Early Years
Crystal Palace Football Club was formed on 10 September 1905 by workers at The Crystal Palace, and played its home games on the cup final ground at The Crystal Palace. The colours chosen were the claret and blue of Aston Villa, a result of the important role in the club's formation played by Edmund Goodman, an Aston Villa employee who was recommended to the fledgling club by the Villa chairman. Edmund Goodman organised the business side of the club and managed the team from 1907 to 1925. A former amateur player with Villa, Goodman had lost his leg after taking a kick on the knee which he said himself "took bad ways".
Along with two other newly formed London clubs, Chelsea and Clapton Orient, Palace applied to join the Second Division of the Football League. Chelsea and Clapton Orient were accepted, but Crystal Palace were not. Unfortunately Palace were too late to be considered for the First Division of the Southern League and were forced to settle for a place in the Second Division. To increase the number of club fixtures, they also joined the United Counties League. The first manager was John Robson who had been Middlesbrough's manager in their inaugural league season and who led them into the First Division.
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