'The greatest day in the club's history' - 2025 report card

Best memory and why?

Could it be anything other than the FA Cup win? The greatest day in the club's history, finally taking home the trophy that had eluded Crystal Palace in the previous two attempts. It is honestly difficult to be affected by any of the downs when you've had that high.

Worst moment and why?

The worst is relative to the best, but perhaps seeing Eberechi Eze walk out at the Emirates and being unveiled as an Arsenal player. It was not unexpected, in fact, he earned a transfer of that calibre, but it was the fact that chapter was over. Thankfully he went out a winner, and is etched into the club's history.

If I could drink a New Year's brew with one member of our squad/management it would be....

Oliver Glasner is the easy answer. However, I am not convinced that even on my best day, I could convince him to stay another season, so to stave off that disappointment, I would bore him with questions about his tactical philosophy - a true busman's holiday for our dear Oliver to be discussing wing-backs.

The thing that's infuriated me in 2025 is...

Infuriate is probably too strong a term, but it would be the summer transfer business. As the year has closed out, I think the gaps in the squad have hampered the team's progress, especially now that injuries and fatigue have caught up with the players. The season has still been entertaining, but it would have just been intriguing to see where they would be now with two or three additional options.

My gut tells me 2026 will bring...

Another final. I'm not willing to give up on the Conference League just yet, despite the difficulties. That does not mean that the team in red and blue will lift that trophy at the final whistle, or that the journey there will be pretty, but the team can get to Leipzig. Failing that, maybe back-to-back FA Cups would be nice, I suppose?

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