crystal palace wikipedia

[tedebear]

They have never won a major trophy in their history, although they did win the penultimate Full Members Cup in 1991, but that doesn't really count as winning anything.

 

[Hydro Driven]

Look at the sponsers!

 

[Croydonbloke]

oh crap.

Hit the nail on the head there.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

many bits are still there

 

[jonny.rainbow]

"The scum as they became known"

 

[O Lads]

How come in our wikipedia page we havent got Clough under famous former managers but yet we hav Martin Keown under famous former players when he had a short loan spell?

 

[Zed Seagull]

Hee hee! Just added another bit about them being called " The Scum "

 

[Robot Chicken]

What a second rate club. They ripped off Barcelona's colours and Benfica's mascot.

 

[Everest]

Due to an error, the replica shirts were spelt 'Crippled Phalus', on the badge

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Before the final, the Palace squad recorded two songs in celebration. One was called "Where Eagles Fly", which was written to commemorate the fans' support in the win over Liverpool, while the other was a cover of Palace's 'anthem', '"Glad All Over", by The Dave Clark Five. .It was, however, the Seagulls Ska song, "Roll Up For The Donkey Derby", that far better captured the manner of Palace's cup run

 

[Everest]

Just days later, bids of £8.50 from Lancashire clubs Wigan Athletic and Bolton Wanderers for Johnson came in, and were accepted by Simon Jordan, but they were upstaged by Everton, who bid £8.60. On May 30, Johnson signed for Everton, much to the dismay of the Palace fans, who had seen a diver depart, but no sign of Christina Ronaldo signing as a replacement.

However, that was not the main event of the day for Palace. Iain Dowie had been appointed as manager of Charlton Athletic. In dramatic style, an unknown representative of Simon Jordan, tried walking up to Dowie during the Charlton press conference, and serving him with a peanut KitKat, accusing him of bigamy. He is said to be annoyed that Dowie had claimed he wanted to be nearer his family, but had moved just four miles nearer to Bolton (where his family currently reside). The KitKat was not able to be served during the conference, but it has since been given to Dowie, who ate it while on his way to his plastic surgeon appointment.

During his managerial stay at Crystal Palace, Dowie coined the word Buggerbility, to describe Palace's ability to come back from the brink of victory. The word is now often used by fans of Playboy magazine.

 

[Zed Seagull]

Getting addictive this!

Famous former players of Crystal Palace include Terry Venables, Les Dawson, Cilla Black, Hector Brocklebank, John Craven, Leslie Joseph, Fern Britton, Daniel O'Donnell, Sooty, Ian Wright, Mark Bright, John Salako, Andrew Johnson, Peter Taylor, Alan Pardew, Lee Sinnott and finally Basil Brush.

 

[Zed Seagull]

Palace fans often refer to Brighton as 'The Seaweed' while Brighton fans quite rightly call us " The Scum " .This is due to Brighton's location, and the association that seaweed is grotesque.

 

[Lander]

Crystal Palace's rival clubs are Brighton & Hove Albion(by far the better team), and locally Millwall. Geographically Millwall are the closest club to Palace, with just 6 miles separating Selhurst Park and the New Den Stadium.

 

[Lander]

Famous Players

Paul McShane Scored the best ever goal at Selhurst Park in a 1-0 win for Brighton

 

[Lander]

Iain Dowie 2003 - 2006 - Also played for club, won promotion to Premiership in 2004 via Division One playoffs also the ugliest manager of CPFC

 

[Trigger]

Famous Players

Paul McShane Scored the best ever goal at Selhurst Park in a 1-0 win for Brighton

I'm guilty of that one...

 

[jonny.rainbow]

A lot of it's getting deleted now.

 

[Hockley Blues]

Added my twopenceworth..

 

[Zed Seagull]

They forgot to delete John Craven from my list of famous players!