Crystal Palace Under-12s earned a place in an international competition this December by winning the remembrance-focused Truce Cup in Portsmouth on Sunday afternoon.
The Eagles faced south-England rivals to win the southern section of the Truce Cup, a tournament which places emphasis on remembering those lost in the First World War.
Taking place on Remembrance Sunday, the Truce Cup sees its competitors lay wreaths, read poetry on the theme of remembrance and recall their clubs’ players who have lost their lives to the First World War and others since.
For Palace, former players lost in the First World War are: Joseph Bulcock, Richard Harker, Edwin Bertram Myers, George Thomas Smith, John (James) William Williams, Norman Arthur Wood, Edward Bell and Donald Bell.