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CPFC v HCAFC / / THE CAPTAIN
Today’s game has probably come a couple of days too soon for me to be involved, however I’m hoping to be available again for the final day of the season.
he injury is coming along really well; I’m back outside running again and hopefully I’ll be training with the lads by the start of next week, so I could play a part in the Manchester United game. Hopefully it won’t be a crucial one for us, and we’ll get the job done this afternoon. We’ve lost three games on the bounce, but going into this one we still have the confidence from our good form before then. We’re aiming to get the result we need to put survival to bed today, so we won’t need anything at Old Trafford next week. It’s disappointing to be so close to safety but not quite seal it yet. The Burnley game was a missed opportunity and you can never count on the teams around you losing games, so you have to concentrate on your own results. Going to Manchester City is never easy so you don’t expect to get a result up there, albeit we’ve beaten most of the big teams in recent months, but we’re still in a good position knowing it’s in our hands. We know we can get the result, and if we do that then it’ll be done and dusted. Due to injuries, we’ve had a patched up defence recently which has robbed us a little bit. It’s been unfortunate as I got injured,
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EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW BIG A GAME THIS WILL BE, AND IT’S ALL ABOUT STAYING CALM
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then James and finally Mamadou which isn’t ideal because as a defender, you get better playing with someone in a partnership week in, week out. When the backline is chopped and changed around, it’s never easy to put in the same kind of performances. However, the lads who are fit need to stand up and be counted and show what good players they are, and hopefully they’ll do that this afternoon. Having our destiny in our own hands is all you can ask for. Obviously, we don’t want to be in this position but when you
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consider where we were a few months ago and the results we’ve had, that should give us confidence. Everybody knows how big a game this will be, and it’s all about staying calm and producing your best performance despite everything that’s riding on the result. We can’t get caught up too much in the occasion because if we perform to our best, then we’ll get what we need, so we just need to focus on the task in hand. When you get to this stage of the season, things can get nervy and the fans feel that. However, you guys are brilliant at getting behind the lads when you know that we need a result, and I’m sure that will be the case again today, and hopefully by the end of the afternoon we’ll all be happy. On that note, I would like to thank you for all your support home and away this season, and rest assured we’ll do everything we can to send you into the summer still in the Premier League.
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With Hull City and Manchester United on the horizon, the striker will be hoping to once again strike against his former clubs, just as he did when the Tigers and Eagles last faced off.
By Jonathon Rogers
CPFC v HCAFC / / FINAL SCORE
PREMIER LEAGUE | SELHURST PARK | 29TH APRIL 2017 | ATTENDANCE: 25,013
SHOTS OFF TARGET
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CORNERS
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OFFSIDES
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FOULS
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POSSESSION
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CRYSTAL PALACE 13. Wayne Hennessey 02. Joel Ward 34. Martin Kelly 27. Damien Delaney 03. Patrick van Aanholt 18. James McArthur 28. Luka Milivojevic 42. Jason Puncheon 11. Wilfried Zaha 17. Christian Benteke 10. Andros Townsend SUBSTITUTES 01. Julian Speroni 31. Jeffrey Schlupp 04. Mathieu Flamini 14. Chung-yong Lee 26. Bakary Sako 08. Loic Remy 09. Fraizer Campbell Goal
Own Goal
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Yellow Card
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First Sub
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PASSES IN OPPOSITION HALF
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WE WON THE ONE V ONE BATTLES, WHICH WE KNEW WE WOULD HAVE TO DO AGAINST A TEAM WHO ARE ON A ROLL
WE GOT NERVOUS. WE STARTED VERY WELL, BUT THEN FELL FOUL TO OUR INEFFICIENCIES AND THAT GOAL GOT THE NERVES JANGLING
Red Card
BENTEKE
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MOST SHOTS
VAN AANHOLT
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11.72KM
HEATON
SHOTS ON TARGET
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VOKES
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MOST DISTANCE COVERED BOYD
Palace’s chance to virtually seal their Premier League status was thwarted by Burnley after the Clarets picked up their first away win of the season at Selhurst Park. Ex-Brighton and Hove Albion man Ashley Barnes opened the scoring after seven minutes when he netted in scruffy fashion, and then the striker had a goal chalked off for handball as Sean Dyche’s side enjoyed the better of the first half. The Eagles rallied after the break but couldn’t find a way through a resolute defence, and late in the game substitute Andre Gray raced clear on a counterattack to score their second, clinching a massive win for the visitors who leapfrogged the Eagles in the table, making Sam Allardyce's side wait to secure their top-flight status.
