Top Loan players

[Neil the Eagle]

Paul Stewart for me.

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[RednBlue]

After last night's match winning performance by Terry Phelan I started to think about who were the best players we've had on loan...my particular favorite was Kenny Brown - I hoped at the time we would him up permanently.

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[Andy in Rome]

Yep, Stewart for me as well: a real battler while he was with us.

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[jonesy]

I often wonder what would have happened if Paul Stewarts signing had been permanent.
What was the reasons though?I heard that RN wouldn't cough up at the time. Seemed like a shrewd investment at the time but I guess we'll never know.

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[JJ]

Agree - Stewart for me too. I remember that he wasn't eligible to play for the last 2 or 3 games that season, but still travelled with the team. He was interviewed at Middlesbrough the day we won the title, and said how much he was looking forward to making it a permanent move, as RN had promised him a contract. He certainly gave us some extra impetus when we went on a bad run at the turn of the year. Kenny Brown must come in as number 2 though, if only for some crucial goals (Charlton and Derby).

[interested in sydney.]

Booby Mimms what an inspirational 1 game loan player say no more.

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[Kevin T]

Paul Stewart again, but I do remember good old.

Kenny Braaaaaaan from West Aaaaaam.

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Well if you'd made it down the Portmanor like I did before the game, you'd certainly feel like you'd celebrated in style the next morning!

[James Varcoe]

Talking of Paul Stewart I heard a story once that on the team coach returning from an away game the team all piled off into a Service station for refreshments etc.
On returning to the coach PS opened his track suit top and deposited loads of sweets, crisps and the like which he had nicked 'just for a laugh'

My vote for the greatest waste of time loan player Paul Trollope

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[Chocky]

And Jason Crowe was b*llocks as well.

[johnny]

I'm another Paul Stewart fan,but from what I've heard,I don't think it was Noades who decided we wouldn't keep him-I think Stewart dug his own grave as it were.Remember when Mel Blyth came "back home" to us on loan from Southampton to replace the inured Ian Evans in '77?.He did well,and i was dissapointed when we let him go back,eventually to join Millwall.

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[Small number]

I thought Jason Cundy the defender we had on loan from tottenham was very good when we had him even though he only played about 5 games!

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[lightweight]

I heard that Paul Stewart was too much of a 'bad influence' on the rest of the squad at the time.



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[Dobbo]

Well it def isn't Clint Hill..........worst left back I've seen since, er, let me think............Tony Craig.

[ElwissAtMemphis]

Originally posted by Dobbo
Well it def isn't Clint Hill..........worst left back I've seen since, er, let me think............Tony Craig.

He's certainly a long way down the list of best left backs that Palace have had on loan which includes some surprisingly good players (a long way past their best though in some cases).

Ashley Cole of course was by far the best but we've also had Terry Phelan and Steve Staunton relatively recently. Good old Kenny Brown too, all of them a darn sight better than Clint Hill from what I've seen so far. Was Jason Crowe a left back as well ? I never saw him play so I couldn't really rate him.

[ReadingPalace]

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Originally posted by Chocky
And Jason Crowe was b*llocks as well.
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He was good in Gladiator!

[Time_Warp]

Nico Vaesen :)

[Bartman]

Ashley Cole for me.

[UNHAPPY]

ashley and forsell

[Sussex Eagle]

I love ancient threads.

Originally posted by lightweight
I heard that Paul Stewart was too much of a 'bad influence' on the rest of the squad at the time.
The pissed-up mudfight with Cookie at the Hilton in Purley referenced in Woody and Nord would probably be an example.

[David Amsalem]

Still was a key performer and a huge influence for the team that won promotion.

[mushroom]

Neil Sullivan

[BR5 Eagle]

Amir Karic

[ElwissAtMemphis]

Originally posted by Sussex Eagle
The pissed-up mudfight with Cookie at the Hilton in Purley referenced in Woody and Nord would probably be an example.

