If you’re attending or planning to attend the 18:00 kick-off, we advise that you to read the below matchday information.

All times are British Summer Time.

If you’re looking for information on watching a live broadcast of this fixture, [please click here](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/club/introducing-palace-tv-live-pre-season-match-broadcasts-and-more/2021-07-26/).

### Summary ###

*	Tickets are on sale to 20/21 and 21/22 Season Ticket holder and Members
* All ticket prices increase by £5 if purchased on matchday itself. Tickets will no longer be on sale online from 16:00 on Tuesday, 27th, however walk-up tickets will be available at the stadium’s ticket office for 20/21 and 21/22 Season Ticket holders and Members
* Tickets can be issued as digital tickets using NFC (near-field communication) technology on your mobile phone, or be printed at home  
* Kick-off is 18:00
* The Fanzone shop will be open from 15:00, stocking the new third kit
* Turnstiles open 16:30 for the Main Stand and Holmesdale Road 
* Supporters are encouraged to wear face coverings while in the stadium
* Supporters can purchase one ticket per client reference number.
* Our full range of food and drink, including alcoholic beverages, will be on sale in the concourses.
* Large bags are not permitted
* Selhurst Park's food and drink outlets are cashless – bring your card
* Report anti-social behaviour by texting 07507 477 669
* Additional information can be found in our [guide to visiting Selhurst](/information/guide-visiting-selhurst-park/) or you can [contact the team](/contact-us/)

**Read on for more…**

Arrive early to accommodate enhanced measures

Turnstiles open from 16:30 for the Main Stand and Holmesdale Road. Premium Hospitality guests are welcome from 16:00.

All ticket holders are advised to arrive early at the stadium to accommodate enhanced security checks.

The Holmesdale Blue Bar, Upper and Lower Tier kiosks, Wright & Bright and Stanley Stephenson kiosks will be operating and serving a full menu, including alcohol.

### Stadium opening times ###

15:00 The Fanzone shop opens

16:30: Stanley Stephenson, Upper and Lower Tier kiosks, Blue Bar and Wright & Bright open

16:30: All concourses open

18:00: Kick-off

Hour after full-time: All concourses close

Hour after full-time: All lounges close

### Ticket information ###

General admission tickets for all categories are only available to current Season Ticket holders and Members, as well as Season Ticket holders and Members from 20/21. 

Supporters are reminded not to buy from touts.

If you’ve lost your ticket and require a reprint, please visit the Box Office window by Entrance 9.

All prices increase by £5 if purchased on matchday itself. Tickets will no longer be on sale online from 16:00 today (Tuesday, 27th), however walk-up tickets will be available at the stadium for 20/21 and 21/22 Season Ticket holders and Members.

When purchasing online, tickets can be issued as digital tickets using NFC (near-field communication) technology on your mobile phone, or be printed at home. Print at home tickets can also be shown on your mobile phone, however we strongly recommend that you print your ticket where possible.

Supporters can purchase one ticket per client reference number.

If using contactless NFC ticketing, please ensure you have downloaded it as early as possible. 

If you chose an eTicket, please make sure you have printed it in advance.

### COVID precautions and safety ###

* All supporters are encouraged to wear face coverings while in the stadium and Club Shop

* Please use the hand sanitiser provided

* Please remain socially distanced where possible

* Use track and trace

* Please do not approach players or staff - players will not be taking photographs or signing autographs

* All CPFC staff will be wearing masks - please do so too

* Follow the current government guidelines 

* Remain vigilant 

* We are not asking for proof of 'jab status' or a negative test, but ask supporters not to attend if they have tested positive, are self-isolating, or feel unwell. Refunds are offered under these scenarios

Supporters can bring a bag/backpack (small enough to fit under their seat) into the stadium, subject to a full search at the turnstiles. Alternatively, luggage can be left for free at the Information Centre which is located at Entrance 9.

The Information Centre is open three hours prior to kick-off and until 30 minutes after the final whistle. Uncollected items are taken to the Main Reception.

No pyrotechnics are permitted inside Selhurst Park. Small umbrellas are permitted but larger ones are not.

### Travel ###

Fans are reminded to follow any Government guidance when using public transport. Driving is discouraged, and walking or cycling is highly encouraged.

The three nearest train stations to the stadium are Selhurst, Thornton Heath and Norwood Junction. 

