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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 15h

Friday (4): Two trains. Lyon to Milan and Milan to Venice with @andy_puttock First time here. Not too shabby. Wife has vetoed any gondola rides. Hotel by the lagoon. Dinner, quiet drink. Buying tickets for Venezia v Napoli challenging but not given up hope yet. Ciao.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Americans might not agree with you Matt. Sidewalk…

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Thursday (3): Old Town Lyon with Marseille based nephew. Warm. Funicular train ride to the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière. Quiet beer at the Wallace Snug. Travel to and from the ground not great but could have been worse. Met some nice people. Match disappointing. France isn’t our lucky place.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Yes. The Old Town area was very nice.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Wednesday (2): Old Town Lyon. Warm. A quiet beer at the Elephant and Castle in the evening with friends. And no European away day is complete without a selfie with this legend. Say hi if you see me today. White cap. Up the Palace.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Tuesday (1). Purley Oaks to Lyon via East Croydon, St Pancras International, Paris Gare du Nord, RER D line and Paris Gare de Lyon. Hard to miss the hotel. It’s the top 10 floors of “Le Crayon” - 541 feet high and I’m on the 39th floor. Up in the clouds.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

A phoenix Croydon Common FC perhaps?

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I’m based in California. Technically I don’t HAVE to go tonight but I want to see family too and get used to the new time zone.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I will be back on here in 17 days. Flying to Europe tonight so that I can attend the #CPFC matches in Lyon and Beşiktaş as well as the Nottingham Forest game on Sunday.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

When #CPFC play their three away matches at Lyon, Brighton & Hove Albion and Beşiktaş it will be the first time in club history that they will play three consecutive games South and East of Selhurst Park. Palace played two such games in June 1971 (Anglo-Italian Cup) at Cagliari and Internazionale.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#CPFC 0 - 2 Bristol City is Palace's first Home Friendly defeat to a lower-tier club since August 2009 (H Gillingham L 0-1).

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

(I believe) the #CPFC player who holds the club record (and quite possibly the world record) for most sisters married to players from one other club is Bert Gilboy who had three sisters who were all married to #THFC players, namely George Clawley, Jack Curtis and Sandy Brown.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Top 10 #CPFC goal scorers whose goals were all scored in the Football League, with none in other competitions:

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#CPFC players with the highest percentage of goals outside of Premier League / Football League games. Total goals 10+, 20+ and 40+

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The club that was expelled from the Football League for refusing to cooperate with the FA / Football League - and a small #CPFC connection.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Intentional mistakes are "Algorithm Fuel - Social media ranking algorithms don't know the difference between a "good" comment and a "bad" comment. They only see active user engagement. When dozens of people comment to correct your mistake, the algorithm views the post as highly engaging...

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I think the clubs with the biggest claims against City, should the verdict be confirmed after appeal, are the clubs that missed out on Europe by one position. Using the minimum of £70 million for a season in the CL and £20 million for a season in the Europa, the amounts for those nine seasons are:

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yes. It takes forever because I look something up and then find something else that gets my interest and before you know it I’m down all kinds of rabbit holes. But a lot of fun and enlightenment. Look forward to your stadium piece.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A lot of it comes from there, yes. I love it. As you say, a trove of fascinating information and stories.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

ah, this is what you were referring to!

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I wish! We are already the only club in the League with no vowel in the first five letters of our name. Six would be even better! And yes, some papers in the 1850s did refer to "Chrystal Palace" using the alternative spelling then in use.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Re: the apostrophe and QPR, it was dropped mid-season in 1967, between 21st and 30th October to be precise simply because the secretary / programme editor [Ron Phillips] didn't like it and it was dropped as an aesthetic decision.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

📘 Name timeline 24 June 1901 — Club founded as Brighton & Hove United. Shortly afterward (June 1901) — Renamed Brighton & Hove Albion to avoid confusion with Hove F.C. 1901–present — Ampersand has remained part of the official name continuously. I never knew they were United before Albion.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You mean one of the ‘temporary portakabins’ that have been there since the days of Alan Mullery?

