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====Millwall Rivalry==== |
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Being the nearest professional club to Palace (6 miles away), [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] have also been a long standing rival since the 1950s. Being in close proximity a lot of players have also moved between the clubs, for example [[Derek Possee]], Anton Otulakowski, [[Chris Armstrong (footballer born 1971)|Chris Armstrong]], [[Andy Roberts (footballer)|Andy Roberts]], [[Phil Barber]], [[Jamie Moralee]], [[Bobby Bowry]], [[Darren Ward (footballer born 1978)|Darren Ward]], [[Ricky Newman]] and [[Matthew Lawrence (footballer)|Matthew Lawrence]]. |
Being the nearest professional club to Palace (6 miles away), [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] have also been a long standing rival since the 1950s. Being in close proximity a lot of players have also moved between the clubs, for example [[Derek Possee]], Anton Otulakowski, [[Chris Armstrong (footballer born 1971)|Chris Armstrong]], [[Andy Roberts (footballer)|Andy Roberts]], [[Phil Barber]], [[Jamie Moralee]], [[Bobby Bowry]], [[Darren Ward (footballer born 1978)|Darren Ward]], [[Ricky Newman]] and [[Matthew Lawrence (footballer)|Matthew Lawrence]]. |
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====Queens Park Rangers Rivalry==== |
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A new rivalry was born in 2010 when Palace manager [[Neil Warnock||Neil Warnock]] left the club to become manager at [[Queens Park Rangers F. C.|Queens Park Rangers]]. In a strange twist of fate his replacement was [[Paul Hart|Paul Hart]], who was QPR manager for a mere 5 matches earlier in the season, before leaving that club. |
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Revision as of 16:47, 30 March 2010
Crystal Palace's emblem | |||
Full name | Crystal Palace Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Eagles | ||
Founded | 1905 | ||
Ground | Selhurst Park Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London England | ||
Capacity | 26,309 | ||
Owner | Vacant | ||
Chairman | Vacant | ||
Manager | Paul Hart | ||
League | The Coca-Cola Championship | ||
2008–09 | The Championship, 15th | ||
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Crystal Palace Football Club (Template:Pron-en) is an English professional football club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where it has been based since 1924. The club is competing in the second tier of English Football, The Championship for the 2009-2010 season.
Crystal Palace was formed in 1905 by workers at The Crystal Palace. It did not reach the top division of English Football until 1969-70, and did not reach a major final until 1990. It was relegated from the top division in 1973 and once again in the following season. That left the club playing in the third tier of English football for the 1974-75 season, before being promoted back to the top level by 1979-80.
Crystal Palace's most recent successful period began in 1988-89, when the club finished third in the Second Division and was promoted to the First Division. It reached the 1990 FA Cup Final only to lose the replay against Manchester United, and finished 3rd in the First Division in 1990-91. Palace was a founding member of the FA Premier League (1992-93) but was relegated that season. Since then Palace has been relegated from and promoted to the FA Premier League on a number of occasions. Its most recent relegation from the top flight was in the 2004-05 season. All this occurred despite the club almost going bankrupt in July 2000.
In January 2010, the club again went into administration and got deducted 10 points. The current manager is Paul Hart who joined after the departure of Neil Warnock who left to join Hart's previous club, Queens Park Rangers F.C.[1]
History
Crystal Palace Football Club was formed on 10 September 1905 by the builders of the The Crystal Palace and initially played its home games at the cup final ground at The Crystal Palace.[2] The club joined the Southern League Second Division in 1905-06 and in its inaugural season was promoted to the First Division, crowned as champions.[2] It also joined the United Counties League, finishing runners-up to Watford. Henry Colclough became the club's first England representative when he played against Wales in Cardiff on 16 March, 1914[2]
The outbreak of World War I led to the Admiralty requisitioning the Crystal Palace and the club was forced to move to the home of West Norwood FC, Herne Hill.[2] Three years later the club moved again to The Nest due to the folding of Croydon Common FC. The club joined the Football League Third Division in its 1920-21 season, finishing as champions and gaining promotion to Football League Second Division. Palace moved to the purpose-built stadium Selhurst Park in 1924, the ground the club plays at today.[2] The opening fixture at Selhurst Park was against Sheffield Wednesday and, in front of a crowd of 25,000, Palace lost 0-1. Palace finished 21st that season and was relegated to the Third Division South where it would stay until 1957-58 when it finished in the bottom half of the table and then joined the newly formed Fourth Division. This was alongside the other 11 bottom half clubs of Third Division South and 12 bottom half clubs of Third Division North. In 1960-61 Palace was promoted out of the lowest tier of English League Football and this proved a turning point in the club's history as promotions followed in 1963-64 and 1968-69, taking it back to Division 2 and then Division 1.
