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Crystal Palace Football Club is an English professional football club. They currently play in the highest level of English football, the Premier League. Since 1964, the club has mostly played in the top two leagues of English football. The club was founded in 1905 at the site of the famous Crystal Palace Exhibition building by the owners of the FA Cup Final stadium, who wanted their own team to play at the historic venue. Palace applied to gain election to The Football League but missed out by one vote. The club instead joined the Southern Football League Second Division, playing home games at The Crystal Palace, their home for the first ten years and inspiration for the club's initial nickname, "The Glaziers". Palace were champions in their first season, and played in the Southern League First Division for the next fifteen years. The Football League was re-organized in 1920 which saw the majority of the Southern League Division One forming a new Division Three. At the end of the season Palace were crowned champions and gained promotion to the Second Division. Palace spent four seasons in the Second Division before suffering relegation to what was then the Third Division South. Here they remained until a re-organisation of the Football League structure saw Palace become founder members of Division Four in 1958. Over the next eleven years, under the chairmanship of local builder Arthur Wait, the club progressed to the highest level of English football, the First Division in 1969, with Bert Head as manager, and stayed in the top division for four seasons. When Head moved up to take the position of General Manager in 1973 Malcolm Allison was brought in as manager, but Palace fell back to the Second Division, and then to the Third. Allison instigated a number of changes at the club, changing the nickname from The Glaziers to "The Eagles" and ending the 68-year association with claret and blue by introducing the red-and-blue vertical stripes now associated with the club. The club enjoyed a run to the semi-final of the FA Cup under Allison, and stabilised itself in the top two divisions with successive promotions under Terry Venables in 1977 and 1979, the latter saw the club crowned as Division Two champions. The period between 1989–91, under chairman Ron Noades and manager Steve Coppell, saw the club reach the FA Cup Final in 1990, win the Full Members Cup in 1991, and finish in third place in the top division in the 1990-1991 season. Palace became founder members of the Premier League in 1992, but were relegated the same season, despite achieving 49 points which is still a Premier League record for a relegated club. The club bounced between the top two divisions over the course of the nineties, and enjoyed runs to the semi-finals of both the League and FA Cups in 1995, before suffering administration under the chairmanship of Mark Goldberg. Under new owner Simon Jordan the club spent much of its time in the Championship over the next 10 years with a brief spell in the Premier League during 2004–05. Another administration in 2010 saw the club emerge owned by a consortium consisting of several wealthy fans led by Steve Parish. The club then achieved promotion back to the Premier League with a 1–0 win over Watford F.C. in the Football League play-offs of 2013, and have since maintained their place in the top league of English football. The club initially played their home games at the FA Cup Final stadium which was situated inside the grounds of The Crystal Palace, but the First World War saw them forced to move out, and they enjoyed a number of seasons at both the Herne Hill Velodrome and The Nest. Since 1924, Palace have played their home games at Selhurst Park. Their home colours are red and blue vertical stripes, though prior to 1973 they wore claret and pale blue after the fashion of Aston Villa. The club's longest serving manager is Edmund Goodman and Jim Cannon has made the most appearances for the club. Peter Simpson is the club's top scorer for both one season and overall, netting 54 and 165 respectively. The highest transfer fee paid by the club to date was for Yohan Cabaye from Paris Saint-Germain in July 2015. ==Background and formation== As early as 1861, workers from the famous glass exhibition building formed the initial Crystal Palace team as an amateur club. They were one of the 12 founder members of the Football Association and competed in the first FA Cup reaching the semi-finals where they were eliminated by the Royal Engineers in a replay after the first game ended goalless. The team also played in the FA Cup in the next four seasons, disappearing from historical records after a 3–0 defeat to eventual winners Wanderers in the second round of the 1875–76 FA Cup. However, this was not the end of the association between Crystal Palace and the FA Cup. In 1895, the FA adopted a new permanent home for the Cup Final which was to be played at The Crystal Palace. With the owners of the attraction reliant on tourist activity for their income, they sought fresh attractions for the venue, attracting the London County Cricket Club of W. G. Grace before turning their attention to football.〔Matthews, p. 11–13〕 The idea of a new club playing at the Crystal Palace stadium was proposed in 1904 by the Crystal Palace Company. The proposal was rejected by the Football Association, who disliked the idea of the owners of the Cup Final venue also possessing a football club. However a separate company was formed the following year to establish the club under the chairmanship of Sydney Bourne, chosen due to his propensity in buying tickets to the Cup Final.〔Matthews, p. 13〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of Crystal Palace F.C.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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