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2018–19 Crystal Palace F.C. Season
The 2018–19 season was Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace's sixth consecutive season in the Premier League (extending their longest ever spell in the top division of English football) and the 113th year in their history. In this season, Palace participated in the 2018–19 Premier League, Premier League, 2018–19 FA Cup, FA Cup and 2018–19 EFL Cup, EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019. Players Friendlies The club had a pre-season tour to Scandinavia to play FC Helsingør and Halmstads BK, first-team friendlies away against Oxford United F.C., Oxford United and Reading F.C., Reading, and at home to Toulouse FC, Toulouse, as well as ''Palace XI'' (mixture of first-team and Under-23s) fixtures against Bromley F.C., Bromley, Stevenage F.C., Stevenage, Boreham Wood F.C., Boreham Wood and Kingstonian F.C., Kingstonian. Competitions Premier League League table Results summary Results by matchday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions. In addition, macroscopic single crystals are usually identifiable by their Geometry, geometrical shape, consisting of flat face (geometry), faces with specific, characteristic orientations. The scientific study of crystals and crystal formation is known as crystallography. The process of crystal formation via mechanisms of crystal growth is called crystallization or solidification. The word ''crystal'' derives from the Ancient Greek word (), meaning both "ice" and "Quartz#Varieties (according to color), rock crystal", from (), "icy cold, frost". Examples of large crystals include snowflakes, diamonds, and table salt. Most inorganic solids are not crystals but polycrystals, i.e. many microscopic crystals fused together into a single solid. Polycrystals inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McArthur
James McFarlane McArthur (born 7 October 1987) is a Scottish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Central midfielder, central midfielder. McArthur started his career at Hamilton Academical F.C., Hamilton Academical and was part of the team that won the 2007–08 Scottish First Division title. He made over 190 appearances for Hamilton before joining Wigan Athletic F.C., Wigan Athletic in July 2010. McArthur helped Wigan win the FA Cup in 2013 FA Cup Final, 2013, before being signed by Crystal Palace in the summer of 2014. McArthur made 32 international appearances for the Scotland national football team, Scotland national team between 2010 and 2017. Club career Hamilton Academical Born in Glasgow and raised in the city's Barrowfield district, McArthur attended Whitehill Secondary School and supported Rangers F.C., Rangers in his youth; he played for Rangers South BC (alongside future international colleagues Robert Snodgrass and Graham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Benteke
Christian Benteke Liolo (born 3 December 1990) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club D.C. United. Benteke began his career at Standard Liège, playing a part in their 2008–09 Belgian First Division triumph. Following a season at Genk he was signed for £7 million by Aston Villa. He scored 49 goals in 101 matches for Villa across all competitions. He spent a single season at Liverpool, scoring a total of 10 goals, before being transferred to Crystal Palace at the start of the 2016–17 season. Benteke earned 45 caps for Belgium between his debut in 2010 and 2022. He missed the 2014 FIFA World Cup through injury, but was part of their team that reached the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 2016 and Euro 2020. Early life Benteke was born in Kinshasa in 1990. He and his family fled during the Mobutu regime and in 1993 emigrated to Liège, Belgium. Club career Standard Liège and Genk Benteke played youth football for JS Pierreuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Schlupp
Jeffrey Schlupp (; born 23 December 1992) is a professional association football, footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership club Celtic F.C., Celtic, on loan from club Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace. A versatile player, Schlupp has played as a left-back, central midfielder, left winger or forward (association football), forward in his career. A product of the Leicester City F.C., Leicester City Leicester City F.C. Under-21s and Academy, academy, Schlupp made his senior debut in 2011 following a brief loan to Brentford F.C., Brentford in EFL League One, League One. He went on to make 150 appearances for the club, winning the EFL Championship in 2013–14 Football League Championship, 2013–14 and the Premier League in 2015–16 Premier League, 2015–16. In 2017, he was signed by Crystal Palace, for whom he has made over 200 appearances. Born in Germany and raised in England, Schlupp made his international debut for Ghana national football team, Ghana in 2011, and made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swansea City A
Swansea ( ; ) is a coastal City status in the United Kingdom, city and the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, second-largest city of Wales. It forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea (). The city is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, twenty-eighth largest in the United Kingdom. Located along Swansea Bay in south-west Wales, with the principal area covering the Gower Peninsula, it is part of the Swansea Bay (region), Swansea Bay region and part of the Historic counties of Wales, historic county of Glamorgan and the ancient Welsh commote of Gŵyr. The principal area is the second most List of Welsh principal areas by population, populous local authority area in Wales, with an estimated population of in . Swansea, along with Neath and Port Talbot, forms the Swansea urban area, with a population of 300,352 in 2011. It is also part of the Swansea Bay City Region. During the 19th-century industrial heyday, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Ayew
