The Crystal Palace Courier
Market28 Feb 2028
Quinten Timber hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Crystal Palace can pretend not to have heard.
Squad28 Feb 2028
Words at Crystal Palace training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Óscar Mingueza is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match26 Feb 2028
Crystal Palace find a way past West Ham United
West Ham United made Crystal Palace work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market28 Feb 2028
Stephen Mitchell steps up from the Crystal Palace academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stephen Mitchell 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.
Market28 Feb 2028
One of our own: Jack Scott joins the Crystal Palace first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jack Scott is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market28 Feb 2028
Luke Marshall steps up from the Crystal Palace academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luke 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.
Player ratings28 Feb 2028
Daichi Kamada in the eights
A performance of 8.38 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings28 Feb 2028
Yeremy Pino runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout28 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Alfie Jones
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Noah Sadiki gets picked when it counts
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Hindolo Mustapha's mistake