The Crystal Palace Courier
Squad24 May 2027
114 days out for Ben Chilwell after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Crystal Palace will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad24 May 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Zack Henry
32 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Crystal Palace lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Match24 May 2027
The season ends: position 13 for Crystal Palace
The last league game has been played and the table has stopped moving: 42 points. The summer begins on Monday, and so does the argument about what it all meant.
Squad24 May 2027
Dean Henderson keeps Crystal Palace in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market24 May 2027
Will Hughes puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Crystal Palace, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match22 May 2027
5 matches without a win for Crystal Palace
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Crystal Palace are no longer polite ones.
Match22 May 2027
5 matches without a goal for Crystal Palace
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 5 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Market24 May 2027
Crystal Palace may not be able to give Jørgen Strand Larsen what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Jørgen Strand Larsen wants continental football; whether Crystal Palace can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Match22 May 2027
Crystal Palace come up short against Newcastle United
Newcastle United left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- Squad A falling-out at Crystal Palace
- Player ratings Tyrick Mitchell ran the middle of the pitch — 7.03
- The dugout Matthew Dixon answers for it