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This amazing and thorough record of Crystal Palace's 1970-71 season was sent to me by Tony Bowden, who writes:

I saw most of the Palace games  that season, we started great but had a shocking finish. I had a day off work and went to Southampton for the last league game. We lost 6-0 ....

1970-71

Pre-Season Friendlies

Aug 1st

Crystal Palace (3) 4 St Mirren (0) 0

Birchenall 15, 77, Payne 26, Blyth 45

7,768

Referee: Mr D. Mahoney (Shirley).

Crystal Palace: Jackson, Sewell (Provan), Wall, Payne (Dawkins), McCormick (Hoadley), Blyth, Scott (Humphreys), Kember (Hinshelwood M.), Birchenall, Queen (Taylor), Tambling (Bartram).

St Mirren: Connaghan, Murray (C), Connell, Murray (E), McQueen (Traynor), Munro, Gilshaw, Lister, Hamilton (McKean), McLeod, Pinkerton.

Team changes were made at half time.


Aug 3rd

Wrexham (1) 1 Crystal Palace (1) 1

Evans 18 Scott 17

Wrexham:- Gaskell (Livesey), Ingle, Mason, Davis, May, Evans, Park, Provan, Smith, Kinsey (Tinnion), Vansittart.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell (Provan), Wall, Payne (Humphreys), McCormick, Blyth (Hoadley), Scott, Kember, Birchenall, Queen, Tambling.

Second half changes in brackets. Kember credited with Palace goal in some sources


Aug 5th

Crystal Palace (3) 8 Paykaan (1) 1

Wall 32, 42,89 pen, Queen 40, Allisande 30

Birchenall 60, Tambling 66,75

Kember 78

4,012

Referee: Mr J. Tree (Redhill).

Crystal Palace: Jackson (Wootton 70), Sewell (Hoadley 45), Wall, Payne (Provan 70), McCormick, Blyth, Scott (Pinkney 45), Kember, Birchenall, Queen (Taylor 45), Tambling.


Aug 7th

Crystal Palace (0) 0 Arsenal (1) 2

Radford 10, 89

6,000 (played at Crystal Palace Sports Centre)

Referee: Mr D. F. Pond (Chelmsford).

Crystal Palace :- Jackson, Sewell (Hoadley), Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Scott (Pinkney), Kember, Birchenall, Queen (Taylor), Tambling.

Arsenal :- Wilson, Rice, Storey, Kelly, McLintock, Roberts, Marinello, Graham, Radford, Kennedy, Armstrong.


Football League Division One.

Aug 15th

West Bromwich Albion (0) 0 Crystal Palace (0) 0

24,766

Referee: Mr K. Howley (Middlesbrough).

West Bromwich Albion :- Osborne, Hughes, Wilson, Merrick, Talbut, Kaye, Reed, Brown, Astle, Suggett, Hope. Sub Lovett

Crystal Palace :- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Scott, Kember, Queen, Birchenall, Tambling. Sub Hoadley.


Aug 17th John Hardie signed from Bradford Park Avenue.


Aug 18th

Crystal Palace (0) 0 Manchester City (0) 1

Oakes 73

35,118

Referee: Mr L. Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil).

Crystal Palace :- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Scott, Kember, Queen, Birchenall, Tambling. Sub Hoadley.

Manchester City:- Corrigan, Book, Pardoe, Doyle, Heslop, Oakes, Towers, Bell, Summerbee, Lee, Hill. Sub Jeffries.


Aug 22nd

Crystal Palace (1) 1 Newcastle United (0) 0

Birchenall 27

27,287

Referee: Mr D. J. Lyden (Birmingham).

Pts 3 Pos 12

Crystal Palace :- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Queen, Birchenall, Tambling. Sub Hoadley.

Newcastle United:- McFaul, Craig, Guthrie, Gibb, McNamee, Moncur, Dyson, Robson, Davies, Arentoft, Foggon. Sub Young.


Aug 25th

Liverpool (1) 1 Crystal Palace (0) 1

Graham 28 Queen 76

47,612

Referee: Mr K. H. Burns (Dudley).

Pts 4 Pos 11

Liverpool:- Clemence, Lawler, Evans (R), Smith, Lloyd, Hughes, Callaghan, Evans (A), Graham, McLaughlin, Thompson. Sub Whitham.

Crystal Palace :- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Hoadley, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor (Humphreys 77), Kember, Queen, Birchenall, Tambling.


5 Aug 29th

Stoke City (0) 0 Crystal Palace (0) 0

13,469

Referee: Mr C. Thomas (Treorchy).

Pts 5 Pos 10

Stoke City :- Banks, Marsh, Pejic, Skeels (Eastham early 2nd half), Smith, Bloor, Conroy, Bernard, Ritchie, Dobing, Burrows.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Hoadley, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember (Humphreys 45), Queen, Birchenall, Tambling.