Despite surviving in the top flight from 1969 until 1972, the club once again experienced great disappointments when it was relegated in consecutive seasons, leaving it playing in the third tier for the 1974-75 season. This proved short-lived as it was promoted in 1976-77 and 1978-79 back up to Division 1. The 1980s began with relegation from Division 1 in the first season under new owner Ron Noades and this is where the club stayed until it achieved promotion via the play-offs in 1988-89. It also reached the 1990 FA Cup Final only to lose in a replay against Manchester United. The club built on the success of the previous season in 1990-91 by achieving its highest league finish of 3rd and returning to Wembley to win the Zenith Data Systems Cup. It beat Everton 4-1 in the final, its only cup win to date.[2] The following season started promisingly with Palace lying in third place, with two games in hand on the clubs above them. However, following a programme on Channel Four called "Great Britain United", the then Chairman Ron Noades made disparaging comments about the work ethic of the club's black players, although he denies this and insists that his comments were taken out of context. The fall-out soon saw Ian Wright, the clubs talismanic striker, leaving to join Arsenal and the season fizzled out into an anti-climax with Palace finishing 10th. However this allowed it to become a founding member of the first season of the FA Premier League in 1992-93.
The damage from the previous season had been done as with few replacements coming into the squad, Palace went from being a mid-table team to one battling against relegation. Despite an opening day six goal thriller against Blackburn Rovers which ended in a 3-3 draw, The players who had served the club so well wanted to move on, such as 1989-90 club player of the year Mark Bright. The club's battled through the season and despite having a purple patch in December, looked to have done enough as a 3-1 victory over Ipswich Town left Palace comfortably on 49 points and the only club that could catch them was Oldham Athletic, who had three games remaining and were 9 points adrift. Oldham Athletic then beat Liverpool and Aston Villa to set up a final day showdown with Southampton while Palace went to Highbury to face Arsenal. Former player Ian Wright scored the opening goal in a 3-0 win while Oldham beat Southampton to condemn The Eagles to relegation. It immediately returned to the FA Premier League in the following season after the resignation of manager Steve Coppell. Alan Smith, Coppell's assistant at the club, took over but he was unable to keep the club up and it was relegated once again. In a interesting turn of events, Steve Coppell returned as manager following the sacking of Alan Smith. Yet Coppell was unable to take the club back to the FA Premier League at the first time of asking, losing in extra time to Leicester City the play-off final. The following season Coppell was successful in taking the club back to the Premier League. However in true yo-yo club fashion the club was relegated back to the First Division for the 1998-99 season. This began worrying times for the club as it was plunged into administration when owner Mark Goldberg was unable to sustain his financial backing of the club.[1]. The next owner was entrepreneur Simon Jordan, who had made his money as an owner of Pocket Phone Shop. But Jordan was unable to put the club on a sound financial footing and it went into administration again in January 2010, owing Jordan himself around £20m. In mid-February 2010 the club's future remained unresolved.
Neil Warnock left the club on March 1, 2010 to join Queens Park Rangers on a three and a half year contract. Paul Hart replaced Warnock bringing Dougie Freedman and John Pemberton. The first match in charge, Crystal Palace won 1-0 against Sheffield United with Alan Lee scoring the winning goal. Hart then played without a striker for their home match against Leicester City, a tactic that baffled most fans, in a match that Palace lost 0-1. On 27 March 2010, Hart had only won 1 in his 7 games leaving Palace in relegation with seven games remaining.
