Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club is a professional football club based in Selhurst, London, that plays in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. They were founded in 1905 at the famous Crystal Palace Exhibition building and played their home games at the FA Cup Final stadium situated inside the historic Palace grounds. The club were forced to leave the Palace in 1915 due to the outbreak of the First World War, and played at Herne Hill Velodrome and the Nest until 1924, when they moved to their current home at Selhurst Park. Palace have had
Development of stadiums in English football for Palace to pursue the site. Their current Selhurst Park home has been all-seater since the mid 1990s, holding more than 26,000 spectators. In December 2017, the club announced plans to undertake a redevelopment of the Main Stand at Selhurst Park, raising the capacity to approximately 34,000, with the new structure ready by 2021. Everton were planning to relocate to a new stadium in Kirkby. This generated a large amount of controversy, as it was beyond the city limits of Liverpool. In June 2008 Kirkby council approved the new stadium, however, following a public inquiry that was held in December