Second Sub
32 BURNLEY 01. Tom Heaton 02. Matthew Lowton 05. Michael Keane 26. James Tarkowski 23. Stephen Ward 21. George Boyd 18. Ashley Westwood 13. Jeff Hendrick 37. Scott Arfield 09. Sam Vokes 10. Ashley Barnes SUBSTITUTES 29. Nick Pope 04. Jon Flanagan 28. Kevin Long 16. Steven Defour 12. Robbie Brady 25. Johann Gudmundsson 07. Andre Gray Third Sub
CPFC v HCAFC / / FINAL SCORE
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CPFC v HCAFC / / RECENT FORM
HULL CITY’S LAST FIVE RESULTS:
6th May
Sunderland (H)
29th April
Southampton (A)
D 0-0
22th April
Watford (H)
W 2-0
15th April
Stoke City (A)
L 1-3
8th April
Manchester City (A)
L 1-3
L 0-2
The Tigers head to Selhurst Park this afternoon having fallen into the relegation zone following defeat to Sunderland, leaving them fighting for their Premier League lives. Last month started well for Marco Silva’s men as they picked up back to back wins in the space of four days to move out of the bottom three for the first time since October. Firstly, a late Andrea Ranocchia goal was enough to beat West Ham United 2-1 before a fine 4-2 win over fellow strugglers Middlesbrough was recorded thanks to strikes from Lazar Markovic, Oumar Niasse, Abel Hernandez and Harry Maguire. However consecutive 3-1 defeats to Manchester City and Stoke City continued Hull's poor away form this season, but back on their own patch at the KCOM Stadium, Silva kept up his three-year long record of not losing a home match as Watford were dispatched by a 2-0 scoreline. Despite seeing Niasse red-carded in ridiculous circumstances early in the game, goals from Markovic and Sam Clucas claimed another vital three points against a lacklustre Hornets. A trip to St Mary’s followed to take on Southampton and another vital point was claimed in a dull affair which only livened
up in the final few moments when Eldin Jakupovic saved a lastminute penalty from Dusan Tadic. However eight days ago they welcomed Sunderland to the KCON Stadium and Silva saw his home record finally come to an end following goals from Billy Jones and Jermain Defoe.
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CPFC v HCAFC / / THE MANAGER
PLAYING CAREER: (1996-2011): Belenenses, Atlético, Trofense, Campomaiorense (loan), Rio Ave, Braga B, Salgueiros, Odivelas, Estoril (all Portugal). MANAGERIAL CAREER: 2011–2014: Estoril 2014–2015: Sporting CP 2015–2016: Olympiacos 2017–present: Hull City HONOURS: 1x Portuguese Segunda title 1x Portuguese Cup 1x Superleague Greece title HULL RECORD: P20, W8, D3, L9
SILVA ON... Last weekend’s defeat to Sunderland: "It's disappointing. We had chances to score in many moments of the game. Ultimately there was big tension in some of the team. We need to be calm in some moments. When you don't do this you start to lose focus and we conceded two from set-pieces. We didn't achieve what we wanted from the match but we have two more games."
afternoon for us but it doesn't change anything. It is clear this afternoon our players don't play calm. They tried to do everything too fast, and fast and well is not easy. If you're not calm, it is impossible to play well." Speculation linking him with jobs elsewhere: "It is normal that it will start now, but we will never lose our focus and we have one goal in mind. I see my future today and tomorrow to prepare the team and I am focused on playing well and winning next Sunday. This is what is important – not what happens in two months. I prepare one day then the next day and the next game, and this is my way."