Jordan Pierre Ayew (born 11 September 1991) is a Ghanaian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Winger (association football), winger or Forward (association football), forward for club Leicester City F.C., Leicester City and the Ghana national football team, Ghana national team. The son of former Ghana national football captain Abedi Pele, and the brother of fellow players André Ayew, André and Ibrahim Ayew, Ayew began his professional career with Olympique de Marseille, Marseille, scoring on his senior debut in 2009. After short spells with fellow Ligue 1 clubs FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Sochaux and FC Lorient, Lorient, he was signed by English side Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa in 2015, finishing his only full season as the team's top scorer as they were relegated from the Premier League; this feat was subsequently repeated with Swansea City A.F.C., Swansea City in 2018. Following Swansea's relegation, Ayew was signed by Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Hennessey
Wayne Robert Hennessey (born 24 January 1987) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Wales national team. Hennessey's first professional games saw him set a new Football League record for consecutive clean sheets while on loan at Stockport County. He played 166 times for Wolverhampton Wanderers over eight seasons, including three years at Premier League level. After several injury setbacks, he moved to join Crystal Palace in 2014. He played 132 total games in eight seasons at Palace, including their defeat in the 2016 FA Cup final, and then played for Burnley and Nottingham Forest. A full international since 2007, Hennessey is Wales' third most-capped player and its most capped goalkeeper, with over 100 caps. He was in the Wales squads for the UEFA European Championship in 2016 and 2020, reaching the semi-finals of the former, and was also chosen for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Early life and career Hennessey is a cousin of Terry Hennessey, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamadou Sakho
Mamadou Sakho (born 13 February 1990) is a French professional Association football, footballer who most recently played as a centre-back for Erovnuli Liga club FC Torpedo Kutaisi, Torpedo Kutaisi. Sakho began his career at Paris FC before moving to Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain's youth system in 2002. In October 2007, on his league debut, he became the youngest player ever to captain a Ligue 1 club. Sakho made over 200 appearances for the club, winning all four Football in France, domestic trophies. In 2013, he transferred to Liverpool for £18 million. He had a loan spell with Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace in 2017, and was subsequently bought by the team for £26 million in September 2017. In July 2021, he joined Montpellier HSC, Montpellier on a Free transfer (association football), free transfer; he left the club in November 2023, following a physical altercation with manager Michel Der Zakarian. Sakho is a full France international, who has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfried Zaha
Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha (born 10 November 1992) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Winger, winger for Major League Soccer club Charlotte FC, Charlotte, on loan from Süper Lig club Galatasaray S.K. (football), Galatasaray, and the Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast national team. A product of Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace's Crystal Palace F.C. Under-21s and Academy, youth academy, Zaha made his senior debut for the then Championship, now Premier League, side in 2010. He scored 18 goals in 143 appearances in just over three seasons with the club, and was instrumental in their promotion to the Premier League in 2013. He subsequently joined Manchester United F.C., Manchester United for £10 million, becoming Sir Alex Ferguson's last signing for the club, and won the 2013 FA Community Shield, Community Shield on his debut. Having made just four appearances in his only season in Manchester and enduring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andros Townsend
Andros Darryl Townsend (born 16 July 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Turkish Süper Lig club Antalyaspor. A graduate of the Tottenham Hotspur academy, Townsend was initially loaned out to several League One and then Championship clubs alongside limited Tottenham appearances, before making his Premier League debut in September 2012. After further limited appearances and then a half-season loan to Premier League club Queens Park Rangers, Townsend established himself as a Tottenham player between 2013 and 2015. He subsequently fell out of favour at Tottenham, and following a short spell at Newcastle United in the 2015–16 season, he transferred to Crystal Palace in the summer of 2016. After five years at Palace, he departed for Everton in 2021, though his time at the club was hampered by a long-term injury sustained in 2022. Upon his release from Everton in 2023, he joined Luton Town. Townsend earned his first England cap on 11 Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheikhou Kouyaté
Cheikhou Kouyaté (born 21 December 1989) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for the Senegal national team. He most recently played for Premier League club Nottingham Forest. Kouyaté moved from Senegal to Belgium in 2006, having been offered a youth contract at RWDM Brussels. He played ten games before moving to Anderlecht aged 19, where he made 206 appearances and won the Belgian First Division A four times. In June 2014, he joined West Ham United of the Premier League, and four years later he transferred to Crystal Palace for an estimated £9.5 million. Kouyaté represented the Senegal national team at the 2012 Olympics. He played at two FIFA World Cup and four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, including Senegal's victory in 2021. Club career Early career Kouyaté began his footballing career in 1996 in his hometown with ASC Yego Dakar and was scouted by RWDM Brussels in September 2006. RWDM Brussels then signed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
