- Geoff Thomas
Geoff Thomas (born August 5, 1964) is a former English footballer who captained Crystal Palace to the FA Cup final in 1990, where they drew 3-3 with Manchester United at Wembley before losing 1-0 in the replay. He started his professional career at Rochdale before moving to Crewe in March 1984, establishing himself as a first-team regular and attracting top-flight interest before moving to Palace in 1987. He later turned out for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest, …
- Dougie Freedman
Douglas "Dougie" Freedman (born May 25 1974, in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Crystal Palace in The Championship. He wears the number 9 shirt and is a striker.
- Ian Wright
Ian Edward Wright, MBE (born 3 November 1963 in Woolwich, London) is a former professional footballer and current television and radio personality.
- Mark Bright
Mark Bright (born June 6, 1962 in Stoke-on-Trent) is a former footballer, who is now a sports pundit and BBC London's sport presenter.
- Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson (born 10 February 1981 in Bedford) is a professional English footballer who plays for Everton in the Premiership as a striker. His previous clubs are Birmingham City and Crystal Palace.
- Hayden Mullins
Hayden Mullins (born March 27, 1979) is a professional English footballer. He is a versatile player equally at home in midfield, in central defence, and less so at full back. During the 2006-2007 season his main position has been in the centre of midfield.
- Jim Cannon
Jim Cannon (born 2 October, 1953 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a retired football player from Scotland. He was, along with several other promising young Scottish players, signed as a junior for Crystal Palace F.C. by then manager Bert Head. He made a goalscoring debut on March 31, 1973 against Chelsea and went on to make 660 appearances for the club, beating Terry Long's record in the 1984-85 season. A cultured centre half who could also play at left back or in midfield, …
- Kenny Sansom
Kenny Sansom (born Kenneth Graham Sansom, September 26, 1958 in Camberwell, London) is an English former footballer who remains his country's most capped full back.
- Iain Dowie
Iain Dowie, (born January 9 1965 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England), is a football manager and coach, and former professional football player and Northern Ireland international. He was appointed manager of Coventry City on 19 February 2007.
- Clinton Morrison
Clinton Morrison (born May 14, 1979 in Wandsworth, London, U.K.) is an English-born professional footballer of Jamaican, Irish and Trinidadian Heritage who currently plays for Crystal Palace F.C.. Morrison, a centre forward, plays his international football for Ireland due to his grandmother being from Dublin.
- Emmerson Boyce
Emmerson Orlando Boyce (born September 24 1979 in Aylesbury) is an English footballer who plays for Wigan Athletic in the Premier League. Emmerson Boyce moved to Crystal Palace in July 2004. His contract had expired at his old club Luton Town and after a short trial he made the move on a free transfer. He had become a firm favourite with Palace fans, and had established a place in the first team at right back. He was such a hit with the fans, …
- Terry Venables
Terence Frederick Venables (born January 6, 1943 in Dagenham, London) is the Assistant England national football team manager and a former English international footballer. He has also previously had stints as the manager of the English national football team and the Australian national football team, as well as management stints at various clubs in England.
- Chris Coleman
Christopher "Chris" Coleman (born 10 June 1970 in Swansea, Wales) is a Welsh football manager and former footballer. Coleman is currently the Real Sociedad manager. As a player, he usually played in defence while also occasionally making a mark as a forward. His most significant achievements include winning 32 caps for Wales and attaining a very respectable ninth place finish in the Premier League as the manager of Fulham, who had been tipped for relegation, in 2004.
- George Graham
George Graham (born November 30, 1944 in Bargeddie, Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former football player and manager. He is best remembered for his success at Arsenal, as a player in the 1970s and then as manager in the late 1980s and early to mid 1990s.
- Fan Zhiyi
Fan Zhiyi is a professional football central defender from the People's Republic of China. Fan's biggest strengths is his superb fitness as well as his excellent positional play and distribution from the back. The 6-foot tall defender also has good aerial ability and strength.
