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Freelance Journalist.
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Crystal Palace forward Connor Wickham is set to return to training after suffering a ruptured anterior cruciate injury back in November 2016, targeting a return to first team football in the new year. The 25-year-old’s last game in a Palace shirt when he picked up his long-term injury, was against Swansea in the 5-4 defeat […]
Manchester City have accepted an £18m bid from the Eagles for defender Eliaquim Mangala, according to the Daily Mail. The 26-year-old who joined the Citizens in August 2014 has failed to make a single appearance for the Manchester side this season, having only featured on the bench. According to earlier reports, Mangala had asked for […]
18-year-old midfielder Jason Lokilo has signed a new contract at Crystal Palace, after an impressive pre-season with the first team and catching the eye of new manager Frank de Boer. Lokilo featured on the bench for the Eagles in their opening Premier League game of the season against Huddersfield but didn’t take to the field […]
Christian Benteke says that the new formation being played under Frank de Boer is not an excuse for Palace’s heavy 3-0 defeat to Huddersfield on Saturday, it is simply something they ‘have to deal with.’ Those are the words of the former Liverpool striker who comes up against his old club this weekend as the […]
Crystal Palace’s U23s opened their Professional Development League campaign with a win at Copers Cope Road, defeating visitors Burnley 2-0 on Monday afternoon. First teamers Damien Delaney, Yohan Cabaye and James McArthur all featured in the game with them gaining game time after being out with injury, making a step closer back into the first […]
Crystal Palace manager Frank de Boer has admitted that ‘very hard lessons’ have been learnt by both the players and staff, after suffering a heavy defeat to Huddersfield in their opening fixture of the new Premier League season. Steve Mounie scored twice on his debut for the visitors, who kept on causing troubles for the […]
Frank de Boer started his reign at Crystal Palace with a loss in the Premier League as newly promoted Huddersfield Town thrashed the Eagles by 3 goals to nil. Steve Mounie scored two goals for the visitors on his debut for the club, after signing from Montpellier for a reported £11.4m at the beginning of […]
Crystal Palace suffered another opening day defeat in the Premier League, this time however at the hands of the newly promoted Huddersfield Town who gave Frank de Boer’s side a masterclass. The Eagles could have suffered a heavier defeat if it wasn’t for a couple of last ditched tackles with Wayne Hennessey, Joel Ward and […]
Ahead of his first Premier League game in-charge of Crystal Palace, Frank de Boer has set out the aim for the season, with a mid-table finish being exactly that with the Netherlands-born boss picking that position over trophies. The 47-year-old joined the Eagles this summer after the resignation of Sam Allardyce after the end of […]
Huddersfield Town travel to Selhurst Park for their first top flight in a number of decades – with a lot changing since then: records, players, finances, rules…where do we end? However, we have been digging out all of the information we can about the visitors to South London and are about to put you to […]
Crystal Palace host newly-promoted Huddersfield Town at Selhurst Park on the opening day of the season. It’s a game that will see the Terriers play their first top-flight game since 1972, which was coincidentally against the Eagles in South London, a game that finished 0-0. It is also Frank de Boer’s first game in-charge of […]
Crystal Palace have announced their squad numbers for the 2017/18 season ahead of their final pre-season friendly against Schalke on Saturday at Selhurst Park, a fixture that comes just a week before the start of the Premier League. Julian Speroni gains the Number 1 position from the departed Steve Mandanda in Frank de Boer’s first […]