Premier League: Crystal Palace confirm appointment of Alan Pardew as manager

 

Crystal Palace have confirmed the appointment of Alan Pardew as their new manager on a three-and-a-half year contract.

He told the Palace website: "I am absolutely delighted to be the new manager of Crystal Palace. Everyone knows my history here, what's important now is to move the club to the next level. I believe with the backing of Steve and the board I can help achieve that and create some new exciting history for the club."
 

"It's a little bit sticky at the moment and we need to find a way out of that. The players have got great attitudes here, I've been very impressed. Can I help change that energy into more tangible results That might take a transfer, it might take a change of style a little bit, and that's what hopefully a manager of my experience can do."

Pardew made 128 appearences for Palace between 1987 and 1991, winning promotion in 1989 and famously scoring in the epic 4-3 FA Cup semi-final win over Liverpool in 1990.

In his management career Pardew led Reading and West Ham United to promotion, before taking over at St James' Park in 2010. He will take charge of the Palace team for Sunday's FA Cup tie at Dover Athletic.

Palace chairman Steve Parish said: "We wanted a manager with a great track record and proven experience in the Barclays Premier League. In Alan we have both these things as well as a man who has great affection for this club and shares my determination to take us to the next level." ...SkySports