To celebrate the milestone moment, let’s recap our other Premier League landmark goals down the years…
Goal #1: Mark Bright v Blackburn
15th August 1992 (home)
Opening the Eagles’ Premier League account on the first day of its inaugural season – 1992/93 – Bright takes the distinction of scoring Crystal Palace’s first-ever Premier League goal.
But not only did the goal mark the shifting of English football’s landscape, it also marked the end of an era for Bright: his 113th and final goal for the club.
After a cagey start to the game from both sides, Bright struck after 37 minutes – Palace's first-ever Premier League goal. “It was a header at the far post,” he would later recall. “I think [Richard] Shaw came inside and crossed, and I just headed it down. Hand in the air, back to the h