One of Palace’s biggest victories, it came in the League Cup, too. Southend United were the unfortunate victims, as the Eagles looked to kick-start their road to Wembley after reaching the FA Cup final just months earlier.

Palace lined up in familiar fashion, with Nigel Martyn having one of his easier nights in goal – the back-four of John Humphrey, Eric Young, Andy Thorn and Richard Shaw were hardly troubled.

In midfield, Alan Pardew, Geoff Thomas, Phil Barber and Eddie McGoldrick took charge, but the real action came in attack.

Ian Wright and Mark Bright were a handful for defences at the best of times, but on this particular evening they were both unplayable.

Bright opened the scoring after just two minutes, before Wright added a second to double the advantage before half-time. Afte

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