[Beckenham. Thursday 30 August 2018.]
Crystal Palace have played 15 matches in Europe and won a trophy at the end of them, and not 1 minute of any of it was in this competition.
4 trophies in 15 months, and not 1 of them puts you in the European Cup. Finishing 2nd behind Manchester City is what puts you in it. Lyon in May is what gets you seeded once you are there.
At 6 minutes past 5 on Thursday afternoon, in a canteen with 4 long tables and a television bolted above the hot counter, this football club found out who it plays first.
Before that there was a Thursday morning, and Southampton.
Prrrp.
