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Crystal Palace are now in their twelfth consecutive year of playing in the Premier League, so Play on the Pitch is looking forward to returning to host our junior tournament at the club, giving teams the chance to play at one of London’s most popular Premier League clubs.

Crystal Palace’s stadium, Selhurst Park, has a capacity of over 25,000 and has been the scene of many dramatic matches, when the club has both secured promotion and battled relegation. This season the club will be hoping their star names, such as Eze, Guehi, Wharton and Nketiah will ensure they are challenging higher up the league.

With 4 pitches set up on the main stadium pitch, we are able to deliver a great tournament format with group matches and then Finals. All teams play 5 matches of 12 minutes, so have a guaranteed 60 minutes of match time in the tournament. This is made up of 3 group matches and then Semi-Final and Final matches.

NEW for 2025 – following the group matches, teams will progress either to the Champions Cup or Shield Competition. Not only does this ensure that all teams play their Finals matches against teams of a similar standard, it also means that the teams playing in the Shield Competition have the opportunity to win the Shield Final and take home a winners trophy.

To ensure the players fully enjoy their time at the stadium, they will also visit the home and away changing rooms and have their names announced as they line up in the players’ tunnel and walk out on to the stadium pitch. We award medals and certificates to all players and there will be trophy presentations for the winner and runners-up teams in both the Champions Cup and Shield Competition in each age group.

This opportunity to play on the pitch graced each week by Premier League stars is one that you and your team should not miss out on!

Take a look at our highlights video of the tournament by clicking on the video clip below.