The Eagles were one of six Premier League clubs with homemade kart in Red Bull’s annual spectacle of creative performances and dramatic downhill racing – and of all the football clubs involved, recorded the fastest time.

With Darren Ambrose at the wheel of the Eagle-themed design, racing downhill in front of 15,000 attendees at London’s Alexandra Palace, Palace’s kart completed its run in an impressive 40.22 seconds.

Of the other Premier League clubs, Aston Villa were second on 43.59 seconds; Leeds third on 45.65 seconds; Fulham fourth on 56.71 seconds; and Everton and Newcastle United clocking in at over one and two minutes respectively.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fastest <a href="https://x.com/RedBullUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RedBullUK</a> Soapbox Premier League Champions, you&#39;ll never sing that 😏<br><br>Crystal Palace – 40.22s<br>Aston Villa – 43.59s<br>Leeds – 45.65s<br>Fulham – 56.71s<br>Everton – 1min 08.15s<br>Newcastle – 2min 12.07s <a href="https://t.co/n6YMhji3gG">pic.twitter.com/n6YMhji3gG</a></p>&mdash; Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) <a href="https://x.com/CPFC/status/2068407882375172309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Red Bull Soapbox Race challenges Britain’s most fearless, fun-loving and foolhardy teams to prototype and create the wackiest rides and, running since 2000, is widely recognised as the pinnacle of non-motor racing!

Palace – who were the first of 52 racers to take on the course of bumper-filled obstacles – also scored highly for their pre-race performance, with Pete the Eagle and the Crystals entertaining the crowds, immediately before Ambrose set off at rapid speed.

Ambrose later told Palace TV: “What an experience that is! I was a little bit nervous sat at the top. I tried to stand up, giving it aura, but it wasn’t happening!

“The experience was brilliant, the crowd are fantastic. I said I wasn’t braking – I’d give the best I can, and I got there in the end, so I was absolutely buzzing!

“Once I knew I was getting to the end, I think I was just screaming. I was buzzing to get there – so buzzing, I think I forgot to brake at the end!”

**You can watch Ambrose’s incredible run above!**

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LIVE from the Crystal Palace Soapbox 🤳<a href="https://x.com/LoadedEN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LoadedEN</a>. <a href="https://t.co/UULuqDWVb8">pic.twitter.com/UULuqDWVb8</a></p>&mdash; Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) <a href="https://x.com/CPFC/status/2068375574582616434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Crystal Palace’s glorious run of results continued on a sunny Saturday afternoon… as an entrant into Red Bull's famous Soapbox Race!

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After a stunning run of form, where the team won 12 of the last 14 league games, Jo Potter’s side have returned to the WSL at the first time of asking.

Season Tickets are now on general sale, and you can secure your spot for the season from just £50!

Palace fans can now look forward to the visits of Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, and others to South London, as the Eagles take on the best of the best.

A 26/27 Women’s Season Ticket covers all 13 home Women’s Super League games, regardless of stadium – meaning any matches at Selhurst Park are also included.

*Supporters should note that Subway Women’s League Cup and FA Cup ties are not covered by 26/27 Season Tickets.*

#### **What does a 2026/27 Women’s Season Ticket include?**

- Ticket for every WSL home fixture
- Priority booking / reservations for every Palace Women fixture at Selhurst Park
- Priority windows for away tickets
- Loyalty Points credited with your purchase
- The option to spread payments via Direct Debit

#### **Ticket Prices**

Seated Season Tickets will cost **£125** and Standing Season Tickets will cost **£90**.

Tickets for Men’s Season Ticket Holders are priced at **£88**, with Junior Tickets priced at **£50**.

Season Tickets are now on general sale and will remain on-sale until the week of our first home game in the WSL.

#### **26/27 Palace Women’s Season Ticket prices:**

- **Adult (Seated):** £125 
- **Adult (Standing):** £90
- **Men’s Season Ticket Holders:** £88
- **U16s:** £50

**Check out the table below for more information.**


| **NEW (From 10:00 Fri 22nd May)**               | **Season Ticket Price** | **Price per Game** |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------ |
| Adult - Seated                                  | £125                    | £9.62              |
| Adult - Standing                                | £90                     | £6.92              |
| Junior (U16)                                    | £50                     | £3.85              |
| Concession (over 65 and 17-21) - Seated         | £90                     | £6.92              |
| Concession (over 65 and 17-21) - Standing       | £70                     | £5.38              |
| Men’s Season Ticket Holder (Seated or Standing) | £88                     | £6.77              |

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#### **How to buy your ticket**

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## Our Senegalese Sarr

> Ismaïla Sarr became the club’s third signing of the 2024/25 summer transfer window after joining on a five-year deal from Olympique de Marseille.

The 26-year-old attacker possesses plenty of experience of English football, having spent four years at Watford – recording 34 goals and 22 assists in 131 games – prior to joining Marseille, whom he helped reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League last season.

Sarr's career began in French football with Metz, before moving to Rennes and leading the club into Europe, as well as winning their first Coupe de France in almost half a century.