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I’ll do some research. Hopefully it’ll be as interesting as Queen’s Park Rangers losing their apostrophe.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I’m not sure we have room in our trophy cabinet for another cup, but a donation of silver polish would certainly be appreciated. 😀

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Contrary to popular opinion, Brighton and Hove Albion's trophy cabinet is not, in fact, completely empty. Winning three Home matches was apparently considered such a huge achievement for Brighton that Palace awarded the club a cup. So that was kind. #CPFC #BHAFC October 1945

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Now that the sequence over, I feel it's safe to mention that the recent sequence of 10 Premier League matches with #CPFC conceding two or more goals in every game was the worst such run in Palace history.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Due to the omission of the Europa League, the previous post about Walter Benitez needs correcting. My thanks to @hongkongharv.bsky.social for spotting the error. Benitez now leads in both categories. Top 10 #CPFC keepers with 10+ matches by Clean Sheet % and Average Goals Conceded Per 90 mins:

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You are absolutely correct! The idiot who maintains the "Goalies" tab on the spreadsheet had failed to account for the Europa League. He has been disciplined and warned that this had better not happen again a year from now when we are playing in the Champions League. Top 10 by CS% and by GAPG:

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Nico's clean sheet percentage should be 46%, not 11%. Apologies for any confusion.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yes - that was a typo. The 11% should be 46%. I corrected it on Twitter but forgot to update it over here. Good to see that someone is paying attention!

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Well, based on the crickets, I'd say they must be coming from Matt!

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#CPFC haven't led at Half-Time in the Premier League for 14 matches. Club record in the PL is 19 (February - September 2016). Palace haven't led at Home at Half-Time in the Premier League for 11 matches (last v Fulham 1.Jan.2026). Club record in the PL at Home is 19 (February 2014 - March 2015).

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#CPFC's second 2026 Away Clean Sheet in the PL. (Also v Brighton Feb 8 W 1:0). Of keepers playing 10 or more matches for Palace, Walter Benitez has the best average goals against per game at 0.882 and second best CS percentage at 45% (Nico Vaessen 11%). First 0:0 in Yorkshire since 2012.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#CPFC all-time Sunday record Away to Leeds United. NB: Past performance is no guarantee of future results

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Where else (other than my X account) will you find such amazing #CPFC trivia as this?

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Nearly! Thank goodness Ian Thomas-Moore got his first before the break.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#CPFC have led 3:0 at half-time on 80 previous occasions, and have gone on to win them all. Palace haven't scored a second half goal in the most recent six of these matches.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We've never lost there, but we drew the last but one match there.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#CPFC has never (yet) won five consecutive Away games against one club. Palace is currently on a run of 4 against two clubs, one being Fulham... Quiz Time: Name the other. Clubs which Palace have beaten 4 times consecutively Away in the past: Southend United, Bury, Ipswich Town, Coventry City

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#CPFC v Ipswich Town on Saturday was the first Premier League match in which Palace fielded a starting lineup with players from 10 different countries. Tyrick Mitchell and Adam Wharton (England) were the two players sharing a nationality.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

In League matches, only twice before have #CPFC followed a 3:2 Away win with a 2:3 Home defeat. In the Southern League 1st Division, Palace won at Southampton and lost at Home to Luton in October 1914. In December 1987, Palace won at Ipswich on Boxing Day before losing to Reading 2 days later.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Correction: Thanks to mattyby.bsky.social for pointing out that Sorondo was also sent off in a 2:2 draw at Home to Southampton in May 2005.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Thanks again. That sending-off was missing from my spreadsheet.

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Thanks. Someone on X also pointed this error out. Will correct when home. Thank you

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The Palacetician @glad-all-over.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Alex Disasi (Chelsea) is the first #CPFC loan player to be sent off in a Home game. Gonzalo Sorondo (Internazionale) was sent off in a 2:2 PL Away Draw at West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday, 1 February 2005. Most recent: James Vaughan (Everton) in a 0:5 Away Championship loss at Derby in Sept 2010.

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