Category: Crystal Palace
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Barcelona Begins To Look Like The Real Deal Again
For 90 minutes at the weekend, all of us went back in time a couple of years, to a period when one football team so eclipsed all others that they were being considered not just the best side on the planet at that moment but one of…
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A Sport That Ignores What It Doesn’t Like
I love football, but there’s something about the game that’s pretty hard to deny. Football, above and beyond any other sport, is incredibly good at ignoring problems. Its leaders are incredibly good at wishing they’d go away. I’m writing a lengthy piece for this site on the continuing trials Scottish football is enduring as the…
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EPL Matchday 10: One Bore Draw And Many Harry Returns
Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea took another battering, on and off the pitch, over the last few days as this weekend’s Premier League matches saw them defeated, again, this time to West Ham. They followed that up with a penalty kicks defeat at Stoke, in the League Cup, although like most of the other top clubs that’s…
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EPL Matchday 7 Roundup: Sanchez Hits Hat-Trick In A Big Weekend
Kane and Rooney finally scored. Sanchez hit a hat-trick and Newcastle blew it … again. It was a big weekend for in the EPL, with wins for Manchester United, Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Stoke, Southampton and, of course, Liverpool and Spurs. In the latter match, Harry Kane ended weeks of fevered speculation about whether or not…
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EPL 15/16 Matchday 6: Tottenham 1-0 Crystal Palace
Spurs won the day’s second London derby by a single goal, with Son Heung-min bagging his third in two games to give them a hard fought victory over Crystal Palace at home. The winner came in the 68th minute of an encounter where there were chances at both ends but stout defending had largely succeeded…
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Yohan Cabaye to replace Man United signing at Southampton
Embed from Getty Images Southampton are lining up a move for Yohan Cabaye as they seek a replacement for Morgan Schneiderlin. The current Paris Saint Germain midfielder is frustrated at a lack of first team opportunities at the Parisien club and is looking to come back to England, prompting a whole host of clubs to show…
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Iker Casillas could be heading for Roma, not the Premier League
Embed from Getty Images Roma have made a solid move for Real Madrid keeper Iker Casillas, Tuttomercatoweb report. Spanish newspaper AS claim that if Manchester United keeper David De Gea arrives at Santiago Bernabeu this summer then Casillas will leave the club after a breakdown in relationship between the two Spanish international keepers. Casillas,…
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Crystal Palace serious with Iker Casillas interest
Embed from Getty Images Crystal Palace are interested in signing Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, according to London 24. Spanish newspaper AS claim that if Manchester United keeper David De Gea arrives at Santiago Bernabeu this summer then Casillas will leave the club after a breakdown in relationship between the two Spanish international keepers. Casillas, is…
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Yohan Cabaye: ‘I want to return to the Premier League’
Embed from Getty Images Yohan Cabaye has put a number of Premier League teams on alert after admitting he wants to leave Paris Saint-Germain and return to England. Cabaye has not enjoyed the best season in Ligue 1, starting just 13 league games all season. Talking to L’Equipe he made it clear that he…
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Crystal Palace make U-turn on Ameobi release
Embed from Getty Images Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew is keen to overturn both Shola Ameobi and Brede Hangeland’s departures from the club. Palace announced via their official website on Wednesday that they had released the veterans after contract expiration but both are now said to be in talks over a new deal. Jerome Thomas,…
