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This article lists the records set by Crystal Palace F.C., their managers and players, including honours won by the club and details of their performance in European competition. The player records section itemises the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made the most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Palace players on the international stage, and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club.


Honours and achievements


League

* English first tier (currently the Premier League) ** Highest finish: 3rd place, 1990–91 * English second tier (currently the EFL Championship) ** Champions (2): 1978–79, 1993–94 ** Runners-up (1): 1968–69 **Play-off winners (4) (record): 1988–89, 1996–97, 2003–04,
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** Play-off runners-up (1): 1995–96 * English third tier (currently EFL League One) ** Champions (1): 1920–21 ** Runners-up (4): 1928–29 (South), 1930–31 (South), 1938–39 (South), 1963–64 * English fourth tier (currently EFL League Two) ** Runners-up (1): 1960–61


Cups

* FA Cup ** Runners-up (2): 1989–90, 2015–16 * Full Members CupThis was a cup competition held from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the
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Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992. It was created after the Heysel Stadium disaster, when English clubs were banned from
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, as an additional competition for clubs in the top two divisions.
** Winners (1): 1990–91


Wartime

*
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**Champions (1): 1940–41 * Football League South 'D' Division **Champions (1): 1939–40


Regional

* Southern Football League Division One **Runners-up (1): 1913–14 * Southern Football League Division Two **Champions (1):
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* United League **Champions (1): 1906–07 ** Runners-up (1): 1905–06 *
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** Runners-up (1): 1958–59 * London Challenge CupThis was a tournament organised by the London FA. It was first contested in 1908, and other than during the World Wars, was contested every season until 1974, when the tournament was disbanded. **Winners (3): 1912–13, 1913–14, 1920–21 ** Runners-up (6): 1919–20, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1931–32, 1937–38, 1946–47 *
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**Winners (3): 1996–97, 2000–01, 2001–02 *Kent Senior Shield ** Winners (1): 1911–12 ** Runners-up (1): 1912–13


Player records

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Appearances

* Youngest first-team player:
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, 15 years, 287 days, v Watford, 29 October 2007 * Oldest first-team player: Jack Little, 41 years, 68 days v Gillingham (away), 3 April 1926 * First substitute: Keith Smith, v Leyton Orient, 28 August 1965


Most appearances

:''Competitive and professional matches only''


Goalscorers

* Most goals in a season: 54, Peter Simpson, 1930–31 * Most league goals in a season: 46, Peter Simpson, 1930–31 * Most league goals in a top-flight season: 21, Andy Johnson, 2004–05 * Most goals in a competitive match: 6, Peter Simpson, v Exeter City, Football League Division Three South, 4 October 1930Amateur Sidney Sanders scored 6 in the 10-1 defeat of Reading, 4 March 1916 in the inter-war competitions, but is not considered part of official records. * Most goals in an FA Cup match: 4, Peter Simpson, v Newark Town, 13 December 1930King, p. 441 * Most goals in a League Cup match: 3 ** Mark Bright, v Southend United, 25 September 1990 ** Ian Wright, v Southend United, 25 September 1990 **
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, v Walsall, 26 August 2014 ** Dwight Gayle, v Charlton Athletic, 23 September 2015 * Fastest recorded goal: 6 seconds, Keith Smith v Derby County (away), 12 December 1964 * Most hat-tricks, all competitions: 20, Peter SimpsonIncludes Simpson's 6 goals against Exeter City as a double hat-trick * Oldest player to score a goal: Kevin Phillips, 39 years 306 days, v Watford, 27 May 2013 * Quickest hat-trick in a League match: Kevin Phillips, 8 minutes, 37 seconds v Hull City, 5 March 2013Hat-trick completed either side of Half Time Period * Quickest hat-trick in a Cup match:
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, 6 minutes, 48 seconds v Wolverhampton Wanderers, FA Cup Fourth round Replay, 2 February 2010


Top goalscorers

Peter Simpson is the all-time top goalscorer for Crystal Palace. He was their leading goalscorer for five consecutive seasons, from 1929–30 to 1933–34. :''Competitive, professional matches only. Goalscorers with an equal number of goals are ranked with the highest to lowest goals per game ratio.''


