender words then a restraining order would probably be required, as more emotive feelings towards the hero we all worship could surface!
As the song we chant goes; ‘We Love You, We Love You, We Love You’; …
Heard of him? I’d hope so. Purely because it’s a difficult name to pronounce and I’m not going to help you out! Not when I’m having to spell it at least once a paragraph.
Forgetting my displeased tone, this news is actually positive as manager Dougie Freedman looks to strengthen our battling Palace team in time for the crucial end of season fixtures. With Alex Marrow injured and David Wright looking less than likely to win a midfield tussle, grit and guile would be graciously accepted – and thanks to Fulham, …
Not the best time to publish an article of this state; nor is it pleasurable to highlight a spot of weakness in a team I view as heroes. As an ardent fan first and foremost, the sort of people who pay money to remark negatively each match infuriate me, let us get that straight. But, after conversations with my Dad, who himself is passionate and vehement supporter, we feel that a weak link in the Crystal Palace defence may not have come to the attention of fellow fans.
Our away record …
Palace 0-0 Norwich, 29/1/11
Norwich travelled to South London today in confident mood. Being in the possession of the most superior away league record in the division, a trip to Crystal Palace, struggling at the alternate end of the table, slipping and sliding like a cat on a frozen lake, on paper appeared to be a walkover for the Canaries. But on 4th round day in the FA Cup, Palace produced a minor shock of their own to not only keep a point, but feel hard done by not to have snatched all …
