Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace

  • Location: Selhurst, Borough of Croydon, South London, England
  • Stadium: Selhurst Park
  • Coach: Patrick Vieira
  • Premier League Titles: 0

Current Squad / Roster

General Statistics 2022-2023

Matches Played

38

To Play

0

Wins

11

Drawn

12

40

Goals

49

Goals Against

Championships:

Second Tier Champions: 1978-79, 1993-94.

Second Tier Playoff Winner: 1989, 1997, 2004, 2013.

Third Tier Champion: 1920-21.

Fourth Tier Champion: 1960-61.

Full Members Cup: 1990-91.

Southern Football League Division Two: 1905-06/

Team History

The club was founded as a professional club in 1905 in Selhurst. However, the club claims to be the oldest professional football club in the world, with its ties dating back to an amateur team founded in 1861. That version of Crystal Palace played at the Crystal Palace Exhibition building.

First Division Promotion

The professional version applied to the Football League in 1905 but were rejected and played in the Southern League Second Division. They won that league in 1905-06 to earn a promotion to the First Division. 

Palace had their stadium used by the War effort in 1914 and played in various stadiums until the leagues were postponed. After the war, they joined the brand new Football League Third Division and won the title in 1920-21. 

Palace at the Second Division

Playing in the Second Division, they also moved into Selhurst Park in 1924. But that season didn’t go well as a 22nd place finish meant relegation to the Third Division.

They stayed in that spot through World War II with a pair of Wartime League wins and were still in the Third Division into the late 1950s. 

The leagues merged in 1958, and Crystal Palace ended up in the Fourth Division or the bottom tier of English football.

They hired Arthur Rowe in 1960, and his team earned a promotion right away. Palace got to play an exhibition game against Spanish giants Real Madrid in 1962.

It was the first time Real Madrid ever played in London, two weeks before the European Cup Final, and Palace lost 4-3. 

They used the momentum to get promoted again in 1963-64 under manager Dick Graham. Palace finally reached the First Division in 1969 with manager Bert Head at the helm. They stayed up until 1973, with some financial problems leading to relegation.

They were immediately relegated again to Division Three and changed their nickname to the Eagles, and swapped claret and blue jerseys for red and blue.

Terry Venables took over and led the team to the First Division with promotions in 1976-77 and 1978-79, but they went back down in 1980-81. 

1989 Playoffs

They stayed down for the 80s, earning promotion in the 1989 playoffs. They also reached the 1990 FA Cup Final with a replay loss to Manchester United.

They had their best season ever with a third-place finish in 1990-91 but missed out on European competition as all England teams were banned. 

Palace were a founding member of the Premier League in 1992-93 and got relegated before immediately coming back under manager Alan Smith.

They bounced back and forth through 1998 but hit massive financial trouble in 1999. They went down and nearly hit the third tier as well.

They couldn’t get back on track financially and had to sell off most of their key players and lost multiple managers as a result. 

They finally got things settled in 2010 with a new ownership group and repurchased Selhurst Park from the bank. They finally got back to the Premier League under Ian Holloway in 2012-13.

Alan Pardew took the Eagles to the 2016 FA Cup Final. Sam Allardyce, Frank de Boer, and Roy Hodgson all kept the team up through 2021 before Patrick Vieira took over. 

Crystal Palace Records

Looking at the Crystal Palace stats and Premier League stats, the player with the most career appearances is Jim Cannon. He played in 571 games from 1973-1988. 

Peter Simpson has the career record for most league goals with 153 from 1930-36. He scored a single-season record 46 goals in 1930-31. 

The Crystal Palace record for the biggest win came in 1959 when they beat Barrow 9-0 in Division Four. They beat Southend United 8-0 in the 1989 League Cup. 

Palace’s Stats

Looking at the Crystal Palace stats for transfers, their biggest transfer was paying Liverpool £27 million for Christian Benteke in 2016.

The biggest transfer fee receiver was £50 million from Manchester United for Aaron Wan-Bissake in 2019. His addition made the Man United game an even bigger one for Palace on the Premier League schedule. 

Heading into the 2022-23 Premier League season, Crystal Palace made additions that will help their Premier League odds.

Palace paid £18 million to add forward Cheick Doucoure from Lens and £10 million to bring in American defender Chris Richards from Bayern Munich.

They added goalkeeper Sam Johnstone on a free transfer and he should compete for the starting job. 

  • They didn’t make any major sales in the 2022-23 transfer window. Crystal Palace betting will be helped by not having to sell any stars. 

The manager with the longest tenure for Palace was Edmund Goodman, from 1907-1925. He managed 613 games and won 242 with 166 draws. He led Palace to three London Challenge Cup wins and a Third Division Title. 

Steve Coppell also won over 200 games with 221 victories and 146 draws from 565 matches. Coppell had multiple stints at Selhurst Park, the first from 1984-93, which included an FA Cup Final.

He returned in:

  • 1995
  • 1997
  • 1999
  • Managing his last game for the team in August 2000.

Bert Head led a run to promotion in his stint from 1966-73 with 101 total wins. Terry Venables, Alan Smith, and Ian Holloway also oversaw promotions to the top flight. 

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