December 17 2005

The Football League

Crystal Palace crashed to a 2-0 defeat at Plymouth Argyle.

Palace got off to a dreadful start, conceding a goal within the first minute direct from the kick-off.

The ball was hit high into the Eagles' penalty box, where Micky Evans jumped above defender Tony Popovic to flick on, and Nick Chadwick fired past Julian Speroni.

Andy Johnson saw a low strike from 20 yards smack against the upright in first half stoppage time.

And Plymouth wrapped up victory in the last minute of the game, as a sloppy Ben Watson pass went to David Norris and he set up Tony Capaldi to score.

Palace: Speroni, Boyce, Hall, Popovic (Macken 78), Soares (Reich 67), Hughes, Watson, Leigertwood, Morrison (McAnuff 67), Johnson, Freedman.

Not Used: Kiraly, Hudson.