- Address: Whitehorse Lane, London
- Country: United Kingdom
- Capacity: 25,000
- Opened: 30 August 1924
- Main use: Football
- Tenants: Crystal Palace (football)
Extra stadium info – Selhurst Park
The stadium, which is among the largest sports venues by capacity in London, was designed by the Scottish stadium architect Archibald Leitch. The venue named Selhurst Park was one of the venues for the Games of the Olympiad in 1948. It opened with only one stand. The stadium opened with a football match between Crystal Palace and the football club which is currently known as Sheffield Wednesday. The visitors won the game. The stadium’s record attendance of 51,000 was set in 1979, when Crystal Palace Football Club defeated Burnley Football Club 2-0.
Crystal Palace Football Club
Crystal Palace FC, also known as The Eagles or The Glaziers, use the stadium named Selhurst Park for home games. The football club was founded in 1905. In 1961, they broke the record attendance for an English fourth-level football match, when 37,000 people showed up for their home game against Millwall FC. In 1990, CPFC played their first-ever FA Cup final. Manchester United Football Club won the final. In 2016, Crystal Palace lost their second FA Cup final. Manchester United won the game, which took place in the city of London, in front of 88,000 spectators.
Third place
In 1991, Crystal Palace finished third place in the English top-flight football league for the first time in their history. It was the best finish for Palace in the English top division ever. Arsenal Football Club and Liverpool Football Club finished above Crystal Palace in that English top-flight football league season. Palace gathered 69 points in 38 league games during that football season. They won 20 of those 38 games. Nine of those 38 games ended in a draw. Crystal Palace FC drew an average home attendance of 19,000 during that English top-flight football league season.
