It was always going to end in tears, and it still might for Crystal Palace’s supporters depending on their club’s future, but the only long faces here were wearing Sheffield Wednesday’s colours. Darren Purse’s goal three minutes from time set up a dramatic finale but Palace managed to hang on to escape finishing in the bottom three and condemn Wednesday to League One football next season. Palace could not have made a better start. The match was only 24 minutes old when Alan Lee thumped a free header from Darren Ambrose’s corner beyond Lee Grant to give his side the lead. Wednesday complained that James O’Connor was still off the pitch after receiving treatment to a head injury but it was ridiculous to think that the smallest player on the field would have been marking Lee or done anything about the forward’s second goal in 20 appearances. The 5,700 travelling supporters were buoyant but Leon Clarke darkened their mood two minutes before the interval with a fine goal, albeit one that Danny Butterfield will not want to see again. The Palace right-back had a chance to clear but he dwelled on the ball close to the touchline, allowing Clarke to pick his pocket before sweeping a curling shot from an acute angle past Julian Speroni to bring parity. Renewed belief coursed through Wednesday after the restart and Luke Varney should have added a second when he wriggled clear but he shot straight at Speroni. It was a missed chance that would be punished moments later, when Ambrose swept home Sean Scannell’s excellent cut-back to put Palace back in front. Purse revived Wednesday’s hopes when he converted at the far post in the 87th minute but late pressure failed to yield the third goal that would have saved the home side. Championship Sheffield Wednesday Crystal Palace Stuart James guardian.co.uk

Crystal Palace rounded off a day that saw their survival hopes on and off the pitch given a boost by defeating their fellow Championship strugglers Watford at Vicarage Road. Good news for the Eagles has been as scarce as a Stern John goal during a turbulent season in south London. But both came today with the club’s administrators announcing they had finally found a potential buyer before the Trinidad striker John scored his first Eagles goal since joining some eight months ago to help sink the Hornets. Sean Scannell and Neil Danns chipped in after the break as Palace edged to within a point of their opponents, who pulled a goal back through Danny Graham but are only one place above the drop zone. Watford could count themselves hard done by, however, despite the scoreline. They hit the woodwork three times, found the Eagles goalkeeper Julian Speroni and defender Paddy McCarthy in inspired form and the referee, Paul Taylor, in a forgiving mood until he sent off the Palace defender Lee Hills late on. Watford’s manager, Malky Mackay, felt they should have had an early penalty when Will Buckley’s cross struck McCarthy’s arm, but Taylor was unmoved. Watford were denied a 15th-minute opener when Speroni superbly kept out Martin Taylor’s point-blank header and they came even closer when Tom Cleverley’s 20-yard drive crashed against the bar. But against the run of play Palace took the lead on the half-hour when Johnny Ertl’s cross found its way to the far post where John, who was farmed out on loan to Ipswich earlier this term, was unmarked and headed past Scott Loach. Watford went straight back on the attack but were frustrated again when a diving header by Henri Lansbury from Cleverley’s corner somehow stayed out courtesy of the inside of the far post. And shortly after the interval the visitors went two up. Scannell’s initial header, from Darren Ambrose’s cross, came back off the post but the rebound fell kindly for Palace as the young winger picked himself off the floor and sidefooted the ball past Loach. Watford attempted to hit back again but Heidar Helguson put a lob over the top and fired another effort wide before Danns hit the third with 25 minutes to go. Loach could only parry Scannell’s shot straight into the air and Danns was on hand to rifle the loose ball into the net. Cleverley hit the post again with a 20-yard curler before the Watford substitute Graham finally scored for Watford. The left-back Hills, who escaped with a booking for hauling down Lansbury in the first half, was sent off in the closing stages for a second yellow card but Palace were celebrating moments later. Championship Watford Crystal Palace guardian.co.uk

