The Crystal Palace Courier
Squad23 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Jaydee Canvot at Crystal Palace
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Jaydee Canvot is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
9 academy players handed senior numbers at Crystal Palace
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Crystal Palace
Takehiro Tomiyasu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match21 Aug 2027
Crystal Palace come up short against Liverpool
Liverpool left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad23 Aug 2027
No hiding place for Adam Wharton
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Adam Wharton, and the manager let it.
Market23 Aug 2027
Crystal Palace promote Joseph Pearson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Joseph Pearson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market23 Aug 2027
Joshua Martin steps up from the Crystal Palace academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joshua Martin has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Michael Shaw joins the Crystal Palace first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Michael Shaw is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Aug 2027
Henry Harvey steps up from the Crystal Palace academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Henry Harvey has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad Illan Meslier has improved at 27, which nobody expected
- Boardroom A promise the Crystal Palace board did not keep
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Dean Henderson