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Strong Palace too good for Toon's U-23s

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Vincent
Date22 December 2020
Published date22 December 2020
Publication titleEvening Chronicle
The game took place against a strong Palace side which had three first-team players in its opening line-up, boss Roy Hodgson watching from the sidelines at the Eagles' Beckenham training ground.

James McCarthy, James Tomkins and former Ajax star Jairo Riedewald were involved for Palace.

The home team had the game's first chance after three minutes when Sion Spence was denied by United goalkeeper Will Brown, who has been in the last two first-team squads.

Palace went ahead five minutes later when Ireland international McCarthy fired home after early pressure eventually paid off.

On 38 minutes United were thankful to Brown again after the young goalie made another important block.

Palace teenager Brandon Pierrick twisted and turned out wide but Brown made another good stop low down, this time to his left-hand side.

Newcastle struggled in the opening 45 minutes and failed to muster a shot.

After the break Spence squeezed through to...

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