Sep 2nd

Crystal Palace (1) 1 Blackpool (0) 0

Queen 21

26,269

Referee: Mr W. S. Castle (Dudley).

Pts 7 Pos 9

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Hoadley, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Payne, Queen, Birchenall, Scott, (Humphreys 75),

Blackpool:- Thomson, Armfield, Mowbray, Bentley, James, Hatton, Hutchison, Craven, Rowe, Suddick, Coleman. Sub Hughes.


Sep 5th

Crystal Palace (1) 2 Nottingham Forest (0) 0

Queen 43, Scott 49

26,510

Referee: Mr D. W. Smith (Stonehouse).

Pts 9 Pos 4

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember (Humphreys 70), Queen, Birchenall, Scott.

Nottingham Forest :- Barron, Hindley, Winfield, Chapman, O'Kane, Newton, Lyons, Rees, Ingram, Cormack, Storey-Moore. Sub McKenzie.


Sep 12th

Huddersfield Town (0) 0 Crystal Palace (0) 2

Queen 57, Kember 64

18,820

Referee: Mr N. C. H. Burtenshaw (Great Yarmouth).

Pts 11 Pos 3

Huddersfield Town:- Poole, Clarke(Krzywicki 45),, Hutt, Nicholson, Ellam, Cherry Smith, Lawson, Worthington, McGill, Dobson.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember (Dawkins 84), Queen, Provan, Scott.

Cherry went off injured 57 min


Sep 19th

Crystal Palace (0) 0 Tottenham Hotspur (1) 3

Chivers 30, 86, Mullery 70

41,308

Referee: Mr J. Finney (Hereford).

Pts 11 Pos 6

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Tambling, Kember, Queen, Hoadley (Taylor 71), Scott.

Tottenham Hotspur:- Hancock, Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Pearce (Johnson 71).


Sep 26th

Everton (3) 3 Crystal Palace (1) 1

Morrissey 27, Harvey 37, Royle 42 Scott 40

43,463

Referee: Mr G. C. Kew (Leeds).

Pts 11 Pos 9

Everton:- Rankin, Wright, Newton, Kendall, Kenyon, Harvey, Whittle, Ball (Brown 82), Royle, Hurst, Morrissey.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Queen, Tambling, Scott. Sub Hoadley.


Oct 3rd

Crystal Palace (1) 3 Southampton (1) 1

Queen 8, 65, Birchenall 49 Davies 43

26,663

Referee: Mr G. W. Jones (Lancaster).

Pts 13 Pos 6

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Queen, Birchenall, Tambling. Sub Hoadley.

Southampton:- Martin, Kirkup, Hollywood, Fisher, McGrath, Gabriel, Paine, Channon, Davies, O'Neil, Jenkins. Sub Byrne.


Oct 10th

Manchester United (0) 0 Crystal Palace (0) 1

Tambling 63

42,979

Referee: Mr R. Kirkpatrick (Leicester).

Pts 15 Pos 5

Manchester United:- Rimmer, Edwards, Dunne, Fitzpatrick, Ure, Stiles, Morgan, Best, Charlton, Kidd, Aston. Sub Burns.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Queen, Birchenall, Tambling. Sub Hoadley.


Oct 14th Steve Kember played for England u 23 v West Germany u 23 at Leicester, England won 3-1.


Oct 17th

Crystal Palace (1) 3 West Bromwich Albion (0) 0

Birchenall 42, Tambling 47, 65

28,330

Referee: Mr R. Matthewson (Worsley. Lancashire).

Pts 17 Pos 5

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Hoadley, Birchenall, Tambling. Sub Scott.

West Bromwich Albion:- Cumbes, Minton, Merrick, Brown, Talbut, Kaye, McVitie, Suggett, Astle, Hope, Hartford. Sub Glover.


Oct 24th

Crystal Palace (0) 1 West Ham United (1) 1

Taylor 75 Howe 5

41,486

Referee: Mr R. Johnson (Lowestoft).

Pts 18 Pos 4

Crystal Palace:-Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Queen (Hoadley 88), Birchenall, Tambling.

West Ham United:- Grotier, Bonds, Lampard, Eustace, Taylor, Moore, Howe, Lindsay, Hurst, Greaves, Dear. Sub Heffer.


Oct 31st

Burnley (2) 2 Crystal Palace (0) 1

Probert 22, 26 Taylor 75

12,848

Referee: Mr H. G. New (Portsmouth).

Pts 18 Pos 6

Burnley:- Waiters, Docherty, Cliff, Bellamy, Waldron, Nulty, Thomas, Coates, Probert, West, Kindon. Sub Collins.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Hoadley, Birchenall, Tambling. Sub Scott.

Thomas missed penalty for Burnley 30th minute.


