December 11 2004

Premiership debut for Wayne Andrews

Palace and Blackburn played out a disappointing game, which ended in a 0-0 draw.

Blackburn were well on top in the first half, and Palace had to rely on great saves from Gabor Király to keep them in it.

Dowie switched to 4-4-2 early in the second half, giving Wayne Andrews his Palace debut. Andrew Johnson had Palace's best chance with a great run and shot which Brad Friedel palmed onto the post.

Despite throwing on Sandor Torghelle and Vassilis Lakis, Palace couldn't find a winner from anywhere.

Blackburn substitute David Thompson was sent off for picking up two Yellow cards.

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Line-ups:

Crystal Palace: G Kiraly, E Boyce, F Hall, T Popovic, D Granville, W Routledge, A Riihilahti, B Watson, M Hughes, J Kolkka, A Johnson.

Subs: J Speroni, S Torghelle, M Leigertwood, W Andrews, V Lakis.

Blackburn Rovers: B Friedel, L Neill, C Short, A Todd, D Matteo, S Reid, G Flitcroft, B Ferguson, B Emerton, P Dickov, J Bothroyd.

Subs: J Stead, P Enckelman, N Johansson, P Gallagher, D Thompson.

Referee: A Wiley

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