Best promoted XI

Looking at the four Palace sides to have gained promotion to the Premier League, what would be your ideal starting XI for the Premier League today? I think we could stay up quite comfortably.



Rule is - you choose them based on their form, stature, age etc during the promotion season. Squads are below. Except the last one. The post would be too long and I'm sure you can remember it.



1993-94



Position Player

GK Nigel Martyn

DF John Humphrey

DF Gareth Southgate

DF Richard Shaw

DF Dean Gordon

MF John Salako

MF Simon Rodger

MF Simon Osborn

MF Bobby Bowry

FW Chris Armstrong

FW Paul Williams

DF Chris Coleman

FW George Ndah

DF Eric Young

GK Andy Woodman

DF Andy Thorn

MF Ricky Newman

MF Paul Mortimer

MF Darren Patterson

MF Paul Stewart (on loan from Liverpool)

FW Bruce Dyer

MF Damian Matthew

FW David Whyte

DF Ian Cox



1996-97



GK Carlo Nash

GK Chris Day

DF Marc Edworthy

DF Dean Gordon

DF Andy Linighan

DF Dave Tuttle

DF Gareth Davies

DF Leif Andersen

MF Hayden Mullins

MF Darren Pitcher

MF Andy Roberts

MF Simon Rodger

MF David Hopkin

MF Steven Thomson

MF Wayne Carlisle

MF Ray Houghton

MF Carl Veart

FW Bruce Dyer

FW Leon McKenzie

FW Clinton Morrison

FW George Ndah

FW Neil Shipperley

FW Dougie Freedman



2003-04



DF Curtis Fleming

DF Danny Granville

DF Danny Butterfield

DF Kit Symons[3]

DF Tony Popovic

FW Andy Johnson

FW Dougie Freedman

MF Shaun Derry

FW Neil Shipperley

DF Jamie Smith

GK Cedric Berthelin

MF Ben Watson

MF Aki Riihilahti

MF Tommy Black

MF Michael Hughes

DF Gary Borrowdale

DF Mark Hudson (on loan from Fulham)

MF Julian Gray

]MF Wayne Routledge

FW Gareth Williams[4]

MF Mikele Leigertwood

GK Nico Vaesen (on loan from Birmingham City)

MF Tom Soares

MF Darren Powell