"we are staying up, we are staying up!"

what an amazing day full of the biggest rollercoaster of emotions i have ever been on. the boys gave everything and more and deserved their point. our defence was immense and speroni has elevated himself to all time legendary status and i will be so sad to see him go.
every credit to all of them and to all the fans. it has drained me completely but now an even bigger fight starts. today better not be for nothing. i hope hope hope we get saved as a club. after what happened today i would be truly devestated if we still go under.

He is right up there with Nigel Martyn IMO. Sensational for us for two seasons now but deserves every success wherever he ends up (although I reckon Warnock will do all he can to get him!)

yeah. maradona could do alot worse than have him as 3rd choice keeper for the world cup.

We're staying up!!!

Now please come and save us someone.

Just got back from Sheffield.

Staying down are we *uck
minus ten
but we're staying up



What a rollercoaster. Typical Palace, it's always not over over till the season's over with us.

I was well impressed by the provision of football specials to and from the ground. Well done whoever in Sheffield laid that on, well done to local Police who put up with us singing and stuff.

McCarthy shone for me.

Wasn't it just! When Ambrose & John somehow conspired to miss that glorious chance to make it 3-1 you just knew Wednesday would go up the other end and equalise!
It's bloody agony being a Palace fan, every season a soap opera! And it's not over yet, now we have to agonise every day hoping the club gets saved.

I tell you, what I'd give just to have one mid-table, mediocre season just so my nerves can get back to being somewhere near normal!

we never do it the easy way do we!?!!

heroic effort from the boys. last few minutes were like being tortured
but we held out for a deserved result. McCarthy, Derry & Lee were
in particular just awesome. but everyone did their duty.

if we do get saved i hope we never have to go through something like
that again.

Obviously, I meant when it was 2-2. Duh, my head is still in the clouds!

Relive it via Sky Sports Soccer Sunday. As it happened.

^ Great video!

Still very tired, but still on a high after yesterday.

heh heh. brilliant!

brendan guilfoyle was interviewed on talksport earlier. here is some of what he said...

That is going to be vital as I believe that the players out of contract are Flahavan, Lawrence, Butterfield, Hills, Hill, Derry, Ertl, Djilali, Cadogan, Andrew and John. That's too many to lose!

getting ahead of myself as obviously our future is still in doubt but if we did get new owners then we may have to keep flahavan if we sell speroni. we need to keep butts, hills, hill, derry, ertl, djilali and cadogan. but lawrence & john are too old and andrew just isn't good enough at this level.

Interesting stat for you all - Palace are one of only 12 clubs that have been in the top 2 tiers of English football for the past 33 years or more. The others apparently being Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal, Spurs, Villa, Liverpool, Everton, West Ham, Newcastle, Ipswich and Coventry.

brilliant stat when you think about it. something to be
proud of.

there is a rumour going around that Paul Ince was seen
with members of CPFC2010 at Hillsborough on Monday!

Contrary to what most might feel I wouldn't mind seeing Ince as manager. Not my prefered choice by any means but not the worse name that will be linked to the job (if there is a job!)

Booooooooooooooo.

Still, can't see it being true to be honest. Other than Parish, does anyone really know who the members of CPFC2010 are?

I don't think anyone is 100% certain. Martin Long is rumoured to be one of the men involved. He was the founder of Churchill Insurance.

wouldn't surprise me one bit if ron noades was involved somewhere.

couple of things from todays newspapers:

the times was reporting that west ham have make a "modest" bid for julian speroni.

and the south london press is reporting that dougie freedman could be off to play in australia if he isn't going to be part of any new managerial/coaching set-up at palace should the takeover happen.

Calvin Andrews video of the coach trip back after the draw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVDBhda15lo

Class.

Two newspaper reports this morning. Take with a pinch of salt.

Clint Hill is off to QPR if not offered a new contract.
Wolves are interested in getting Darren Ambrose for a cut price deal.

here is everything we need to know about our debt & what happens in
the next couple of weeks.

Crystal Palace's future hangs on the outcome of a meeting with its creditors later this month.

As part of that process, the consortium and administrators have called a meeting in Holborn on May 17 with everyone owed money by the club in the hope they can agree a Compulsory Voluntary Agreement (CVA).

If they do not, then the administrators will be forced into a firesale of players to raise funds to keep the club alive in the summer, without which they will struggle to stay afloat and could be wound up.

The information came to light after joint administrators Brendan Guilfoyle, Christopher White and John Russell published their administrators report into the funds at Palace.

It includes all the details leading to Palace's fall into administration, the progress of the takeover and a list of all creditors owed money.

The revealing document shows Palace made a loss of £16.3m between June 2007 and June 2009 and that rent on Selhurst Park was more than doubled from £600,000 to £1,248,072 when Selhurst Park Ltd agreed a new 25-year lease in 2008.

Palace's debt totals just under £30m with the list of monies owed, as of January 26, including £7,872,911 to former chairman Simon Jordan, £3,175,611 to season ticket holders, nine football clubs owed a total of £1,291,382, £99,786 due to football agents, £42,040 to Thames Water, £19,711 to the Met Police and £21,660 to the London Ambulance Service.

St John's Ambulance is also owed £15,817, a figure that prompted one Palace fan to set up a justgiving page that had raised £10,669.49 up to yesterday (4th May)

The report says CPFC 2010's takeover is dependant on a number of issues other than just the CVA.

They must also agree a deal to buy the stadium and pay the rent owed during the club's period in administration as well as agree a satisfactory agreement with hedge fund Agilo over the £5m secured loan they are owed.

If the takeover collapses and the administrators cannot raise enough money through player sales, then the report says they will be forced to resign and let HMRC proceed with their petition to have the club wound up over an unpaid tax bill of £1,203,000.

Among the 190 people and companies owed money as of January 26 are:

- Selhurst Park Ltd: £1,467,019 in rent on the ground

- Football clubs (incl Blackburn Rovers, Sunderland and Austria Vienna): £1,291,382

- Football agents (incl Nick Carle's and Leon Cort's): £99,786

- Thames Water: £42,040 (incl Selhurst Park, club shop and training ground)

- London Ambulance service: £21,660

- Met Police: £19,711

- Heineken UK: £18,320

- St John's Ambulance: £15,817

- Croydon Council parking: £9,491

- Jaguar: £2,325

- Mower mate: £1,842

- Maximuscle: £1,749

- Robert Miller (fish mungers): £934

- Sportskit pro soccer: £1

- Palace were also owed £4,129 in expenses by former manager Neil Warnock and £28 in expenses by former vice chairman Dominic Jordan.

That is just completely embarassing. Simon Jordan couldn't even pay off a debt of £1? I am utterly ashamed.

you're not the only one satt. if it all wasn't so serious it would be laughable. jordan still rides around in his bentley and has his villa in spain yet owes small amounts of money to local buisnesses and hasn't bothered to pay up. he has shafted just about everyone. it's sickening.

A couple of papers reporting this morning that Aston Villa are interested in Nathanial Clyne.

Good news. CPFC 2010 have made a formal bid for Selhurst Park.

From SLP:


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