Pre-game protest at Selhurst Park vs Liverpool on 08/11/2026 Crystal Palace fans will be protesting outside the Main Stand on 08/11/2026 against the current club strategy, which prioritises tourists instead of regular match-going fans. Please note that the protest is not about results; it’s not about the football. But it is about the way the club has treated its own fans in the last few years. The fans are the backbone of this football club. We do not accept the current direction that the club is taking us, selling our soul in the process. -Protest outside the Main Stand at 13:00 -We will not be taking our seats until 14:05 to show the club what the stadium would be like without the fans. We’re worried about the future of the football club, we want what’s best for Crystal Palace. But right now, there is a massive disconnect between the club and fans. Please read the following pages for the reasons that Crystal Palace fans are protesting. THE FANS ARE THE CLUB #thefansaretheclub ————— Tickets: Prices for a single match ticket can be up to £70. These prices are aimed at tourists who are happy to pay for a membership and match ticket to see a one-off Premier League game. These prices are unaffordable for local fans, particularly young South Londoners. As a result, despite being in our most successful period, our fanbase is not growing, as shown by our Europa League attendances. Crystal Palace officials are sacrificing a long-term strategy for short-term gains. We have also found that since the digitalisation of tickets, the club has been squeezing as much money out of fans as possible. It costs an extra £50 on top of the cost of a Season Ticket for the privilege of sharing your ticket with your mate or a family member. Matchday Experience: The club has changed the experience at the stadium from being a gritty South London club to a sanitised, Americanised experience. We now have loud, generic pop music played all the way through until the kick-off of the game. We have club-funded flag bearers. We have club-funded pyrotechnics. We have club staff walking up and down the stairwells selling pom-poms. We even had the club try and force a new ‘club anthem’ on us. This is not Crystal Palace. We are a fanbase who have historically created our own atmosphere. The club has lost sight of what made us special in the English game, of what our unique selling point was, and the club has destroyed it. Restrictions: The club has deliberately made it difficult for fans to show their support. The fans have previously asked for the music to be turned off prior to key games for the fans to show their support. The club denied these requests, citing ‘regulations’, we now know this to be a lie by the club. The club has also drowned out supporters with music after key wins. At the Shakhtar Donetsk game, the players were left visibly bemused by this decision. The club has unnecessarily restricted banners and displays that have been funded and produced by the Crystal Palace fanbase. Rail Seating: In 2018, the club asked fans to sign a petition to legalise safe standing in England. We obliged. Safe standing has since been legalised and, eight years on, there is no sign of any being implemented in the home areas of our stadium. It has meant that the ground has become stagnant, as we have not been able to grow a sustainable singing section. ———

I spoke to Pierre Sage for a good 15+ minutes last Thursday afternoon in Istanbul 1-2-1 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. He came across as such a great guy who has passion and ambition for the club I love he has the same goals and agenda I have that is to leave it in a better when we leave. I arrived and have supported Palace through thick and thin since 1980 obviously longer than Pierre as he was 6 months old. The people who are running our club are destroying us. If they put into the club the same amount as us loyal fans instead of only wanting to take out all would be good but they are Buisness people who are only interested in making money. They’ve employed people who are only interested in maximising profits, finding new ways of earning more money and couldn’t care less in the destruction of our values of our club. We’ve had our club hijacked piece by piece. They are not interested in our views or our identity. They are so arrogant they think they know best and drive their vision of our club through no matter what. I’m sick of token gesture groups set up who think they know what’s best for us it’s all a con they’re being manipulated and just yes people. Our loyalty is being betrayed. Crystal Palace is built on our fan base. The real fanbase not tourists or the rich day trippers that want to experience our uniqueness built on Our Blood , Sweet and tears I’m afraid that’s not for sale. You can sell your corporate packages but you can’t sell us the heart beat the grit the passion of the club. I’ve never considered not attending Palace my whole lifetime it would be inconceivable but the whole package that is being served to us at the moment is unacceptable, unpalatable and a disgusting disgrace. Anyone decent in the staff has also left or wants to leave. They’re are also a lot of good decent staunch people left in our club certain players, plenty of coaching staff etc. In 896 home games I’ve been to Selhurst Park yesterday was a top 5 bad experience , A Rock Bottom if things don’t change rapidly it’s end of . I ain’t talking about Sage either it’s the hierarchy and the people in senior positions either get in the trenches with us or go away or we’ll go away. I hope it’s not too late but maybe it is they haven’t got their fingers on the pulse like we have because they are not the heartbeat of our club Never in 46 years have I ever experienced such a disconnect between us fans and the club it’s beyond comprehension. You’ll need a smaller ground not a larger ground with all this Americanisation of our club We want our club back. ⚰️ ❤️💙🦅