**Travelling from central London?**

London Victoria – Southern trains go directly to Selhurst station, followed by a short walk (40 minutes approx total journey time)

London Bridge – Southern trains go directly to Norwood Junction station, followed by a short walk (30 mins approx total journey time)

London Waterloo – Take any South Western train to Clapham Junction, then a Southern train to Selhurst station, followed by a short walk (45 mins approx total journey time)

London Kings Cross – Take the Northern Line to London Bridge, then a Southern train to Norwood Junction station, followed by a short walk (50 mins approx total journey time)

London Euston – Take the Northern Line to London Bridge, then a Southern train to Norwood Junction station, followed by a short walk (50 mins approx total journey time)

London Paddington – Take the Circle Line to London Victoria, then a Southern train to Selhurst station, followed by a short walk (60 mins approx total journey time)

Please check the latest travel news, planned engineering works on local trains, and local roadworks/closures before departing for the match.

### Parking ###

There is no public parking at the stadium. There are disabled badge holder parking bays in the Sainsbury’s car park, available on a first come, first served basis.

The Directors' Car Park is permit holders only and will be closing at 17:00. Its entrance can be found via Holmesdale Road.

Drivers may find suitable parking spaces by visiting driveway rental sites - [JustPark](https://www.justpark.com/uk/parking/selhurst-park/) or [Your Parking Space](https://www.yourparkingspace.co.uk/selhurst-park-parking-spaces-and-garages) - at their own risk.

### Food & drink ###

Selhurst Park’s food and drink concourses are cashless – so bring your payment card. Apple Pay and Google Pay are accepted.

The [full menu can be viewed here](https://media-cdn.incrowdsports.com/ab075450-ad6b-433e-b2b3-37ff4b10edda.pdf) and will be available on all open concourses. 

### Club Shop & Box Office ###

The main Club Shop and Box Office will be open from 9:00 until kick-off and for half an hour at full-time, and will stock [the newly released third kit](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/announcement/crystal-palace-honour-1861-origins-in-new-kit/2021-07-26/). 

The Club Shop in the Fanzone will be open from 9am until kick-off and will reopen at full-time for 30 minutes.

Matchday programmes will not be available.

### Report anti-social behaviour ###

To report any anti-social behaviour at Selhurst Park, fans should text 07507 477 669 (+44 7507 477 669) with as much relevant information as possible. Or speak to your nearest steward.

### Need more information? ###

[Click here to read our comprehensive guide to visiting Selhurst Park](/information/guide-visiting-selhurst-park/).

For all customer service enquiries, [please get in touch with the team](/contact-us/).

Enjoy the Game.



Crystal Palace take on Charlton Athletic today (Tuesday, 27th July) in Patrick Vieira’s first game at Selhurst Park.

Palace v Charlton: Matchday information and all you need to know

160 YEARS OF CRYSTAL PALACE

The sky blue and white half and half shirt is based on the colours and design worn by the first ever team from the Crystal Palace Club, which was set up by cricketers who wanted to keep fit during the winter months. 

The CPFC 1861 logo on the back of the shirt recognises the club’s pivotal role in developing modern football as the oldest league club in existence still playing professional football. 

The club was only the second organised football team to be set up in London and, after playing its first official game the following March, seven of its members were involved in founding the Football Association in 1863 and agreeing the rules of the sport, as documented in the original FA minutes book. 

In 1871 it played an important role in establishing the FA Cup, football’s oldest cup competition, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary.

Also featured on the shirt is a silhouette of the original Crystal Palace, the giant cast-iron and glass structure which was moved to Sydenham after hosting the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park. The 200-acre site was owned and operated by the Crystal Palace Company, which set up the cricket club in 1857, from which the football team was born. It played in blue and white as a nod to the colours of the Crystal Palace. A special edition blackout crest features on the shirt and shorts.

Crystal Palace’s place in footballing history emerged after five years of research by historian Peter Manning, who established the unbroken connection between the original amateur team and the professional club founded in 1905. 

Although the team stopped playing matches for several years in the late 19th century, the professional club’s 1906 handbook acknowledged its historical links to the amateur club, proudly listing some of its early amateur England internationals from the 1870s.

Peter Manning said: “The Crystal Palace football team that played under that name at the Crystal Palace started off as an amateur team in blue and white and eventually became the professional team, owned by the Crystal Palace Company, playing in red and blue in 1905. The football club, Crystal Palace and Crystal Palace Company are all part of the same DNA.

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“Charles Alcock’s football annual, which is a valuable primary source, listed the club’s colours as blue and white and if you look at old colour prints of the Crystal Palace at the time, they show the iron work painted in a light blue and white. Some of the written descriptions of the Crystal Palace say that it was painted in such a way it almost blended in with the sky.”

Crystal Palace Chairman Steve Parish said: “As a lifelong supporter of Crystal Palace, I was proud to discover that our history dates all the way back to the Victorian cricketers of 1861 and that we played a central role in the very first FA meetings, which shaped the game we all love. I am delighted that we are finally recognising our unique history in this very special 1861-inspired kit”.

