Crystal Palace's unbeaten run in the Championship continued after a goalless 90 minutes against Sheffield Wednesday at Selhurst Park.

The Eagles though really should have wrapped the game up within the opening 15 minutes. How the scores remained level is one for the experts because Neil Warnock's side created a series of golden opportunities that really should have seen them into the break two or three up.

The game began in rather bizarre circumstances with Clint Hill surely breaking the record for the fastest yellow card. It took him ten seconds to enter the referee's book when he crudely brought down Wednesday's Dutch winger Etienne Esajas.

From the resulting free kick Esajas picked himself up to whip it in and it was cleared only to Tommy Spurr, who aimed a volley high and wide of Julian Speroni's goal.

Palace responded almost immediately when Darren Ambrose was in a better position than he probably thought he was as he turned and shot from 18 yards out. Unfortunately his effort was rushed and it came off the top of his boot, screwed up into the air and Lee Grant collected without any problems.

Ambrose then turned creator when he played in a low corner that was allowed to bounce in the Wednesday box and Paddy McCarthy timed his run well to meet it with his right foot, but blazed it over the bar.

Seconds later Victor Moses then got the better of Spurr down the right side and crossed for an unmarked Ambrose who completely missed the ball from six yards. .

Palace had started the half brilliantly, closing down the visitors in numbers and hassling them to win the ball before attacking at pace.

Wednesday on the other hand were rather lacklustre and never really troubled the Palace back line. Esajas aimed a speculative shot on eight minutes from 25 yards but it rolled well wide of Speroni's left hand post.

But Palace's next two chances proved to be the best of the half and really should have given them a good lead going into the break.

First Moses, who really was as good as he has ever been in a Palace shirt, got the best of his marker when played through by Alan Lee.

Fighting off Darren Purse - not an easy thing to do - he showed great strength to take the ball into the box but his left footed effort, while full of power and pace, lacked the direction as it flew past Grant's left post.

And then three minutes later Moses turned architect when he picked the ball up on the left flank, turned in and with his right foot played in what could be the pass of the season to Lee in the box who side footed wide.

Shortly before the half hour mark Ambrose had a free kick from 25 yards out that he blasted over, while Lee had another good opportunity on 31 minutes when he sent a header from a Danny Butterfield cross actually away from goal.

On 38 minutes Palace showed some defensive weakness for the first time when they got caught out by a long ball down the right flank. Leon Clarke was able to outpace Jose Fonte before firing into the side netting.

The visitors almost then took the lead in controversial circumstances when they broke from their own half and Clarke eventually fired just over from a tight angle.

The cause for complaint was that the attack had been started following a challenge that saw Alassane N'Diaye go down holding his head. Referee Trevor Kettle was having none of it though and waved on play.

A strange decision considering any potential head injury should be a reason for the stop of play - good thing nothing came of it!

The second half failed to live up the first as Palace struggled to find the same momentum as the opening 15 in the first half.

In fact Wednesday ended up wondering how they failed to find an opener after they created a series of golden opportunities.

Their first arrived four minutes into the re-start when Fonte was guilty of giving the ball away on the halfway line.

Left back Michael Gray broke with it and played in Clarke, but Speroni stood up well and deflected the shot with his chest.

Clarke was again guilty of not taking his chances when, on 54 minutes, he was found with a low cross but he dragged his first time effort wide from 12 yards.

Amazingly he was then gifted an opportunity, which he again missed, when Speroni uncharacteristically dropped a cross inside the six yard box and he stuck a leg out at it and smashed it high into the stand.

Palace's second half chances were limited as Wednesday coped better defensively and they restricted the home side to one real chance of note, which fell to Neil Danns.

The midfielder was lurking 25 yards out from goal when a corner was cleared to him and he smashed a super drive that looked destined for the bottom corner. Unfortunately it struck Lee on its way through which took it wide.

Brian Laws then made changes to bolster his forward line and took off the wasteful Clarke and replaced him with the prolific Marcus Tudgay, which almost had the desired effect.

On 68 minutes Fonte clumsily brought down Darren Potter on the edge of the box and from the resulting free kick the ball found its way to the substitute striker.

His shot, though tame, still required Butterfield to clear it off the line.

And that was that - no further chances of real note and Palace took the point to continue their unbeaten run.

There was late concern for Palace as Moses was forced off the field after he appeared to fall awkwardly on his ankle and he was replaced by Ryan Smith.

Attendance: 12, 476

As for Sheffield Wednesday, one notable absence from the starting line up is their in-form striker Marcus Tudgay who has only merited a bench spot.

Crystal Palace: 1. Julian Speroni, 3. Clint Hill, 4. Shaun Derry (capt), 5. Paddy McCarthy, 6. Jose Fonte, 7. Darren Ambrose (10. Nick Carle, 72), 8. Neil Danns, 11. Victor Moses (29. Ryan Smith, 76), 19. Alan Lee, 20. Danny Butterfield, 33. Alassane N'Diaye (14. Sean Scannell, 55)

Subs: 2. Nathaniel Clyne, 12. Darryl Flahavan, 15. Lee Hills, 22. Johannes Ertl

Sheffield Wednesday: 1. Lee Grant, 2. Tommy Spurr, 3. Lewis Buxton, 4. Darren Purse (capt), 11. Etienne Esajas, 14. Darren Potter, 16. Richard Wood, 17. James O'Connor, 18. Leon Clarke (7. Marcus Tudgay, 62), 19. Luke Varney (10. Akpo Sodje, 62), 33. Michael Gray

Subs: 6. Tommy Miller, 15. Mark Beevers, 20. Frank Simek, 22. Richard O'Donnell, 23. Jermaine Johnson