Club records
- Record League Victory: 9-0 v Barrow, Fourth Division, 10 October 1959
- Record Cup Victory: 8-0 v Southend United, League Cup Second Round, 25 September 1990
- Record Defeat: 0-9 v Liverpool, First Division, 12 September 1989
- Record Cup Defeat: 0-9 v Burnley, FA Cup Second Round replay, 10 February 1909
- Longest FA Cup Runs: Final (replay), 1990, Semi-Finals 1976, 1995
- Longest League Cup Run: Semi-finals, 1993, 1995, 2001
- Full Members Cup: Winners 1991
- Longest Unbeaten Run: 18 Games, February 1968 in the Old Second Division (now Championship) - October 1968 in the Football League Second Division (the run was split over two seasons where Palace achieved promotion)
- Highest League Scorer in Season: Peter Simpson, 46, Third Division South, 1930/31
- Most League Goals in Total Aggregate: Peter Simpson, 153, 1930–1936
- Fastest Hat-Trick (League): Dougie Freedman, 11 minutes v Grimsby Town, at Selhurst Park (Football League First Division, 5 March 1996)
- Fastest Hat-Trick (Cup): Danny Butterfield, 6 minutes, 48 seconds v Wolverhampton Wanderers, at Selhurst Park (FA Cup Fourth Round Replay, 2 February 2010)
- Highest Number of League Hat-tricks: 18, by Peter Simpson, 1929–1933
- Highest Number of Aggregate Hat-tricks: 19, by Peter Simpson, 1929–1933
- Most Internationals Caps (while at club): Aki Riihilahti, 35 (66), Finland
- First Player to Appear in a World Cup Match: Gregg Berhalter, 2002, United States
- Most Appearances (any competition): Jim Cannon, 660, 1973–1988
- Youngest League Player: John Bostock, 15 years and 287 days, v Watford, at Selhurst Park (Championship, 29 October 2007)
- Record Transfer Fee Received: £8,600,000 from Everton for Andrew Johnson, May 2006
- Record Transfer Fee Paid: £2,750,000 to Strasbourg for Valerien Ismael, January 1998
- Record Attendance: 51,482 v Burnley, Second Division, 11 May 1979
- Highest league position 1st in the First Division, 29 September 1979 - 6 October 1979
- Highest league finishing position 3rd in the Old First Division (now Premier League) (1990-91 season)
Honours
Honour | Year(s) | |
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Old Division Two / Division One | Champions | 1978–79, 1993–94 |
Runners-up | 1968–69 | |
Play-off Winners | 1988–89, 1996–97, 2003–04 | |
Football League Third Division South | Champions | 1920–21 |
Runners-up | 1928–29,1930–31,1938–39 | |
Old Division Three | Runners-up | 1963–64 |
Third Promotion Place | 1976–77 | |
Old Division Four | Runners-up | 1960–61 |
FA Cup | Runners-up | 1990 |
Semi-Finalists | 1976, 1995 | |
Football League Cup | Semi Finalists | 1993,1995,2001 |
Full Members Cup | Winners | 1991 |
Players
Current squad
- As of 25 January 2010.[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Reserves and Academy
Crystal Palace "Centenary XI"
To celebrate Crystal Palace's centenary in 2005, the club asked Palace fans to vote for a "Centenary XI". The Centenary XI consists of players whom the Palace faithful have decided were their favourites over the history of the club.
Centenary XI Criticisms
When the Centenary XI was revealed to Palace fans, it came under heavy criticism from fans who felt certain players should not have been in the team or that certain players should have been included.
Fans felt that the Centenary XI only represented the latter years of the clubs history, with the oldest player represented being Jim Cannon, who made his debut in the 1972-1973 season.
Fans felt that players such as record goalscorer Peter Simpson, former goalkeeper John Jackson, Don Rogers and Peter Taylor the latter capped by England whilst Palace were in the third division should have been included. Johnny Byrne was another contentious omission having commanded a record transfer fee when he moved to West Ham United in 1963.
Player of the Year (1972–2009)
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PFA Team of the Year
The following have been included in the PFA Team of the Year whilst playing for Crystal Palace:
- 2002
Dougie Freedman (First Division)
- 2004
Andrew Johnson (First Division)
- 2005
Andrew Johnson (Premier League)
Notable Crystal Palace players and Internationals
Staff
Current Members of Staff
Position | Name | Nationality |
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Chairman: | Vacant | |
Vice-Chairman: | Vacant | |
Chief Executive: | Phil Alexander | ![]() |
Administrator: | Brendan Guilfoyle | ![]() |
Administrator: | Christopher White | ![]() |
Administrator: | John Russell | ![]() |
Manager: | Paul Hart | ![]() |
Assistant Manager: | Dougie Freedman | ![]() |
First Team Coach: | John Pemberton | ![]() |
Reserve Team Manager: | Ronnie Jepson | ![]() |
Goalkeeping Coach: | Jim Stannard | ![]() |