The historic kit will be worn for the first time in tomorrow’s pre-season friendly against Charlton Athletic at Selhurst Park (6pm kick-off with tickets available, and live on Palace TV+). 

The 1861-inspired Crystal Palace third kit is [available now online here](https://shop.cpfc.co.uk/pumakit/third-kit-2122/), and in-store in the three Club Shops from 9am on Tuesday, 27th July.

Crystal Palace have today launched a new special edition third kit which celebrates the origins of the club 160 years ago.

Crystal Palace honour 1861 origins in new kit 

It is based on the colours and design worn by the first team from the Crystal Palace Club, with a sky blue and white half-and-half pattern and a range of subtle touches to commemorate our history.

Here’s what you need to know on the new third kit, celebrating 160 years of Crystal Palace.

### The claim ###

In April 2020, Crystal Palace staked a claim to being the world's oldest league club in existence still playing professional football after new research found a direct connection to the team established in 1861, who were founder members of the Football Association.

Historian Peter Manning showed how the Crystal Palace Company formed a football club in 1861 to keep its cricketers fit in the winter months. This club went on to become founder members of the FA and played organised matches between 1862-1875.

Crystal Palace stopped playing organised games in 1875 – likely due to the damage it caused the cricket pitches – but continued to play cricket. Football resumed in 1895 when the Crystal Palace Company built a stadium to host the FA Cup finals, but the amateur club failed to attract large enough crowds.

So a new limited company was set up to form a professional club in 1905, and the Crystal Palace Company bought enough shares to have a controlling interest – the same business which owned the side in 1861.

When the professional club published its first handbook in 1906, having joined Division 2 of the Southern League, it listed some of the internationals who had previously represented Crystal Palace, including Alex Morten in 1873 and Arthur Savage and Charles Eastlake Smith in 1876, showing that they recognised themselves as a continuation of the original amateur team.

### The kit ###

Crystal Palace’s third kit has been launched for the 160th anniversary of the club’s founding in 1861, and is based on the strips worn by the first ever team.

The colours, Manning explains, reflect those of the Crystal Palace building; “painted in such a way it almost blended in with the sky”. We know the team wore blue and white because Charles Alcock’s football annual – the primary source of information on Victorian football – stated it so. Indeed, Alcock later went on to represent Palace.

Alcock also went into detail on the configuration of shirts at the time, which were typically one of four styles: bars, hoops, stripes or half-and-half. Alcock would describe the bars, hoops and stripes in detail, but said nothing of Palace’s common approach – simply “blue and white”.

“If it was anything other than half and half it would have been mentioned,” Manning confirms.

The original Crystal Palace building is emblazoned across the front of the shirt.

The club crest has also been modified to a blacked-out special edition.

PUMA remain the club's kit manufactures for 2021/22.

The CPFC 1861 stamp, found on the back of shirts.

160 YEARS OF CRYSTAL PALACE: THE DETAILS

### The details ###

This kit is covered in small, subtle touches paying homage to Crystal Palace’s history.

Perhaps most strikingly, the original Crystal Palace building is emblazoned across the front of the shirt, going from top to bottom much like the eagle does on the new away kit.

The club crest has also been modified to a blacked-out special edition, blending in smartly with the wider designs.

Then, on the back of the shirt, supporters will find a CPFC 1861 stamp and the black trim running across the collar and hems.

The 1861-inspired Crystal Palace third kit is [available online here now](https://shop.cpfc.co.uk/pumakit/third-kit-2122/), and in-store in the three Club Shops from 9am on Tuesday, 27th July.

Crystal Palace’s newly-released third kit is a special edition design that celebrates the club’s 160-year-old origins.

Story behind the kit: Explaining third kit designs and details

There has long been talk in Crystal Palace circles that the club is, in fact, one of the oldest in the world. It’s a story told hazily to fledgling fans and briefly frowned over in pre-match pub huddles.

Until Peter Manning began researching it, it was a loose and general tale based on misquoted parents and hearsay. Today, it is a factually supported claim endorsed by Crystal Palace F.C: the oldest professional club in world football.

“I was born in Croydon, raised in South Norwood,” Manning says, explaining how his connection with Palace began. “In my era, kids supported the local team and all the kids from my local school, South Norwood Junior, were Palace fans. 

“I first got taken to a Palace match by a friend’s father; I don’t know which match it was but it would have been in the late ‘50s, in the old Fourth Division. So it goes way, way back and I gradually became more and more of an ardent fan and have been ever since.

“Players that really stood out for me were Johnny Byrne and Peter Taylor, who both played for England when Palace were in the Third Division. Kenny Sansom was the best left-back we and this country have ever had and I liked the mercurial Don Rogers, too.”

