Saturday, 1 August 2015

Preseason 2015/16: Palace 1 – 1 Fulham

Palace and Fulham  fought out a 1 – 1 draw, Fulham took the lead on eight minutes with a goal from Ben Pringle with an equaliser from Papa Soure’s first goal for the club on forty eight minutes which meant a turgid game on a hot day was lined by a slow pace. Indeed both teams enjoyed a high level of possession with Glenn Murray shanking an early chance over the crossbar, yet the reality was Fulham were on top in the first half with Palace coming back into it in the second half with debutant Cabaye looking good with Zaha and Ledley coming on in the second half. 

Other new signings Patrick Bamford was rested after scoring a hat-trick against Bromley on Tuesday night, whielst new signing Conner Wickham signing too late for selection.

Considering Fulham are a Championship Club, Fulham put up an excellent showing and was worthy of the draw. In what was a slow paced game directly affected by the hot weather. Palace conclude their preseason programme for 2015/16 with a game at Dagenham and Redbridge on Monday evening. The following Saturday the 2015/16 season kicks off in earnest in Norfolk vs Norwich city, even if match tickets for the disabled at 45 pounds is ridiculous.

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