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complete in 3:16:08
Every muscle in my body aches, utterly destroyed
Ran possibly my worst ever race but delighted with the time & proud of myself for not giving up when it was incredibly hard &
An unbelievable, unforgettable experience
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Roy Hodgson on the performance: "I don't think in the four years I was lucky enough to work here before, I ever saw that quality of performance the team gave in the first half.
"That is credit also to the previous manager and the work that has been done with the players."
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set to sign Michael Olise from Reading as they start the overhaul of their squad this summer.
Have tracked the 19-year-old for some time, and were keen in January, but now look to have secured his signing.
One thing you can say about today is that the Palace fans have not stopped singing. Not at 1-0, not at 2-0. Not when chances came & went. Unrelenting noise.
Here's the latest song as the full time whistle blows
You can only hear one set of fans
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#CHECRY
#EmiratesFACup
Wilfried Zaha is set to buy non-League side Croydon Athletic alongside rapper Stormzy and former Palace head of player care Danny Young.
Zaha's future is up in the air but he wants to leave a legacy in Croydon with his academy
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Patrick Vieira: "I’m in a really good place, at a wonderful football club with good people and I want to take the club to another level."
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#CHECRY
#EmiratesFACup
🗣️ Interview w/ Botafogo manager Luis Castro
🇧🇷 On trying to restore Botafogo to former glory
💥 Twice defeating Real Madrid with Shaktar Donetsk
🇵🇹 Almost 10 years at Porto & managing in Champions League
🤔 Rangers rumours
🦅
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& Vieira
More 👇
Patrick Vieira in his post-match interview with Sky:
"The atmosphere here is really special. We felt the support from the fans.
"This is a really special football club and the fans make it so."
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Understand Nathaniel Clyne set to sign a deal with
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until the end of January. Due to be done tomorrow.
Has been training with Palace for the last few weeks since leaving Liverpool in the summer.
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I've felt so incredibly depressed & anxious for the last two months but just went for a 25km run in the cold and the sun, blue skies and it felt incredible. My longest ever run and it was really enjoyable. For two hours I could escape my mind.
Red and blue smoke fills the air at Wembley as
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fans let off a few smoke bombs with Glad All Over playing out over the PA system.
It's only going to get even louder.
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#CHECRY
Scrapping FA Cup replays is yet more deference to those with the strongest, largest squads who complain the loudest.
They always, obviously, get their own way and (worthy) traditions fall away as a result
My dad has been going to Palace for 60-odd years, had a season ticket for 15+ years in a row, but hasn't been able to go at all this year.
Over two years since he last saw
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in person.
Has definitely been difficult for him not being able to go
Until today 👌🏻
Kiko Femenia's foul on Wilfried Zaha was the 500th on him in the Premier League, exactly 6 years since Mathieu Debuchy committed the first, on Zaha's top flight debut.
No other team has fouled him more than Watford (33)
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Piece for
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Jack Wilshere is in a familiar situation in unfamiliar surroundings at AGF Aarhus 🇩🇰
A weight of expectation is on his shoulders where he is a "messiah" to fans, but he cleans his own boots & shares hotel rooms.
Piece from Denmark's second city 👇🏻
Full-time: Palace 2-0 Newcastle
A brilliant Palace performance, so disciplined and not reliant on individuals even though Mateta scored twice. A true team performance true to what Oliver Glasner wants to implement.
Palace now mathematically safe from relegation.
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Roy Hodgson says the
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players gave Tyrick Mitchell a "rousing round of applause" after the game in the dressing room after his first goal for the club.
"Oh Joe Whitworth, he's one of our own" sing the away fans as they give him massive applause after he heads over to them at FT, he taps the Palace crest.
Both Tyrick Mitchell & Michael Olise expected to be available for selection for Palace against Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final on Sunday.
Pair due to train this week having recovered from injuries - Mitchell's a slight knock.
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Exclusive: Shaun Derry has left his position as Palace's first-team coach.
The former
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midfielder was promoted from Under-23s head coach in August 2021 after Patrick Vieira arrived as manager but has now left the role.
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's 18-year-old winger Jesurun Rak-Sakyi has been called up to the England Under-20 squad to replace Everton's Anthony Gordon.
Reward for an outstanding season at Under-18 level last term.
Michael Olise will be out for an unspecified period of time with a hamstring injury picked up late on in the win over Brentford.
Roy Hodgson says he can't say how long Olise will be out but he will miss the FA Cup game with Everton game tomorrow
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James McArthur has announced his retirement from football after 18 years, many of those with
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Spoke with him on his past, present & future recently - including his hope to one day return to Palace as manager.
"I’ll always be a Palace supporter"
Conor Gallagher is everywhere. Running this game.
Getting back, making tackles, winning the ball, bringing it forward with purpose.
Looks to be the perfect fit for Vieira's preferred style of play.
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#CRYBRE
There is due to be a train strike on 1 October when Palace play Chelsea but nothing in the quoted source (the i) does it say that the game is in doubt.
Palace vs Aston Villa went ahead despite strikes. GTR was less affected by the previous industrial action.
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Full-time: Liverpool 0-1 Palace
The away end has absolutely erupted in celebration. Not seen anything like that this season. Huge win. Huge performance and so well deserved. Credit to Glasner for the positive approach again.
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FFFFFFFUUUUUUULLLL TIIMEE AND
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WIN AT THE ETIHAD!
What a performance, what a win, absolutely superb & Patrick Vieira deserves so much credit for that. They see out a game, not against easier opposition but *Man City* *at the Etihad*. He brought Olise on at *85 mins*
#MCICRY
Conor Gallagher set to become the fifth new player in the door at
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with a season-long loan.