Manning’s name has been well-read by supporters in recent times, after he published the ground-breaking book, Palace at the Palace: A History of the Crystal Palace and its Football Club. The book outlines Palace’s claim to being founded in 1861, before turning professional as the same side in 1905.

In April 2020, the club officially endorsed this theory and publicised its newly documented heritage widely. Media across the continent published the story and Eagles fans were provided with a new, exciting history for their club.

But the grandiose claim has humble origins in Manning’s passion for history.

“I’ve always been interested in history,” he says, “and interested in the history of Crystal Palace and the football club, because obviously it’s my local team and area. I remember visiting Crystal Palace and seeing the dinosaurs in the park when I was a young kid. 

“I became particularly interested in trying to acquire memorabilia of Crystal Palace’s time at the Crystal Palace, which was only 10 years… Very rarely something comes up from the Crystal Palace that relates to the football club’s time there and five or six years ago, a tankard came up for auction which was inscribed ‘Crystal Palace Football Club’ and dated 1873-1874. 

“I thought it was a little bit odd because the club technically didn’t exist at that time, or at least it was only amateur ground staff. 

“It made me want to inquire more about it, and about that time the British Library, which holds the national collection of historical newspapers, started digitising old papers and putting them online to enable people to search them… I started looking around in the digitised Victorian newspapers and a very different story emerged.

“It was rather like an archaeological dig. You think you’ve found a Roman villa, and you keep digging and keep digging and a Roman town and city emerges.”

Manning’s pursuit of Palace’s true history allowed him to publish over 400 pages on both the Crystal Palace and the football club, and it didn’t take long until his team’s most senior figures began to take note.

“I was so convinced we had a valid claim that I sent complimentary copies [of the book] to a few people to see what they thought. The man who really followed it up was [former co-Chairman] Stephen Browett, who very kindly got me a meeting with Steve Parish before the Fulham game in 2018.

“He [Parish] was very enthusiastic. His bottom line was: ‘Okay, let’s make the claim.’ I then got introduced to [Palace TV presenter] Chris Grierson to talk about an interview with the club. I met him before a game and his view was that this would make a really good video and it grew from there.

“[In April], the club’s media team then pushed the story out and it appeared in the national press, the Guardian ran a big story on it, the Evening Standard, and it even appeared in the press in parts of Europe: *Gazzetta Dello Sport* from Italy.

“I was always aware of, if you like, the club ‘legend’ that there had been a team in 1861 but that it was not connected to today’s club. Now that we can show that it was, by virtue of it always having been the team of the Crystal Palace and its owners, the Crystal Palace Company, from 1861 onwards, we can claim to be the oldest professional league club in the world.”

With the claim spreading across football and even as high as the FA, Peter Manning has turned hazy stories to fledgling fans and pre-match pub huddles into a legitimate, history-changing theory.

Historian Peter Manning discusses his role in unearthing the club’s legitimate claim to having been formed in 1861, therefore making Crystal Palace the world’s oldest professional football club.

Peter Manning: How one man changed the story of Palace history

With such an anniversary comes a lot of key dates, with some of the most significant moments in Palace history having been relatively unknown until recently.

Below, you can find out what's worth remembering throughout the 21/22 season.

### 15th March, 1862: first game ###

Crystal Palace lost to Forest F.C. in Leytonstone in their first recorded match.

This was also the first recorded game between two teams who would go on to form the Football Association.

### 26th October, 1863: founding the FA ###

Eleven clubs, including Crystal Palace, agreed to form the Football Association this day. Palace were represented by club secretary Frank Day.

### 24th November, 1863: Palace back modern football ###

Crystal Palace's James Turner seconded a motion to communicate with Cambridge University to discuss 'Cambridge Rules' football, the basis for the modern game. 

The early FA meetings were a battle between clubs favouring what many now call 'soccer', and clubs favouring 'rugby' rules in deciding a shared code; many 'rugby' clubs supported handling the ball and 'hacking' opponents in possession.

### 27th February, 1864: first game with association football rules ###

As founding members of the FA, Crystal Palace were instrumental in forcing through modern-day football association rules against those who favoured the rugby style.

Palace lost 1-2 to Barnes in their first game with 'Cambridge Rules'.

### 4th March, 1865: first win ###

It took a while, but Palace's first recorded win (2-1) came against Barnes after five association rules matches.

### 11th November, 1871: first FA Cup clash ###

Crystal Palace face Hitchin in the first FA Cup round.

### 17th February, 1872: FA Cup semi-final

Palace reach the FA Cup semi-final in 1872, drawing 0-0 with Royal Engineers and losing the replay 0-3 on March 9th.

This season marks 160 years since Crystal Palace's founding in 1861, with the club releasing a special edition third kit to mark the occasion.

