Q 01/05

The amateur 1860s Crystal Palace club, ancestor of today's club, was set up by members of what?

A) The local cricketers

B) The exhibition company's staff

C) A Sydenham church

D) The London rowers

Answer · why

A) The local cricketers

They were founder members of the FA in 1863 and reached the semi-finals of the first FA Cup in 1871-72.

Q 02/05

Why did the Crystal Palace Company form a professional football club in 1905?

A) To rival Woolwich Arsenal in south London

B) To fill the FA Cup final stadium in its grounds and draw crowds

C) To satisfy a Football League invitation

D) To keep the exhibition building's cricket team busy in winter

Answer · why

B) To fill the FA Cup final stadium in its grounds and draw crowds

The company relied on tourist income; the FA had used the ground for the Cup final since 1895.

Q 03/05

Palace's founding secretary Edmund Goodman came from which club, whose colours Palace adopted?

A) Scunthorpe United

B) West Ham United

C) Aston Villa

D) Burnley

Answer · why

C) Aston Villa

That is why Palace wore claret and blue until Malcolm Allison changed the kit in 1973.

Q 04/05

How did Edmund Goodman find Palace's first chairman, Sydney Bourne?

A) Through an advert in a London newspaper

B) He was the Crystal Palace Company's accountant

C) He was Goodman's brother-in-law

D) By checking records of FA Cup final ticket buyers

Answer · why

D) By checking records of FA Cup final ticket buyers

Bourne had bought a batch of tickets every year; he stayed chairman until his death in 1930.

Q 05/05

Who did Palace beat in 1909 as the first non-league side to knock out the FA Cup holders?

A) Wolves

B) Manchester United

C) Sheffield Wednesday

D) Newcastle United

Answer · why

A) Wolves

Two years earlier they had stunned Newcastle 1-0 in the first round.