Fitness Coach: | Cilit Bang | ![]() |
Chief UK Scout | Peter Sutcliffe | |
North American Scout | Davy Crockett | ![]() |
Head Physiotherapist: | Nigel Cox | ![]() |
Physiotherapist: | Sangi Patel | ![]() |
Doctor: | Harold Shipman | |
Academy Manager | David Moss | ![]() |
Under 18 Coach/Assistant Academy Manager: | Gary Issott | ![]() |
Academy Physiotherapist: | Stuart Wardle | ![]() |
Under 13 Coach: | John Salako | ![]() |
Academy Coach: | Mark Bright | ![]() |
Communications Manager: | Terry Byfield | ![]() |
Managerial history
Name | Nat | From | To | P | W | D | L | % |
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John 'Jack' Robson | ![]() |
1905 | 1907 | 77 | 35 | 18 | 24 | 45.45% |
Edmund Goodman | ![]() |
1907 | 1925 | 613 | 242 | 166 | 205 | 39.48% |
Alex Maley | ![]() |
1925 | 1927 | 83 | 36 | 16 | 31 | 43.37% |
Fred Mavin | ![]() |
1927 | 1930 | 132 | 63 | 33 | 36 | 47.73% |
Jack Tresadern | ![]() |
1930 | 1935 | 173 | 98 | 44 | 71 | 56.65% |
Tom Bromilow | ![]() |
1935 | 1936 | 44 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 52.27% |
R.S Moyes | ![]() |
1936 | 1936 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 26.09% |
Tom Bromilow | ![]() |
1937 | 1939 | 118 | 48 | 35 | 35 | 40.68% |
George Irwin | ![]() |
1939 | 1947 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 32.61% |
Jack Butler | ![]() |
1947 | 1949 | 88 | 23 | 24 | 41 | 26.14% |
Ronnie Rooke | ![]() |
1949 | 1950 | 62 | 19 | 15 | 28 | 30.65% |
Fred Dawes/Charlie Slade | ![]() |
1950 | 1951 | 40 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 20% |
Laurie Scott | ![]() |
1951 | 1954 | 145 | 43 | 41 | 61 | 29.66% |
Cyril Spiers | ![]() |
1954 | 1958 | 181 | 52 | 53 | 76 | 28.73% |
George Smith | ![]() |
1958 | 1960 | 101 | 42 | 27 | 31 | 41.58% |
Arthur Rowe | ![]() |
1960 | 1962 | 132 | 52 | 32 | 48 | 39.39% |
Dick Graham | ![]() |
1962 | 1966 | 150 | 68 | 41 | 41 | 45.33% |
Arthur Rowe | ![]() |
1966 | 1966 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 28.57% |
Bert Head | ![]() |
1966 | 1973 | 328 | 101 | 96 | 131 | 30.79% |
Malcolm Allison | ![]() |
1973 | 1976 | 146 | 52 | 45 | 49 | 35.62% |
Terry Venables | ![]() |
1976 | 1980 | 189 | 69 | 68 | 52 | 36.51% |
Ernie Walley | ![]() |
1980 | 1980 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16.67% |
Malcolm Allison | ![]() |
1980 | 1981 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11.11% |
Dario Gradi | ![]() |
1981 | 1981 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 23.33% |
Steve Kember | ![]() |
1981 | 1982 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 26.67% |
Alan Mullery | ![]() |
1982 | 1984 | 98 | 31 | 27 | 40 | 31.63% |
Steve Coppell | ![]() |
1984 | 1993 | 442 | 179 | 113 | 150 | 40.5% |
Alan Smith | ![]() |
1993 | 1995 | 108 | 48 | 25 | 35 | 44.44% |
Steve Coppell | ![]() |
1995 | 1996 | 32 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 28.13% |
Dave Bassett | ![]() |
1996 | 1997 | 60 | 29 | 15 | 16 | 48.33% |
Steve Coppell | ![]() |
1997 | 1998 | 51 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 31.37% |
Attilio Lombardo/Tomas Brolin | ![]() ![]() |
1998 | 1998 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 28.57% |
Ron Noades/Ray Lewington | ![]() |
1998 | 1998 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% |
Terry Venables | ![]() |
1998 | 1999 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 35.48% |
Steve Coppell | ![]() |
1999 | 2000 | 40 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 42.5% |
Alan Smith | ![]() |
2000 | 2001 | 55 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 25.45% |
Steve Kember | ![]() |
2001 | 2001 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Steve Bruce | ![]() |
2001 | 2001 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 61.11% |
Steve Kember/Terry Bullivant | ![]() |
2001 | 2001 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25% |
Trevor Francis | ![]() |
2001 | 2003 | 78 | 28 | 22 | 28 | 35.9% |
Steve Kember | ![]() |
2003 | 2003 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 30.43% |
Kit Symons | ![]() |
2003 | 2003 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 33.33% |
Iain Dowie | ![]() |
2003 | 2006 | 123 | 50 | 29 | 44 | 40.65% |
Peter Taylor | ![]() |
2006 | 2007 | 60 | 21 | 16 | 23 | 35% |
Neil Warnock | ![]() |
2007 | 2010 | 129 | 47 | 39 | 43 | 36.43% |
Paul Hart | ![]() |
2010 | Present | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16.67% |
Statistics are correct as of 22:00, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Bold Indicates the person has managed the team more than once. Below is a table displaying their managerial statistics over their reign as Crystal Palace F.C. manager.