160 years of Crystal Palace: Find out key anniversaries in 21/22

## Recent meetings ##

Palace’s last encounter with Charlton Athletic came in a friendly in August last year, with [the Eagles winning 3-0 against the Addicks](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/match-reports/report-eze-sparkles-in-palace-siege-against-charlton/2020-08-29/).

Showing impressive form, Jordan Ayew bagged two goals in under five minutes before Wilfred Zaha made it three just in time for the final whistle.
         
Supporters need to go back another five years to mark the two club’s last meeting before 2020, which also ended in triumph for the Eagles, this time beating the Addicks 4-1. Here, Fraizer Campbell struck Palace’s first goal and the final three were notched by Dwight Gayle.

The lone goal from Charlton was netted by Naby Sarr, who now plays as defender for Huddersfield Town. However, Charlton were hampered in this meeting by a red card to former France international Alou Diarra.


## Team news ##

Recent news for Charlton Athletic includes the signing of 24-year-old midfielder Sean Clare from Oxford United.

Similarly for the Eagles, 21-year-old defender Marc Guéhi [was recently signed on a five-year deal from Chelsea](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/announcement/crystal-palace-sign-marc-guehi-on-five-year-deal/2021-07-18/).

Also new for Palace is 27-year-old goalkeeper Remi Matthews, who made his first outing [against Stevenage as part of a Palace XI](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/news/report-stevenage-v-palace-xi/2021-07-23/).

## Opposition ##

Charlton have had a solid pre-season so far, winning two of their four friendlies, but losing 2-1 to Celtic and drawing 1-1 to Reading in their most recent match. 

However, the Addicks’ run doesn’t quite match to Palace’s pre-season efforts, who have sealed wins in all of their matches since beating Walsall in their first friendly of this year.

A visiting player to watch is 21-year-old forward, Hady Ghandour, who scored the equalising goal in Charlton’s last match against Reading. 


## The managers ##

Following the departure of Roy Hodgson, newly appointed Palace manager Patrick Vieira will look to secure another victory for the Eagles, for his first time on home ground, in his third time overseeing a Palace friendly.

Dutch international and Palace midfielder, Jairo Riedewald, [recently discussed Vieira’s tactical approach](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/first-team/riedewald-reveals-vieiras-key-tactical-instruction/2021-07-24/), saying he places more emphasis on aggression. Vieira utilised a 4-3-3 formation against Walsall, and repeated this against Ipswich.

Much like Palace, Charlton also signed a new manager this year, Nigel Adkins, after Lee Bowyer stepped down in March. Adkins most notably led Southampton from League One to the top-flight in two seasons.


## Match details ##
* Tuesday, 27th July
* 18:00 BST
* Selhurst Park
* Palace TV+

## How to follow ##

### On Palace TV+ ###

Crystal Palace v Charlton will be shown live on Palace TV+, a new subscription service which gives subscribers live access to selected pre-season match broadcasts, selected Academy match broadcasts, live audio commentary of all league and cup first-team games, and more. [You can find out more by clicking here](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/palace-tv/).

### Can supporters attend? ###

Yes! We’re delighted to welcome fans back to Selhurst Park ahead of the 2021/22 season. Tickets are available to purchase for home supporters only in the Holmesdale and the Main Stand - [more information can be found by clicking here](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/tickets/charlton-and-watford-tickets-on-sale-now/2021-07-24/).

### Social media ###

You can [check out our Instagram story](https://www.instagram.com/cpfc/?hl=en) for all of the pre-match build-up and [our official Twitter page is bringing you up-to-the-minute match updates](https://twitter.com/CPFC), eye-catching photos and more.

Our club website, cpfc.co.uk, is the place to go for team news on the dot, an instant report and all the post-match reaction.

### The official app ###

All of the above is also available through the official app, [which you can download or upgrade for free here](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/news/palace-app-upgraded-download-and-use-now/2021-07-09/)!

Continuing to lay the groundwork leading up to the 2021/22 Premier League season, Crystal Palace will take on Charlton Athletic in their next pre-season friendly on Tuesday, 27th July (18:00 BST).

Palace Preview: Eagles looking for third pre-season victory v Charlton

The lads will begin their campaign away to Leicester City on August 14th and end with a home clash against Brighton & Hove Albion on May 7th.

Their other meeting with the Seagulls comes on December 18th - and year-and-a-day on from Palace's memorable 2-1 win over the south coast side.

Paddy McCarthy's charges will be looking to go one better than their second-place 20/21 campaign, when they finished runners-up on goal difference behind Fulham.

A selection of the Under-18s' fixtures will be broadcast live by Palace TV+, which you can [find out more about here](/supporters/palace-tv-plus/). Fixtures will be confirmed in due course.

All fixture details are subject to change and all kick-offs are listed in UK time. 

