This is my first post and I am hoping someone may be able to help me get in touch with a Crystal Palace historian/statistician who may be able to answer a question.

The question is about former Palace player Barry Bannan who was loaned by Crystal Palace to Bolton Wanderers on 2nd February 2015 but what date did the loan end?

The reason I am asking is that I compile the records of Scottish Internationalists for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) that is a not-for-profit website to make world-wide football statistics available to all. I have problems finding exact dates of loan arrangements to help me determine a player’s club at the time he played for his country.

Thank you.

Unfortunately the problem is that football websites and newspapers on line say always : until the end of the season or have dates of the loan spell end that are different from each other. So it is impossible to me fixing a precise date on the RSSSF website. I need if it is possible a precise date of the end.

However, thank you for your help and interest.

Not wishing to tell my grandmother how to suck eggs, OP, but have you emailed or written to either of the clubs to ask them to confirm the date?

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

to YT : yes I emailed to either of the clubs but I had not answers. Maybe they did not even read them, so I am here....

to Stuk : thanks a lot. Is it possible to have the source ?

Thank you.
Your help is much appreciated.