International caps

This section refers only to international caps won by players during their time at Crystal Palace. * First capped player: Billy Davies for Wales, v Scotland, 7 March 1908, Dundee * First capped player for England:
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, v Wales, 16 March 1914, Cardiff * Most capped player: 45,
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, Wales * Most capped player for England: ** 9, Kenny Sansom ** 9, Geoff Thomas * First player to play in the World Cup Finals:
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Transfers


Record transfer fees paid


Record transfer fees received


Managerial records

: * First manager: John Robson, managed the club from 1905 to 1907, encompassing 77 games. * Longest serving manager: Edmund Goodman, managed the club from 1907 to 1925, encompassing 613 matches excluding wartime competition. * Most successful manager:
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, who took the club to an FA Cup final, third place in the top flight and won the Full Members Cup. He managed the club from 1984 to 1993, 1995–96, 1997–98, and 1999–2000, encompassing 565 matches in total.


Club records


Positions

*Highest League Finish: 3rd in the Old First Division (''now Premier League'') 1990–91 season *Lowest League Finish: **Southern League: 1st in the Southern League Division Two, 1905-06 season **Football League: 24th in the Old
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, 1950–51 * Highest League Position: 1st in the Old First Division, 29 September 1979 – 6 October 1979 * Lowest League Position: 20th in the Old
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, 2 September 1959


Goals

* Most league goals scored in a season: 110, Division Four, 1960–61 * Fewest league goals scored in a season: 31, Premier League, 2019–20 * Most league goals conceded in a season: 86, Division Three South, 1953–54 * Fewest league goals conceded in a season: ** Southern League; 14, Division Two, 1905–06 ** Football League; 24, Division Two, 1978–79


Points

* Most points in a season: : Two points for a win: 64, Division Four, 1960–61 : Three points for a win: 90, Division One, 1993–94 * Fewest points in a season: : Two points for a win: 19, Division One, 1980–81 : Three points for a win: 33, Premier League, 1997–98


Matches


Firsts

* First match: New Brompton 0–3 Crystal Palace, United League, 1 September 1905 * First FA Cup match: Crystal Palace 7–0 Clapham, 7 October 1905, Crystal Palace Stadium * First Southern League match: Crystal Palace 3–4 Southampton Reserves, 2 September 1905, Crystal Palace Stadium * First
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match: Merthyr 2–1 Crystal Palace, 28 August 1920 * First match at
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: Crystal Palace 1–2 Southampton, 3 March 1915 * First match at The Nest: ** Friendly; Crystal Palace 4–1 Millwall, August 1918 ** London Combination; Crystal Palace 4–2 Queens Park Rangers, 14 September 1918 ** Southern League; Crystal Palace 2–2 Northampton Town 30 August 1919 * First match at
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: Crystal Palace 0–1 Wednesday, 30 August 1924 * First European match: Crystal Palace 0–2 Samsunspor, 19 July 1998, Selhurst Park * First League Cup match: Darlington 2–0 Crystal Palace, 12 October 1960


Record wins

* Record league win: 9–0 v
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, 10 October 1959During the First World War Crystal Palace won 10–1 v Reading, 4 March 1916, but this, as with all other wartime competitions, is not considered part of official records. * Record FA Cup win: 7–0 ** v Clapham, 7 October 1905 ** v Luton Town, 16 January 1929 * Record League Cup win: 8–0 v Southend United, 25 September 1990 * Record European win: N/A * Record Friendly win: 13–1 v GAK Graz, 16 July 2014


Record defeats

* Record league defeat home: 0–7 v Liverpool, 19 December 2020 * Record league defeat away: 0–9 v Liverpool, 12 September 1989 * Record FA Cup defeat: 0–9 v Burnley (away), 10 February 1909 * Record League Cup defeat: 0–5 ** v Nottingham Forest (away), 1 November 1989 ** v Liverpool (away), 24 January 2001 * Record European defeat: 0–2 ** v Samsunspor (home), 19 July 1998 ** v Samsunspor (away), 25 July 1998