### Under-18s fixtures ###

#### August ####

14th: Leicester City, 11:00 (A)
21st: West Ham United, 11:00 (H)
28th: West Bromwich Albion, 11:00 (H)

#### September ####

11th: Aston Villa, 11:00 (A)
25th: Southampton, 11:00 (H)

#### October ####

2nd: Reading, 11:00 (A)
16th: Birmingham City, 12:00 (H)
30th: Arsenal, 11:00 (A)

#### November ####

6th: Chelsea, 11:00 (H)
20th: Fulham, 11:00 (A)

#### December ####

4th: Tottenham Hotspur, 11:00 (H)
18th: Brighton & Hove Albion, 11:00 (A)

#### January ####

8th: Norwich City, 12:30 (H)
15th: Fulham, 11:00 (H)
22nd: Birmingham, 11:00 (A)

#### February ####

5th: Tottenham Hotspur, 11:00 (A)
19th: Arsenal, 11:00 (H)
26th: Norwich City, 11:00 (A)

#### March ####

5th: Leicester, 12:00 (H)
12th: West Ham United, 11:00 (A)
19th: West Bromwich albion, 11:00 (A)

#### April ####

2nd: Aston Villa, 12:00 (H)
9th: Southampton, 11:00 (A)
23rd: Reading, 11:00 (H)
30th: Chelsea, 11:00 (A)

#### May ####

7th: Brighton & Hove Albion, 11:00 (H)


Crystal Palace Under-18s' 2021/22 fixtures have been released, outlining the dates and times the young Eagles will be in action over the season.

Crystal Palace Under-18s fixures released

Sakho joined Palace on loan in January 2017, collecting the club’s Player of the Month award in March and helping to secure safety with several significant clean sheets.

He then signed a permanent deal in August 2017 and went on to play a total of 75 times for Palace.

Everyone at the club would like to thank Mamadou for his service over the years and to wish him well for the future.

Mamadou Sakho has departed Crystal Palace after four and a half years upon the expiry of his contract, signing for Ligue 1 side Montpellier Hérault SC.

Mamadou Sakho departs Palace for Montpellier HSC

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As people pore over the new designs, it can be hard to keep track of the reactions.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">🔥🔥🔥 <a href="https://t.co/YhHytMSCl2">https://t.co/YhHytMSCl2</a></p>&mdash; Jeffrey Schlupp (@Jeffrey_Schlupp) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jeffrey_Schlupp/status/1419688720970756105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Now I like this <a href="https://twitter.com/CPFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CPFC</a> 🔥🔥🔥</p>&mdash; Darren Ambrose (@DarrenAmbrose84) <a href="https://twitter.com/DarrenAmbrose84/status/1419675374955515912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Loving the 1861 Palace kit! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cpfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#cpfc</a> <a href="https://t.co/8oEg87nsns">pic.twitter.com/8oEg87nsns</a></p>&mdash; Julian Chenery (@julianchenery) <a href="https://twitter.com/julianchenery/status/1419677199477755905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh goodness 😍 <a href="https://t.co/aPQ2P2Q0Aa">https://t.co/aPQ2P2Q0Aa</a></p>&mdash; The Eagles Beak (@TheEaglesBeak) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheEaglesBeak/status/1419678710060494850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Take a bow, design team.</p>&mdash; New York Eagles (@NYEagles) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYEagles/status/1419675904859648001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow! This year’s kits are looking amazing. Thought the yellow one was class but this is immense!</p>&mdash; Peter Howard (@PeterHoward01) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeterHoward01/status/1419677168003698688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Beautiful. Potential to be up there with some of our finest ever kits 😍</p>&mdash; Paul Jempson (@PaulGDJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulGDJ/status/1419678895402594314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What a thing of beauty this is!!!! <a href="https://t.co/5sOK2uXq70">https://t.co/5sOK2uXq70</a></p>&mdash; Conner Agar (@ConAgar22) <a href="https://twitter.com/ConAgar22/status/1419678586261344260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Several supporters picked up on the kit's finer details, such as the 1861 stamp on the back, and the Crystal Palace building emblazoned across the front.

You can [find out more about the little touches here](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/club/story-behind-the-kit-explaining-third-kit-designs-and-details/2021-07-26/).

