August 6 2001

Dougie Freedman

Crystal Palace won the final west country pre-season friendly against Exeter tonight by five goals to nil.

Goal scorers for The Eagles were Dougie Freedman (2), Clinton Morrison (2) and Wayne Carlisle.

Steve Bruce's men scored their first goal after 32 minutes when Freedman converted a pinpoint cross from Julian Gray.

Ten minutes later, Morrison made it 2-0 and one minute before the half time whistle, it was Wayne Carlisle scoring Palace's third.

Dougie Freedman scored his second of the evening on 65 minutes, deflecting a Steve Thomson shot from outside the box.

In the last minute it was again Morrison who completed the 5-0 victory in Devon.

Palace : Kolinko (Gregg), Smith, Mullins, Austin (Frampton), Carlisle (Black), Thomson, Rodger (Riihilahti), Gray (Evans), Morrison, Kirovski (Kabba), Freedman.