Eee eye eee eye eee eye oh, Up the Football League we go, When we win promotion, This is what we'll sing, We are Palace, We are Palace, Top of the Football League


Year Formed 1905
Turned Professional 1905
Club Nickname The Eagles
Ground Capacity 26,400
Record Attendance 51,482 v Burnley, Div. 2, 11 May 1979
Record Receipts League 327,124 GBP v Manchester United, Premier Div, 21 April 1993
Cup 336,583 GBP v Chelsea, League Cup, 6 Jan 1993
Pitch Measurements 110 Yards by 74 Yards
101.54 M by 63.31 M

League 9-0 v Barrow, Div. 4 10 Oct 1959
F.A. Cup 7-0 v Luton Town, 3rd Round 16 Jan 1929
League Cup 8-0 v Southend United, 2nd Round 25 Sep 1990

League 0-9 v Liverpool, Div.1 12 Sept 1989
F.A. Cup 0-9 v Burnley, 2nd Round (Replay) 10 Feb 1909
League Cup 0-5 v Nottingham Forest, 3rd Round (Replay) 1 Nov 1989

Most Points (3 Points for a win) 90 Div. 1 1993/94
(2 Points for a win) 64 Div. 3 1960/61
Most League Goals 110, Div. 4 1960/61
League Appearances Jim Cannon 571 1973-88
League Goal In Total Peter Simpson 166 1929-36
League Goal In A Season Peter Simpson 46 1930-1 Div. 3 South
Yougest 1st Team Player John Bostock (15 Years 287 Days) on 29 Oct 2007
Transfer fee received £8,600,000 from Everton for Andrew Johnson, May 2006
Transfer fee paid £2,750,000: Valerian Ismael RC Strasboury 1998
Highest League Postion 3rd Place In Div. 1 1990/91
FA Cup Finalist Runner-Up 1989/90
FA Cup Semi-Finalist 1975/76 & 1994/95
League Cup Semi-Finalist 1992/93 & 1994/95
Zenith Data Systems Cup Winner 1990/91
Zenith Data Systems Cup Semi-Finalist 1988/89
Division 1 (New) Champion 1993/94
Division 1 (New) Play-Off Winner 1996/97
2003/04
2nd Division Champion 1978/79
2nd Division Play-Off Winner 1988/89
2nd Division Runner-Up 1968/69
3rd Division Runner-Up 1963/64
4th Division Runner-Up 1960/61
3rd Division South Champion 1920/21
3rd Division South Runner-Up 1928/29, 1930/31 & 1938/39
Southern League 2nd Division Champion 1905/06

John Robson (1905-07)
Eddie Goodman (1907-25)
Alec Maley (1925-27)
Fred Maven (1927-30)
Jack Tresadern (1930-35)
Tom Bromilow (1935-36)
R.S. Moyse (1936)
Tom Bromilow (1937-39)
George Irwin (1937-47)
Jack Butler (1947-49)
Ron Rooke (1949-50)
F. Dawes/C. Slade (1950-51)
Laurie Scott (1951-54)
Cyril Spiers (1954-58)
George Smith (1958-60)
Arthur Rowe (1960-63)
Dick Graham (1963-66)
Arthur Rowe (1966)
Bert Head (1966-72)
Malcom Allison (1972-76)
Terry Venables (1976-80)
Ernie Whalley (1980)
Malcom Allison (1980-81)
Dario Gradi (1981)
Steve Kember (1981-82)
Alan Mullery (1982-84)
Steve Coppell (1984-93)
Alan Smith (1993-95)
Dave Bassett (1996-97)
Steve Coppell (1997-98)
Attilio Lombardo (1998)
Terry Venables (1998-99)
Steve Coppell (1999-2000)
Alan Smith (2000-01)
Steve Kember (2001)
Steve Bruce (2001)
Steve Kember and Terry Bullivant (2001)
Trevor Francis (2001-03)
Steve Kember and Terry Bullivant (2003)
Steve Kember (2003)
Kit Symons (2003)
Iain Dowie (2003-06)
Peter Taylor (2006-2007)
Neil Warnock (2007-)

1905-06 Joined Southern League Division Two
Southern League Division Two Champions
Promoted to Division One
1913-14 Southern League runner-up, lost title on goal average
1920-21 Founder member of Division Three South
Division Three South Champions
Promoted to Division Two
1925 Relegated to Division Three South
1928-29 Football League Division Three South runner-up,
missing title and promotion place on goal average
1930-31 Football League Division Three South runner-up
1938-39 Football League Division Three South runner-up
1939-40 Football League programme abandoned due to outbreak of war
1958-59 Placed in Division Four on League reorganisation
1960-61 Football League Division Four runner-up
Promoted to Division Three
1963-64 Football League Division Three runner-up (lost title on goal average)
Promoted to Division Two
1968-69 Football League Division Two runner-up
Promoted to Division One
1973 Relegated to Division Two
1974 Relegated to Division Three
1975-76 F.A. Cup semi-finalists
1976-77 Promoted to Division Two (on goal average)
1978-79 Football League Division Two Champions
Promoted to Division One
1981 Relegated to Division Two
1988-89 Promoted to Division One after play-offs
(SF Swindon Town 1 Crystal Palace 0,
Crystal Palace 2 Swindon Town 0 - Agg 2-1,
F Blackburn Rovers 3 Crystal Palace 1,
Crystal Palace 3 Blackburn Rovers 0 - Agg 4-3)
1989-90 F.A. Cup runner-up
1992-93 Founder members of F.A. Premiership
Relegated to Football League Division One on goal difference
Football League Cup semi-finalists
1993-94 Football League Champions
Promoted to F.A. Premiership
1994-95 F.A. Cup semi-finalists
Football League Cup semi-finalists
Relegated to Football League Division One
1995-96 Not promoted after play-offs
(SF Charlton Athletic 1 Crystal Palace 2,
Crystal Palace 1 Charlton Athletic 0 - Agg 3-1,
F Crystal Palace 1 Leicester City 2 @ Wembley)
1996-97 Promoted to F.A. Premiership after play-offs
(SF Crystal Palace 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1,
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Crystal Palace 1 Agg 4-3,
F Crystal Palace 1 Sheffield United 0 @ Wembley)
1998 Relegated to Football League Division One
2000-01 Football League Cup semi-finalists
2003-04 Promoted to F.A. Premiership after play-offs
(SF Crystal Palace 3 Sunderland 2,
Sunderland 2 Crystal Palace 1,
Crystal Palace won 5-4 on penalties
F Crystal Palace 1 West Ham United 0 @ Millennium Stadium, Cardiff)
2005 Relegated to Football League Division One
2005-06 Not promoted after play-offs
(SF Crystal Palace 0 Watford 3,
Watford 0 Crystal Palace 0 - Agg 0-3)
2007-08 Not promoted after play-offs
(SF Crystal Palace 1 Bristol City 2,
Bristol City 2 Crystal Palace 1 - Agg 2-4)
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