Nov 7th

Crystal Palace (0) 1 Leeds United (0) 1

Sewell 87 Lorimer 52

37,963

Referee: Mr H. Davey (Huckmall).

Pts 19 Pos 7

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Scott, Queen, Birchenall, Tambling. Sub Hoadley.

Leeds United:- Sprake, Davey, Cooper, Bates, Charlton, Hunter, Lorimer, Clarke, Jones, Giles, Madeley. Sub Belfitt.


Nov 14th

Arsenal (1) 1 Crystal Palace (1) 1

Radford 16 Birchenall 17

34,503

Referee: Mr D. Turner (Rugeley Cannock).

Pts 20 Pos 7

Arsenal:- Wilson, Rice, McNab, Kelly, McLintock, Roberts, Armstrong, Storey, Radford, Kennedy, Graham. Sub Sammels.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Hoadley, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Queen, Birchenall, Scott. Sub Loughlan.


Nov 21st

Coventry City (1) 2 Crystal Palace (0) 1

Martin 27, Clements 73 Kember 83

23,054

Referee: Mr D. Laing (Preston).

Pts 20 Pos 8

Coventry City:- Glazier, Coop, Smith, Mortimer, Blockley, Parker, Hill, Carr, Martin, O'Rourke, Clements. Sub Joicey.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Loughlan, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Queen, Hoadley, Scott. Sub Humphreys.


Nov 28th

Crystal Palace (1) 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (0) 1

Scott 35 Curran 67

26,605

Referee: Mr R. Darlington (Runcorn).

Pts 21 Pos 8

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Loughlan, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Dawkins, Taylor, Kember, Tambling (Humphreys 72), Hoadley, Scott.

Wolverhampton Wanderers:- Parkes, Taylor, Shaw, Wilson, Munro, McAlle, McCalliog, Walker (Richards), Gould, Curran, Wagstaffe.


Dec 5th

Ipswich Town (0) 1 Crystal Palace (1) 2

Viljoen 48 Sewell 14 pen, Kember 81

19,344

Referee: Mr C. H. Nicholls (Plymouth).

Pts 23 Pos 6

Ipswich Town:- Sivell, Hammond, Mills, Morris, Baxter, Bell, Robertson, Viljoen, Clarke (Woods 60), Collard, Hill.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Queen, Birchenall, Scott. Sub Hoadley.

Per Bartram transferred back to Greenock Morton.


Dec 12th

Crystal Palace (0) 0 Derby County (0) 0

24,418

Referee: Mr H. G. New (Portsmouth).

Pts 24 Pos 7

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne (Humphreys 15), McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Hoadley, Birchenall, Scott.

Derby County:- Green, Webster, Robson, Hennessey (Daniel 58), McFarland, Mackay, Durban, Wignall, O'Hare, Hector, Gemmill.


Dec 19th

Newcastle United (1) 2 Crystal Palace (0) 0

Robson 38 pen, 89

21,740

Referee: Mr V. J. Batty (Helsby).

Pts 24 Pos 9

Newcastle United:- McFaul, Clark, Guthrie, Gibb, McNamee, Moncur, Robson, Dyson, Davies, Arentoft, Ford. Sub Barrowclough.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Hoadley, Dawkins, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Humphreys, Birchenall, Scott. Sub Loughlan.


Dec 26th

Crystal Palace (-) - Chelsea (-) -

Postponed. Snow


Jan 9th

Manchester City (0) 1 Crystal Palace (0) 0

Book 71

27,240

Referee: Mr G. Hartley (Wakefield)

Pts 24 Pos 10

Manchester City:- Corrigan, Book, Mann, Doyle, Booth, Oakes, Carrodus, Bell, Summerbee, Young (Hill 71), Jeffries.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Dawkins, Hoadley, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Queen, Birchenall, Humphreys. Sub Scott.


Jan 13th

Crystal Palace (0) 0 Chelsea (0) 0

40,489

Referee: Mr K. E. Walker (Ashford).

Pts 25 Pos 9

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Dawkins, Hoadley, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Queen, Birchenall, Humphreys. Sub Scott.

Chelsea:- Bonetti, Boyle, Harris, Hollins, Dempsey, Hinton, Cooke, Baldwin, Osgood, Hudson, Houseman. Sub Smethurst.

Paul Hammond signed as a professional.


Jan 16th

Crystal Palace (0) 1 Liverpool (0) 0

Queen 59

28,253

Referee: Mr H. Williams (Sheffield).

Pts 27 Pos 9

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Dawkins, Hoadley, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Queen, Birchenall, Humphreys. Sub Scott.

Liverpool:- Clemence, Lawler, Whitham (Arnold 80 ), Smith, Lloyd, Hughes, Callaghan, McLaughlin, Heighway, Toshack, Hall.