Chris Burke boosted Cardiff’s play-off hopes and nudged Crystal Palace a step closer to relegation at Selhurst Park. The winger’s 10th goal of the season knocked the stuffing out of a Palace side still battling against the odds to stay up after being docked 10 points for going into administration, The Eagles put in a spirited display and were deservedly level when Clint Hill cancelled out Gabor Gyepes’ early opener. But Cardiff claimed the three points when Burke smashed a second-half winner. Palace were missing six first team players through injury and suspension and it took the Bluebirds just four minutes to breach their patched-up defence. Peter Whittingham’s low corner was helped on at the near post by Stephen McPhail and Gyepes was on hand to fire his first goal of the campaign. However, Palace fought back and the goal they had been threatening throughout the match finally arrived just before the hour mark, albeit from an unlikely source. Darren Ambrose swung in a corner and Hill’s downward header beat Marshall for his first goal of the season. But it was not enough as City wrapped up the win 10 minutes later when Palace failed to deal with Mark Kennedy’s free-kick and Burke hammered his volley past Speroni from the edge of the area. Palace had a chance to level in stoppage time but Sean Scannell’s shot was deflected wide as the Eagles slumped to a sixth defeat in seven home games. Championship Crystal Palace Cardiff City guardian.co.uk

Crystal Palace have shown defiance since going into administration but last night failed in arguably their most crucial battle since the creditors came calling. Having been hit by a 10-point deduction, the side could ill afford to lose against opponents who began the day one point and three places below them. They did, though, and now find themselves outside the relegation zone on goal difference alone. That is a harsh fall for a team that maintained ambitions of making the play-offs a month ago. But that is the reality they must deal with, aware that dropping into League One could be wholly damaging to the club’s desperate attempts to find long-term owners and clear debts of £32m. The sparse crowd that filled this stadium could take hope from Palace’s performance, which contained much of the guile and commitment that had meant they came close to beating Aston Villa here on Sunday. It was maybe not surprising, then, that most applauded the players off the pitch at the end. Many also sang the name of the Palace manager, Neil Warnock, who is to meet the club’s administrator, Brendan Guilfoyle, today to discuss not only the club’s future, but also his own. Warnock remains linked with posts elsewhere, most notably Queens Park Rangers, and refused to commit himself to his current employers. It was, though, hard to doubt the 61-year-old’s dedication to the cause. “It hurts [to look at the table] but we just have to deal with it and get ready for another battle,” he said. “We won’t stop fighting.” Aside from his customary dig at the match officials, Warnock did also criticise his players for the “pathetic” defending that allowed Reading to go 2-0 up against the run of play. First, Simon Church scored with an acrobatic volley from an unmarked position on 23 minutes before Jimmy Kébé struck from close range two minutes into the second half after Nathaniel Clyne had failed to clear Brynjar Gunnarsson’s cross. The substitute Sean Scannell got a goal back after connecting with a corner from Darren Ambrose but any hopes Palace had of completing a recovery ended 10 minutes from time when Church struck again from close range. “I took great pleasure from our performance,” said the Reading manager, Brian McDermott, who has steered his side to 18th on the back of four straight victories. They now sit above Palace, whose anxieties are growing by the day. Championship Crystal Palace Reading Sachin Nakrani guardian.co.uk

