6 Things Crystal Palace Will Bring to the Premier League Next Season

Crystal Palace won the English Championship playoff final on Monday with a 1-0 win after extra time against Watford, and with it they gained themselves a place in the Premier League for the 2013-14 season.

The playoff final, dubbed "the £120 million match," saw Watford and Palace—the two top scorers of the league season—fight out a 0-0 draw in 90 minutes before Wilfried Zaha won his team a penalty in the first half of extra time, with Kevin Phillips scoring the resulting spot-kick.

It proved enough for Palace to win the match and secure promotion to the top flight, where they will now play for the first time since the 2004-05 campaign.

Here are six things that Premier League viewers can possibly expect to see Palace bring with them next year.

Ian Holloway and His Press Conferences

Ian Holloway is the Crystal Palace manager and, though he has certainly toned down his jokes and one-liners in the past few years, he is still heralded as something of a gold mine of soundbites in his press conferences.

From comparing victories to nights out on the pull to comparing Cristiano Ronaldo to a hamster, "Ollie" is celebrated as a beacon of nonsense in the often bland and uncontroversial environment of the managerial interview.

Enjoy his best quotes below—or check out the rest via the BBC.

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"I couldn't be more chuffed if I were a badger at the start of the mating season."

Holloway was quite pleased after QPR beat Cardiff.

"If we're talking lookalikes, he's Toad of Toad Hall, isn't he?"

Holloway had his own ideas on what Avram Grant should be called after he took over from Jose Mourinho at Chelsea.

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Wilfried Zaha?

The man who won the penalty for Crystal Palace to send them up into the Premier League is Wilfried Zaha, but he might not be with the Eagles in their maiden season back in the top flight.

Zaha agreed to a deal to move to Manchester United in the summer for a fee rising up to £15 million, but with United seeing David Moyes arrive as a new manager during the close season, it remains to be seen if Zaha is immediately in his plans.

While Palace will, of course, be delighted to be back in the top flight and also to have received the money for Zaha, you can bet they will be inquiring to see if they can keep their man on loan for a further season to give him a full campaign of exposure to top-flight football.

It could well suit United to have him regularly getting game time in the Premier League—unless Moyes is already clear about using him in his first XI next term.

New Money to Spend for a Promoted Team

The Premier League riches just keep on increasing.

Latest reports indicate that with the new television deal starting from next season, Premier League clubs will get a guaranteed £60 million for the 2013-14 campaign. The promoted clubs, even if they only manage one season in the top flight, will earn £120 million over the next four years, according to Deloitte.

The increased parachute payments could well mean that relegated teams can afford to keep their best players as they aim to bounce straight back up.

More importantly for Palace, though—and Cardiff City and Hull City, the two automatically promoted sides—will be the guaranteed windfall for next season, which will enable them to strengthen their squad significantly over the summer.

Ian Holloway was manager of Blackpool when they were promoted to the top flight in 2010-11, and his club spent only around £5 million on new recruits; the Tangerines were subsequently relegated after a brave battle against the drop.

Great spirit or not, Holloway now has the experience to know that only quality will keep sides up for more than just one season. He will be determined to ensure some of those new riches are spent on top players to help avoid going straight back down.

A History of Struggle to Establish Themselves in the Premier League

Crystal Palace were one of the 22 clubs that initially founded the Premier League when it took the place of the old First Division in 1992-93, but they lasted just a single season in the top flight under the new banner.

Since then, they have been promoted back to the top flight on three occasions—but each time lasted a single term in the Premier League before suffering relegation once more.

The last time they were in the Premier League was 2004-05 under Iain Dowie, when they ended the campaign going down by a single point, having picked up only seven wins all season.

In the last three seasons, Palace have been close to relegation from the championship, especially in 2009-10 when they avoided the drop by one place and two points, which makes this season's promotion all the more extraordinary.

The Eagles will be determined to ensure that this time, at the fifth time of asking, they can finally manage to string together more than a single season at the highest level of English football.

A 40-Year-Old, 100-Premier-League-Goal Striker?

The man who scored the all-important goal was former England striker Kevin Phillips.

With his Palace contract up at the end of this season, there is no guarantee that he will stay at the club as they head back into the top flight...but if he wants to continue playing, Palace should almost certainly keep him on board for the vast experience he possesses.

Not to mention his ability to poach goals.

Phillips will be 40 years old when the new season gets underway with Palace in the Premier League, yet he played 36 times in all competitions this term and netted nine goals. Of course, he rarely plays the whole 90 minutes, but this term he retained an average of scoring a goal every 161 minutes, not bad at all for a veteran of his age.

The former Sunderland striker also has a wealth of experience at the top level of the game, having played 259 times in the Premier League during his career and scored 94 goals.

One strongly suspects he would love to sign on for another year and get those six more he needs to reach a century of Premier League strikes.

A New, or Redeveloped, Stadium

While promotion might mean £60 million goes into the Crystal Palace bank account next season, it won't all be getting splashed on new signings.

The club have already stated that they will be investing in their stadium, whether that is to renovate Selhurst Park to bring it up to date, or else to press ahead with plans for an entirely new ground as reported by the BBC.

Palace went into administration in 2010, a scenario barely comparable with the year of riches that now lies before them.

There is certainly much work for the club to do over summer, at both administration and at coaching staff levels, but the funds, the ambition and the excitement all generated as a result of this promotion are very much now in place.

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