Crystal Palace √ brighton & hove albion
thu 21 dec 2023 20:00 kick-off
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palace √ brighton thu 21 dec | 20:00
06 08 captain 10 chairman 36 eagle eye 44 peter manning 52 History makers 54 FROM THE ARCHIVE 56 RETRO PALACE 62 PALACE FOR LIFE 69 BEAT BRIGHTY 70 stats & results
Directors Chairman Steve Parish, David Blitzer, Joshua Harris, John Textor Chief Financial Officer Sean O’Loughlin Sporting Director Dougie Freedman Club Secretary Christine Dowdeswell Head of Sports Medicine Dr. Zaf Iqbal Academy Director Gary Issott Director of U21 Development Mark Bright Chief Operating Officer Sharon Lacey Chief Commercial Officer Barry Webber General Counsel David Nichol Head of Ticketing Paul McGowan Head of Retail Foz Bowers Chief Marketing and Communications Officer James Woodroof Head of Safeguarding Cassi Wright Head Groundsman Bruce Elliott
12 Having seen the games last year, whatever we can do to add an extra ‘oomph’ to the night, we’ll want to do it – and hopefully we come out on top. I’m really excited to hopefully be able to finally play in one
Editor Will Robinson Design Billy Cooke, Stu Ellmer, Lucas Gough
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Contributors Ian King, Robin Johnson, Toby Jagmohan, Tommy Macarthur, Doc Brown, Peter Manning, Liam Tharme Photography Neil Everitt, Sebastian Frej, Pinnacle Photo Agency, Toby Jagmohan, Getty Printer Bishops Printers
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From life in Hoover, Alabama to the bright lights of the Allianz Arena and Munich, to Selhurst Park and London, Chris Richards has never been afraid to embrace change in his life. As the centre-back turned holding midfielder tells Robin Johnson, it is that same adaptability – and that breadth of experience – which could serve him well in his first-ever taste of Palace against Brighton & Hove Albion…
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Crystal palace f.c. Sam JOHNSTONE (GK) Joel WARD Tyrick MITCHELL Rob HOLDING James TOMKINS Marc GUÉHI Michael OLISE Jefferson LERMA Jordan AYEW Ebere EZE Matheus FRANÇA Jean-Philippe MATETA Jeffrey SCHLUPP Joachim ANDERSEN Nathaniel CLYNE Will HUGHES Odsonne EDOUARD Malcolm EBIOWEI Chris RICHARDS Cheick DOUCOURÉ Naouirou AHAMADA Dean HENDERSON (GK) Remi MATTHEWS (GK) Nathan FERGUSON Joe WHITWORTH (GK) Jaïro RIEDEWALD Jesurun RAK-SAKYI David OZOH Ademola OLA-ADEBOMI
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Bart VERBRUGGEN (GK) Tariq LAMPTEY IGOR Adam WEBSTER Lewis DUNK James MILNER Solly MARCH Mahmoud DAHOUD João PEDRO Julio ENCISO Billy GILMOUR Pascal GROß Adam LALLANA Jakub MODER Danny WELBECK Carlos BALEBA Kaoru MITOMA Jason STEELE (GK) Simon ADINGRA Evan FERGUSON Jan Paul VAN HECKE Pervis ESTUPIÑÁN Ansu FATI Joël VELTMAN Tom McGILL (GK) Facundo BUONANOTTE Jack HINSHELWOOD Benicio BAKER-BOAITEY Josh DUFFUS