The Crystal Palace Courier
Market17 Aug 2026
Jean-Philippe Mateta attracts admirers
The name of Jean-Philippe Mateta has come up in conversations Crystal Palace were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Dani Carvajal 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Dean Henderson falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Crystal Palace
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market17 Aug 2026
Benjamin Marshall steps up from the Crystal Palace academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamin Marshall 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Anthony Bennett joins the Crystal Palace first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Anthony Bennett is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Edward Davies steps up from the Crystal Palace academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Edward Davies 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 34932. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Benji Casey signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Benji Casey commits to Crystal Palace for another 4 years.
In brief
- Squad 5 new faces, and Crystal Palace are still learning each other
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Marcelo
- The terraces Supporters make their feelings known about Jørgen Strand Larsen