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To commemorate the Eagles’ latest remarkable FA Cup run – our second spot in the semi-finals in the last four seasons – **our brand new Wembley range is now available to pre-order**!

If, like us, you haven’t stopped singing the chants which fuelled such an incredible quarter-final at Craven Cottage, take your pick from “*We’re the famous Crystal Palace*”, “*Boom, boom, boom, boom*!” and “*We’ve got super Oli Glasner*!” themed gear.

There are also shirts, scarves, mugs and more on offer – ideal for showing off the famous red and blue at Wembley itself, or even just around the house in support!

There are also a range of essentials to make your matchday experience all the more special, all available to be pre-ordered ahead of our semi-final against Aston Villa (to be played the weekend of Saturday 26th or Sunday 27th April).

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**IMPORTANT INFORMATION:** *Any items on pre-order will be dispatched and delivered ahead of the FA Cup Semi-final, with dispatch currently estimated to be from 16th April. Please note, any items that are not on pre-order will be held back and dispatched together to avoid additional delivery costs.*

We’re the famous Crystal Palace, and we’re going to Wembley – so it’s time to get yourself prepped for an FA Cup semi-final with our new collection!

Gear up for Wembley with the new Palace collection!

Crystal Palace v Aston Villa (2025-04-26)

The Palace manager smiled: “I visited last year, after I arrived, in the Easter international break. I watched England against Belgium. This was the first time I was there.

“The second time I was there: when my daughter went to a Taylor Swift concert! But I just brought her, I didn't want to hear it! It was better for her and for her friends, it was a birthday gift. I saw all the young girls and I thought ‘I'm too old for this’!

“The third time I was there on Monday \[last week\] and watching England against Latvia. I wanted to see our players, so Marc \[Guéhi\] and Ebs \[Eze, who scored his first England goal on the night\] both played, Dean \[Henderson\] unfortunately didn’t.

“Big – it's big! When I was there three times, I always went by Tube, and I really enjoyed Wembley Way. When you're leaving the Tube and seeing the arch, all the fans walking there… it's what I love.”

Asked if he would follow something of a footballing tradition and wear a suit for the semi-final, Glasner joked: “You don’t like my jumper?!

“I don't know. If we have to arrive in a suit, we will arrive in a suit, but we still have four weeks' time.”

Match Action: Fulham 0-3 Crystal Palace

The manager confirmed that Palace players were back in training on Sunday before being given the opportunity to rest on Monday, ahead of a quick turnaround and the first of 10 season-closing Premier League matches – away to Southampton on Wednesday night.

With Palace still in contention for a top-half finish – and even possible European qualification - via the Premier League, as well as with an FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa ahead of them at the end of April, Glasner outlined just how much there is left to play for in the final two months of 2024/25.

He said: “The season is not over, so if this is the end today, I wouldn't be happy – I think it's just the start of our crunch time of the last two months now. 

“We have still hopefully 12 games to play, and the good thing is that we are in good momentum, the players are in good shape, and now the next two months we will stay together and we can train a lot.

“Will have many games to get into our best shape again, because I think today, especially at the beginning, we were far away from this, and we will need to perform at our best to win as many games as possible.

“I don't want to talk about winning a trophy because even in the next game we can't win a trophy – it's just the semi-finals. When you enter a cup competition, especially a cup competition, it doesn't matter if you lose in the round number one or in the semi-finals – you enter the competition to win it. 

“Yes, it’s a great achievement to play in the semi-finals, especially in the environment at Wembley, because it's something special that the two semi-finals are played in the final stadium. This is something typically English and I really like it – but in the end, it's being ready to win this game.

“Now we start preparing for Southampton, because also in the league we have the chance and the opportunity to enter the top half, and it's good to have all the players together now – and then we will keep going.

“We have a lot to achieve in the Premier League. We are on a great run in the Premier League, so I can't say it's the big goal [to just win the FA Cup now]. Of course it was the big goal winning today, the next big goal is winning at Southampton.

“We have 10 [league] games to play, and that means we want to have 30 points. Our approach is always the same: winning the game.”


In the aftermath of booking a place in the FA Cup semi-finals with Crystal Palace at Fulham on Saturday – now confirmed to be against Aston Villa on either Saturday 26th or Sunday 27th April – Oliver Glasner recalled his three previous trips to Wembley.

Oliver Glasner's three memories of Wembley

Southampton v Crystal Palace (2025-04-02)

Crystal Palace v Aston Villa (2025-04-25)

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