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Crystal Palace reporter @TheAthleticFC #CPFC | Also climate & sustainability 🌍 | mwoosnam @theathletic .com | Sometimes tweet about mental health & running 🏃‍♂️

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🏃‍♂️ #LondonMarathon 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 #londonmarathon2024
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The HF @ultrascpfc just arrived at London Bridge making a lot of noise #CPFC #FACup #CHECRY
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Roy Hodgson on Michael Olise and Eberechi Eze: "We know the music, know the notes, they have to play the tune." #CPFC
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Botafogo x Palace #CPFC
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Botafogo fans making themselves heard at Selhurst #CPFC
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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." #CPFC
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#CPFC 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.
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Here's We Love You from the Palace fans after the final whistle. #CPFC
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5 years
Understand that this is accurate and #CPFC have indeed accepted a bid for Aaron Wan-Bissaka from Manchester United
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Manchester United agree to pay Crystal Palace £55m for Aaron Wan-Bissaka. A world-record transfer fee for a specialist full back. #MUFC #CPFC
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"We've got Super Pat Vieira" rings out loud and clear as he makes his way off the pitch and down the tunnel. #CPFC
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"Oh Pat Vieira, he kicks who he wants" is the chant from the #CPFC supporters
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3 months
Someone in the Main Stand has just shouted "We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful Daniel Munoz".
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2 years
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 #CPFC #CHECRY #EmiratesFACup
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"Going down, are we fuck, Hodgson's back and we're staying up" is the latest chant from the away end. #CPFC #SOUCRY
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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 #CPFC @TheAthleticFC
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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." #CPFC #CHECRY #EmiratesFACup
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Here's Selhurst singing "Boom boom boom, Mateta's in the room" #CPFC
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8 years
@SouthernRailUK @RMTunion and I'd rather be delayed by a strike than your company's inability to hire enough staff
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2 years
🗣️ 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 🦅 #CPFC & Vieira More 👇
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1 year
That was an appalling refereeing performance from Darren England this evening
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3 years
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." #CPFC
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4 years
Understand Nathaniel Clyne set to sign a deal with #CPFC 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. #LFC @TheAthleticUK
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8 years
Disgusted at my local MP for filibustering the #TuringBill @SamGyimah you're an absolute disgrace and I'm ashamed you're my MP
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2 years
Wilfried Zaha is awarded the Holmesdale Fanatics @ultrascpfc player of the season award #CPFC
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7 months
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.
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2 years
Red and blue smoke fills the air at Wembley as #CPFC 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. #FACup #CHECRY
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Holmesdale Fanatics with a banner that reads "Forever Red and Blue. A new dawn beckons". #CPFC
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3 years
The Holmesdale Fanatics held up a banner during the game today in protest at #CPFC partnering with Socios (Not my picture)
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2 years
Had two really, really difficult days with anxiety, but games like that make things feel so much better
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4 months
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
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2 years
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 #CPFC in person. Has definitely been difficult for him not being able to go Until today 👌🏻
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Holmesdale Fanatics banner reads: Wasted potential on and off the pitch. Weak decisions taking us backwards. #CPFC
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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) #CPFC Piece for @TheAthleticUK
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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 👇🏻
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3 months
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. #CPFC
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Roy Hodgson says the #CPFC players gave Tyrick Mitchell a "rousing round of applause" after the game in the dressing room after his first goal for the club.
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1 year
Eze goes over to applaud the Palace fans and they sing "your defence is terrified, Eze's on fire" #CPFC
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"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.
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2 years
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. #CPFC @TheAthleticUK
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Exclusive: Shaun Derry has left his position as Palace's first-team coach. The former #CPFC midfielder was promoted from Under-23s head coach in August 2021 after Patrick Vieira arrived as manager but has now left the role. @TheAthleticFC
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"Now we go for four in a row" says Oliver Glasner when asked how three consecutive wins shows how far Palace have come under him. #CPFC
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#CPFC '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.