Jan 18th Terry Wharton signed from Bolton Wanderers


Jan 30th

Wolverhampton Wanderers (1) 1 Crystal Palace (1) 1

Dougan 27, 81 Birchenall 40

20,233

Referee: Mr F. M. Nicholson (Manchester).

Pts 27 Pos 9

Wolverhampton Wanderers:- Parkes, Shaw, Parkin, Bailey, Munro, McAlle, McCalliog, Hibbitt, Gould (Richards 67), Dougan, Wagstaffe.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Dawkins, Hoadley, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Queen, Birchenall, Wharton. Sub Scott.


Feb 6th

Crystal Palace (0) 1 Ipswich Town (0) 0

Wall 80

23,482

Referee: Mr E. Jolly (Manchester).

Pts 29 Pos 9

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Dawkins, Hoadley, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Payne, Birchenall, Wharton. Sub Scott.

Ipswich Town:- Sivell, Hammond, Mills, Morris, Bell, McNeil, Robertson, Viljoen, Clarke, Collard, Hill (Lambert 70).


Feb 13th

Derby County (-) - Crystal Palace (-) -

Postponed Derby County played Everton in the F.A. Cup


Feb 17th

Derby County (0) 1 Crystal Palace (0) 0

Mackay 71

23,521

Referee: Mr K. Styles (Barnsley).

Pts 29 Pos 9

Derby County:- Boulton, Webster, Robson, Durban, McFarland, Mackay, McGovern, Gemmill, O'Hare, Hector, Hinton. Sub Bourne.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Dawkins, Hoadley, Blyth, Wharton, Kember, Queen, Birchenall, Payne. Sub Scott.


Feb 20th

Crystal Palace (0) 1 Coventry City (0) 2

Birchenall 75 Carr 49, 65

24,114

Referee: Mr A. E. Morrissey (Bramhall).

Pts 29 Pos 10

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Dawkins, Hoadley, Blyth, Wharton, Kember, Queen (Scott 70), Birchenall, Payne.

Coventry City :- Glazier, Smith, Strong, Machin, Blockley, Parker, Mortimer, Carr, Joicey, O'Rourke, Clements. Sub Coop.


Feb 27th

Crystal Palace (0) 0 Burnley (2) 2

Coates 6, Dobson 26

20,436

Referee: Mr D. R. G. Nippard (Bournemouth).

Pts 29 Pos 14

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, Hoadley, Blyth, Wharton, Kember, Queen, Birchenall, Taylor. Sub Scott.

Burnley:- Waiters, Angus, Latcham, Nulty, Waldron, Dobson, Thomas, Coates, Bellamy, Probert, Kindon. Sub Docherty.


March 6th

West Ham United (0) 0 Crystal Palace (0) 0

26,157

Referee: Mr H. Williams (Sheffield).

Pts 30 Pos 11

West Ham United:- Ferguson, McDowell, Lampard, Bonds, Taylor, Moore, Redknapp, Boyce, Hurst, Robson, Greaves. Sub Brooking.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, McCormick, Payne, Hoadley, Blyth, Wharton, Tambling, Queen (Scott 28), Birchenall, Taylor.

David Provan on loan to Plymouth Argyle for the rest of the season.


March 13th

Crystal Palace (0) 0 Arsenal (1) 2

Graham 27, Sammels 89

35,022

Referee: Mr G. C. Kew (Leeds).

Pts 30 Pos 14

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Hoadley, McCormick, Blyth, Scott (Humphreys 78), Kember, Birchenall, Tambling, Payne.

Arsenal:- Wilson, Rice, McNab, Storey, McLintock, Simpson, Armstrong, Graham, Radford, Kennedy, George (Sammels 64).


March 17th John Jackson played for the Football League in their 1-0 win over the Scottish League at Aberdeen.


March 20th

Leeds United (1) 2 Crystal Palace (1) 1

Giles 43, Lorimer 52 Birchenall 28

31,871

Referee: Mr G. W. Hill (Leicester).

Pts 30 Pos 15

Leeds United:- Harvey, Reaney, Cooper, Bates, Charlton, Hunter, Lorimer (Belfitt 66), Clarke, Jones, Giles, Madeley.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Payne, Wall, Hoadley, McCormick, Blyth, Wharton (Scott 80), Kember, Tambling, Birchenall, Taylor.


March 24th

Crystal Palace (0) 0 Huddersfield Town (1) 3

Lawson 6, Cherry 51, Mahoney 73

16,646

Referee: Mr R. C. Crabb (Exeter).

Pts 30 Pos 15

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Payne, Wall, Hoadley, McCormick, Blyth, Wharton, Kember, Birchenall, Tambling, Taylor. Sub Scott.

Huddersfield Town:- Lawson (D), Clarke, Hutt, Nicholson, Ellam, Cherry, Smith, Mahoney, Worthington, McGill, Lawson (J). Sub Krzywicki.


