Monday Night Club: Palace make history & Vardy bows out

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🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Mark Chapman is joined by Chris Sutton, Rory Smith and Shay Given to discuss Saturday's FA Cup final. Crystal Palace captain Joel Ward joins the podcast to reflect on lifting the cup - the first major trophy in the club's 164-year history - in his 13th and final season at Selhurst Park. They also ask why Erling Haaland passed up taking Manchester City's penalty and whether Jack Grealish has a future at the Etihad after being left on the bench on Saturday, as well as paying tribute to Jamie Vardy after he signed off at Leicester with 200 goals in 500 games.

Topics: 00:21 - Initial FA Cup final reflections 05:38 - Joel Ward on Palace's first major trophy in 164 years 17:44 - How do Palace keep hold of their best players? 21:09 - Why didn't Haaland take City's penalty? 27:36 - Is Jack Grealish done at City? 37:25 - 500 and out for Jamie Vardy at Leicester

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0:41.5	The Football Daily Podcast with Mark Chapman.
0:50.1	Welcome to the Monday Nightclub, Brawry Smith, Chris Sutton and Shay Given are with us this evening.
0:56.8	Obviously everybody's meant to be impartial, but everybody loves an underdog winning.
1:01.5	So did the FAA Cup final give you a nice warm feeling, Rory?
1:05.1	It did. I was there. It was brilliant. It was great. It was a great day.
1:08.2	It was fantastic for Palace. I thought they played really smartly, but their fans are amazing.
1:12.1	And to see that kind of emotion, that genuine joy, was really genuinely heartwarming chappas.
1:20.3	Did it make you smile, show?
1:22.9	Yeah.
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