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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 #CPFC
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10 months
Banner held up from the Holmesdale Fanatics in the Palace end which reads "Mask has slipped "PIF = Saudi state "EPL - Take action" #CPFC #NEWCRY
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3 years
Palace fans sing "You're just a shit Tyrick Mitchell" at Kieran Tierney #CPFC
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1 year
Quite the twist but Palace chairman Steve Parish has revealed that Michael Olise has signed a new four year deal with the club. #CPFC
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2 years
GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL WILFRIED ZAHA SURELY WINS IT FOR PALACE #CPFC
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James McArthur has announced his retirement from football after 18 years, many of those with #CPFC 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"
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10 months
Palace fans still singing. "You've seen the Palace, now fuck off home" is the latest song directed at the Man United fans in the next block
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2 years
GOOOOOOAL MICHAEL OLISE WITH A FREE-KICK! #CPFC
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3 years
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. #CPFC #CRYBRE
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2 years
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. #CPFC
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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. #CPFC
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3 years
FFFFFFFUUUUUUULLLL TIIMEE AND #CPFC 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
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Conor Gallagher set to become the fifth new player in the door at #CPFC 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.
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2 years
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. #CPFC
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GOOOOOOOAAAAAL MICHAEL OLISE WINS IT!!! #CPFC
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Roy Hodgson says Vicente Guaita has nothing to apologise for after his error that led to the winner. #CPFC "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." #CRYSHU
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2 years
Lucky goal, average goal, fluke goal, yeah?
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7 months
An appalling performance from Palace
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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. #CPFC
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As far as I can establish, Roy Hodgson is the first permanent manager in #CPFC 's history to see out his contract with the club, having not been sacked, resigned or left to move elsewhere. Remarkable, really.
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It's full-time at the Amex and Brighton have lost 2-0 against Manchester United. That confirms that Palace have finished above them. #CPFC
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Season five at @TheAthleticFC 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 #CPFC ❤️💙
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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. #CPFC @TheAthleticFC
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GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL #CPFC CONOR GALLAGHER
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Season four @TheAthleticFC 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 #CPFC Thanks again 🔴🔵
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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. #CPFC
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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 #CPFC
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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". #CPFC
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2 years
"South London Takeover" reads the Holmesdale Fanatics' banner at the front of the Palace end #CPFC #FACup #CHECRY
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Really hard to look at this team, this squad and not think there's been a massive let down from the recruitment in the last two windows
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2 years
Listen to the noise from the away end #CPFC
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Been super anxious recently but getting out and running helps my head so much. Run Gatwick 10K complete in 41:13 with a 20:08 5K 👌🏻
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Vicente Guaita just made about four incredible saves from close range to keep #CPFC level.
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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 #CPFC #BHACRY @TheAthleticFC
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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 #CPFC 's renaissance of late & mostly in an attacking sense
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RMT strike on the day of the rearranged Brighton vs Palace match, which was postponed due to, errr, rail strikes #CPFC
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🚨 | 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.
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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 #CPFC
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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 #CPFC performance
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Tyrick Mitchell: • No yellow cards this season ✖️ • Started every game for #CPFC 💪 • Excellent positioning, timely blocks and interceptions 👏🏻 • The in-form left-back in the Premier League He deserves to be in the England squad 🦁
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"Let's finish what we started" Selhurst so loud as the players come out of the tunnel. Crowd is so up for this. #CPFC #CRYEVE
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Third season at @TheAthleticUK 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 #CPFC Means a lot ❤️💙
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Honestly Martin Keown is so tiresome to listen to
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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" #CPFC
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"We've got Super Pat Vieira" rings out around Molineux #CPFC
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For the first time, against Everton, #CPFC 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.
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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" #CPFC
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Roy Hodgson on deciding to introduce Ebere Eze, Jordan Ayew and Jeffrey Schlupp. "I think my wife could have made those substitutions". #CPFC
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1 year
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. #CPFC #CRYLEI
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2 years
👂Divert your ears to listen to the #CPFC fans at full time. Also singing "Hodgson's a Palace fan"
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4 years
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 #CPFC fans caring more about winning games deeply misguided. Piece is about abusing privilege
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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. #CPFC
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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. #AFC #CPFC @TheAthleticFC
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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 #CPFC @TheAthleticFC
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Patrick Vieira confirms that James McArthur will be in the squad to face Brighton tomorrow #CPFC
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Chris Grierson at the end of the kids' half-time penalty shoot-out "Two average goals for Palace and one fluke goal for Everton" 👀 #CPFC
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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 #CPFC
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"We'll race you back to London" is the chant from the away end #CPFC
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