Substitutes were introduced in August 1965. Does anybody know who Palaces first substitute to come off the bench and score was. Can not find this information anywhere.
Will solve a discussion at the pub.

I do not know the answer so I contacted a fellow supporter who is far more erudite than 'Yours Truly' and he believes it could be Bobby Woodruff, whom he saw score from the penalty spot.
He claims he recalls this game as it was at A.Villa and he had never visited the ground before.
But alas he is somewhat advanced in years and his memory is not what it was in bygone days.

Someone else I have spoken to believes it could be Cliff Jackson.He has a vague recollection of Jackson scoring after coming on from the bench and if this is correct he might have been the first Palace substitute to score.But this chap is also 'ripe' in years !!

Woodruff and Jackson didn't join us till the start of the 66/67 season. That in itself doesn't prove anything, but one would think that during a full season of using subs (65/66) at least one of them would have scored (though I wouldn't bet on it!). Perhaps a little more relevantly as far as Woodruff is concerned, the first time we played Villa after the introduction of subs was in 67/68, meaning that we would have had to have gone two full seasons of using subs without one of them scoring for the Woodruff theory to be correct.

I suspect that this will run and run.

Edited by Willo (28 Feb 2020 5.22pm)

I can't see that question being answered. But, as a complete flyer, I'll say Keith Smith, who joined us from Peterborough around that time.

Well done, Willo, to your friend who's "ripe in years".