March 27th

Nottingham Forest (1) 3 Crystal Palace (1) 1

Moore 7, 51 pen, 68 Birchenall 10

16,507

Referee: Mr R. L. Johnson (Lowestoft).

Pts 30 Pos 17

Nottingham Forest:- Barron, Hindley, Winfield, Chapman, O'Kane, Fraser, Lyons, Richardson, Martin, Cormack, Moore. Sub Rees.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Payne, Wall, Hoadley, McCormick, Blyth, Scott, Kember, Birchenall, Tambling, Taylor. Sub Brown.


April 3rd

Crystal Palace (2) 3 Stoke City (0) 2

Kember 17, Birchenall 38, Wharton 89 Ritchie 81, 90

16,963

Referee: Mr M. Kerkhof (Bicester, Oxon).

Pts 32 Pos 14

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Payne (Sewell 65), Wall, Hoadley, McCormick, Kember, Wharton, Scott , Birchenall, Tambling, Taylor.

Stoke City :- Farmer, Marsh, Pejic, Jump, Smith, Bloor, Mahoney, Bernard, Ritchie, Conroy, Burrows.

Sub Skeels.


April 10th

Chelsea (0) 1 Crystal Palace (1) 1

Webb 82 Scott 20

38,953

Referee: Mr F. M. Nicholson (Manchester).

Pts 33 Pos 16

Chelsea:- Phillips, Boyle, Harris, Hollins, Dempsey, Webb, Cooke, Baldwin, Osgood (Weller 19), Hudson, Houseman.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell , Wall, Hoadley, McCormick (Queen 75), Kember, Wharton, Scott , Birchenall, Tambling, Taylor.


April 17th

Crystal Palace (2) 3 Manchester United (1) 5

Birchenall 3, Tambling 23, Queen 82 Law 41,48, 66 Best 58, 64

39,145

Referee: Mr D. Turner (Rugeley).

Pts 33 Pos 17

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Payne, Wall, Hoadley, McCormick, Taylor, Wharton (Queen 75), Kember, , Birchenall, Tambling, Scott.

Manchester United:- Stepney, Fitzpatrick, Dunne, Crerand (Burns late), Edwards, Sadler, Best, Gowling, Charlton, Law, Best.


April 24th

Tottenham Hotspur (1) 2 Crystal Palace (0) 0

Perryman 17, Blyth o.g. 88

28,619

Referee: Mr W. J. Gow (Swansea).

Pts 33 Pos 18

Tottenham Hotspur:- Jennings, Evans, Knowles (Pearce ) Mullery, Collins, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Neighbour.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Payne (Scott 35) , Wall,, Hoadley, McCormick, Blyth, Tambling, Kember, Birchenall, Queen, Taylor.


April 26th

Blackpool (2) 3 Crystal Palace (0) 1

Craven 3, Burns 25, 76 Queen 61

8,905

Referee: Mr G. Hartley (Wakefield).

Pts 33 Pos 18

Blackpool:- Burridge, Hatton, Bentley, Johnston, James, Alcock, Burns, Green, Craven, Wann (Nicholson 85), Hutchison.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall,, Hoadley, Blyth, Kember, Taylor, Tambling ( Wharton 85), Birchenall, Queen, Scott.


May 1st

Crystal Palace (1) 2 Everton (0) 0

Hoadley 10, Kember 67

21,590

Referee: Mr T. W. Dawes (Norwich).

Pts 35 Pos 18

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Hoadley, Wall,, Kember, McCormick, Blyth, Wharton, Tambling, Birchenall (Scott 84), Queen, Taylor.

Everton:- Rankin, Wright, Newton, Kendall, Labone, Harvey, Johnson, Ball, Royle, Kenyon, Morrissey. Sub Hurst.

Some newspapers credit Kember's goal as Wright o.g when he headed in Kember's cross.


May 4th

Southampton (3) 6 Crystal Palace (0) 0

Gabriel 24, Harfield 35, Davies 41,

O'Neil 63, Channon 73, 78

15,980

Referee: Mr R. C. Challis (Tonbridge).

Pts 35 Pos 18

Southampton :- Martin, Kirkup, Fry, Fisher, McGrath, Gabriel, Paine, Channon, Davies, O'Neil, Harfield. Sub Hollywood.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Loughlan, Wall,, Kember, Hoadley (Sewell 45), Blyth, Wharton, Tambling, Scott, Queen, Taylor.

