June 10 2015

Crystal Palace fans (Photo: Andy Roberts)

Crystal Palace will play a summer tournament in South Africa at the end of July.

Alan Pardew's men will be up against Supersport United FC, Ajax Cape Town and Portuguese team Sporting Lisbon as they bid to win the inaugural Cape Town Cup.

Palace face Supersport on Friday, July 24, with the other clubs playing each other directly afterwards at Cape Town Stadium.

The winners of both games will meet two days later in the final, with the losers battling it out to avoid the wooden spoon.

Palace's CEO Phil Alexander said: "Crystal Palace Football Club are delighted to be taking part in the inaugural Cape Town Cup as part of our 15/16 Barclays Premier League season preparations.

"Alan Pardew will be bringing a full first team squad and we are looking forward to sampling the tremendous atmosphere in the iconic Cape Town Stadium."

Palace made history by becoming the first British side to visit South Africa post apartheid when they went on a pre-season tour there in 1992.

Steve Coppell's team beat the Kaizer Chiefs 3-2 in Johannesburg and lost 2-1 against the Orlando Pirates in Durban in their next outing.