Harry Maguire’s future: "He is a young player, and it's important for Hull to keep these kinds of players. There have been no offers for the player, so I don't want to talk too much about his position. I want to talk about the players keeping focused on our goal and to keep going until the end of the season."
The tight basement battle: “Goal-difference is important. The last two home games, we have scored two goals and not conceded any. That is important. We try to get a clean sheet and score as many goals as possible but the most important thing is to win the game.”
Trying to keep his players calm: "Nothing is finished this afternoon [after Sunderland]. Even if we achieved a good result, these are my words to you. Of course it is a not a good
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WHAT UNFOLDED WAS A PREMIER LEAGUE CLASSIC THAT NO PALACE SUPPORTER WILL EVER WANT TO WATCH AGAIN
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CPFC v HCAFC / / 2016/17 – A REVIEW
a 2-0 defeat into a 3-2 victory at Sunderland, and cancelled out Romelu Lukaku’s opener as a point was then claimed at Goodison Park. By now, the Eagles were flying high in the top eight of the division, but with winter closing in, their form cooled. A fruitful September gave way to a lean couple of months where six defeats in a row were suffered, which included three heartbreaking late collapses in succession. Having again battled back from two-down at Turf Moor, Ashley Barnes’ last-gasp goal claimed a 3-2 victory for Burnley, before seasoned tormentor Yaya Toure netted the second of his brace with seven minutes remaining to deny Pardew’s men a point against Manchester City. However, neither of those dramatic defeats could match what was to come next. Palace travelled to Swansea City for what looked to be a routine game at the Liberty Stadium, but what unfolded was a Premier League classic that no Palace supporter will ever want to watch again. Finding themselves 3-1 down after 68 minutes, the visitors dug in and recovered to be 4-3 ahead going into injury-time after netting three goals in nine minutes. With a hard-earned three points seemingly in the bag, two scrappy strikes from Fernando Llorente sent the shellshocked Eagles to the canvas in devastating fashion as they came out on the wrong end of a ridiculous 5-4 scoreline. Due a touch of luck after so many recent setbacks, Pardew got it in the next encounter with Southampton where a costly slip by Fraser Forster was pounced upon by Benteke to set the Eagles on their way to a 3-0 win, ending a 70-day wait for a victory, but it would be the final one that the Palace boss would experience at the helm. Late drama continued to follow him around; the Eagles were the beneficiaries after another topsy-turvy encounter at Hull City as Fraizer Campbell came back to haunt his former club to salvage a point in a 3-3 thriller, but two minutes away from claiming a draw at home to Manchester United, Zlatan Ibrahimovic pounced to leave the Eagles once again rueing their fortunes against the Red Devils. Unable to stop Chelsea’s rampant surge towards the league’s summit a few days later, the 1-0 defeat would be Pardew’s final appearance in Selhurst’s home dugout. A huge call needed to be made with the Eagles hovering perilously close to the relegation zone, and with a survival expert in Sam Allardyce waiting in the wings, the board acted swiftly. Seeing his festive plans scrapped, the former England manager was wrapped up in an Eagles coat and on the bench for a Boxing Day draw at Watford, with a poor Benteke penalty miss typifying the kind of start he would endure.
