Selhurst Park Crystal Palace 2-0 HSK Zrinjski Mostar ‘Here for the Road to Leipzig’ The billboards blazed a technicolour note of optimism around Selhurst Park. If Crystal Palace do make it all the way to the RB Leipzig Stadium on 27 May, their fans will have largely forgotten about this particular juncture on an uninspiring journey. The Eagles had to rely on a brace of goals from Max Lacroix in the first half and anothere from Evann Guessand in added time to eke past Zrinjski

CPFC v Wolves by Capital Football Crystal Palace 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 Tough times at Selhurst Park breed the occasional timely response. Relieved Oliver Glasner hailed his resourceful Crystal Palace players after their late 1-0 win over struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers. The Eagles chief endured a sweat for the vast majority of the triumph, until substitute Evann Guessand got them out of a jam with only a minute remaining of a tepid encounter. In truth, the Eagles mad

Lining up in Bosnia : Picture by Pennie Turrell Europa Conference League play-off first leg Zrinjski Mostar (0) 1 Abramovic 55 Crystal Palace (1) 1 Sarr 43 If Crystal Palace were doing their utmost to prevent a formality of a Europa Conference playoff second leg at Selhurst Park next Thursday, they have managed a pretty fair job of keeping the tie alive. Palace's performance in the first leg against Zrinjski Mostar last night was hardly worthy of the alleged favourites to w

Grand Larseny: The new signing was the face on the matchday programme - Picture by @capitalfootball Premier League Crystal Palace (2) 2 Strand Larsen 17, 33 Burnley (3) 3 Hannibal 40, Anthony 44, Lerma og 45+2 This was a game that should have been all about a dream home debut for Jorgen Strand Larsen but turned into a chaotic evening as the Eagles shipped three goals in seven minutes before the break to fritter away the two goal lead he had given them. Seeking a first home wi

Crystal Palace (0) 1 v Chelsea (1) 3 Estêvão 34 João Pedro 50 Fernández (pen) 64 Richards 88 By Kaz Mochlinski at Selhurst Park Premier League Matchweek 23 An Estêvão Willian wonder goal set Chelsea on the way to a comfortable victory at Selhurst Park, with a second half penalty and then a red card contributing to Crystal Palace being comprehensively crushed. Jaydee Canvot crucially suffered a nightmare afternoon, as he gave away the ball to Estêvão for the vital opening goal

Macclesfield (1) 2 v Crystal Palace (0) 1 Dawson 43 Buckley-Ricketts 60 Pino 90 By Kaz Mochlinski at Moss Rose FA Cup Third Round Crystal Palace succumbed to the greatest shock in the history of the FA Cup, with the holders being knocked out of this season’s competition by non-league part-timers as Macclesfield secured a famous 2-1 win at Moss Rose. It was the first ever victory for a sixth tier team over a Premier League opponent, and the 117-place gap in the English footbal

Picture by @capitalfootball With five midweek Premier League games taking place in the capital this week, it has felt as though something is going on just about everywhere. And ahead of Wednesday's three games at Brentford, Fulham and Crystal Palace there was the little matter of the latest calamity at the London Stadium for West Ham United where distress signals are peppering the sky. You can read about that 2-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest for the ailing Irons and the impl

Eagles didn't soar in the north east Premier League Newcastle United (0) 2 Guimaraes 71, Thiaw 78 Crystal Palace (0) 0 If Crystal Palace can take any solace from their latest defeat at St James' Park, one of their least favourite hunting grounds, it must be that Newcastle didn't manage a greater victory margin. The Magpies would have challenged last season's 5-0 triumph had two first-half efforts by Anthony Gordon and Joelinton not been ruled out by fractional offside decisi

Crystal Palace (0) 0 v Tottenham Hotspur (1) 1 Premier League Matchweek 18 Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at Selhurst Park “S**t happened again.” The articulate and eloquent Crystal Palace manager, Oliver Glasner, could not have expressed in any better phrasing the frustration felt by his team after yet another narrow and probably undeserved defeat against Tottenham Hotspur. It was an inauspicious result to end the best ever year for the club, with a first major prize in Pa

Eyes down for another capital clash : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Crystal Palace (0) 0 Tottenham Hotspur (1) 1 Gray 42 Archie Gray claimed his first senior goal after 112 appearances as Spurs made light of being second best for most of the game to plunder a vital away win. They had to soak up up a ton of pressure from the Eagles whose drip-drip feed of crosses could not quite carve out the opening they desperately needed. In the end the on-target count was edged by S