It sounds like Coleman hasn't allowed his elevation to the role of management get in the way of his desire to have a good piss-up. From today's Independent ...

Coleman awash with guilt after 'mistake' of night out. (http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/european/article3152385.ece)

[CHERRY TREE BRB]

Paul Stewart - That squad was amazing!!!

[Jim Cannon]

Cole, because he was at the time, not a Big Time Charlie. A fringe player at Arsenal suddenly finds himself getting a game every week at a club that was fighting for it's life, LITERALLY.
Stewart was obviously very good, but he already was a big name, and he joined a team that was virtually unbeatable at the time, he just added a bit of star quality that was good to see. But he also was very niggly, was known to mix it a bit unnecessarily. But mixing it in the Prem could have been what we needed from him, alas it never happened, so we will never know if he could have helped to save us.

[geoffh]

Craig Moore 1998/99, goals, red cards never a dull moment

[Psychokiller]

Moore wasn't on loan - we had to send him back because we couldn't afford to pay for him.

[GDP]

Originally posted by BR5 Eagle
Amir Karic

:D

Kenny Brown for me! Awesome in his little time at the club!

[Henfield Eagle]

Steve Staunton did a good job at the time:p

[kray2k]

Steve Staunton, Ashley Cole

[Modus]

Amazing how thesee get threads are resurrected after being dormant. This thread started in 1999.

Oh almost forgot Forsell & Vaessen [cannot believe only one other person has mentioned Forsell]

[nottsunieagle]

Forsell for me.

Rumours at the time I remember (not sure if true) were that when he was a little off form, he was offered to us for £1m by Chelsea but we turned it down - he then scored 9 in the next 9 games or something ridiculous but then Chelsea wanted more money. Was that right or just in my head?!

[Halfwayline]

Another vote for the young Ashley Cole.

[Away Day Eagle]

Did we ever do a loans XI ?

I did search but couldn't find a thread

[Modus]

Originally posted by Away Day Eagle
Did we ever do a loans XI ?

I did search but couldn't find a thread

Started but mind went blank when I got to the midfield:-

Vaessen
Brown
Upson
Vickers [he was on loan was't he]
Cole
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Tambling [theres one for the old timers amongst us]
Stewart
Forsell

[Panther]

Originally posted by Modus
Started but mind went blank when I got to the midfield:-



There's a few Palace managers who've had that problem......

[Modus]

Originally posted by Panther
There's a few Palace managers who've had that problem...... :p

[Civic]

It was a lovely moment when we sincerely applauded Paul Stewart when named at his last match.

[bobby.p]

Stuanton -- One of the best goals scored at selhurst !!

[ian king]

Palace stalwart Mel Blyth came back on loan for six games after Ian Evans had his leg broken

Definitely struggling for 'midfield' loanees - plenty of goalkeepers (Terry Gennoe, Stuart Taylor) and forwards (John Fashanu, Trevor Benjamin!) about

[Thin on Top]

Terry Phelan

[Modus]

Might have stick Blyth in midfield he played a few games there when he first joined. Does Ray Wilkins half hour or whatever it was count as a loan ?

[Falco]

Originally posted by nottsunieagle
Forsell for me.

Rumours at the time I remember (not sure if true) were that when he was a little off form, he was offered to us for £1m by Chelsea but we turned it down - he then scored 9 in the next 9 games or something ridiculous but then Chelsea wanted more money. Was that right or just in my head?!

He wasn't always very good for us though. At one stage, we tried to send him back to Chelsea but found that we could not under the terms of the loan. Indeed, his time at Palace was rather representative of what his career became: a run of games in which he scored plenty and played well, followed by a run where he couldn't buy a goal and went missing.

In general, Ashley Cole is the best player I have ever seen - and he had a tremendous attitude. All of which makes it so sad that he has subsequently lost it and become such a greedy so and so.

