The Crystal Palace Courier
Match24 May 2027
The season ends: position 11 for Crystal Palace
The last league game has been played and the table has stopped moving: 49 points. The summer begins on Monday, and so does the argument about what it all meant.
Market24 May 2027
Jefferson Lerma 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 The request is on a desk at Crystal Palace, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad24 May 2027
Tyrick Mitchell in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Crystal Palace this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market24 May 2027
Crystal Palace may not be able to give Ben Chilwell what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Ben Chilwell 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 get the job done against Newcastle United
A 1‑0 win over Newcastle United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad24 May 2027
Jayden McDonald out for 32 days
The medical room confirms 32 days on the sidelines for Jayden McDonald, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Loan watch24 May 2027
The goals keep arriving from Dwight McNeil’s exile
10 goals in 21 games at Luton Town — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Crystal Palace updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.
The dugout24 May 2027
The manager’s verdict
“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Adam Green kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.
Player ratings24 May 2027
Yeremy Pino was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 14. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- Market The Óscar Mingueza question follows Crystal Palace around
- The dugout When it matters, Darío Osorio plays
- The dugout No place in the plan for Quinten Timber