Crystal Palace Archives: 12/2016

A late Olivier Giroud header against kept Arsenal just about within touching distance of Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City on Boxing Day as the Gunners…

On the 10th November 1992, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, a certain Wilfried Zaha was born. Four years later the young Zaha, along with his Mother,…

After Sam Allardyce was given the Crystal Palace job, it was always going to be likely that he would be linked with his former striker…

The finest day of the football calendar, Boxing Day, has passed. Although, Stoke City and Liverpool played on the 27th of December this year. It…

After Alan Pardew’s departure three days before Christmas, followed by ex-England manager Sam Allardyce taking the reins at Selhurst Park, it’s already been a busy…

With the Christmas period soon to start, there’s plenty of game time available for managers to utilise their whole squad. Yet certain players don’t seem likely…

Some things in football never change. Managers and their reputations are a loophole to the adage. Remember when Allardyce was English football’s messiah, reborn from…

At only 24 years of age, Wilfried Zaha has already had a turbulent footballing career. The journey so far for the Ivorian has been filled…

Chelsea managed to make it eleven successive Premier League victories and extend their lead at the top to nine point for the time-being at least.…

It was a much better performance from Crystal Palace as they competed well with a much superior Chelsea side. They defended well and were unlucky…

Things have certainly been going well for Chelsea of late. Ever since a first half demolition by Arsenal over two months ago, the Blues have…

Manchester United made it back-to-back wins in the Premier League and it was crucial that they did after the majority of their rivals won this…