Letters to the #CPFC programme, 1969. Maybe these things happened in ye olde days...
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I wrote them myself over the past couple of days!
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100 years ago this month, and #CPFC took the unusual step of 'sacking' two players. Hopefully of interest to some (probably older) followers:
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OTD 120 years ago (11/11/1905) the United League game between Luton Town and #CPFC was abandoned after 85 minutes due to bad light.
Palace led 1:0 (Watkins) and it was the first of 16 Palace games (to date) to be abandoned.
Palace won the replayed game 2:1 (Needham, Thompson G) 100 days later.
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Saturday 9th August 1969 #CPFC's first match in the First Division:
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So the average Home gate during Venables first spell (Division 3 / 2 /1) was 22,083. For his second (all second tier) it was 15,709.
Looking at League Matches only:
First Spell - Div 3 15,925; Div 2 21,399, Div 1 27,829
Second Spell - Second Tier 17,324
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I should probably break up the managers who had two or more spells as managers.
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Average Home attendances under #CPFC managers (20 games minimum):
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It got worse - after Kember, in came Alan Mullery and those gaps became yawning chasms...
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20 managers (incl. caretakers) and Oliver Glasner have managed #CPFC as a top-tier club. With game 80 coming up:
None has earned as many points per game (3 for a win) as Oliver Glasner (1.71)
None has a losing % as low as Oliver Glasner (23%)
None has a winning % as high as Oliver Glasner (47%)
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He's also been known to step up with a brace when we've conceded an own goal (Guehi v #BHA 15th December 2024) or on his birthday (v Aston Villa 25th February 2025).
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This season, #CPFC have played 17 matches through the end of October.
The club record is 22 in 1969 - 16 Division One games plus 6 in the League Cup (one being abandoned).
August 9th was (at that time) the earliest date for a Palace game, though we have since started twice on 5th August.
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1967/68 - Two years on, and something's changed
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I watched "The Thinking Game" last night (very good) which featured Sir Demis Hassabis' Doctoral Advisor Dubliner Prof. Eleanor Maguire.
She sadly passed away in January, but her entry in "Who's Who" listed her recreations as "Comedy lover, long-suffering supporter of #CPFC, and getting lost."
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#CPFC v Dutch opposition - all friendlies:
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Yeah - I had the same thought...
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For the #CPFC 1965/66 season, the "Voice of the Palace" was BBC Snooker and Billiards commentator "Whispering Ted" Lowe. When TV broadcasting duties meant he was unavailable, his replacement was John Henty, who took over when Lowe moved on. Here is Henty pictured for a feature on his 31st birthday:
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#CPFC v Alkmaar '54 in '66 before the '67 merger with Zaanstreek and the '86 dropping of the '67
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#CPFC pre-season 1966-67 - 47 men, and Mrs Margaret Gygan who "looks after the wages and general office work for Crystal Palace FC"
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Most frequently played opponents yet to concede an Own Goal for #CPFC:
Southampton 121, Northampton Town 95, Exeter City 79, Bristol Rovers / Luton Town 77, Plymouth Argyle 70, Manchester United 68, Orient 66, Oldham Athletic 41, Bury 30, Peterborough United 26, Bradford City / Stockport County 24
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Opponent's Own Goals for #CPFC ranked by Own Goal per game (minimum of two Own Goals) - Rochdale on top...
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As far as I know, there is no single source for Own Goals conceded. The opposing team would have an Own Goal scored in their records, so you could look at every opponent's scorers but an onerous task.
I'll take a look at the correlation between Own Goals and matches played...
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From a #CPFC perspective, that would be a negative so it's not something I track. It would be interesting to know though!
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Correction: It's 60 clubs.
A November 2004 'Own Goal' by Southampton's Andreas Jakobsson was by a deflection and was later credited to Wayne Routledge - his only Premier League goal for #CPFC.
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61 clubs have conceded Own Goals when playing #CPFC
Leading donors:
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Not a sole #CPFC player or manager is known to have been born on November 2nd - All Souls' Day
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#CPFC Premier League 2:0 Home wins with one goal in each half:
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The 8 clubs #CPFC have one PL Home win against are:
Birmingham City, Cardiff City, Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Queens Park Rangers, Sunderland, Swansea City and Wimbledon
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