Gallagher close to a move last summer but Palace opted to bring in Michy Batshuayi.
Palace's impressive recruitment this summer continues.
Exc: Palace defender Joachim Andersen expected to be out until next month with a calf injury picked up in Sunday's 1-0 defeat by Chelsea.
The 26-year-old was forced off in the first-half and replaced by James Tomkins.
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Roy Hodgson says Vicente Guaita has nothing to apologise for after his error that led to the winner.
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"It's thanks to (him) we are where we are. Without (him) we'd have a damn sight less points. (He) owes us nothing, we owe (him) an enormous debt."
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Selhurst Park absolutely rocking. Vast majority of the crowd remain in their seats as the players finish heading off. Atmosphere was outstanding.
Conor Gallagher getting his name sung as he is the last Palace player to walk off.
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As far as I can establish, Roy Hodgson is the first permanent manager in
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's history to see out his contract with the club, having not been sacked, resigned or left to move elsewhere.
Remarkable, really.
Season five at
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complete ✅
Thanks to everyone who has subscribed, engaged, read my pieces & for the kind words here/in person
Hope you've enjoyed my work & have found it interesting & informative
Another exhausting year but optimism for next season
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As reported elsewhere, Jefferson Lerma is expected to join Palace when his contract with Bournemouth ends next month
The 28-year-old Colombian was voted Bournemouth's player of the year.
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Season four
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complete ✅
Was at every competitive game for the first time – 41/41
Thanks for reading, liking, subscribing & for the kind words at games / on trains / here / at gigs 😅
Has been a pleasure & a privilege
An exhausting year
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Thanks again 🔴🔵
Conor Gallagher can't be recalled by Chelsea in January as they can only trigger the clause in the loan contract if he has played fewer than 50 per cent of games.
As he has played more than that, he stays at Palace until the end of the season.
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Full-time: Palace 5-0 Aston Villa. "Oli Glasner's red and blue army" is the song of choice at Selhurst Park and appropriately so.
The turnaround under Glasner has been remarkable.
Palace end the season, incredibly, in 10th & above Brighton.
Optimism abounds
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Oliver Glasner is asked if he has been told that Palace will need to sell some of their best players this season and responds with a simple "No".
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Palace will be without a senior goalkeeper for tonight's game with Brighton after Vicente Guaita picked up an injury.
Sam Johnstone not recovered from a calf problem
Likely means first academy goalkeeper debut in >40 years
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#BHACRY
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Jordan Ayew is thriving again under Roy Hodgson. The last time Palace won three in a row he scored in each w/ Hodgson at the helm
Even if he hasn't scored in all of last three he's been vital to
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's renaissance of late & mostly in an attacking sense
🚨 | BREAKING
@RMTunion
announces further strikes and overtime ban in national rail dispute
Rail union RMT, will take nationwide strike action across the railways on 16 March after employers refused to put any new offers on the table.
Palace's miserable season is as good as over
A cup run might have offered optimism but it's 2 wins in 15 w/ mind-numbing football
It doesn't have to be this way. The club lacks an obvious sense of direction off the pitch & that is reflected on it
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Full-time: Manchester United 0-1 Palace
Roy Hodgson becomes the first manager to go unbeaten in five consecutive away Premier League games against Manchester United.
An industrious
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performance
Tyrick Mitchell:
• No yellow cards this season ✖️
• Started every game for
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💪
• Excellent positioning, timely blocks and interceptions 👏🏻
• The in-form left-back in the Premier League
He deserves to be in the England squad 🦁
Third season at
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complete ☑️
Thanks to all who have subscribed, read my stuff, commented, liked etc.
Particularly grateful for the support in the difficult days & those who've told me on trains / at games / on here they've enjoyed my work
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Means a lot ❤️💙
Eze released by
✖️ Arsenal
✖️ Fulham
✖️ Reading
✖️ Millwall
✅ Nurtured at QPR (& Wycombe) & Palace
Now England international
"That’s determination & a proper example for any kid who gets released. They always think it’s the end of their career"
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For the first time, against Everton,
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had Eze, Gallagher, Zaha and Olise starting together.
They didn't disappoint. Demonstrated the remarkable attacking talent Patrick Vieira has at his disposal, & just how enjoyable to watch these players are.
Patrick Vieira on Kalvin Phillips' comments on diving:
"It’s a very strange comment. You can all see the game & watch it again. Some of them were lucky not to get a yellow card.
"Their plan was clear, to target Wilfried and he remained calm and concentrated on his game"
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Palace had 20 shots on goal in the first half
That's more than across *the entire 90 minutes* of every single game this season.
But still 0-0 at half-time.
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#CRYLEI
Luka Milivojevic's breach of COVID rules insults everyone who has made sacrifices over the last year & he should have lost the captaincy.
Hodgson's comments on
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fans caring more about winning games deeply misguided.
Piece is about abusing privilege
Missed off the very start of this. "We're orchestra leaders. We know the music, know the notes, they have to play the tune."
Was the final thing Hodgson said in his post-match press conference.
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As per reports in France, Arsenal midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga is set to undergo a medical with Palace today ahead of a likely arrival on loan.
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Palace are in discussions with Stuttgart over a deal for 20-year-old midfielder Naouirou Ahamada.
In an ideal world they hope to sign a right-back, centre midfielder and striker this window but won't do deals for the sake of it
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Thought Eberechi Eze was brilliant today. Exploited the space offered to him by Leicester's defence / midfield going missing
Played with verve and confidence. His best performance in ages. Way he moves his body to deceive players v good again today
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