December 7 2000

Julian Gray

Crystal Palace youngster Julian Gray is a doubt for Saturday's home game against Watford. Gray is facing a fitness test which will determine whether he will be able to play or not against the Hornets.

The former Arsenal player is suffering from an ankle injured that he picked up in the game with Stockport County two weeks ago.

He missed the last two games because of this injury and is a major doubt for this weekend's tie against Watford at Selhurst Park.

The Eagles are also without Latvian star Andrejs Rubins, who is out for 3 months with a broken ankle, and Simon Rodger, who is also suffering from an ankle injury and will be out for another week.

Meanwhile, the Eagles reserves beat Guillingham 3-2 on Wednesday. Stephen Kabba was Man of the Match with two goals.

Palace went 1-0 up through Kabba but the Gills leveled the match five minutes later.

Michael Fowler made it 2-1 for the Eagles after 30 minutes but ten minutes later the home side made it two a piece.

Just before the half time whistle Kabba scored his second and Palace's third. After the break Kabba had a big chance to complete his hat-trick but his penalty hit the inside of the post.