City Reserves face a tough trip to Selhurst Park tonight. Crystal Palace lie second in the table, seven points behind the leaders Charlton Athletic whilst the Sky Blues are in a respectable seventh position.
Manager Alan Cork has doubts about keeper Scott Shearer who was withdrawn from the first team’s game with Burnley on Saturday, Academy captain and keeper Jonny Tuffey may deputise if Shearer has not recovered in time.
An injury was also the cause of Craig Pead’s omission from last weeks defeat by Derby County and the midfielder could return.
Claus Jorgensen is another who may feature. The Faroe Islander sat out the Burnley game whilst he tried to sort himself out following the death of his brother in law.
The Eagles, who beat Chelsea 1-0 last time out, field a side which includes keeper Julian Speroni, Danny Butterfield, Tony Popovicand Neil Shipperley.
Admission is £5 for adults, £1 for children. You can get to Selhurst Park for the 7pm kick off by:
From South: Exit M25 at junction 7 (s/p M23 Gatwick, Croydon), then follow M23 Croydon signs. Straight on for 6.6 miles through Hooley and Coulsdon, to the Purley Cross interchange. Filter left (s/p Central London A23, Woodcote and Epsom) into a one-way system. Follow the central London A23 signs into Purley Way dual carriageway, which then becomes single carriageway At junction after 1.8 miles, by Hungry Horse pub, go straight on (s/p Central London A23, Thornton Heath). Follow Central London A23 signs for 2.3 miles, through several sets of lights and keeping right over a flyover. the road comes to an unsignposted junction by the Horseshoe pub, and all traffic turns left onto a one-way system. Keep right following the signs to Croydon A235 and Selhurst, then Selhurst A223, turning left after Barclays Bank into Bridgestock Road. At junction after 0.9 miles, by clock tower, keep right (s/p Croydon Town Centre, Selhurst, Crystal Palace A212) into Thornton Heath High Street. At a roundabout after 0.3 miles turn left (s/p Norwood B266, Crystal Palace A212) into Whitehorse Lane. Ground is on right hand side after 0.3 miles.
By Road - From North and East: Exit M25 at junction 4 (s/p Bromley A21, Orpington A224). At roundabout turn right (s/p Bromley A21, Orpington A224), and at next roundabout after 0.8 miles take 3rd exit (Bromley A21, Croydon A232) onto the A21. At roundabout after 1.3 miles go straight on (s/p Croydon A232). Follow signs to Croydon (A232) for 3.5 miles to where the road divides.
Here, keep left through lights (s/p Croydon Station and then Croydon A232) onto the A232. Follow Croydon A232 signs for a further 5.1 miles. Shortly after The Shirley Inn and The Crown pub on left hand side, turn right at roundabout (s/p Croydon, Sutton A232 and Redhill) into Shirley Road. At next roundabout after 0.3 miles, go straight on (s/p Norwood A215, Addiscombe) onto the A215. At T-junction after 0.6 miles turn right (s/p Beckenham A222, South Norman A215, Crystal Palace) into Addiscombe Road. After 0.2 miles turn left (s/p South Norwood A215, Crystal Palace A212) into Spring Lane. At T-junction after 0.3 miles turn right (s/p Central London, South Norwood, Crystal Palace A215) into Woodside Green, which immediately becomes Portland Road. After 0.8 miles, just after railway bridge, turn left (s/p Croydon Town Centre, Selhurst A213) into South Norwood High Street. After 0.4 miles turn right a lights (n/s) into Park Road to ground.
Driving through London is not recommended due to the congestion charges.
Norwood Junction, Selhurst and Thornton Heath train station are all within ten minutes walk of the ground.
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