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s the small details for me 🤩 <a href="https://t.co/sjjQLurmOM">https://t.co/sjjQLurmOM</a></p>&mdash; Mike Kelleher (@MikeKelleher01) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeKelleher01/status/1419677737371983874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It&#39;s the small details that make a kit 😍 <a href="https://t.co/ZhfRqvu2hz">pic.twitter.com/ZhfRqvu2hz</a></p>&mdash; Sean CPFC (@SH20CPFC) <a href="https://twitter.com/SH20CPFC/status/1419674543849885706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That’s actually so nice, blacked out badge is beautiful <a href="https://t.co/jGVDMVKcck">https://t.co/jGVDMVKcck</a></p>&mdash; amesy (@cpfcames) <a href="https://twitter.com/cpfcames/status/1419678673603530752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

And one made an optimistic prediction. Let's hope the lads have their shooting boots on...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">1861 to celebrate our new kit.</p>&mdash; Dom🦅 (@DomCPFC) <a href="https://twitter.com/DomCPFC/status/1419707105230168071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Crystal Palace's newly released third kit has sparked an impressive reaction from fans and the wider footballing world, with a range of supporters, including popular YouTuber Yung Filly, suggesting it's the best we've ever had.

'Best we've ever had': Your top reactions to new third kit

The Palace manager has handed Marc Guéhi his first start for the Eagles, naming him in an experienced back four that also includes Jairo Riedewald, James Tomkins and Martin Kelly.

Vieira also starts a group of Academy players, with Jack Wells-Morrison, Malachi Boateng, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi and Scott Banks all kicking-off against the Addicks.

On the bench are first-teamers such as Vicente Guaita, Tyrick Mitchell, Jeffrey Schlupp and James McArthur, with Wilfried Zaha being rested for this fixture.

Palace will be hoping to make it three wins from three first-team friendlies in pre-season. You can watch the 18:00 BST kick-off live via Palace TV+. [Find out more here](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/club/introducing-palace-tv-live-pre-season-match-broadcasts-and-more/2021-07-26/)!

**Palace:** Butland, Riedewald, Guehi, Kelly, Tomkins, Kouyate, Wells-Morrison, M.Boateng, Rak-Sakyi, Banks, Ayew.

Subs: Matthews, Guaita, Mitchell, Jach, Hannam, Clyne, Steele, Kirby, Schlupp, McArthur, Gordon, Street, Mateta.

**Charlton**: MacGillivray, Gunter, Dobson, Famewo, Pearce, Jaiyesimi, Stockley, Morgan, Washington, Matthews, Clare.

Subs: Harness, Roddy, Dempsey, clayden, Gomes, Powell, Elerewe, Barker, Bakrin, Vennings, Ghandour, Davison, Harvey.

Patrick Vieira has made a host of changes to the side which kicked-off against Ipswich Town for his Palace lineup to take on Charlton Athletic.

Team news: Guéhi starts amid roster of changes v Charlton

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Vicente Guaita and co will be sporting the green PUMA outfit between the sticks at Selhurst Park this season, which you can purchase now online and in club stores from Friday.


The away shirt features a stylish pink design, which could make its first competitive appearance at Stamford Bridge in Palace’s pre-season opener against Chelsea on Saturday, August 14th. 

Guaita kept eight clean sheets across the last campaign, winning both the Player of the Season and Player’s Player of the Season awards.

He and Jack Butland are [joined by Remi Matthews](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/announcement/goalkeeper-remi-matthews-joins-the-eagles/2021-07-13/) as Palace’s goalkeeping cohort for the upcoming season. 

Check out the new kits at the club shop [by clicking HERE](https://shop.cpfc.co.uk/pumakit/gk-kit-2122/)!


With the new Premier League season just around the corner, Palace have released their brand new goalkeeper kits – available to shop online NOW.