- Leon Cort
Leon Terence Anthony Cort is a professional footballer currently playing for Crystal Palace. He is a defender who wears the number 6 shirt. He is of Guyanese descent. Leon joined Palace in June 2006 from Hull City, following his former manager Peter Taylor to the south London club, which he lives within ten miles of. The transfer fee was £1,250,000 - Hull City's largest ever transfer fee, and their first ever to exceed a million pounds.
- Peter John Taylor
Peter John Taylor (born January 3, 1953 in Southend-on-Sea) is an English football manager. He is currently manager of Crystal Palace. He was head coach of the England under-21 team until January 2007. He also was the England national football team manager on a caretaker basis in 2000.
- Ray Houghton
Raymond James Houghton (born January 9 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland) was an industrious footballer best known for his spell with the last great Liverpool team of the 1980s and his goals in big international fixtures for the Republic of Ireland.
- Paul Hinshelwood
Paul Hinshelwood (born 14 August 1956, in Bristol, England) is a retired English footballer. Paul grew up in Croydon, and in 1969, Paul (along with his brother Martin) played in the final of the London FA Schools Cup, watched by Crystal Palace manager Arthur Rowe. Rowe was impressed, and the brothers were invited for trials with the club. Both performed well, and were taken on as apprentices. "Doris", as he was known, originally began as a striker, …
- Ade Akinbiyi
Adeola (Ade) Peter Oluwatoyin Akinbiyi (born October 10, 1974 in Hackney, London) is an England born Nigerian footballer. He is a striker for Burnley in the Championship.
- Tony Taylor
Tony Taylor (born 6 September 1946 in Glasgow) is a former professional footballer. Taylor played left back in over 200 games for Crystal Palace F.C. between 1968 and 1974, scoring 8 goals. He also played for Kilmarnock F.C., Celtic F.C., Morton F.C., Southend United F.C. (to whom he transferred on leaving Palace), Bristol Rovers, Portsmouth F.C., and Northampton Town F.C.. After working as an assistant coach with Celtic, …
- Julián Speroni
Julián Speroni is an Argentine footballer who plays for Crystal Palace in The Championship. He wears the number 12 shirt and is a goalkeeper.
- Dele Adebola
Bamberdele "Dele" Adebola (born June 23, 1975 in Lagos) is a Nigerian footballer, who currently plays as a striker for Coventry City.
- Richard Shaw
Richard Shaw (born 11 September 1968 in Brentford) is an English professional football player, he currently plays for Millwall. Shaw started his career at Crystal Palace, coming up through their youth system. He enjoyed a brief loan spell to Hull City before becoming a major part of the first team, playing in the final of the 1990 FA Cup. Crystal Palace were a Yo-yo-club at the time, hence Shaw experienced several promotions and relegations in his time at the club.
- Gábor Király
Gábor Király is a Hungarian footballer who is a goalkeeper. He is currently donning his questionable trousers for Burnley.
- Andy Thorn
Andy Thorn (born 12 November 1966 in Carshalton) is a retired English footballer.
- Marc Edworthy
Marc Edworthy is an English professional footballer who started off playing for Bideford but is currently playing for Derby County. Edworthy, a defender, began his career with Plymouth Argyle in 1991-1992 season. He played four seasons with the Pilgrims experiencing the lows of relegation and the heights of promotion. He finally left on June 9, 1995 for £350,000 to join Crystal Palace who had just been relegated from the Premiership.
- Paul Barron
Paul Barron (born September 16, 1953 in Woolwich, London) is an English former football goalkeeper. He is the current goalkeeping coach at Middlesbrough FC.
- Jerry Murphy
Jerry Murphy (born 23 September 1959 in Stepney, London) is a retired footballer, who played as a midfielder. Murphy started out with Terry Venables' Crystal Palace, making 269 appearances between 1978 and 1985, and scoring 25 goals. He joined Chelsea on a free transfer in the summer of 1985, but his time there was plagued by lack of form and injury problems. In three seasons he made only 34 league appearances and was released upon the club's relegation in 1988.
