Crystal Palace FC fan since the claret and blue days of 1967. 59 years and counting. Love stats, random trivia, and researching the history of everything CPFC
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#CPFC at Home in the Premier League in the past 12 months; 19 matches, 4 wins, 6 draws, 9 defeats, 18 goals scored, 28 goals conceded.
The 20 #CPFC managers with 9+ matches conceding the most goals per game:
#CPFC are currently on a streak of three matches where trailing at half-time.
The last time Palace trailed at the break in four or more consecutive matches in the same season was in July 2020 (COVID / no fans) when we trailed in five consecutive matches at HT.
In 'normal' times, the last such run of four+ matches, and the unwanted club record, was in September 2016 when Palace trailed at HT in eight consecutive matches (21.Sep to 19.Nov) under Alan Pardew who lasted five more matches before being replaced by Sam Allardyce.
Friday (11): A 24h 45m travel day that started with the M2 and M11 Metros in Istanbul, ended with a 2h 30m California Amtrak delayed by high tide conditions, with just a 13h 45m flight from IST to LAX in between. A ten hour time difference to adjust to before I fly over again on November 25th /26th for a brief seven week trip ( return 11.Jan) which happens to start with the #CPFC H v Real Sociedad game. Hoping to get to Białystok to make it 10 of 12 in Europe but the low allocation means a ticket might be a challenge. Back to the spreadsheet and statistics for now but what a great few days and thanks to @andy_puttock (aka the Man in Seat 61B) for the idea and all the effort he put into sorting out the trains. Total for the trip : 26 trains / metros in ten countries (USA, England, France, Italy, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Türkiye) not to mention a few trams, buses, taxis, Ubers, water taxis and a funicular. Missed out on taking a boat up the Bosporus (which I assumed was a euphemism when someone first mentioned it) but I will definitely be back to Istanbul (and Venice) with Mrs Palacestician before too long.
Thursday (10): No trains. 25,000 steps wandering around the Galata Tower, port, bridge, Egyptian Bazaar and Blue Mosque areas. A couple of beers at the Dubliner before a late evening stroll to watch Besiktas v #CPFC. Incredible atmosphere and decent game. An early morning stroll back up to Taksim Square for a few chicken wings and a final beer in Tukiye. What a great city Istanbul is.
Wednesday (9): Arrived Istanbul Halkali station 8am. Train into city centre and metro to Taksim Square. Deposited bags at Arts Hotel and walked to the Grand Bazaar with Mark. Rooftop beers and taxi back to Anfield Sports Bar to meet Joe and Steve. Power nap (wasn’t sure if it was 7pm or 7am) before going to Dubliner and Des’s Corner Pub and a late dinner with David. Istanbul is a great city and needs more than a couple of days.
Tuesday (8): High intensity train-ing day with four. Bucharest to Russe (Bulgaria). From Russe (with love) to Gorna Orjahovi, then onto Dimitrovgrad and the sleeper to Istanbul (Türkiye). Danube views were good. Bulgarian railway stations- not so much. Bulgarian passport check at 12:30am. Three hours later up again with all baggage on the platform for the Turkish border check. So a bit of a disturbed sleep but managed to get some REM and deep so Oura was happy.
Monday (7): Early train from Bratislava to Budapest and a quick look at the Shoes On The Danube Bank and the Little Princess Statue before a larger than usual lunch and the night train to Bucharest via Arad which has no buffet facilities. On track (pun intended) to reach Istanbul by Wednesday morning although there are some tight connections today so plans may need to change.
Sunday (6): arrived in Vienna 1h 40m late but no connection missed so no problem. Train to Bratislava. Quick tour on a Bolt scooter and didn’t fall off. Managed to find a sports bar for the #CPFC game but rather wished we hadn’t. Nice scarf on display though. Some local food for dinner, and a quiet beer in the Old Town.
Saturday (5): Water busses around Venice much more organised and pleasant than the shuttle busses around Lyon. Actually ended up somewhere interesting - the Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo, to see Venezia earn their first points of the season with a 1-0 win over Napoli. Entertaining game. Pre-game beers with Steve and Louise (Nottingham Forest fans and lovers of Venice) and post-game beers with Tom (Spurs fan from York) and Ben, a Liverpool fan from Huddersfield, who’s poor choices in life were partly mitigated by having #CPFC as his second team thanks to an ex-girlfriend! Dinner in Venice and train from Venice to Vienna through beautiful scenery but as it was the overnight sleeper train, I saw none of it.
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.
Thursday (3): Old Town Lyon with Marseille based nephew. Warm. Funicular train ride to the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière. A quiet beer at the Wallace Snug. Cherryade for David. 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.
First time #CPFC have trailed at halftime in Europe. I think. Spreadsheet at home resting.