Record consecutive results

This section applies to league matches only. * Record consecutive wins: 8, 9 February – 26 March 1921 * Record consecutive Premier League wins: 5, 29 March – 19 April 2014 * Record consecutive draws: 5 ** 28 March – 16 April 1921 ** 30 December 1978 – 24 February 1979 ** 21 September – 19 October 2002 * Record consecutive defeats: 8 ** 18 April – 19 September 1925 ** 1 January – 14 March 1998 ** 21 May – 30 September 2017 * Record consecutive matches without a defeat: 18, 22 February – 13 August 1969 * Record consecutive top-division matches without a defeat: 10, 25 August – 27 October 1990 * Record consecutive matches without a draw: 24, 31 December 1960 – 26 August 1961 * Record consecutive matches without a win: 20, 3 March – 8 September 1962 * Record consecutive clean sheets: 6, 1 September 1920 – 25 September 1920 * Record consecutive matches without a clean sheet: 24, 30 September 1998 – 20 February 1999 * Record consecutive matches scoring: 24, 27 April 1929 – 21 December 1929 * Record consecutive matches without scoring: 9, 19 November 1994 – 2 January 1995


Home

* Record consecutive home wins: 12, 19 December 1925 – 28 August 1926 * Record consecutive home draws: 7 ** 24 March 1962 – 1 September 1962 ** 28 November 1998 – 13 February 1999 * Record consecutive home defeats: 6 ** 10 April 1925 – 12 September 1925 ** 10 January 1998 – 11 April 1998 ** 3 January 2016 – 19 March 2016 * Record consecutive home matches without a defeat: 32, 28 February 1931 – 17 September 1932 * Record consecutive home matches without a draw: 17, 17 February 1981 – 19 January 1982 * Record consecutive home matches without a win: 16, 4 May 1997 – 11 April 1998 * Record consecutive home clean sheets: 8 ** 28 December 1963 – 18 March 1964 ** 13 November 2010 – 19 February 2011 * Record consecutive home matches without a clean sheet: 19, 20 January 1951 – 17 November 1951 * Record consecutive home matches scoring: 36, 17 November 1928 – 6 September 1930 * Record consecutive home matches without scoring: 4 ** 3 March 1951 – 31 March 1951 ** 26 November 1994 – 31 December 1994 ** 7 February 2002 – 9 March 2002 ** 20 November 2004 – 26 December 2004


Away

* Record consecutive away wins: 5, 20 December 2003 – 7 February 2004 * Record consecutive away draws: 6, 18 November 1978 – 10 March 1979 * Record consecutive away defeats: 10 ** 1 April 1980 – 25 October 1980 ** 8 November 1980 – 7 March 1981 * Record consecutive away matches without a defeat: 10 ** 22 December 1928 – 1 April 1929 ** 26 December 1968 – 28 April 1969 ** 23 August 1975 – 6 December 1975 ** 18 November 1978 – 3 April 1979 * Record consecutive Premier League away matches without a defeat: 5, 28 December 2014 – 28 February 2015 * Record consecutive away matches without a draw: 18 ** 3 October 1960 – 19 August 1961 ** 12 April 1986 – 17 March 1987 * Record consecutive away matches without a win: 31, 15 March 1980 – 3 October 1981 * Record consecutive away clean sheets: 4 ** 27 December 1949 – 4 February 1950 ** 9 December 1978 – 10 March 1979 ** 8 December 2007 – 12 January 2008 * Record consecutive away matches without a clean sheet: 30, 22 March 1980 – 3 October 1981 * Record consecutive away matches scoring: 22, 17 March 1928 – 1 April 1929 * Record consecutive away matches without scoring: 8, 11 November 1950 – 24 February 1951


Attendances

This section applies to attendances at
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, where Crystal Palace have played their home matches since the start of the 1924–25 season. Attendance figures from the club's early days are approximate. Palace's highest attendance for a match outside of Selhurst Park is 88,619, v
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at the
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on 21 May 2016. * Highest attendance: 51,482 11 May 1979 v Burnley * Highest FA Cup attendance: 45,384 10 Mar 1965 v Leeds Utd * Lowest attendance: 2,165 18 December 1935 v Newport County * Highest seasonal average league attendance: 29,900, Division 1 1969-70 * Lowest seasonal average league attendance: 6,440, Division 2 1984-85


Crystal Palace in Europe


Record by season

:''Crystal Palace's scores are given first in all scorelines.''


European attendance records

* Highest recorded home attendance: 25,152 v Internazionale, 29 May 1971 * Lowest recorded home attendance: 11,758 v Samsunspor, 19 July 1998 * Highest recorded away attendance: 30,000 v Cagliari, 1 June 1971 * Lowest recorded away attendance: 28,000 v Internazionale, 4 June 1971


Notes


References

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External links


Crystal Palace F.C. official site
{{Lists of football records and statistics in England by club Records Crystal Palace