Final League Position 18th in Football League Division One. Average Attendance 28,882

Final Placings 1970-71

League Division 1
                              P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. ARSENAL                  42  18  3  0  41   6  11  4  6  30  23   65
 2. Leeds United             42  16  2  3  40  12  11  8  2  32  18   64
 3. Tottenham Hotspur        42  11  5  5  33  19   8  9  4  21  14   52
 4. Wolverhampton Wanderers  42  13  3  5  33  22   9  5  7  31  32   52
 5. Liverpool                42  11 10  0  30  10   6  7  8  12  14   51
 6. Chelsea                  42  12  6  3  34  21   6  9  6  18  21   51
 7. Southampton              42  12  5  4  35  15   5  7  9  21  29   46
 8. Manchester United        42   9  6  6  29  24   7  5  9  36  42   43
 9. Derby County             42   9  5  7  32  26   7  5  9  24  28   42
10. Coventry City            42  12  4  5  24  12   4  6 11  13  26   42
11. Manchester City          42   7  9  5  30  22   5  8  8  17  20   41
12. Newcastle United         42   9  9  3  27  16   5  4 12  17  30   41
13. Stoke City               42  10  7  4  28  11   2  6 13  16  37   37
14. Everton                  42  10  7  4  32  16   2  6 13  22  44   37
15. Huddersfield Town        42   7  8  6  19  16   4  6 11  21  33   36
16. Nottingham Forest        42   9  4  8  29  26   5  4 12  13  35   36
17. West Bromwich Albion     42   9  8  4  34  25   1  7 13  24  50   35
18. Crystal Palace           42   9  5  7  24  24   3  6 12  15  33   35
19. Ipswich Town             42   9  4  8  28  22   3  6 12  14  26   34
20. West Ham United          42   6  8  7  28  30   4  6 11  19  30   34
21. BURNLEY                  42   4  8  9  20  31   3  5 13   9  32   27
22. BLACKPOOL                42   3  9  9  22  31   1  6 14  12  35   23

Appearances and Goalscorers.

Appearances:

Birchenall A. 36

Blyth M. 38

Dawkins T. 9(1)

Hoadley P. 31(1)

Humphreys G. 4(7)

Jackson J. 42

Kember S. 39

Loughlan J. 3

McCormick J. 32

Payne D. 31

Provan D. 1

Queen G. 29(2)

Sewell J. 31(2)

Scott J. 21(5)

Tambling R. 26

Taylor T. 36(1)

Wall P. 40

Wharton T 13(1)

Goals: Birchenall 10; Queen 9; Kember 5; Scott 4; Tambling 4; Sewell 2; Hoadley 1; McCormick 1; Taylor 1; Wall 1; Wharton 1

Non Playing Subs:

Brown M. 1

Hoadley P. 8

Humphreys G 1

Loughlan J. 2

Scott J. 10


Football Association Cup

3rd Round

January 2nd

Crystal Palace (2) 2 Chelsea (1) 2

McCormick 22, Birchenall 26 Osgood 4, Baldwin 55

42,193

Referee: Mr N.C. H. Burtenshaw (Great Yarmouth).

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne (Hoadley 88), McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Queen, Birchenall, Scott.

Chelsea:- Bonetti, Boyle, Harris, Hollins, Hinton, Webb, Weller, Baldwin, Osgood, Cooke, Houseman. Sub Dempsey.


Replay

January 6th

Chelsea (2) 2 Crystal Palace (0) 0

Baldwin 9, Houseman 32

55,074

Referee: Mr N.C. H. Burtenshaw (Great Yarmouth).

Chelsea:- Bonetti, Boyle, Harris, Hollins, Hinton, Webb, Weller, Baldwin, Osgood, Cooke, Houseman. Sub Dempsey.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Dawkins (Hoadley 84), McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Queen, Birchenall, Scott.


Football League Cup

2nd Round

September 9th

Crystal Palace (1) 3 Rochdale (1) 3

Birchenall 7, Jenkins o.g. 56, Payne 70 Whitehead 23, Gowans 84, Jenkins 89

16,265

Referee: Mr J. K. Taylor (Wolverhampton).

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Humphreys, Queen, Birchenall (Pinkney 61), Scott.

Rochdale:- Godfrey, Smith, Ryder, Riley, Blair, Ashworth, Whitehead, Cross, Jenkins, Downes, Gowans. Sub Arrowsmith.


Replay

September 14th

Rochdale (0) 1 Crystal Palace (1) 3

Smith 55 Queen 18, Scott 52, Taylor 72

8,911

Referee: Mr J. K. Taylor (Wolverhampton).

Rochdale:- Godfrey, Smith, Ryder, Riley, Blair, Ashworth, Whitehead, Cross (Butler 45), Jenkins, Downes, Gowans.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Dawkins , Queen, Provan, Scott. Sub Humphreys.


3rd Round

October 7th

Crystal Palace (2) 4 Lincoln City (0) 0

Blyth 22, 60, Tambling 25, Birchenall 64

16,988

Referee: Mr T. H. C. Reynolds (Swansea)

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember , Queen, Birchenall, Tambling. Sub Hoadley.