At international level, he has been a mainstay of the Senegal national side, earning 64 caps, scoring 13 goals and winning the Africa Cup of Nations in 2021.

His career has also been defined by his eye for the spectacular, having won Goal of the Season awards in both the Football League and the Europa League.

Sarr was ever-present in every Premier League matchday squad in his first season at the club, playing in all 38 games, while also featuring in a further nine cup games. He scored 11 goals across all competitions, with eight additional assists - including a stunning effort against rivals Brighton &amp; Hove Albion and a brace against Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi-final.

Sarr produced a remarkable 2025/26 campaign, scoring 21 goals in all competitions and adding two assists, equalling Palace’s Premier League-era single-season scoring record held jointly with Andy Johnson (2004/05). He set the tone early with a late equaliser in the Community Shield victory over Liverpool at Wembley.

In the UEFA Conference League, Sarr delivered a record-breaking European campaign, scoring nine goals in 14 appearances to finish as the competition’s top scorer and Player of the Season. 

His tally included seven knockout-stage goals, striking in five consecutive matches and scoring the fastest goal in Conference League history after 21 seconds against Shakhtar Donetsk in the semi-final first leg.

He also netted twice in the last-16 second-leg win over AEK Larnaca as Palace went on to secure their first-ever European trophy with victory over Rayo Vallecano. He finished the campaign with consecutive Player of the Month awards in March and April, with his performances earning both the Players’ Player of the Season and Player of the Season awards.

Following his success in red and blue, Sarr was named in Senegal head coach Pape Thiaw’s 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, going on to feature 75 minutes in a 3–1 defeat to 2018 world champions France.

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**Tonight's matches see France take on Iraq in Philadelphia (22:00 BST kick-off UK time), before Norway play Senegal in New Jersey overnight (01:00 BST).**

**But should any meet on the pitch, it wouldn't be the first time Palace players have featured on either side of an international clash…**

In recent years, there's been an uptick in Palace stars donning red and blue as well as their country’s colours, but back in the early 2000s it was a rare occasion for our Eagles to represent their nations – let alone for multiple to face each other.

One such occasion some 23 years ago in October saw none other than Palace legend **Dougie Freedman** come up against his fellow teammates **Aleksandrs Kolinko and Andrejs Rubins** as Scotland faced Latvia at Hampden Park.

Rubins, who spent three years in SE25 and scored an iconic goal against Liverpool in the League Cup semi-final, opened the scoring with a well-taken finish on a cut back 20 minutes in for Latvia in this crucial World Cup qualifier.

Remarkably, Freedman headed in on the stroke of half-time, past ‘keeper Kolinko, to level for Scotland before they eventually emerged 2-1 winners. As rare as it is to have two or more Palace representatives on both sides, to have both of them score is even more of a spectacle.

The duo of Rubins and Kolinko also faced another teammate in **Aki Riihilahti** when Finland hosted Latvia in May 2002 for a friendly. Amazingly, once again one of the three Palace players got on the scoresheet as Riihilahti levelled for Finland 70 minutes in.

Another Palace player in **Shefki Kuqi** went on to score the winner for Finland in the 83rd minute, though he wasn’t to arrive in SE25 until 2006.

A clash more closer to home which saw two Palace players involved back in February 2005 involved midfielder **Carl Fletcher** lining up for Wales against iconic goalkeeper **Gábor Király**.

The tracksuit bottom-wearing goalkeeper couldn’t keep out Fletcher’s Wales however, as they won 2-0 at the Millennium Stadium. Incidentally, former Palace man **Rob Edwards** and **Danny Gabbidon** - who would arrive at Selhurst Park many years later - were also involved for the Red Dragons that evening.

Sticking with Wales, former Palace shot-stopper **Wayne Hennessey** also faced his captain-at-the-time **Luka Milivojević** in a World Cup qualifier back in June 2017.

There was also fellow midfielder **Joe Ledley** for Milivojević to contend with in midfield, though the spoils were shared as the sides drew 1-1.

In a friendly prior to Euro 2016, England – then managed by Roy Hodgson – faced Australia where then Palace skipper **Mile Jedinak** captained the Socceroos against an England team which featured one of our own in **Nathaniel Clyne.** England went on to win 2-1, with both Clyne and Jedinak playing the entire game.

Palace heroes **Wilfried Zaha** and **Yannick Bolasie** both faced each other in a friendly, back in 2019. Zaha sealed the win for Ivory Coast with a third and final goal in a 3-1 victory, while Bolasie assisted the only goal for DR Congo after coming on at half-time.

This is a far from extensive look back at how both current and former Palace teammates have faced one another on the international stage.

But more recent years have seen **Jordan Ayew** come up against none other than **Cheick Doucouré** in 2020. In a friendly that was contested behind closed doors, the midfielder, who would go on to join the Eagles in 2022, registered his first-ever assist for Mali as they won 3-0 against Ayew’s Ghana.