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CPFC v HCAFC / / FLASHBACK - THE PROGRAMME
CRYSTAL PALACE V HULL CITY - 5TH MARCH 2013
he 2012/13 season was the last that saw the programme regularly produced using the saddlestitching method with staples along the spine, as since then the programme has been perfect bound. Edited by Mike Sinnerton, the 80 pages cost £3 and each edition was numbered on the laminated cover, this one against Hull City being number 19, together with a clock face showing the kick-off time of 8pm and also portrayed Damien Delaney who had previously spent six years with the Tigers. Manager Ian Holloway in “From The Dugout” praised the team for their recent performances and felt that with two
successive home games coming up, the season could be right back on track and implored the fans to keep believing. In “From The Dressing Room” captain Mile Jedinak echoed his manager’s comments about the support at Selhurst Park, and mentioned that the Eagles were on a long unbeaten run of games at home on a Tuesday night. Eight pages were afforded to our visitors which included a chart showing how Hull had risen from League Two to the Premier League in five years. There were brief profiles on 17 of their squad, of which now barely a handful are still with the club, and also their manager Steve Bruce who
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had a record of only seven defeats in the 40 games since he joined the club in June 2012. Comedian Kevin Day was a regular contributor to the programme and in “From The Stand” he took issue over the fact that Watford had appeared to have exploited a loophole in the loan system which saw players loaned from a foreign club (in Watford’s case ‘sister’ clubs Udinese and Granada) counting as a transfer and therefore allowed them to loan more than the limit allowed. In each edition a Palace player was asked for his “First and Last” and Yannick Bolasie revealed his first professional goal was with Barnet, and the last time
CPFC v HCAFC / / FLASHBACK - THE PROGRAMME he laughed was watching Holloway doing charades to footballer’s names! Delaney was the subject of a profile interview by current programme editor Jonathon Rogers, and the Irishman said how much he enjoyed his time on Humberside helping the Tigers climb up from the fourth tier, and revealed he was the last Hull player to score a goal at their old ground of Boothferry Park. Damien had signed for the Eagles on a short-term deal the previous summer and had recently signed a two-year extension. Aki Riihilahti was the subject of Chris Waters’ “Cult Heroes” and Leigh Edwards provided “Names and Games” between Palace and Hull. The 5th March over previous years was looked at by Ian King for “On This Day”, which in 1969 had witnessed an important victory at Derby County on our way to the top-flight for the first time, and Andy Carey reflected on one of his 12 visits to Hull - this one in 1985 when Ian Wright had just begun his career with the Eagles and two goals from Trevor Aylott sealed a 2-1 victory. As we move towards the last quarter of the programme there was an interview with Glenn Murray whose rich vein of scoring had taken him to 28 so far, averaging a goal every 97.6 minutes which made him the second-highest goalscorer in Europe. Alex Warner in “View From The Upper” gave his take on the music provided on matchdays at Selhurst Park and bemoaned the absence of “Americanos”. Line-ups, results and statistics for the first-team followed (those for the development squad and academy had appeared earlier) and for the final inside page Terry Byfield continued his “Byfield’s Bygones” series looking back at his 28 years at Selhurst Park, giving his account of the time Bruce arrived as Palace manager. Ian King
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Crystal Palace Football Club Manager: Sam Allardyce (GK) Julian SPERONI Joel WARD Patrick VAN AANHOLT Mathieu FLAMINI James TOMKINS (C) Scott DANN Yohan CABAYE Loïc RÉMY Fraizer CAMPBELL Andros TOWNSEND Wilfried ZAHA Mamadou SAKHO (GK) Wayne HENNESSEY Chung-yong LEE Jonathan BENTEKE Joe LEDLEY Christian BENTEKE James McARTHUR Zeki FRYERS Connor WICKHAM Pape SOUARÉ Sullay KAIKAI Bakary SAKO Damien DELANEY Luka MILIVOJEVIC (GK) Steve MANDANDA Jeffrey SCHLUPP Martin KELLY Jason PUNCHEON
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Manager: Marco Silva TODAY'S MATCH OFFICIALS Referee M. Atkinson Assistants S. Burt A. Nunn Fourth Official K. Friend
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Moses ODUBAJO Andrew ROBERTSON Harry MAGUIRE Curtis DAVIES David MEYLER Tom HUDDLESTONE Abel HERNÁNDEZ Alfred N'DIAYE Sam CLUCAS Andrea RANOCCHIA Omar ELABDELLAOUI Shaun MALONEY Eldin JAKUPOVIC (GK) Kamil GROSICKI Dieumerci MBOKANI Will KEANE Adama DIOMANDÉ Michael DAWSON (C) Markus HENRIKSEN David MARSHALL (GK) Oumar NIASSE Ryan MASON Ahmed ELMOHAMADY Josh TYMON Jarrod BOWEN Greg LUER Greg OLLEY EVANDRO Lazar MARKOVIC
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