Name | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||
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Tom Bromilow | ![]() |
1935 | 1939 | 162 | 71 | 40 | 51 | 43.83% | |
Arthur Rowe | ![]() |
1960 | 1966 | 139 | 54 | 34 | 51 | 38.85% | |
Malcolm Allison | ![]() |
1973 | 1981 | 155 | 53 | 48 | 54 | 34.19% | |
Terry Venables | ![]() |
1976 | 1999 | 220 | 80 | 76 | 64 | 36.36% | |
Steve Kember | ![]() |
1981 | 2003 | 59 | 18 | 14 | 27 | 30.51% | |
Steve Coppell | ![]() |
1984 | 2000 | 596 | 223 | 166 | 207 | 37.42% | |
Alan Smith | ![]() |
1993 | 2001 | 163 | 62 | 43 | 58 | 38.04% |
Rivalry
Crystal Palace have a number of rivalries. The most prominent rivalries are with Brighton & Hove Albion and Millwall.
Brighton Rivalry
Palace and Brighton are over 40 miles apart and their rivalry did not develop until Palace's relegation to the Third Division in 1974. The clubs had two of the division's biggest followings, communications between Croydon and Brighton were good and many fans were keen to travel to an away fixture. The rivalry reached a climax when the two teams were drawn together in the First Round of the FA Cup in 1976. The first game took place on November 20 at the Goldstone Ground, and Rachid Harkouk came off the bench to score a stunning equaliser and take the match to a replay after a 2-2 draw. Back at Selhurst Park the replay ended up 1-1, with Rachid Harkouk scoring the goal. This meant a second replay being held at Stamford Bridge. The second and final replay ended 1-0 to Palace, with Phil Holder grabbing the only goal but only after a disputed Brian Horton penalty miss. Horton had scored with his first attempt, but the referee ordered the kick to be retaken, which he missed. Brighton supporters and Brighton manager Alan Mullery were understandably outraged, with Palace fans not surprisingly jubilant. Alan Mullery disparaged Palace fans, an act that would never be forgotten by fans of that time, and made his appointment as manager a few years later all the more surprising. However, the two did not play in a league encounter between 1988 and 2002, leading to a lull in the rivalry, and Palace fans turning their attentions to neighbours Millwall during the 1990s. However, the return of Brighton to the second tier saw Brighton lose to Palace 5-0 in a memorable game with club idol Andy Johnson scoring a hat-trick.
Millwall Rivalry
Being the nearest professional club to Palace (6 miles away), Millwall have also been a long standing rival since the 1950s. Being in close proximity a lot of players have also moved between the clubs, for example Derek Possee, Anton Otulakowski, Chris Armstrong, Andy Roberts, Phil Barber, Jamie Moralee, Bobby Bowry, Darren Ward, Ricky Newman and Matthew Lawrence.
Queens Park Rangers Rivalry
A new rivalry was born in 2010 when Palace manager |Neil Warnock left the club to become manager at Queens Park Rangers. In a strange twist of fate his replacement was Paul Hart, who was QPR manager for a mere 5 matches earlier in the season, before leaving that club.
Shirt sponsors
- 1905 - 1983 None
- 1983 - 1984 Red Rose
- 1984 - 1985 None
- 1985 - 1986 Top Score
- 1986 - 1987 AVR
- 1987 - 1988 Andrew Copeland
- 1988 - 1991 Fly Virgin
- 1991 - 1993 Tulip Computers
- 1993 - 1999 TDK
- 1999 - 2000 Various sponsors - There was no permanent sponsor due to the club being in administration.
- 2000 - 2006 Churchill Insurance
- 2006–Present GAC Logistics
Stadium information
- Name - Selhurst Park
- City - South Norwood, London
- Capacity - 26,309
- Built - 1924
- Inauguration - 1924
- Pitch size - 110 x 74 yards (68 m)
- Record attendance - 51,801 vs Burnley, 1979
See also
References
- ^ a b "Business: The Company File: Palace on the rocks". BBC News. 1999-03-03. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
- ^ a b c d e f Business: Club History, CPFC, retrieved 2009-08-26
- ^ "Crystal Palace Current Squad". Crystal Palace F.C. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
External links
Official Website
Match Day Radio Station
Crystal Palace Fan Sites
- Holmesdale.net
- CPFC BBS
- Palace Independent Supporters Travel Club
- Ron Noades' Mum
- Five Year Plan fanzine
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