|  Nickname:
The Eagles
Year formed: 1905
Ground: Selhurst Park
Capacity: 26,500 2006/07
average: 17,541
For visitors: 2,998 in the Arthur
Wait Stand
Record attendance:
51,482
Position last season: 12th
in the Championship
Manager: Peter Taylor (June
2006)
 Players
in:
Tony Craig (Millwall), Jeff Hughes
(Lincoln), Jose Fonte (Benfica, loan).
Players out: Danny Granville
(Colchester), Michael Hughes (Coventry),
Jerahl Hughes (Yeovil), Gabor Kiraly
(Burnley), Tommy Black (Southend),
Jobi McAnuff (Watford), Darren Ward
(Wolves), Gary Borrowdale (Coventry).
Key man: Clinton
Morrison
Record transfer fee paid:
£2.75m (Valerian Ismael, RC
Strasbourg, January 1998)
Record transfer fee received:
£8.6m (Andy Johnson, Everton,
30 May 2006)
Ticket office: 0871 2000 071
Ticket prices: Adult £30,
concessions £18
Official website: www.cpfc.premiumtv.co.uk
 How
to get there: Leave the M25 at
junction 7 and follow the signs for
the A23 to Croydon. At Purley bear
left onto the A23 at the junction
with the A235 (to Croydon). Pick up
the A232 Croydon Road to Shirley and
join A215 Northwood Road, turn into
Whitehorse Lane after two and a quarter
miles.
Best place to park: Street
parking might be your best bet although
there is a supermarket car park next
to the ground.
Best place to eat: Plenty of
fast food/kebab outlets within a 15-minute
walk from the ground in the direction
of Thornton Heath railway station.
Best place to drink: The Railway
Telegraph on Brigstock Road attracts
away fans. Situated next to Thornton
Heath station. The Clifton Arms on
Clifton Road is also used by travelling
fans but be warned, only season-ticket
holders are allowed in after 1.30pm
on match-days.
Safe to wear scarf: No history
of problems.
Return journey: 260
miles
Journey time: 5hrs
20mins
Best League Win:
9-0 v Barrow 11/10/1959 Division 4
Last meeting: Crystal Palace
3, Norwich City 1 (January 1, 2007):
Having
dominated the early stages at Selhurst
Park, City’s defence parted
like the Red Sea to allow Crystal
Palace to claim three of their easiest
goals of the season. Three first-half
chances for Palace, and three times
City’s defence collapsed like
a house of cards. Even when they looked
like getting back into the game just
before half-time through a Rob Earnshaw
penalty, the Canaries inexplicably
conceded a third goal. Full
Match Report
Last Norwich away win:
05/05/1996 Crystal Palace 0, Norwich
1 (Hopkin og)
Chances: Quiet in
the transfer market, manager Peter
Taylor will need a big improvement
on last season or outspoken chairman
Simon Jordan may wield the axe. A
lack of goals was a big issue last
campaign and Taylor will be looking
to Clinton Morrison to help fire the
side to the play-offs, although it
might be a step too far for the Londoners.
Taylor has had to cope with the loss
of winger Jobi McAnuff to Watford,
although the former England Under-21
manager still has a squad capable
of challenging for promotion. Clinton
Morrison, who almost joined the Canaries
last summer, is a good Championship
striker while Shefti Kuqi has also
scored a lot of goals at this level
in his time with Ipswich Town.
Prediction: 10th
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here.
For an unofficial Guide to the Ground
click
here.
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