Lincoln City:- Kennedy, Taylor (G), Peden, Hubbard, Harford, Branston, Hughes, Trevis, Freeman, Taylor (W), Smith. Sub Bryant.


4th Round

October 28th

Crystal Palace (0) 0 Arsenal (0) 0

40,451

Referee: Mr N.C. H. Burtenshaw (Great Yarmouth).

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Hoadley, Birchenall, Tambling. Sub Scott.

Arsenal:- Wilson, Rice, McNab, Kelly, McLintock, Roberts, Armstrong, Storey, Radford, Kennedy, Graham. Sub Simpson.


Replay

November 9th

Arsenal (0) 0 Crystal Palace (1) 2

Queen 13, Tambling 65 pen

45,026

Referee: Mr N.C. H. Burtenshaw (Great Yarmouth).

Arsenal:- Wilson, Rice, McNab, Kelly, McLintock, Roberts, Armstrong, Storey, Radford, Kennedy, Graham. Sub Sammels.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell (Loughlan 20), Wall, Payne, McCormick, Hoadley, Taylor, Scott, Queen, Birchenall, Tambling.


5th Round

November 18th

Manchester United (1) 4 Crystal Palace (0) 2

Fitzpatrick 29, Kidd 48, 52, Charlton 80 Queen 79, Taylor 88

Referee: Mr J. Finney (Hereford).

Manchester United:- Rimmer, Watson, Dunne, Fitzpatrick, James, Sadler, Law, Best, Charlton, Kidd, Aston. Sub Sartori

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Hoadley, Wall, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Kember, Queen, Birchenall (Loughlan 6), Scott.

Charlton's goal deflected by McCormick, some sources credit as own goal.


Anglo Italian Cup

May 26th

Crystal Palace (1) 1 Cagliari (0) 0

Tambling 28

19,326

Referee: Mr F. Francescon (Padua).

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Loughlan, Payne, Kember, McCormick, Blyth, Wharton, Tambling (Scott 82), Birchenall, Queen, Taylor.

Cagliari:- Albertosi, Martiradonna (Brugnera), Mancin, Cera, Niccolai, Tomasini (Greatti), Domenghini, De Carvalho, Gori, Poli, Riva.


May 29th

Crystal Palace (1) 1 Inter-Milan (1) 1

Birchenall 4 Boninsegna 72

25,572

Referee: Mr A. Angonese (Italy).

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Payne, Loughlan, Kember, McCormick, Blyth, Wharton, Tambling (Scott 75), Birchenall, Queen, Taylor.

Inter Milan:- Bordon, Oriali, Bellugi, Bedin, Cella, Burgnich, Da Costa, Bertini, Boninsegna, Mazzola, Corso.


June 1st

Cagliari (1) 2 Crystal Palace (0) 0

Riva 6, 73

30,000

Referee: Mr D. Smith (Gloucester).

Cagliari:- Albertosi, Martiradonna, Mancin, De Petri, Niccolai, Tomasini (Greatti), Domenghini, Nene, Gor, Cera, Riva.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Payne, Loughlan, Kember, McCormick, Blyth, Tambling, Birchenall, Queen, Taylor, Wharton. Sub Scott.


June 4th

Inter-Milan (0) 1 Crystal Palace (1) 2

Burgnich 49 Tambling 15, 55

28,000

Referee: Mr R. Tinkler (Boston).

Milan:- Bordon, Oriali, Facchetti, Fabbian, Giubertoni, Burgnich, Jair (Skogland), Bertini, Achilli (Frustalupi), Mazzola, Corso.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Payne, Taylor, Kember, McCormick, Blyth, Tambling, Wharton, Birchenall (Pinkney 80), Queen, Scott.


Friendlies

September 23rd

Croydon Amateurs (0) 1 Crystal Palace (3) 5

Cutler 55 Scott 27, Taylor 37, Payne 41,

Hoadley ?, Crane ?

2,000

Croydon Amateurs:- Hill (Edwards 45), Rotherey, Luckett, Wareing, Agar, Busby, Nash, Young (Sunnucks), Cutler, Holder (Childs), Lewis (Fillery).

Crystal Palace:- Hardie, Sewell (Hinshelwood 45), Wall, Payne, McComick (Mann 45), Blyth, Taylor (Crane 75), Humphreys, Scott, Hoadley, Tambling.


January 19th

Israel National XI (0) 0 Crystal Palace (0) 0

22,000

Israel National XI:- Sorino, Goldberg, Castro, Rosen, Rosenthal, Faygenbaum, Shum, Wallach, Barad, Spiegler, Sabu.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Dawkins, Hoadley, Blyth, Taylor (Humphreys 45), Kember, Queen, Birchenall, Scott.


