Today marks the Centenary of Palace's best season in the Southern League Division One, finishing Runners-Up to Swindon in our last full season played at The Crystal Palace.
In true Palace style, the Title was missed on goal average with a 1-1 draw at Gillingham on the last day, Palace drew four of their last five games, two of which were both 0-0 draws with Brighton - the first away on 1oth April 1914 and on the 13th April, a crowd of 25,000 saw another goaless draw, the last 20,000 plus crowd at The Palace and the biggest that season at home.
Top goalscorer Ted (Edwin) Smith bagged 26 goals from 38 appearances, the only Palace player to play every match that season.
Palace had a fairly decent record in the Southern League, comfortably winning Division Two in our first ever season and having 5 top 5 finishes in the twenty team strong Division One in our 10 seasons there between 1906 and 1920 (Interupted by four years of playing in the 'London Combination' during the First World War football competition - 1915-1918) - mainly against the teams that would go on to form the Football League Division Three in 1920-21, which Palace then won at the first attempt.
In true Palace style, the Title was missed on goal average with a 1-1 draw at Gillingham on the last day, Palace drew four of their last five games, two of which were both 0-0 draws with Brighton - the first away on 1oth April 1914 and on the 13th April, a crowd of 25,000 saw another goaless draw, the last 20,000 plus crowd at The Palace and the biggest that season at home.
Top goalscorer Ted (Edwin) Smith bagged 26 goals from 38 appearances, the only Palace player to play every match that season.
Palace had a fairly decent record in the Southern League, comfortably winning Division Two in our first ever season and having 5 top 5 finishes in the twenty team strong Division One in our 10 seasons there between 1906 and 1920 (Interupted by four years of playing in the 'London Combination' during the First World War football competition - 1915-1918) - mainly against the teams that would go on to form the Football League Division Three in 1920-21, which Palace then won at the first attempt.
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