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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jonathan Wilson

Crystal Palace have been chewed up and spat out after their moment in the sun

Adam Wharton shakes hands with Oliver Glasner after being substituted at Wembley in May
Adam Wharton is still at Crystal Palace under Oliver Glasner, but some of their best players have been sold. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters

Ask a Crystal Palace fan what price they would have paid at this time last year to win the FA Cup. Would they have taken a run of 11 games without a win, Eberechi Eze and Marc Guéhi sold, Oliver Glasner disillusioned and on his way out of the club, and a probable relegation battle ahead? Almost certainly, yes.

But equally that Palace fan would be within their rights to ask why there should be a pay-off at all. This isn’t like Portsmouth winning the FA Cup in 2008 while living beyond their means under Alexandre Gaydamak, going into administration in 2009-10. It’s not like Wigan winning the FA Cup as they were relegated in 2013 having been sustained in the Premier League by Dave Whelan.

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