How do Palace build on Glasner's legacy?
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The Athletic FC. Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Matt Davis-Adams. A year after winning the FA Cup, Crystal Palace have another piece of silverware to place in their newly installed trophy cabinet. Oliver Glasner's parting gift was to deliver the Conference League. So what comes next for Palace? alongside me a pair of Giddy Eagles experts. Out in Leipzig, our Crystal Palace correspondent, Matt Woosnam. How are you doing, Matt? I'm good, thanks, Matt.
How did Crystal Palace clinch the Conference League trophy in Leipzig?
And we've got Dom Fifield with us too. Dom, you okay? I'm fine. Matt didn't sound very excited at all, did he? I'd say it was the response of a man who finished work at four o'clock this morning and has been asked to come back on at nine o'clock this morning. Alright, so this time last season, Crystal Palace were celebrating their first ever major trophy. On Wednesday night, they added another in the shape of the Conference League. Lovely trophy it is too. Matt, you're out in Leipzig, as I said. Just sum up what this means for Palace.
Yeah, it's an absolutely incredible achievement. Obviously, winning the FA Cup was special. Palace were underdogs. They didn't expect to win that last year. I think there was an expectation from some quarters that Palace would win the Conference League. They were the favourites pre-tournament, but You know, Oliver Glasner spoke a lot and railed against that a lot about how can a team in their debut campaign be the favourites to win a European trophy. All of that aside, regardless of any of that, it's an absolutely outstanding achievement. You know, it's fantastic. It means so much to the fans who dreamt of a European journey, let alone winning in Europe. winning a game in Europe or even drawing in Europe.
They didn't even dream of that. They just dreamt of going and seeing their team play in Europe. And they finally got to do that and they made it special. And they'll get another shot at it as well next year with the Europa League. And obviously after... The burning injustice that they felt last summer, I think it means even more as a result of that. Will Hughes in the mix zone after the game was asked whether it's better than the FA Cup. And he sort of talks about growing up with the FA Cup and how special that is. But actually, he seemed to imply that this was better. And I think anyone winning a European trophy, regardless of it being the third tier trophy, competition would be absolutely ecstatic and over the moon if that happened to them so palestine celebrated long into the night way way after the bars are closed they were still singing so i think that tells you a lot about what it means there were about 18 000 of them out here i believe as well yeah incredible support and they were noisy too um dom you wait 120 years for a major trophy and then three come along in 12 months can you can you quite believe that this is your crystal palace well no not really i
No, I'm sort of more used to losing 4-0 at home to Scunthorpe occasionally and relegation scraps from the Premier League. But what has been achieved in the last 12 months, I mean, a lot of that is down to Oliver Glasner as well, but the club has grown over this extended period in the Premier League and is reaping the rewards now. I mean, giddy rewards, rewards that we never expected. I didn't expect. I was one of many in tears at Wembley last May and I didn't think I'd react the same way last night, but it was emotional. It was emotional. I'm trying to explain to my kids that this isn't really what happens at Crystal Palace. You don't usually win European trophies or trophies at all. Or win, in fact, sometimes.
Yeah, it's an amazing time to be a Crystal Palace supporter. It's an amazing time to watch this group of players put in the effort that they do. And, you know, that excitement will continue next year, as Matt says, with the Europa League.
But it will not be Oliver Glasner's Crystal Palace when they kick off in that competition. And we'll talk about his departure in more detail shortly, Matt, but clearly this was the perfect way for him to say goodbye.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:36
2
How did Crystal Palace clinch the Conference League trophy in Leipzig?
0:36–4:32
3
What did the win mean to Palace fans and the club’s recent history?
4:32–20:00
4
How did Oliver Glasner influence Palace’s season and legacy?
20:00–23:48
5
Why were Glasner’s January outbursts controversial and will he regret them?
23:48–34:55