[Matt Jansen]

Noel Whelan, Trevor Benjaman, Ventola (?), Sorondo, some ex charlton striker for a few games in about 1999, Fashanu for one game, Mark Bright when he started, Terry Gennoe in goal, Myhre (spelling?) in goal

[Daddy Long]

One of the worst for me has to be that fat ball of lard that Smith bought in on loan from Man City - Andy Morrison? Alongside Ruddock at the back we had the fattest central defence of all time. They made a pretty imposing wall at free kicks though.

[Matt Jansen]

...Paul Kitson, not that he was any good

[9Freedman9]

Can't believe no one has mentioned Frank Songo'o yet! ;)

[GodstoneEagle]

Sorondo was amazing premiership season. in terms of sheer class he was our best

[stevek]

It seems to me a disproportionate number of our loanees have been left backs (Cole, Brown, Staunton, Phelan and Hill without even thinking).

[Away Day Eagle]

Originally posted by stevek
It seems to me a disproportionate number of our loanees have been left backs (Cole, Brown, Staunton, Phelan and Hill without even thinking).

Excellent point.

Paul Brush ? Wasn't he intially on loan from West Ham before he signed permanently.

Good winning goal against Brighton 85/86 IIRC :p

Looking at that list they all have chipped in with both good and important goals.

Cole - Blackburn at home
Brown - Charlton Play Offs
Staunton - Tranmere at home
Hill - QPR away.

[delboy01]

Ashley Cole

[brighton_eagle]

Cashley or Staunton simply for that goal.

[telodaja]

Originally posted by stevek
It seems to me a disproportionate number of our loanees have been left backs (Cole, Brown, Staunton, Phelan and Hill without even thinking). How could you leave the mighty Amir Karic out of that list ? :D

[stevek]

Originally posted by Away Day Eagle
Excellent point.

Paul Brush ? Wasn't he intially on loan from West Ham before he signed permanently.

Good winning goal against Brighton 85/86 IIRC :p

Looking at that list they all have chipped in with both good and important goals.

Cole - Blackburn at home
Brown - Charlton Play Offs
Staunton - Tranmere at home
Hill - QPR away. Add to Brown's goals one at Millwall in the Ndah overhead kick game and the equaliser at Derby which (albeit briefly) kept our automatic promotion hopes alive (and resulted in broken glasses for me).

[Kevan Woz Awful]

Originally posted by Bartman
Ashley Cole for me.

Despite his subsequent bad press I thought Cole was superb for us. He never flinched a tackle like some loanees have done and showed he was a future England player from the get go. Class.

[Pub Idol]

Whatever happened to Kenny Brown ?

Also cant remember why we didnt sign him the following season ?

[Away Day Eagle]

Originally posted by stevek
Add to Brown's goals one at Millwall in the Ndah overhead kick game and the equaliser at Derby which (albeit briefly) kept our automatic promotion hopes alive (and resulted in broken glasses for me).

good work stevek.

Both excellent shouts.

Our last visit to the Baseball ground as well.

[stevek]

Originally posted by Pub Idol
Whatever happened to Kenny Brown ?

Also cant remember why we didnt sign him the following season ?

Did he end up at a Welsh club (Barry Town?) along with several other ex-players under Peter Nicholas's management. Or have I made that up?

[ZOHAR]

Top 10 Crystal Palace loans - anyone agree?

10. Terry Phelan (1999)
The left-back added steel and experience to the side when he was sent on loan from Everton. Had the brilliant chant "We've got that Terry Phelan" to the tune of You've Lost that Loving Feeling by The Righteous Brothers.

9. Steve Staunton (2000)
After finding himself out of favour at Liverpool, the experienced Irish international got first team action with six matches at Palace and scored an amazing goal from the half-way line at home to Tranmere.

8. Chris Whyte (1984)
A cultured centre back with Arsenal, he fell down the pecking order with Tony Adams breaking into the side and got 17 first team games at Palace.

