What makes Crystal Palace Football Club special? There are plenty of answers. But for James Scowcroft it is the community. This is why, when the club began its initiative to phone all Season Ticket holders over the age of 70 after the coronavirus lockdown, Scowcroft was more than happy to make a few of Palace’s longest-serving fans’ days.
“Dougie Freedman asked a few of us to get involved as he had been doing the same,” Scowcroft reveals how he, a Crystal Palace scout, found out about the initiative in the first place. “To begin with, because I’m based in East Anglia, I was given names of supporters close by in case they needed any further assistance that I could’ve potentially provided.