The revenues of around £500,000 from this televised tie effectively bought the administrators desperately attempting to attract buyers to Selhurst Park another few weeks to uncover interest in the beleaguered Championship club. Neil Warnock’s team may now languish on the fringes of the relegation zone in the second tier, but they will still be awkward opponents for the Carling Cup finalists. Martin O’Neill will consider resting some key players – his opposite number does not have that option – though Villa should be wary given that they have not beaten Palace in south London since 1980 and were defeated by two Andrew Johnson goals on their last visit. That was in the Premier League. How times have changed. Dominic Fifield Venue Selhurst Park, Sunday 3.45pm (ITV1) Tickets £15-£20 (08712 000071) Last meeting Crystal Palace 2 Aston Villa 0 (Premier League, 3 Jan 2005) Referee K Friend Odds Crystal Palace 4-1 Aston Villa 5-6 Draw 13-5 Crystal Palace Subs from Scannell, Andrew, Lawrence, Comley, N’Diaye, Wynter, Manns, Pinney, Djilali Doubtful Lawrence (hamstring), Davis (groin) Injured McCarthy (shoulder, Mar) Suspended None Cup-tied Hills, John, Cadogan Form guide LWWWL Disciplinary record Y32 R2 Leading scorer Ambrose 15 Aston Villa Subs from Friedel, Cuéllar, Collins, L

• Details of all 16 teams and eight ties, updated through the day • John Terry rested by Chelsea, Craig Bellamy out for City Aston Villa Aston Villa skipper Stiliyan Petrov and 12-goal leading scorer Gabriel Agbonlahor are major fitness worries ahead of Sunday’s match at Crystal Palace. Petrov and Agbonlahor suffered ankle and leg injuries respectively during the midweek Premier League draw with Manchester United and are regarded as “doubtful” by Villa boss Martin O’Neill. Striker Emile Heskey (groin) and left-back Stephen Warnock (shin) have been able to resume running with no ill-effects but O’Neill will make a late check on whether they can feature against Neil Warnock’s side. O’Neill has indicated he will again make changes for the competition and the likes of Brad Guzan, Nathan Delfouneso, Steve Sidwell, Curtis Davies and Habib Beye could come into the equation to start. Provisional squad Friedel, Guzan, Cuellar, Beye, Collins, Dunne, Davies, Warnock, Luke Young, Ashley Young, Milner, Petrov, Downing, Delph, Sidwell, Salifou, Carew, Heskey, Agbonlahor, Delfouneso. Bolton Wanderers Loan signings Vladimir Weiss and Jack Wilshere are Cup-tied for Bolton’s FA Cup fifth-round tie against Tottenham on Sunday, having played in the competition for their respective parent clubs, Manchester City and Arsenal. Owen Coyle claims his squad also have a “few bumps and bruises” ahead of the game but hopes to have the majority of players from the midweek trip to Manchester City available. Bolton are still coming to terms with the loss earlier this week of the central defender Gary Cahill, who is out indefinitely after a blood clot was discovered in his arm. Ivan Klasnic, Sean Davis and Gavin McCann are still missing. Provisional squad Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Knight, Robinson, Gardner, Cohen, Taylor, M Davies, Muamba, Lee, K Davies, A O’Brien, Al Habsi, Samuel, Basham, Elmander, Ricketts, Holden. Birmingham City Christian Benítez is available for the match with Derby at Pride Park tomorrow. The Ecuador international has recovered from the ankle injury suffered against Wolves which kept him out of the midweek defeat at West Ham. Blues manager Alex McLeish has to decide whether to recall wide players James McFadden and Sebastian Larsson or persevere with Craig Gardner and Keith Fahey, who replaced them at Upton Park. Left-back David Murphy and midfielder Teemu Tainio have resumed training after knee problems but will not be considered for the clash with Nigel Clough’s side. Provisional squad Hart, Carr, Johnson, Dann, Ridgewell, Gardner, Bowyer, Ferguson, Fahey, Phillips, Jerome, Benítez, Michel, McFadden, Larsson, Taylor, Parnaby, Vignal, Jervis. Cardiff City Cardiff boss Dave Jones has major selection problems, with Jay Bothroyd (ankle) a major doubt. Stephen McPhail (pancreas) joins Mark Hudson (ankle), Miguel Comminges (thigh), Gavin Rae (hamstring), Joe Ledley (hips), Josh Magennis (broken fibula) and Kelvin Etuhu (ankle) on the sidelines, while Tony Capaldi is cup-tied. Michael Chopra and Gabor Gyepes will be asked to battle through illness. Chelsea Chelsea’s captain, John Terry, misses their match against Cardiff at Stamford Bridge after being allowed to take leave by manager Carlo Ancelotti, who made the unusual step of naming his starting line-up on Friday. The team, as revealed by Ancelotti, is: Hilario; Ferreira, Alex, Carvalho, Zhirkov; Lampard, Mikel, Ballack; Sturridge, Drogba, J Cole. Subs: Turnbull, Bruma, Ivanovic, Malouda, Matic, Borini, Kalou. Ashley Cole is sidelined with a broken ankle, while midfielder Deco and right-back Juliano Belletti are out with knee injuries. Other senior players have been rested by Ancelotti, including striker Nicolas Anelka and goalkeeper Petr Cech. Provisional squad Hilario, Ferreira, Alex, Carvalho, Zhirkov, Lampard, Mikel, Ballack, Sturridge, J