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Crystal Palace is a place for rough diamond footballers': Eagles' last Wembley scorer Jason Puncheon is 2,000 miles away in Cyprus but always has one eye on his FA Cup near miss... now he is backing boyhood club to give Chelsea a run for their money!

Two thousand miles south east of London, the last Crystal Palace player to score at Wembley will be in his local pub this afternoon cheering on his beloved Eagles against Chelsea in their FA Cup semi-final.

Jason Puncheon, whose strike against Manchester United in the 2016 final sparked a memorable dad dance from manager Alan Pardew, is now 35 and playing in Cyprus for Pafos FC.

His heart remains red-and-blue. He grew up near Selhurst Park where his mum worked behind the bar on match day.

Jason Puncheon opened the scoring in the 2016 FA Cup final against Manchester United

As a player, he represented is local team 170 times between 2013 and 2019.