The Crystal Palace Football Club Player of the Year is awarded at the end of each season, nine of these players have won the award for a second time, the most recent being which professional footballer, who plays as a winger for Premier League club Crystal Palace, and the Ivory Coast national team?
Wilfried Zaha
Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year
The Crystal Palace Football Club Player of the Year is awarded at the end of each season.
 Since the inaugural award was made to John McCormick in 1972, 34 different players have won the award.
 Nine of these players have won the award for a second time, the most recent being Wilfried Zaha.
 Two players have received the award on more than two occasions, Jim Cannon won it three times and Julián Speroni won it four times.
 Paul Hinshelwood was the first to win the trophy in consecutive seasons, a feat since emulated by Andrew Johnson, Julián Speroni and Wilfried Zaha.
 Speroni is the only one to win it in three consecutive seasons.
 The current incumbent of the award is Wilfried Zaha, who was the 2016–17 recipient.
Wilfried Zaha
Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha (born 10 November 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Ivory Coast national team.
Wayne Hennessey
Wayne Robert Hennessey (born 24 January 1987) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Wales national team. Scott Dann
Scott Dann (born 14 February 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Crystal Palace.
 He began his Football League career with Walsall, before moving on to Coventry City and then to Birmingham City in 2009.
 After Birmingham's relegation from the Premier League, Dann joined Blackburn in August 2011 and was the club's captain. Mamadou Sakho
Mamadou Sakho (born 13 February 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the France national team.
 He is known for his tackling ability and his passing accuracy. 2017–18 Crystal Palace F.C. season
The 2017–18 season is Crystal Palace's fifth consecutive season in the Premier League (their longest ever spell in the top division of English football) and their 112th year in their history.
 This season, Crystal Palace participates in the Premier League, FA Cup and EFL Cup.
 Frank de Boer was appointed as manager of Palace before the season began, only to be sacked on 11 September 2017 after losing his first four Premier League games without scoring.
 Former England national team manager Roy Hodgson was confirmed to be his replacement the next day. Paddy McCarthy
Patrick Richard McCarthy (born 31 May 1983) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, most recently for English club Crystal Palace.
 He currently serves as the Under-18s coach at Crystal Palace.
 Born in Dublin, he began his football career as a junior with Manchester City before joining Leicester City in 2005 where he spent three seasons before joining Charlton Athletic in the summer of 2007.
 He remained with Charlton for just twelve months, joining Crystal Palace in the summer of 2008 where he remained until 2016.
 McCarthy has also played for Boston United and Notts County on loan during the early part of his career and Sheffield United, Bolton Wanderers and Preston North End, also as a loan player.
 In December 2016, he was appointed Under-18s coach at Crystal Palace, replacing Ken Gillard, who left the club in November to join Arsenal. Andros Townsend
Andros Darryl Townsend (born 16 July 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the England national team. Luka Milivojević
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The idea of a club at Crystal Palace was first proposed in 1904 by The Crystal Palace Company.
 The proposal was rejected by the Football Association, who disliked the idea of the owners of the Cup Final venue also possessing a football club.
 However a separate company was formed the following year in order to establish the club under the chairmanship of Sydney Bourne, chosen due to his propensity in buying tickets to the Cup Final.
 Crystal Palace Football Club was formed on 10 September 1905 playing in the Aston Villa colours of claret and blue.
 The choice of colours was a result of the important role in the club's formation played by Edmund Goodman, an Aston Villa employee who was recommended to the fledgling club by the Villa chairman.
 Goodman organised the business side of the club and managed the team from 1907 to 1925.
 A former amateur player with Villa, Goodman had lost his right leg after an injury led to amputation.