Palace's best final day victories

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18 May 2024

As Crystal Palace prepare for the final day of the Premier League campaign, it's time to look back at three of the best results on the final day of the season...

The Eagles can make it six wins out of seven by beating Aston Villa, and they will hope for a repeat of some of the results below to end the season in style...

2022 - Palace 1-0 Manchester United

Wilfried Zaha's revenge against Manchester United on the final day, as the May sunshine in south London proved the perfect setting for the Eagles to finish on a high.

Palace's first victory over Man Utd in the Premier League era, and made it six straight clean sheets at Selhurst Park to round off a phenomenal campaign.

Best of the PL: Crystal Palace 1-0 Manchester United | 2022

2019 - Palace 5-3 Bournemouth

A five-star performance to finish the campaign.

Palace took the lead through Michy Batshuayi's brace, before Jefferson Lerma - playing in red and black rather than red and blue - got one back.

Patrick van Aanholt and Andros Townsend added goals in the second-half to cancel out any thought of a Bournemouth revival, while the Eagles made it a club-record 14 wins in a Premier League season, with a club-record 49 points.

Best of the PL: Crystal Palace 5-3 Bournemouth | 2019

1991 - Palace 3-0 Manchester United

Another victory over Man Utd, this time in the old First Division.

Palace’s greatest-ever season had already encompassed a trip to Wembley – a 4-1 win over Everton in the Zenith Data Systems Cup Final – as well as wins over Liverpool, Nottingham Forest and Leeds United, and Ian Wright’s glorious hat-trick to shut down Plough Lane’s farewell.

Spearheaded by the goals of ‘Wright & Bright’ – who struck 25 and 15 goals respectively in all competitions – but boasting a plethora of promising talents across the entire pitch, Steve Coppell’s side grew into a top-flight force to be reckoned with.

The Eagles took the lead after just three minutes when Gary Walsh fumbled a corner, and Wright turned home from close-range to net his 25th goal of the season.

On the hour mark, up stepped John Salako.

“It was a funny one really,” he explained. “I needed a couple of goals in that last game against Man Utd to get my goal bonus, but with Wrighty and Brighty you weren’t allowed to shoot – it was all about them!

“That last game, I went into it with the mentality that I was going to get a couple of goals and get my bonus, and right from the off Brighty was just moaning. He wasn’t happy and nor was Ian either.

“I ended up getting my two goals and I think Wrighty came up to me and apologised after, but I think Brighty didn’t speak to me for about three weeks…”

Palace’s greatest-ever season, finishing in style.

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