Describing Crystal Palace’s recovery from the edge of relegation in December 2003 to promotion in May 2004, Iain Dowie coined the term ‘bouncebackability’ and it’s stuck throughout the sporting world since.
Carrying the torch for Dowie 15 years later, the Eagles still display an impressive ability to recover from setbacks and bounce-back from defeat with strength and determination.
Palace’s recent times have been no different to Dowie’s resilient south Londoners in 2004, with Roy Hodgson’s men responding to their last five league defeats with five immediate victories.
Both he and the rest of Crystal Palace will be hoping for a similar reaction to last Saturday’s loss to Tottenham Hotspur as Nuno Espírito Santo brings Wolverhampton Wanderers to Selhurst Park this afternoon.