some good news about the ground:


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^ Good 'ol Croydon Council. They've always been good supporters of Palace unlike Bromley Council.

There was talk earlier today that Lloyds Bank had taken over ownership of Selhurst Park as part of the debt owed to them by Rock Investments. However, PriceWaterhouseCoopers have denied this. They said they are unaware of any such deal and that they were still in discussions with Palace's administrators The P&A Partnership.

its being reported on some Palace sites that two parties are
requesting exclusivity into Palace's accounts. Probably the Parish
Consortium is one of them (fingers crossed)

a little bit more good news:


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Hey west ham fan here, what do you guys think of Freddie Sears ?? i know he didint score a goal for palace but how do you rate him ??

hi paulo. he wasn't bad. he worked his socks off but was just unlucky in front of goal. he did score a perfectly good goal against bristol city, the one that went in the net, hit the stantion and came back out and then the ref & linesman gave no goal. i reckon if that had counted it would have given his confidence a huge lift and he would have gone on to score many more for us.

Yeah, I'd agree with that, although I do have my doubts about how prolific he could be.


Mail Online has done a list of the 50 greatest FA Cup matches of all time. Worth checking out if only to see what made Number 1.

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I still get goose bumps thinking about that game, greatest Palace performance ever!!

i remember that day as if it were just a few weeks ago. hard to believe it was 20 years ago!

from footballing terms its still the best day of my life. that whole day was amazing. every time i see the highlights or goals i get shivers down my spine and goosebumps especially when motty screams, "gray.... gray.... its 3-3!!"

I was in the Holte End that day. Still, the best game I've ever seen and one of the great days of my life. Never have I celebrated goal as crazily as I did when Mark Bright equalised. By the time Pardew scored I was so shattered both physically and mentally I could barely jump up! The whole day was magical and will live with me forever. Frightening that its been 20 years!

i still remember everything about that game.
its like its etched in my brain yet still feels like
a beautiful dream. it was like a film script the
way it panned out. its a worthy number 1.

I was far too young for any memories of it myself. Although I was recently shown a photo, of me as a 3 year-old decked out in the red & blue for cup final day.

In case you haven't seen it elsewhere, the Supporters' Trust had a meeting at the club last week - http://www.cpstrust.org.uk/news/article/51.

From the minutes; 25 interested parties/met with 2 - promising news.

25 interested parties sounds promising as he can properly vet all interest and not put all of our eggs in one basket by having to accept the first offer. i just wish we had one of these parties coming out and revealing they're definitely interested. the silence is quite deafening.

There is one change in the starting XI who lost to Swansea on Tuesday night, with Claude Davis replacing a cup tied Lee Hills. Matt Lawrence has recovered sufficiently from his hamstring strain to take a place on the bench, while goalkeeper Charlie Mann is also included in the seven substitutes.

Palace: 1. Julian Speroni, 2. Nathaniel Clyne, 3. Clint Hill, 4. Shaun Derry, 7. Darren Ambrose, 8. Neil Danns, 10. Nick Carle , 19. Alan Lee, 20. Danny Butterfield, 22. Johnny Ertl, 24. Claude Davis

Subs: 14. Sean Scannell, 17. Matt Lawrence,18. Calvin Andrew, 21. Kieran Djilali, 33. Alassane N'Diaye, 34. Alex Wynter, 35. Charlie Mann

1-0 up, Come on you Eagles! another one before half time would be good.

1-1 at half time. we've done quite well so far. still think its going to have
to be a monumental effort from us in the second half especially when you
look at that villa line-up.

What an absolute cracker that goal was.

Well played today. I expected a tough game and you didn't disappoint.

Best of luck for the replay.

so, so close. ambrose goal was fantastic.
we gave the ball away a bit too much in the last 10 minutes
but you can't fault the players, they gave everything again.

be interesting to see what kind of side o'neill puts out for the
replay with the carling cup final only 5 days later.

just seen the replays for villa's equaliser and it wasn't even a corner!
it hit a villa player last and should have been a goal kick.


quarter-final draw and its an away tie to reading or west brom if we
get past villa.

well done to the lads. that was a great performance. all of them played their part but i thought ertl was awesome. the atmosphere was great, it was nice to see the ground virtually full for a change (well, at least 3 sides of it anyway)
ambrose goal was amazing. what a strike! i felt we had done enough to hold on but credit to villa for going for it til the end. it definitely wasn't a corner, though, that was clear from where i was in the ground so i don't know how both the ref & linesman missed it. o'neill has a bit of a dilemma now, does he rest his main players in the replay so close to a cup final?

Another brilliant cup performance from us. Gutted we couldn't hold on for those last few minutes but we gave it everything. Our midfield in particular was terrific. Loved the atmosphere throughout, it was great to see Selhurst bouncing like that again. I reckon we'll take a fair few up to Villa Park for the replay.

As for Ambrose goal, what can be said, it was just sensational. Had me going mental!

Feel robbed after that but thats life being a Palace fan I spose.
I was sat about 15 yards away from the goal and it was so obvious that it was off the Villa player that I still cant believe the decision.
Still premier league ref and linesman, what else can you expect.

Brilliant day! So frustrating to finish like that, but would have taken a draw before the game.

The replay should be fun too.

Can I just congratulate your club and your supporters for putting on a wonderful match, well done.

Many clubs might have tried to defend against a higher club, but you attacked them, and fully deserved at least a draw.

The only consolation is, that financially a draw was possibly the best result for the club, (I would have thought anyway), I hope that you do yourselves justice in the reply.