March 2 2010

Crystal Palace

Paul Hart has been unveiled as the new Crystal Palace manager.

The 56-year-old former Portsmouth and QPR boss will take the reins until the end of the season in the wake of Neil Warnock's departure to Championship rivals QPR.

Hart will have Palace legend DOUGIE FREEDMAN as his assistant and another ex-player John Pemberton as first team coach.

Ironically, Hart was in charge at QPR at the end of last year but lasted just five matches before he left after winning one game.

But Hart steered struggling Portsmouth to Premier League safety when he took over from Tony Adams at the end of last season with four wins and five draws from his 14 games at the helm.

He was sacked in November with Portsmouth bottom of the table having gleaned just seven points from their first 13 matches of 2009/10.