At the 2024 European Championship finals, **Marc Guéhi** and **Ebere Eze** – with **Henderson** and **Adam Wharton** also among the Three Lions squad – came up against **Joachim Andersen** and Denmark in a 1-1 group-stage draw.

Meanwhile, in a pre-Copa América friendly two years ago, **Jefferson Lerma** and **Daniel Muñoz** both started against **Chris Richards** as Colombia triumphed over the United States in Maryland.

And in a post-season friendly last summer, when England hosted Senegal in a friendly at the City Ground, Palace’s **Dean Henderson** and **Eze** both started for Thomas Tuchel’s Three Lions, while **Sarr** started for Senegal – and, despite Henderson keeping out a couple of his efforts, duly scored in a 3-1 win for the African side.

Earlier this season, there were more meetings of Palace players around the world.

Back in the autumn, Richards played the full 90 minutes of United States' 2-0 win over Japan – and teammate **Daichi Kamada**, who came on after an hour – in Columbus.

And in March, Palace’s **Justin Devenny** played for Northern Ireland up against Wales and **Brennan Johnson** – who came on as a second-half substitute – in a 1-1 friendly draw.

Earlier this summer, there was plenty of Palace interest in an exciting pre-World Cup friendly between France and Colombia at Maryland's Northwest Stadium.

Fresh from making his senior debut as a second-half substitute for *Les Bleus* last week, **Maxence Lacroix** duly came in for the start for France – and came up against a Colombia team for whom both **Muñoz** and **Lerma** were in the starting XI.

Throw in Michael Olise's late introduction for France off the bench – the former Palace attacker pictured taking on Lerma below – and it was quite the glamour match-up for Eagles fans to enjoy.

The result ultimately went Lacroix and France's way, with the Palace defender earning rave reviews for his uncompromising defending over the course of 90 minutes in a 3-1 win, despite Lerma picking up an assist for Colombia.

And just two weeks ago, **Devenny** started for Northern Ireland and went up against with **Lacroix** and **Mateta** as France faced Northern Ireland in Lille.

Lacroix came off the bench for the second-half to face his Palace teammate, but it duly became the Olise show – the former Eagle netting a hat-trick, despite Devenny picking up a pre-assist in a 3-1 defeat.

Lacroix, having helped *Les Bleus* defend their lead, embraced Devenny at full-time.

South London and Proud.

In the 2026 FIFA World Cup, tonight is once again the matchround for Group I – in which Eagles could feature for Senegal (Ismaïla Sarr), France (Maxence Lacroix and Jean-Philippe Mateta) and Norway (Jørgen Strand Larsen). 

Teammates, but rivals: When Palace players have met on international duty

The Eagles head to Italy’s picturesque Lake Como to take part for a pre-season tournament between Tuesday, 28th July and Saturday, 1st August.

**Tickets are [now available to purchase here.](https://tickets.comofootball.com/)**

Palace are to be placed in Group A alongside RC Lens from France and FC Famalicão from Portugal.

The group stage will be played across two evenings, with each group made up of three 45 minute matches. In the event of a draw, the match will be decided by penalty kicks.

Group A will take place on **Tuesday, 28th July**. Palace will open up against RC Lens – as new Manager Pierre Sage faces an immediate reunion with his former side. That game takes place at 19:00 local time (18:00 BST). 

The Eagles will then face FC Famalicão later that evening at 20:30 local time (19:30 BST).

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The tournament will then move into its final stage, with the closing matches completing the competition.

The sides finishing third, second and first in each group will play-off against one another to determine the final standings. These matches will be 90 minutes long.

Remember that all of Palace's matches will also be streamed [**LIVE on Palace TV+**](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/supporters/palace-tv-plus/).

**[Download the official Crystal Palace App for free now](https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/information/palace-app-upgraded-download-and-use-now/), and be notified when further details are announced.**

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### **What is the Como Cup?**

The Como Cup is part of the Football on the Lake event – Como 1907’s summer football, culture and travel event, created to bring clubs, fans and visitors together in one of the most iconic destinations in the game.

Launched in 2025, the first edition brought Ajax, Celtic, Al Ahli and Como 1907 to Lake Como for the inaugural Como Cup, alongside a wider programme of music, city activations, hospitality and fan experiences.

In 2026, Football on the Lake will return for its second edition with an expanded Como Cup featuring six clubs from across Europe and the Middle East.

Tourism packages, which include tickets to matches, [can be purchased here.](https://comofootball.com/en/tourism-experiences/)

#### **Match Details**

##### **Crystal Palace v RC Lens**

- **Tuesday, 28th July**
- **18:00 BST**
- **Match length: 45 minutes**
- **Live on Palace TV+**
- **Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium**

##### **Crystal Palace v FC Famalicão**

- **Tuesday, 28th July**
- **19:30 BST**
- **Match length: 45 minutes**
- **Live on Palace TV+**
- **Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium**

Crystal Palace will participate in the second edition of the Como Cup, as part of pre-season preparations for the 2026/27 season, with the format now confirmed.

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