A much improved display, but the Palace kit disgrace continued.
We went 0-1 down after 5mins, when we failed to clear our lines, but came back into things and Side equalised on 9mins. He chipped Cleevley just inside the 6yard box, much to the big man’s annoyance! Side put us in front on the half hour, he turned and smashed in the second off the bar. Just before half time debutant keeper O’Hara was caught out by a flick-on and the teams went in level. There were mass changes just after the break and the game became very disjointed, Croydon’s winner came on 74mins when O’Hara and Garland were caught out by a cross which was easily headed in.