Crystal Palace supporters are frustrated and it’s easy to understand why. Football fandom is meant to be a rollercoaster of emotions, but supporting Palace is more like an entirely functional ...

Are Crystal Palace the oldest professional football club? Five things to know… Non-league Sheffield F.C., founded in October 1857, are recognised as the world’s oldest club.

It was, though, Palace’s chairman, Steve Parish, who spoke at the end of last season about taking the club to “the next level”. That is a hope shared by many, but ambition means different ...

In 1857 a cricket club was set up by the Crystal Palace Company, the company which ran the original Crystal Palace once it moved to south London. The cricket club then set up Crystal Palace Football ...

Crystal Palace want to be recognised as the oldest professional club in the world after new research claims to have found a direct connection to the team established in 1861.

Steve Parish, Chairman of Crystal Palace Football Club, said: "As a lifelong supporter of Crystal Palace, it’s amazing that we have a legitimate claim to be the oldest professional league club still ...

The team stopped playing matches for several years in the late 19th century – as did Civil Service F.C, whose foundation in 1863 is recognised by the FA and football historians – and when a ...