Norway Cup 1982

mercredi 10 octobre 2018

Crystal Palace won the Norway Cup for the youngest age group (12 years old or younger) in 1982. Norway Cup was the worlds largest tournament for junior footballers at the time, and perhaps still is. They progressed to the final where they beat KFUM Oslo (with a certain Henning Berg (later of Blackburn and Man. Utd) in their ranks)) 7-0. They also went through the entire tournament without letting in a single goal, and I believe they still are the only team to have ever done so in this tournament. I remember watching them in their first game in the preliminary rounds where they won 10-0 or something (forgot who they played against), and was mighty impressed. After the demise of the team of the eighties this brought fresh hope for the future.
If there is anyone who know more about this team, who where the players, did anyone of them progress to have a league career at Palace or at other clubs, etc, it would be interesting to know.


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