CRYSTAL PALACE FANS vandalised one of their team’s buses over the weekend, mistakenly believing that it belonged to their Premier League opponents Middlesbrough.
Those responsible spray-painted the words ‘Crystal Palace FC’ on the side of the bus just hours ahead of a fixture between the relegation rivals at Selhurst Park.
It’s believed that the vandals may have become confused by the fact that the bus was parked outside a London hotel which is normally used by away teams who are playing Crystal Palace.
Palace assistant head groundsman Dean Waters initially published a tweet about the incident before changing the privacy settings on his account.
He wrote: “£40,000 worth of damage on our coach thinking it was the Boro coach. Nice one! #cpfc.”
A spokesman for Palace told The Sun that the damage had been reported to the police.
A replacement bus was later obtained to bring the players to the game, where Crystal Palace scored a 1-0 win over Boro to bring them one point above the drop zone.
It was Sam Allardyce’s first home Premier League win as Crystal Palace manager.
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