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Rivals for those Champions League spots that Palace are aiming for.

Difference between Premier League and Championship opposition presumably.

There's no indication the capacity is being reduced, just the number of away fans. Last season we had 2,000 away fans at the Amex and we didn't reduce the capacity to do that. That said, you'd expect there may be a slightly bigger segregation area for this than some other clubs, but it won't be...

Yes, already confirmed.

No, I heard it wasn't a police decision but the clubs themselves. I know a man who'll know - I'll ask now.

I wasn’t guessing!

I clearly made that post and got straight onto downloading the Premier League handbook. I found this in it: "Unless otherwise agreed by the Board or between the Clubs, and subject to Rule R.10, at each League Match, the Home Club shall make available to the Visiting Club: R.9.1. 3,000 tickets...

Maybe there's scope for mutually agreeing a reduction. I genuinely have no idea and don't have time to trawl the PL rule book right now.

I'm told that the allocations are not police decisions, no. We only had 2,000 for the play-offs (FL rules are different, I appreciate) >>> https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/2013/may/play-off-semi-final-away-leg/

The information I have suggests that as Albion only get c2,000 seats at Selhurst Park, we're only giving them the same down here. As such it's not a policing imposed limitation. Seems perfectly valid to me. When they have a stadium worthy of the name, maybe that will change.

This is a good opportunity to mention I've been invited to a meeting at the Amex next Thursday night to talk about arrangements for the game. In attendance will be Sussex Police, the Met, other Albion fans and Palace fans representatives. The Football Supporters' Federation have also been...