January 28 2006

Andy Johnson

Palace's 4th round FA Cup tie against Preston North End ended in a 1-1 draw.

Andrew Johnson opened the scoring for Palace on 8 minutes. Hesitation in the Preston defence allowed the England striker to pounce on a pass from Mikele Leigertwood, and fire past ex-Palace keeper Carlo Nash.

Preston equalised on 27 minutes through Brian O'Neil's looping header from a cross by Graham Alexander.

The result means that Palace will now play Preston at home in a replay. The Eagles also play Preston next Tuesday in the league.

Full report later...

Preston: Nash, Mears, Mawene, Davis, Davidson, Sedgwick, Alexander, O'Neil (Lucketti 83), Lewis Neal (Dichio 75), Agyemang, Hibbert.

Subs Not Used: Ward, Parillon, Beattie.

Goals: O'Neil 27.

Crystal Palace: Kiraly, Fitz Hall, Boyce, Hudson, Popovic, Andrews (Riihilahti 59), Soares, Leigertwood, Freedman (Reich 82), Johnson, Morrison (Macken 81).

Subs Not Used: Borrowdale, Speroni.

Booked: Fitz Hall.

Goals: Johnson 8.

Att: 9,489

Ref: M Jones (Cheshire).

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