Palace Decade Review (From Sutton Guardian)

Palace Decade Review

3:43pm Wednesday 23rd December 2009

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As the decade draws to a close we take a look at the top Crystal Palace moments and events from the last 10 years.

Before we reveal start to reveal our top ten tomorrow morning, here's some of the things that didn't quite make the final list:

- Gabor Kiraly's pyjamas: The flamboyant Hungarian's obsession with wearing pyjama bottoms in goal caught just about everyone's attention. He was certainly a character.

- Palace 6 Stoke 3: Valentine's Day 2004 turned into an occasion to remember for Eagles fans as they ran riot against a Stoke side unbeaten in nine matches. Andy Johnson scored one of his four hat-tricks for the club.

- Home Premiership results: Palace may have suffered heavy defeats away at Manchester United and Arsenal in the Premiership but they took points off both of them at home and even beat Liverpool 1-0 thanks to Johnson.

- Loan stars: The Eagles have had a few great loan players over the decade but there are a couple that really stand out. Mikael Forssell spent a season and a half on loan from Chelsea, scoring 18 goals in 62 appearances, while Ashley Cole showed his potential in an impressive three-month stint at Selhurst in 2000.

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