Former Town striker Connor Wickham scored the winning goal as a Crystal Palace side also featuring ex-Blues centre-half Damien Delaney beat Watford 2-1 in this afternoon's second FA Cup semi-final at Wembley to reach the final.

Town academy product Wickham netted a header in the 61st minute, Yannick Bolasie having put the Eagles ahead on six, Delaney claiming an assist with a flick, before Troy Deeney equalised for the Hornets 10 minutes after the break.

Palace will face Manchester United in a repeat of the 1990 final at Wembley on Saturday 21st May.

Meanwhile, Town academy schoolboy Dylan Crowe played the first 62 minutes for the England U15s as they beat Italy 3-2 in their opening game at the Torneo delle Nazioni in Gradisca D’Isonzo earlier this evening.

England face Russia and Qatar in their two other group games as they look to reach the semi-final and then final.

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BlueBadger added 19:54 - Apr 24 Good call by Paul Jewell letting Delaney go. He was RUBBISH..
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bluefeast added 20:13 - Apr 24 Players have left us that should not of been allowed to, Imagine wick ham and rhodes as our front two , delaney and macally in central defence , cress well as left back , new rightback , 4 midfielders. Keep Bialowski in goal. We've wasted more money than have sold these guys for on rubbish. Shows what we could of had
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BlueNomad added 20:14 - Apr 24 Keane ruined him. He was far better under Jewell. Really pleased for him - Captain of a team in the FA Cup Final, a competition we wanted to win.........
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Azzuromark added 20:29 - Apr 24 Personally I always thought Delaney as a bit of a liability. One of those cases where you wonder "how the hell can he be a regular in a premier league team' Maybe it is a case of 'horses for courses' or perhaps being alongside a more reliable defence?
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Cloddyseedbed added 20:36 - Apr 24 Congratulations and good luck to them both.
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cartman1972 added 20:58 - Apr 24 Who cares???!!!
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Kikapu added 20:59 - Apr 24 What are you going to do, Bluefeast, keep them in a dungeon? Like the club, they have a choice where they choose to work too.
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Churchmanschild added 21:33 - Apr 24 Something we all wanted to hear.....how well our ex players are doing!!
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carsey added 22:07 - Apr 24 Keane in particular and Jewell managed to let go several players who are still plying their trade at a higher level than we currently stand. I appreciate some were for financial reasons but others were just plain bad managerial decisions. I agree with bluefeast - just think where we could have been with Walters, Rhodes, Wickham, Delaney and McAuley plus couple of decent buys. Maybe the nation would be backing ITFC to win the premier league title instead of Leicester City. Before you dismiss the idea Burley got us to 5th place in 2000/2001 before it all went tits up - you got to believe.

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HarryS_H added 22:11 - Apr 24 Nice to see Conor doing well in the bpl at last. When he left us it was the right thing for his career and we were well compensated for it. It's just a shame it's taken him a couple of years to get a consistent run of games, maybe we'll see him in a blue shirt again in a few years time. As for delaney I always saw him as one of those players that was only spoken about if he did something wrong and a lot of his good defensive work went under appreciated. Good luck to the both of them

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Mark added 22:44 - Apr 24 We actually paid Delaney to leave mid-season didn't we?
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ElginCityBlue added 22:54 - Apr 24 I seem to remember loads of people having a go at Delaney on here when he was with us...
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RoyKeanesDog added 00:29 - Apr 25 Delaney was used as a left back and was vulnerable. When him and GMac were centre backs they were quite a good partnership.
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sidtheswan added 06:13 - Apr 25 Always thought we let 2 many good players leave under previous 2 managers. Delaney was signed as a left back and was poor but was a good centre half and formed a good partnership with Macauley. Remember him having a good left foot. Good luck to him and Wickham .
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jas0999 added 06:23 - Apr 25 I liked Delaney, regular under RK, but not rated by PJ. The decision to get rid of him wasn't the bad one, it was doing so when we literally had no cover. That was PJ at his brilliant best!
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bagofpants added 08:30 - Apr 25 Shows what a cr@p (15) season(s) it has been when the most positive article of the year is how well some players who used to play for us have done. Good luck Conor & Damien in the final.
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ThatMuhrenCross added 08:44 - Apr 25 Begovic Simpson McAuley Delaney Cresswell Walters Colback Noble Townsend Wickham Rhodes Admittedly, a few were loanees, but damn, that wouldn't be the worst Premier League side!
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Bergholtblue added 09:11 - Apr 25 I would have Leadbitter in for Colback, but not to take set pieces.
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Elizabeth added 09:19 - Apr 25 I wish them all the very best and hope that they enjoy their Cup Final at Wembley. The demise of our team was the fault of Keane and Jewell who let some of our best players go. Unless there is a drastic change for next season , I fear that we will just stagnate in the Championship for the unforeseable future! 😡😡😡
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Karlosfandangal added 10:00 - Apr 25 Fans don't help as the slated Delaney on here, so why would stay at club when the fans think your crap. Scowcroft, Leadbetter, even Richard Wright and Naylor....... Now it's just about the whole team Sell Murphy as he only got 10 this year.... Berra starting to get some stick now..... Well just about the whole team now Face facts with the money in the Prem Town will never be able to compete we would get hammered most weeks, let's get a side that plays good football and flirts with the play offs

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essexboy added 15:00 - Apr 25 Blue badger,well he has been very good at Palace,so who's that down to then.!!
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happybeingblue added 17:16 - Apr 25 delaney should definetly get an ireland call up for euros
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NSL added 21:23 - Apr 25 None of us are surprised at Wickham, he's probably underachieved of anything but Damien Delaney in the FA Cup final?! Come on now behave!
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