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The Palace Connection

- The Glaziers - The Eagles -

Founded:
1861-1876 (original club); 1895-1896 (exhibition side); 1905-date (current club)
Grounds: (original club) Crystal Palace Park; (current club) Crystal Palace Park 1905-1915; Herne Hill 1914-1918; The Nest 1918-1924; Selhurst Park 1924-date.

Honours:
Top Tier
Highest League Position: 3rd place First Division (I) 1990/91
Highest Premier League Position: 10th place 2014/15
Second Tier:

Champions: 1978/79, 1993/94; Runners-Up 1968/69; Play-Off Winners 1988/89, 1996/97, 2003/04, 2012/13
Third Tier:
Champions: 1920/21; Runners-Up 1928/29 (South), 1930/31 (South), 1938/39 (South), 1963/64
Fourth Tier:
Runners-Up: 1960/61
FA Cup Runners-Up: 1989/90, 2015/16
Full Members Cup Winners: 1990/91

League History:
Southern League 1905/06-1919/20; Founder members of Football League Division Three (III) 1920/21; Division Two (II) 1921/22-1924/25; Division Three South (III) 1925/26-1957/58; Division Four (IV) 1958/59-1960/61; Division Three (III) 1961/62-1963/64; Division Two (II) 1964/65-1968/69; Division One (I) 1969/70-1972/73; Division Two (II) 1973/74, Division Three (III) 1974/75-1976/77; Division Two (II) 1977/78-1978/79; Division One (I) 1979/80-1980/81; Division Two (II) 1981/82-1988/89; Division One (I) 1989/90-1991/92; Founder members of FA Premier League (I) 1992/93; Division One (II) 1993/94; Premier League (I) 1994/95; Division One (I) 1995/96-1996/97; Premier League (I) 1997/98; Division One (II) 1998/99-2003/04; Premier League (I) 2004/05; Football League Championship (II) 2005/06-2012/13; Premier League (I) 2013/14-.

Players capped for (Northern) Ireland while with Crystal Palace: 
Iain Dowie...... 6 1994/95-1995/96
Michael Hughes.. 6 2003/04-2006/07 
Roy McCracken... 4 1920/21-1925/26
Darren Patterson 8 1994/95

Other NI Players at Palace:
John Brown 1927/28
Jeff Hughes 2007/08
Andrew Kennedy 1920/21-1921/22
Ryan McGivern 2011/12 (loan)
Gareth Graham 1998/99 U21

Northern Ireland Managers of Crystal Palace:
Iain Dowie (2003-2006) Championship Play-Off Winner 2003/04

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