After having memory jogged by the article about the Anglo-Italian Cup on the club website I was wondering if anyone knows who the first European Club to play Palace at Selhurst were (friendlies included). The earliest that I can remember was Slovan Bratislava on 31st January 1962 (I think we won 3-2 but my memory may be wrong).
Any information would be much appreciated.

I think that was against French side Nancy, which was part of the Festival of Britain series in May 1951. We were beaten 2-1 and the Norwood News headline was 'French Team Give Palace A Lesson.' Nancy were French cup semi finalists that year and boasted a couple of players from the Argentine national team - so no great shock, given Palace were still moored in Division 3 south in those days.

Real Madrid?? We lost 3-4 if I recall right.

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If my memory serves me right .
Didn't Jonny Byrne turn out for us in that game , although he was playing for West Ham at the time ?

The Coppell team had the most ignominious defeat. I only posted about it a while ago but still forget who it was. Whichever Greeks/Turks it was - they were sh1t. Just think, we could have reached the heady heights of West Ham now.

Red and Blue Army!

The best team I've ever seen play at Selhurst without a doubt. It was a foul night and the attendance could/should have been better.
It was a foul night and Real showed their class right from the start and were 4-1 up by half-time (Ron Heckman scoring a header for us).
We pulled it back to 4-3 in the second half with Andy Smillie and Terry Long scoring (the latter an excellent shot from outside the box - the only other time he put the ball in the net that year was an own goal against Reading from about the same distance!) - but Real shut it down to prevent us getting a memorable draw.
A great night!