July 25 2009
Freddie Sears
Crystal Palace continued their unbeaten pre-season campaign with a 3-0 win against Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium.
Neil Warnock fielded a similar line-up to the team which drew 2-2 against Brentford on Tuesday night, bar a few alterations.
Jose Fonte and Clint Hill replaced Matt Lawrence and Danny Butterfield in the back four, and there was also a starting place for Nick Carle who replaced an absent Darren Ambrose.
On the bench were trialists Stefan Cox (currently on the books of Lewes), and goalkeeper Marry Lloyd.
Rovers had a few chances at the beginning of the match, including a long range effort from Darryl Duffy which went just wide.
However it was Palace who took the lead in the 28th minute when Freddie Sears latched on to a long ball from Hill, controlled the ball and fired a shot past Steve Phillips the Rovers keeper.
Palace had to wait until the 85th minute to extend their lead. Former Eagles defender Jeff Hughes was adjudged to have upended Alan Lee in the box, and Neil Danns stepped up to slot home the resulting penalty.
In stoppage time the Eagles rounded off a fine victory when substitute Alassane N'Diaye converted a cross to make it 3-0.
Palace: Speroni, Clyne, McCarthy, Fonte, Hill (Hills), Danns, Derry (Ertl), Carle, Moses (Cox), Lee (N'Diaye), Sears(Scannell)
Subs not used: Lloyd, Cadogan, Comley, Lawrence, Pinney
Franca
at 1.21pm by Canterbury Palace
FA cup final commerative ticket
at 12.38pm by BromleyMonkey
Crystal Palace vs. Millwall match thread
at 11.12am by Palacesince64
League (carabao) Cup
at 9.57am by DANGERCLOSE
Chris Richards
at 8.44am by doombear
CPISA updates
at 11.24pm by Pierre
Uefa Conference League
at 10.42pm by Spindle
Farewell Eze?
at 6.09pm by Spindle
Pubs
at 9.01am by waterfordpal
Pub in Paphos for Millwall game.
at 6.29am by eagle52
All images and text on this site are copyright © 1999-2025 The Holmesdale Online, unless otherwise stated.
Web Design by Guntrisoft Ltd.