Stadium MK consortium offered this proposition to several Football League clubs, including Luton Town, Crystal Palace, Barnet, Queens Park Rangers, and Wimbledon F.C.. Wimbledon F.C., who had groundshared at Crystal Palace's Selhurst Park ground since 1991, adopted the Milton Keynes plan after the appointment of a new chairman, Charles Koppel, in January 2001. Koppel said that such action was necessary to prevent Wimbledon F.C.'s going out of business. He announced Wimbledon F.C.'s intent to move on 2 August 2001 with a letter to the Football League requesting approval, stating that Wimbledon had already signed an agreement to relocate and "subject to the
History of Crystal Palace F.C. first four games. He was replaced by former England manager Roy Hodgson, who at age 70 became the oldest appointee in Premier League history. Poor results however continued for a few more games, and Palace achieved the unenviable record of the worst start to a season in English football history with seven successive losses with no goal scored. Despite their nightmare start the club eventually finished in a highly respectable 11th place in the Premier League at the end of the 2017–18 season. History of Crystal Palace F.C. The history of Crystal Palace Football Club is an article about an