Crystal Palace tonight begin their Conference League campaign with the first leg of a group stage qualification play-off at home against Fredrikstad.Manager Oliver Glasner will aim to build on a respectable draw achieved away to Chelsea in the opening Premier League fixture,

Crystal Palace are in talks with Nottingham Forest, and the Metropolitan police, over the provision of increased security for Sunday’s Premier League game between the teams at Selhurst Park.

USMNT center back Chris Richards and his Premier League club Crystal Palace are off to a strong start to this season, adding to last week's Community Shield triumph with a 0-0 draw at Chelsea on Sunday.

Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner has been speaking to the media before Thursday's Conference League play-off first leg against Norwegian side Fredrikstad at Selhurst Park (20:00 BST). Here are the key lines from his news conference: Glasner confirmed Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi will start on Thursday despite being linked with moves away: "Many of you were surprised he [Eze] and Marc started against Chelsea,