Cole, Drogba, Turnbull, Bruma, Ivanovic, Malouda, Matic, Borini, Kalou. Crystal Palace Neil Warnock will wait on fitness tests on Claude Davis (groin) and Matt Lawrence (hamstring) ahead of Sunday’s match against Aston Villa. Stern John is Cup-tied and Danny Butterfield, normally a full-back, is set to fill in again as a striker after scoring a hat-trick against Wolves in the fourth round. Provisional squad Speroni, Clyne, Hill, Derry, Ambrose, Danns, Carle, Scannell, Hills, Lee, Andrew, Butterfield, Djilali, Ertl, Cormley, Wynter, Davis, Lawrence. Derby County Rams boss Nigel Clough could name an unchanged starting line-up against Birmingham – but there will be a change to the squad as new signing David Martin is ineligible having played against Derby for Millwall in the third round of the competition. Lee Croft could replace Martin on the bench after recovering from a hamstring injury. Fulham Roy Hodgson is set to name an unchanged side for Sunday’s tie against Notts County at Craven Cottage. Midfielder Zoltan Gera (knee) and left-back Paul Konchesky (foot) are both back in light training after recent injuries but are not in contention for this weekend, while in-form striker David Elm should continue up front alongside Bobby Zamora. Kagisho Dikgacoi (ankle), Andrew Johnson, Clint Dempsey and John Pantsil (all knee) are all long-term absentees. Provisional squad Schwarzer, Zuberbühler, Baird, Kelly, Stoor, Hangeland, Hughes, Smalling, Shorey, Duff, Murphy, Greening, Davies, Etuhu, Riise, Nevland, Okaka, Elm, Zamora. Manchester City Craig Bellamy will not be considered for the tie against Stoke City, or the Premier League encounter against the same opposition on Tuesday. However, Roberto Mancini expects the Welshman to have shrugged off a knee complaint in time to face his former club Liverpool at Eastlands next Sunday, in a match that could prove crucial in the race for fourth place. “Craig will train on Monday and I hope he will be ready for Liverpool,” said Mancini. Adam Johnson is Cup-tied having played in the tournament for Middlesbrough before moving to Manchester on transfer deadline day. Vincent Kompany is also set to miss the FA Cup tie with a groin injury, but Kolo Touré should be available despite limping out of the win over Bolton on Tuesday with a knee problem. Kolo Touré, however, is expected to play, despite limping out of Tuesday’s win over Bolton with a knee injury. Provisional squad Given, Taylor, Richards, Zabaleta, Onuoha, Touré, Lescott, Boyata, Garrido, Sylvinho, Bridge, Wright-Phillips, Ireland, Vieira, Barry, De Jong, Petrov, Ibrahim, Tevez, Adebayor. Portsmouth Portsmouth will be without the suspended Ricardo Rocha for their trip to Southampton on Saturday. The Portuguese defender was sent off in the midweek 1-1 draw with Sunderland. Avram Grant may also be unable to call upon the Serbian defender Dusko Tosic, who is set to sign for the club but is yet to receive international clearance. Michael Brown (back), Kevin-Prince Boateng (ankle), Anthony Vanden Borre (leg), Hermann Hreidarsson (Achilles) and John Utaka (hamstring) are also doubts. Provisional squad James, Mokoena, Mullins, Vanden Borre, Piquionne, Ben Haim, Wilson, Finnan, Utaka, Webber, Hughes, Ashdown, Belhadj, Yebda, Dindane, Owusu-Abeyie, O’Hara. Reading Reading are without defender Zurab Khizanishvili, who is cup-tied having played in the third round for parent club Blackburn. Matt Mills is available after a ban and he should take Khizanishvili’s place in the centre of defence. Midfielders Gylfi Sigurdsson and Marek Matejovsky are close to returns from a foot and abdominal injury respectively. Stoke City Tony Pulis has a few late decisions to make regarding the fitness of a number of players ahead of the tie at Manchester City. Captain Abdoulaye Faye has missed the last two matches with a back problem but may be ready to return. Pulis said one or two other unnamed players had minor knocks which would all need to be assessed prior to the evening kick-off at Eastlands. Ricardo Fuller, a second-half substitute in the 1-1 midweek Premier League draw at Wigan after being arrested over allegations of a nightclub assault, could return to the starting line-up at the expense of Tuncay Sanli. Provisional squad Sorensen, Huth, Abdoulaye Faye, Wilkinson, Amdy Faye, Higginbotham, Collins, Lawrence, Sidibe, Whitehead, Delap, Diao, Kitson, Beattie, Etherington, Fuller, Tuncay, Pugh, Whelan, Simonsen, Begovic. Southampton