7. Gonzalo Sorondo (2004-5)
Signed on a season-long loan from Italian giants Inter Milan, the Uruguay centre half won plaudits for his tough-tackling, yet composed displays in Palace's unsuccessful stay in the Premier League.

6. Shaun Derry (2007-08)
Joined from Leeds United in a two-month loan and played a pivitol role in the Eagles' 15-match unbeaten run as they surged into the Championship top six from the relegation places. After that he signed permanently for his second spell at the club.

5. Kenny Brown (1996)
The full-back joined from West Ham and helped Palace to the Division One play-off final, scoring two goals in six appearances including one against Charlton in the semi-final first leg.

4. Ashley Cole (2000)
Crystal Palace fans were among the first to see the talents of Arsenal's young goatee-wearing Ashley Cole who starred during a three-month stint where he scored a long-range goal against Blackburn.

3. Nico Vaesen (2004)
The Birmingham stopper kept six clean sheets in 13 games and was instrumental in Palace's promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs in 2004. He made two excellent stops from West Ham's Steve Lomas and Bobby Zamora in the final after saving two penalty shoot-out kicks in the play-off semi against Sunderland.

2. Mikael Forssell (2000) and (2000-01)
The Finnish international arrived on loan from Chelsea at the end of the 1999/2000 campaign and impressed with three goals in 13 matches. The loan was extended for the whole of the next season and his 13 goals from 31 starts contributed to Palace's Division One survival.

1. Paul Stewart (1994)
Although he scored just three goals in 18 matches, the on-loan Liverpool striker's hold-up play, experience and overall quality was crucial in Palace winning the Division One title in 1994.

http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=82&story=3827

[Psychokiller]

If you're putting Derry in there you really ought to have Mark Bright at number one.

[stevek]

I wouldn't have Chris Whyte in my list and I'd have Cole at one and Stewart at two.

Not sure how you judge Bright as a loanee as his brilliant contribution to this club was after he'd signed permanently.

[Psychokiller]

Originally posted by stevek
I wouldn't have Chris Whyte in my list and I'd have Cole at one and Stewart at two.

Not sure how you judge Bright as a loanee as his brilliant contribution to this club was after he'd signed permanently.

Well, he scored on his debut and played magnificently during his loan period, which I think was down to worries about a pelvic injury he had.

Shaun Murphy is one many forget about who did a pretty tidy job when he was here.

[Mister Parks]

Originally posted by Pub Idol
Whatever happened to Kenny Brown ?

Also cant remember why we didnt sign him the following season ?

Last I heard he was in Spain - Costa Blanca - he did some coaching out there and was then involved with Julian Dicks in the property market.

[917L]

Originally posted by Psychokiller
Shaun Murphy is one many forget about who did a pretty tidy job when he was here.

Who? when?

Dont recall him at all

[917L]

Whyte wouldnt be on my list at all

We also had Matthew Upson (who was rubbish for us).

There are differences, Stewart probaly the most influential during his loan spell

Cole was obvious class from his first touch

[Psychokiller]

Originally posted by 917L
Who? when?

Dont recall him at all

Centre half, Aussie, on loan from Sheffield United during Trev's reign

[Sussex Eagle]

Originally posted by ZOHAR
Top 10 Crystal Palace loans - anyone agree?
For a start, Ashley was, for me, more influential in us staying up in 2000 than Forssell was the next year despite his goals. And a better player in his time at Palace.

[917L]

Originally posted by Psychokiller
Centre half, Aussie, on loan from Sheffield United during Trev's reign

The fog is clearing slightly but he doesnt stand out, for me at least

[Sussex Eagle]

Originally posted by Psychokiller
Centre half, Aussie, on loan from Sheffield United during Trev's reign
Wasn't bad, nothing special though.

I was about to mention the much-maligned Ricardo Fuller's performance at Watford away when I remembered that we apparently spunked a million on his short spell with us...can that really be right?

[Sussex Eagle]

Referencing the first page, Clint Hill has to go down as a good 'un now, dunnee.