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Crystal Palace FC

Crystal Palace is an English professional football club based in South Norwood, South London. Also known by their nickname ‘Eagles’, the club was founded in 1905. Crystal Palace’s home stadium is Selhurst Park Stadium, which seats about 26,000 fans. Crystal Palace play in The Championship, the second tier of English football. In the club’s history, Palace have won the Championship twice (1979, and 1994), the Football League Third Division south (1921) and the Zenith Date System’s Cup (1991). Palace have also been runners up in the FA Cup (1990).

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Adel Taarabt talks up QPR's style as march to top goes on

04.11.09
Adel Taarabt admits he and his team-mates are becoming marked men after emerging as Championship promotion contenders... more

Simon Jordan's broadside at deserting Crystal Palace fans

03.11.09
Simon Jordan has launched a stinging attack on Crystal Palace's stay-away supporters, claiming the club will struggle to mount a promotion bid unless attendances begin to rise at Selhurst Park... more

Malky Mackay refusing to play the blame game

02.11.09
Watford manager Malky Mackay has been trying to draw positives from the 5-0 thrashing by West Brom... more

Crystal Palace deny racism claim

19.10.09
Crystal Palace today branded allegations that one their players racially abused Cardiff's Michael Chopra as "outrageous"... more

Police pinpoint the capital's new 'terrorist hotspot' ... Crystal Palace FC

16.10.09
Met designates Crystal Palace's ground as a terrorism 'hotspot' where special stop and search powers are needed to prevent the risk of an attack... more

Neil Warnock: Our unbeaten run is a real boost

05.10.09
Neil Warnock says Crystal Palace's good run of form will provide the necessary boost in confidence to lift the club out of the doldrums... more

Butterfield happy as Crystal Palace start to build from the back

30.09.09
Danny Butterfield believes Crystal Palace's new-found confidence is born out of a defensive stubborness and a growing ability to frustrate their opponents... more

Neil Warnock's sure City slickers will profit from their big investment

28.08.09
Neil Warnock has admitted that faced with Manchester City's class and cash, Crystal Palace were never likely to spring a Carling Cup shock ... more

Crystal Palace look for their own big payday against Manchester City

27.08.09
The Carling Cup tie between Crystal Palce and Manchester City is the archetypal clash of paupers and princes... more

Warnock fails in new loan bid for Beattie

29.07.09
Crystal Palace have failed with a bid to re-sign West Brom striker Craig Beattie... more

Sporting Miscellanies

12.06.09
Football: How did one Crystal Palace fan trick Shaun Derry's team-mates?... more

Shaun Derry to be offered new deal by Crystal Palace

14.05.09
Football: Crystal Palace are ready to open talks with Shaun Derry about extending his stay at Selhurst Park... more

Neil Warnock hits out at his misfiring stars

14.04.09
Football: Neil Warnock slammed his shot-shy Crystal Palace side after their winless run stretched to six games at Southampton... more

Claude Davis in awe of latest jewel in Crystal Palace crown

08.04.09
Football: Claude Davis believes Crystal Palace's youngsters are some of the brightest prospects in the country after another ready-made starlet rolled off the production line... more

Warnock's Wright call

25.03.09
Football: Crystal Palace are weighing up a loan bid for out-of-favour MK Dons winger Mark Wright before tomorrow's deadline... more

Davis blow hits Eagles

17.03.09
Football: Crystal Palace have been rocked by the news that Claude Davis could be out for two weeks ... more

Warnock told 'you're not alone' in row over fixtures

11.03.09
Football: The Football League have hit back at criticism from Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock over his club's fixture schedule... more

Anthony stokes up Palace's play-off bid

09.03.09
Football: Anthony Stokes is ready to prove he is a reformed character by firing Crystal Palace into play-off contention... more

Butterfield the latest Eagle to fly to sorry Charlton's rescue

03.03.09
Football: Phil Parkinson reckons Charlton's survival hopes are looking up, thanks to arch-rivals Crystal Palace... more

Palace can still push on, says Danns

24.02.09
Football: Crystal Palace midfielder Neil Danns is determined to derail former club Birmingham's promotion push... more

Derry is banking on a win bonus

18.02.09
Football: Shaun Derry hopes Crystal Palace's comfortable 3-1 triumph over Plymouth will help the club attract new players... more

It's too early to write off the Eagles, insists Derry

17.02.09
Football: Thankfully for Crystal Palace, Plymouth Argyle will be the club under the spotlight when the two sides meet at Home Park... more

Sean shines but is in the dark over Cup heroics

15.01.09
Sean Scannell scored a sparkling goal in Crystal Palace's 2-1 win over Leicester last night but wasn't even alive when his club left their mark on FA Cup folklore 18 years ago... more

Match-winner Shefki urges Warnock not to sell him

09.12.08
It has taken more than two years for Shefki Kuqi to call Crystal Palace home - but now he fears he will be uprooted once again... more

Palace making a big deal of reborn Oster

08.12.08
John Oster is the man Crystal Palace fans are talking about as the Eagles attempt to record their fourth victory in five games ... more

Pardew to play mind games with ailing stars

03.11.08
Football League round-up: Alan Pardew is ready to use a sports psychologist in a bid to turn Charlton's season around... more

Scowcroft is poised for City switch

01.09.08
Crystal Palace striker Jamie Scowcroft is on the verge of a move to Bristol City... more

Neil Warnock desperate for more firepower

18.08.08
Crystal Palace have moved to raise funds for a badly-needed striker by putting midfielders Paul Ifill and Carl Fletcher on the transfer list... more

Neil Warnock looks to future

25.04.08
Neil Warnock insists he will not have to cash in on Crystal Palace's wonderkids if he fails in his promotion bid... more

Club Bar goes the whole hog

20.09.06
The all-day menu is a sign of the times and this is what the recently opened Club Bar & Dining is offering. If its aim is to be all things to all people, it is succeeding well.... more

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  • Facts
  • Crystal Palace’s crest features an Eagle perched on top of a football, on top of the Crystal Palace
  • Palace maintains rivalries with Brighton Hove & Albion, and Millwall
  • Selhurst Park stadium was built in 1924, and its record attendance is 51,801 in 1979 against Burnley
  • Palace’s highest scoring victory was a 9-0 defeat of Barrow in 1959, and the highest scoring defeat is tied between a 0-9 loss against Liverpool (1989) and a 0-9 loss against Burnley (1909)
  • Crystal Palace is known for its successful football academy, with 12 academy players advancing to the first team since 2008.

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