- Ashley Cole
Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980, Whitechapel, England) is an English footballer of Barbadian descent. Cole plays left back for Chelsea and for the England national team, a position from which he often uses his strong pace to try and support the forward players
- Andy Linighan
Andrew "Andy" Linighan (born June 18, 1962) is a former English football player. Linighan was born in Hartlepool into a footballing family - his brothers David and Brian were also professional footballers. He first played for his local side, Hartlepool United, before spells at Leeds United (1984-1986), Oldham Athletic (1986-1988) and Norwich City (1988-1990). A tall, imposing centre back, Linighan became notable for his calm performances in defence for Norwich, …
- David Hopkin
David Hopkin (born 21 August 1970 in Greenock) is a former Scottish professional football player who is currently assistant manager at Port Glasgow F.C. Hopkin started his career at Greenock Morton F.C. before earning a move to Premiership side Chelsea in 1992. He didn't play many games for Chelsea and was later sold to Crystal Palace in 1995, …
- Clive Allen
Clive Darren Allen (born Stepney, London, May 20, 1961) is a former English international football player and a prolific scorer for a number of clubs. Allen is the son of ex-Tottenham Hotspur forward Les Allen, who was a member of the legendary team which won the First Division title and FA Cup "double" in 1961 (the Cup success occurred exactly two weeks before Allen Jnr's birth).
- Eddie McGoldrick
Edward John Paul "Eddie" McGoldrick (born on 30 April 1965 in Islington) is a former Irish footballer whose clubs included most notably Crystal Palace, Arsenal and Manchester City. He was also capped at international level for the Republic of Ireland; he was a member of Ireland's 1994 World Cup squad though he did not play in the tournament. After starting out at Northampton Town, McGoldrick had a successful spell at Crystal Palace where he played 147 times, …
- James Scowcroft
James Scowcroft (born 15 November, 1975, Bury St Edmunds) is a footballer who plays for Crystal Palace in The Championship. He wears the number 8 shirt and is a striker. He started his career as a youth at Ipswich Town and progressed to become the regular first team centre forward, gaining five England Under 21 caps in the process. From 1994 to 2001 he played over 200 games for the club, …
- Shaun Derry
Shaun Derry (born 6 December 1977 in Nottingham) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Leeds United. He is one of the fan's favourite at Elland Road. Derry is known for his hard-tackling and aggressive midfield style. Leeds fans used to sing "Derry's Gonna Get Ya" whenever Shaun made a crunching tackle or looked in the mood to do so. However, his hard man image was ruined during the 2005-2006 season when he sported an alice band among locks of long, …
- John Salako
John Akin Salako (born 11 February 1969 in Nigeria) is an English former professional football player who played for a variety of clubs and has also represented England at senior level. He was a part of the Crystal Palace team which reached the FA Cup Final in 1990. As a teenager, he lived in Westerham, Kent and was a student at The Wildernesse School in Sevenoaks, where he excelled at football. He is currently a presenter on Sky Sports.
- Jamie Smith
Jamie Smith (born 17th September 1974) is a professional footballer currently without a club, having been released by Milton Keynes Dons F.C.. He is a full-back. His former clubs are (in chronological order): Wolves (1994-1997), Crystal Palace (1997-2004) and Bristol City (2004-). He has had loan spells at Fulham (1998-1999) and Brentford (2006) His move to Crystal Palace was an interesting one; he had played a fine Play-off semi-final game against them, …
- John Fashanu
John "Fash" Fashanu (born September 18, 1962 in Kensington, London) is a British television presenter and ex-footballer. In his former career, he was a centre-forward.
- Marcus Bent
Marcus Bent (born 19 May 1978 in Hammersmith, London) is an English footballer, who in a short career has managed to play for several different professional sides. He currently plays for Charlton Athletic. He attended St Paul's College in Sunbury-on-Thames and graduated through the Brentford F.C. youth ranks, usually playing as a forward. He played his first senior game at Bury on 17 August 1996, and scored his first senior goal on 10 September the same year, …