Palace reveal new Goalkeeper Kits for 21/22

How Palace and Selhurst Park inspired the makers of hit Apple series Ted Lasso

<html><head></head><body><p>Instead, they will have found posters imploring their silence and a working cast and crew – including star of <em>Saturday Night Live</em>, <em>Horrible Bosses</em> and <em>We’re the Millers</em>, Jason Sudeikis. That said, they may not have found Sudeikis at all, but instead seen “bombastic, loud, fish out of water American,” Ted Lasso.</p>
<p>For Sudeikis and fellow producer Bill Lawrence, fans seeing this meant the fruition of a perfectly executed plan.</p>
<p>“Jason invented Ted Lasso for a series of short promotional films,” Lawrence, creator of <em>Scrubs</em>,<em> Cougar Town</em> and <em>Spin City,</em> explains. He’s referring to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KeG_i8CWE8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the viral NBC sketches</a> which promoted the network’s Premier League coverage in 2013 and 14.</p>
<p>“I was thinking about making a streaming TV show and was doing anything I could to sit down with Jason because he’s such a talented guy.</p>
<p>“He said: ‘I’ve got to be honest with you, every time I go the UK or Europe, I’m more recognised as Ted Lasso than I am for any of my movies. So how about turning that into a show?’</p>
<p>“But that guy was definitely more of a sketch-type character - bombastic, loud, fish out of water American who was clueless about the game… At first I was hesitant because I didn’t know how that very broad, comedic, sketchy character could be a TV show.</p>
<p>“But we talked about making him more hopeful and more optimistic in what is a very cynical time - making him the best version of an American abroad, somebody that’s ignorant without being an arrogant jerk. It started to feel like a show to us.”</p>
<p>After time, Lawrence and Sudeikis cemented the idea for Ted Lasso as the central figure in his own series. Carrying the narrative from Lasso the NBC sketch character, Lawrence and Sudeikis wrote a show whereby a seemingly hopeless American coach is drafted in to lead fictional English club, AFC Richmond.</p>
<p>They sold the idea to Apple, and began searching for a football club to become their show’s backdrop.</p>
<p>Lawrence continues: “One of the main stipulations was we had to shoot it in London so it was authentic and we had to find a Premier League team that would let us use their facilities and what we would base our team on: a local, community team as opposed to any of the big juggernauts. </p>
<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3u7EIiohs6U" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p>“What’s a team stadium that still feels like it’s part of the community and localised? Not only did Crystal Palace fit the bill, but Bill Wrubel, who’s one of the executive producers and writers on the show… his uncle is one of the ownership partners of Crystal Palace, so we had a connection to go in and talk to their management group.</p>
<p>“We told those folk what we were looking to do and said: ‘Look, our team will be an imaginary team and if we shoot in your stadium Crystal Palace will kick our butts in the first game.’”</p>
<p>Sure enough, when episode two of Ted Lasso launched in August 2020, a fictional Crystal Palace side trump their Selhurst hosts 4-1 in front of a sea of red and blue. As the show ends, <em>Glad All Over</em> rings out over rolling credits and fans are left to work out which shots they’ve watched straight from SE25, and which are generated by a computer in the States.</p>
<p><img src="https://media-cdn.incrowdsports.com/0c08db91-dcf6-44a8-8bc4-9e0b5129e362.jpg" alt="Ted Lasso Sudeikis Lawrence.jpg" width="1440" height="810"/></p>
<p>The whole show feels inherently related to Palace, with its colour scheme, setting and closing track being familiar tropes for any Eagle.</p>

<p>“We kept the colours and stuff because... one of the things Apple wanted us to do was: ‘Hey, you’re making a show that has football as a backdrop and we’re an international platform for Premier League fans and UK football fans.’ So for us, I would hope that people recognise Selhurst when they see the shots.</p>
<p>“You can tell on social media and the internet who’s from Europe and who’s a big fan because they immediately recognise the stadium and they recognise the colours. They go: ‘This is a smaller, underdog squad going up against these giant teams.’… that’s the world we wanted to live in.</p>
<p>“Jason and I wanted to make something that was akin to a very iconic sports movie. We grew up with all the iconic sports movies we all love, whether it was <em>Field of Dreams</em> or <em>Rocky </em>or <em>Hoosiers</em> - there’s always this kind of hallowed-ground feel to where the big game is. We wanted a place with personality that we knew actually meant something.</p>
<p>“For me - I’ve got to shoot a couple of times in big stadiums, where I’ve seen iconic teams play – this [Selhurst] is definitely one of the top three. It was such a key part of the show… I’m nostalgic for Selhurst now.”</p>
<p><em>Ted Lasso</em>’s immediate success saw the show earn a second series which, as fans can now see, again takes place in SE25.</p>
<p><img src="https://media-cdn.incrowdsports.com/4a6c4495-f747-4a3f-b352-2ad661b98f30.jpg" alt="Ted Lasso Sudeikis coach Richmond.jpg" width="1358" height="764"/></p>
<p>“We’re really tickled by not only the people that recognise immediately the stadium and team and who we’re basing it on, but that they take a tremendous amount of pride in it. It’s cool for us to see coming from here, because the only thing akin to that in the States is college football.</p>
<p>“If you live in Alabama, you’re University of Alabama or a college in Texas if you live in Texas. You live, breathe and die for your team, your colours, your jerseys. Sometimes people’s houses are painted that way, they dress that way.</p>
<p>“To see that kind of specific regional pride in a team in the UK and in football was really eye opening and cool, and we saw it a lot with not only the stadium, but Crystal Palace as a team.”</p>
<p>Be it an iconic American producer or hapless American coach, Palace’s place as the pride of south London is clear – even across the pond.</p>
<p><em>You can watch</em> Ted Lasso season one and two <em>on Apple TV. Apple TV+ is available on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch, Mac, select Samsung and LG smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV and Roku devices, as well as at </em><a href="https://tv.apple.com/"><em>tv.apple.com</em></a><em>.</em></p>

For anyone who passed – or even entered - Selhurst Park in November 2019, they may have found a slightly different stadium to the usual buzz of matchday preparations, lawnmowers and the chatter of meetings across the ground.

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