Saints are without January signings Jose Fonte, Dan Seaborne, Jon Otsemobor and Jason Puncheon, who are all cup-tied. Wayne Thomas, Chris Perry and Radhi Jaidi come in at the back and Michail Antonio should start on the flank. Lee Barnard is available and boss Alan Pardew checks on fellow forward David Connolly (groin). Full-back Graeme Murty (ankle) is sidelined. Tottenham Hostpur Michael Dawson has an ankle complaint and faces a fitness test ahead of the game against Bolton at the Reebok Stadium. Roman Pavlyuchenko could return after a groin injury and Harry Redknapp will wait before deciding on the availability of Ledley King (knee) and Luka Modric (illness). Aaron Lennon (groin), Benoît Assou-Ekotto (groin), Jonathan Woodgate (groin) and Carlo Cudicini (wrist, pelvis) are more long-term absentees, while Younes Kaboul and Kyle Walker are Cup-tied. Provisional squad Gomes, Alnwick, Corluka, Bale, Dawson, Bassong, King, Dervite, Bentley, Kranjcar, Modric, Rose, Palacios, Jenas, Huddlestone, Pavlyuchenko, Defoe, Crouch, Gudjohnsen. West Bromwich Albion On-loan forward Frank Nouble is ineligible for West Brom, having played earlier in the competition for West Ham. Striker Ishmael Miller (ankle), defender Marek Cech (hamstring), winger Jerome Thomas (suspended) and midfielders James Morrison (heel) and Giles Barnes (Achilles) all remain unavailable. FA Cup Bolton Wanderers Tottenham Hotspur Crystal Palace Aston Villa Fulham Notts County Chelsea Cardiff City Derby County Birmingham City Manchester City Stoke City Reading West Brom Southampton Portsmouth guardian.co.uk

Neil Warnock revealed this week that Mick McCarthy used to clean his boots when the Crystal Palace manager was a player at Barnsley. With Wolves on a goalless three-match losing run and staring down the barrel in the league, McCarthy could be forgiven for looking back at those days spent wire-brushing the clods from sweaty boots with particular fondness. Palace are five matches unbeaten and will fancy their chances. Sylvan Ebanks-Blake – prolific last season, one goal this – will be given a chance to rediscover his form for the hosts. John Ashdown Venue Molineux Ref C Foy Odds Wolves 4-5 Crystal Palace 3-1 Draws 12-5 Head to head Wolves wins 25 Crystal Palace wins 17 Draws 17 Wolves Subs from Elokobi, Hahnemann, Zubar, Edwards, Surman, Halford, Berra, Bia, Iwelumo, Castillo Doubtful Edwards, Kightly Injured Keogh (ankle), Maierhofer (groin), Murray (knee) Suspended Stearman Crystal Palace Subs from Clyne, Flahavan, Scannell, Andrew, N’Diaye, Smith, Pinney, Cadogan, Comley Doubtful Butterfield Injured McCarthy (shoulder) Unavailable Hills Match pointers Wolves have lost one of their last nine meetings with the visitors. Victor Moses has scored in 10 games during his career, none of which have ended in defeat for Palace. FA Cup Wolverhampton Wanderers Crystal Palace guardian.co.uk

The search is on for the new Robbie Keane ! And if and when he is discovered nobody will extend a warmer welcome to him than Don Givens, manager of Ireland’s squad of U21 international players. Givens will look back on twelve months of regular action and regret that a player with the goal-scoring instincts of Ireland’s senior team captain has not yet been identified. That serves to emphasise how special are the particular qualities that elevate a player with goal-scoring potential above his contemporaries, how rare those qualities are. Keane has demonstrated at every level of the game a unique ability to capitalise upon a healthy quota of the goal-scoring opportunities that came his way. He confirmed this special gift when he graduated to senior international football from the day he made his debut in a friendly against the Czech Republic in Olomouc in March, 1998. A total of 41 goals from 95 matches for Ireland represents a marvellous return and points to a very special player. How Don Givens would like to groom his successor ! He said: “If we had a player with Robbie’s ability to take a good proportion of his scoring chances then I can assure you our U21 team would be very competitive in the current UEFA Championship.” Ireland have played six out of ten matches in Group two of the UEFA U21 Championship and are currently bottom of the table behind Switzerland, Turkey, Estonia, Georgia and Armenia with four draws and two defeats. The scoreline in the four drawn matches was 1-1 and therein lies a tale. A youngster with Robbie Keane’s eye for goal might well have led to Ireland winning all four of