Crystal Palace v Newcastle United Saturday 23rd October 2021 // 3:00pm
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Directors Chairman Steve Parish, David Blitzer, Joshua Harris, John Textor Chief Executive Phil Alexander 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 U23 Development Mark Bright Head Groundsman Bruce Elliott Commercial Director Barry Webber Director of Operations Sharon Lacey Head of Ticketing Ally Spicer General Counsel David Nichol Chief Marketing and Communications Officer James Woodroof Head of Safeguarding Cassi Wright Editor Ben Mountain Design Billy Cooke, Luke Thomas, Stu Ellmer Contributors Will Robinson, Ian King, Peter Manning, Darren Ambrose, Tash Stephens, Toby Jagmohan, Ed Reynolds Photography Neil Everitt, Seb Frej, Reuters, Dan Weir (PPA), Getty Printer Bishops Printers
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Because of football I travelled the world. Because of football I speak different languages. Because of football I met people I never dreamed of meeting
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It is so difficult to concede late in a game and miss out on points you deserve to have, but we have so many positives to take from such a difficult start.
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would like to look at our opening games. Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool, Leicester, Arsenal; five of the country’s top teams who are going to be fighting for a European spot. Then also Brentford, top 10 and fighting hard, West Ham who finished sixth and Brighton, our biggest rivals. To take eight points from this is encouraging. But we can say we dropped four points against Brighton and Arsenal, and maybe could have taken some more from West Ham and Leicester. If this season had had a little bit more luck or some things had gone differently, I will say we could be on 12 or more points. In football you hope that some good and bad luck cancels itself out over time - we see this every season. We have definitely had some bad luck, but this is not what the manager or players focus on. Instead, we are looking at how we make some good luck for ourselves, and most importantly how we remain tight at the end of games to ensure our hard work over 90 minutes brings us all the points. I think maybe there is just some focus missing right by the final whistle, and this is something we know needs
Selhurst is our home and this is where we are doing best this season. We are unbeaten in front of you here and want to continue that today
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addressing. But we are playing consistently and with confidence from the back to the front. It is when you are playing like this and dropping points through small mistakes that you can feel more positive, because your style is right and in time it will earn you some wins. Selhurst is our home and this is where we are doing best this season. We are unbeaten in front of you here and want to continue that today. We know that Newcastle have been going through some change and are not in their best form, so we want to make the most of this while remembering that they are a big club with some very talented players and that every team in the Premier League can cause you trouble. Today is our second No Room For Racism fixture and I would like to reinforce the message on behalf of the players and the club. As you will have seen this week, if you hear or see abuse anywhere on a matchday, please challenge it and report it. I am proud to represent a diverse squad and part of the world, and this is one of the things that makes Crystal Palace special. Make some noise!
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Patrick Vieira is as thoughtful as he is enthused about combatting discrimination. Towards the end of Black History Month and on Crystal Palace’s dedicated No Room For Racism fixture, the manager shares his viewpoint, discusses charity work and explains how his career inspired a nation. By Ben Mountain.
Crystal palace f.c. Jack BUTLAND (GK) Joel WARD Tyrick MITCHELL Luka MILIVOJEVIĆ James TOMKINS Marc GUÉHI Michael OLISE Cheikhou KOUYATÉ Jordan AYEW Eberechi EZE Wilfried ZAHA Will HUGHES Vicente GUAITA (GK) Jean-Philippe MATETA Jeffrey SCHLUPP Joachim ANDERSEN Nathaniel CLYNE James McARTHUR Remi MATTHEWS (GK) Christian BENTEKE Odsonne EDOUARD Conor GALLAGHER Martin KELLY Nathan FERGUSON Jaïro RIEDEWALD Jesurun RAK-SAKYI
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D. England N. Hopton W. Smith C. Pawson L. Mason S. Beck
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