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    Crystal Palace

    Selhurst Park, home of Crystal Palace FC

    A club with a sizeable fanbase, a unique rivalry and laying claim to being the oldest club in professional soccer, Crystal Palace have an interesting story to tell.

    Crystal Palace are a football club based in South London who play in the Premier League.

    Known as 'The Eagles' or simply 'Palace', they won the English second tier in 1978/79 and 1993/94. Until the mid 1970s, they were known as 'The Glaziers'.

    Among the great players to play for Palace are Ian Wright, Julian Speroni, Vince Hilaire, Jim Cannon, John Jackson and Geoff Thomas.

    The club was founded in 1905, although an amateur club by the same name was founded in 1861 and it could be claimed that this is when Crystal Palace was born.
    They play their home matches at Selhurst Park, which has a capacity of 25,456. The stadium was opened in 1924.
    Palace are yet to lift a major trophy, but have won the second tier of English football in the 1978/79 and 1993/94 seasons.

    The early history of the Eagles

    From the bottom to the top in the 1960s

    The highs and lows of the 1970s

    The Steve Coppell years

    Up and down again in the 1990s

    Palace in the Premier League era

    Palace's biggest rivalries

    Crystal Palace and their fanbase

    Club finances

    Crystal Palace News