those matches. Said Givens: “I can honestly say that this squad of players have created more scoring chances in all of their matches than any other group I have managed. But we cannot find someone to put the ball in the back of the net. “The performances generally have been very good. The only one of the six matches where the performance was poor was in our last match where we lost 1-4 to Armenia.” There were extenuating circumstances. That match was played in Yerevan on November 17, four days after Ireland had drawn with Georgia in Tbilisi. Givens was drawing up his squad of players for those two matches when he had to find replacements for the injured James McCarthy, Alan Judge, Brendan Moloney and Ian Bermingham, all regulars in his squad. Then the match in Tbilisi took a heavy toll on his squad for three more players picked up injuries – Seamus Coleman, Sean Scannell and Owen Garvan. The team that faced Armenia was seriously weakened. Givens would, of course, like to see Ireland earn better results, would rejoice if they were to qualify for the finals of the UEFA Championship. However, the main purpose of developing a squad of U21 players has to be the production of players ready to take a place in Ireland’s senior squad. Givens addresses this challenge in his own way. “I do not put pressure on the players for results” he said, “of course we go out to win our matches, but I put pressure on the players for performance. “Generally if the performance is right then the results will follow. Now I have already said that our performances were good in all our games except for the match against Armenia. What has compromised our position has been the inability of our players to put the ball in the net … in a 1-1 draw with Estonia we had 24 scoring opportunities to their one.” Givens has sought to facilitate the advancement of his players and the production of good quality football and performances by imposing an adventurous playing system. “We have played 4-3-3 in all our games” he said, “with two wingers instructed to play wide at all times, principally because we have good wingers. That is why we have had so many scoring chances.” A big drain on the manager’s resources has been, inevitably, the calls of the senior management team. Ireland’s U21 team has lost the services of a large number of players in recent seasons to the senior team while they were still eligible for U21 football. That list includes Eddie Nolan, Paul McShane, Shane Long, Darren O’Dea, Darron Gibson, Aiden McGeady, Anthony Stokes, Andy Keogh among them. It remains to be seen how many of the current U21 squad will go on to play senior football for Ireland. The events of this season in England suggest that Seamus Coleman, the former Sligo Rovers player now with Everton, might well be next in line. “Seamus is a terrific young player with a great attitude” said Givens, “he was unlucky when he first went to Everton because he picked up a foot infection that kept him out for a long time and now he is quickly making up for lost time. “Seamus has always been a very good defender with the kind of enthusiasm and drive you want in your side. But he was, perhaps, a little bit limited when he came over the half-way line. “Then when I saw him recently against ‘Spurs it seemed to me that he has made great strides in this regard. Training and playing regularly with better players is bringing out his attacking skill and he is just one of the players I think could move on to the senior squad soon. “This is an occupational hazard to somebody in my job … just when the team is settling down the probability is one of your best players is plucked from your ranks and promoted to the seniors. Eddie Nolan was the last one and he is a defender too. “But, you know, that is what the job is all about; I mean, you have to accept that Giovanni Trapattoni is not going to be calling to take the players off my bench ! He’s looking for the best.” Results 2009 for Ireland’s U21 squad: 10/02/’09: Friendly – Ireland 1 – 1 Germany, Turner’s Cross. 27/03/’09: Friendly – Ireland 2 – 1 Spain, RSC Waterford 31/03/’09: *ECQ – Ireland 0 – 3 Turkey, Turner’s Cross 09/09/’09: ECQ – Estonia 1 – 1 Ireland, Rakvere 09/10/’09: ECQ – Ireland 1 – 1 Georgia, Tallaght Stadium 13/10/’09: ECQ – Ireland 1 – 1 Switzerland, RSC Waterford 14/11/’09: ECQ – Georgia 1 – 1 Ireland, Tbilisi 17/11/’09: ECQ – Armenia 4 – 1 Ireland, Yerevan. *European Championship Qualifying match

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