now THAT's how you start a pre-season campaign!

The Premier League better watch out. Dobbie's gonna rip it up this season.

Match report:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...n-victory.html

However, their opponents were not exactly one of the top sides as GAK play in the seventh tier of Austrian football!

Some other pre-season fixtures to look out for:

Cray Wanderers - Tue 22 July - Club XI

Columbus Crew - Wed 23 July - 1st Team US Tour

Havant & Waterlooville - Fri 25 July - Club XI

Philadelphia Union - Fri 25 July - 1st Team US Tour

Hampton & Richmond - Sat 26 July - Club XI

Richmond Kickers - Mon 28 July - 1st Team US Tour

Dulwich Hamlet - Tue 29 July - Club XI

Forest Green Rovers - Sat 02 Aug - Club XI

Brentford - Sat 02 Aug - 1st Team

Would be brilliant to head off to America with a new signing...

Sigurdsson was left out of the Spurs squad today and it looks like he's almost certainly going to either us, or - more likely I guess - back to Swansea.

looking forward to the usa tour... should be fun...

...all gone quiet with potential signings... no need to panic like some are on BBS & HOL but it would be good to get a few in before the end of the month...

Absolutely. Although in a way it would be a shame to miss out on the excitement of our regular deadline day rush.

Apparently the first match of our US tour against Columbus Crew will be live on You Tube tonight. Stream begins at midnight, K.O at 12.30am.

Link.

Whether that will actually work or not remains to be seen!

It feels very odd having our friendlies broadcast online.

There were streams of the Graz game and now a proper one for this too. We must be big time.

Columbus Crew 2-2 Palace

Murray on the score sheet.

Match Report

Frazier Campbell deal has been completed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28438566

Pleased about Campbell. Not a name to excite maybe, but a proper hard-worker.

Philadelphia Union 0-1 Palace

Match Report

Final match of our US tour.

Richmond Kickers 0-3 Palace

Match Report.

Last night some bloke was streaming the match live from his phone. Quite a cool way to watch a match from the other side of the world.

Arsenal tickets now on sale. The season's almost here...

Sad news about a former Palace player Jeff Bourne who has passed away aged 66 . Scored some vital goals for us, none more important than the one he scored in injury time at Wrexham in that amazing match

RIP Jeff Bourne. Only ever heard good things about him.

Brede Hangeland has signed for us on a free transfer.

Link.

sad news about jeff bourne... r.i.p.

pleased about the campbell and the hangeland signings...

we lost our pre-season match at brentford yesterday 3-2... link ... our first pre-season defeat.

Stephen Dobbie has joined League One outfit Fleetwood Town on a season long loan.

Link.

bit disappointed with that. I thought he might make the 25 this time.

final pre-season match - FC Augsburg 0-0 Palace

match report

Not confirmed yet but lots of indications that we're about to sign right-back Martin Kelly from Liverpool for around £1.5m.

Don't we need a left-back? Or is Joel Ward going to cover that position for now?

Yeah I'd guess Pulis is happy for Ward to continue there. Would be really happy with Kelly, assuming he stays fit.

we were good at the back last season and now we look stronger... although i would be happier with a natural left back in as well before the window closes...

...a creative midfielder too and i would be very happy.

The Mail say we're close to signing Jack Cork from Southampton for £3m.

Kelly for £1.5m and Cork for £3m would be brilliant business.

Saw the Jack Cork report this morning. Would be a very good signing.

Meanwhile, we have been drawn away to Walsall in the League Cup Second Round.