February 12th

Crystal Palace (1) 2 P. S. V. Eindhoven (2) 4

Payne 15 Wharton 88 pen Van der Kuylen 26 pen 34, 80 ,

Mulders 89

12,702

Referee: Mr J. E. Bent (Hemel Hempstead).

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Loughlan, Wall, Dawkins, Hoadley, Payne, Wharton, Kember (Scott 45), Byrom (Birchenall 45), Queen, Tambling (Taylor 45).

P. S. V. Eindhoven:- Van Beveren, Dungen, Jenson, Radovic, Voss, Strik, Veenstra, Hansen, Lubse (Vrindt),Van der Kuylen, Mulders.

John Byrom played on trial from Bolton Wanderers.


March 3rd

Crystal Palace (0) 0 A. D. O. (The Hague) (0) 0

3,814

Referee: Mr C. Smith (Croydon).

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Hoadley (Wooldridge), Wall (Brown), Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Scott, Kember (Queen 30), Tambling, Birchenall, Taylor (Wharton).

A. D. O.:- Thie, Mansveld,

Palace subs 2nd half


March 8th

First Tower Jersey (0) 1 Crystal Palace (0) 2

Huson 73 Tambling 65, Payne 77

4,000

Referee: Mr P. Tomlinson

First Tower:- Breuilly, Barlow, Carter, Harben, Selkirk, Barton, Rowan, Pitman, Sands, Cooper, Huson. Subs (not used) Porter, Matthews (D), Davey, Guegan.

Crystal Palace:- Jackson (Hardie 45), Sewell, Hinshelwood (Wooldridge 45), Hoadley, McCormick, Payne, Wharton, Scott, Birchenall, Tambling, Thomas.


May 10th

' John Simpson Testimonial '

Gillingham (0) 1 Crystal Palace (3) 4

Marsh Kember 12, ? Williams o.g. ?

Wharton 80

9,118

Gillingham:- Simpson, Cripps (Millwall), Peach, Smillie, Williams, Quirke, Ferguson (Q.P.R.), Dougan (Wolves), Marsh (Q.P.R.), Knight, Venables (Q.P.R.) (Hill).

Crystal Palace:- Jackson (Hardie), Sewell, Loughlan, Kember, Blyth, Wall, MacKay (Wharton 45), Tambling, McCarthy (Scott 45), Queen, Taylor (Pinkney).

Derek MacKay and Terry McCarthy of Aberdeen played for Palace


May 13th

' John Sewell ' Testimonial. '

Crystal Palace (1) 1 Bruges (2) 3

Taylor 3 Houwaart 4, Rensenbrink 40, 81

7,812

Referee: Mr R. Kirkpatrick (Leicester).

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Sewell, Wall, Saunders, Blyth (McCormick 45), Rankin, Downing, Kember, Birchenall (Tambling), Wharton (Queen 45), Taylor (Scott 45).

Bruges:- Sanders (Vrancken), Bastljns, Velkeneeks (de Muv), van den Daele, Deconinck, Houwaart, Carteus (Vercammen), Thio, Hindercky, Rensenbrink, Puis.

John Saunders (Newport), Stan Rankin (Morton) and Derek Downing (Middlesbrough) played for Palace.


May 21st

Crystal Palace (1) 1 Clyde (0) 1

Wharton 3 Hulston 48 pen

1,186

Referee: Mr B. M. L. James (Croydon).

Crystal Palace:- Jackson, Goldthorpe, Payne, Kember (Humphreys 48), McCormick (Wooldridge 45), Blyth, Wharton, Young (Scott 45), Birchenall (Tambling 45), Queen, Taylor.

Clyde:- McCullough Sullivan, Hulston

Drew Young of Hearts played for Palace.

London Challenge Cup (Reserves).

1st Round

September 30th

Crystal Palace (3) 7 Bexley United (0) 1

Tomkins (L) 2 pen, 28 pen, Bartram ?, 65 90. Beaney 90

Jenkins ?, ?

791

Crystal Palace:- Hardie, Provan, Loughlan, Dawkins, Brown, Hoadley, McHattie, Jenkins, Bartram, Humphreys, Tomkins (L). Sub Goldthorpe

Bexley United:- Gevaux, Knox, Akers, Hanson, Grubb, O'Connor, Reed, Kelly, Glover (N), Hudson, Cunningham (Beaney 70).


2nd Round

October 13th

Wimbledon (1) 2 Crystal Palace (1) 1

O'Mara 30, McCready 62 Tomkins (L) 10

2,477

Wimbledon :- Guy, Martin, Willis, Sanderson, McCready, Shreeves, Bailham, Cooke, O'Mara, Collins, Hodges.

Crystal Palace:- Hardie, Provan, Goldthorpe, Hoadley, Brown, Dawkins, Jenkins, Humphreys, Bartram, Scott, Tomkins (L). Sub Loughlan


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Bob Dunning
22 November 2001

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