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title: "Crystal Palace: Fan react to club’s Gareth Southgate tweet"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/crystal-palace-fan-react-to-clubs-gareth-southgate-tweet/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Sean Clifford"
section: "Crystal Palace"
published: "2021-07-12T16:45:19Z"
modified: "2021-07-12T16:45:19Z"
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# Crystal Palace: Fan react to club’s Gareth Southgate tweet

**Many Crystal Palace fans have been venting on Twitter following an [official club post](https://twitter.com/CPFC/status/1414344580409872391) commiserating former Eagles player Gareth Southgate after his England side lost the Euro 2020 final to Italy on penalties.**

Spending six-and-a-half years in south London, the 50-year-old went on to rack up more than 180 ppearances for Crystal Palace, registering 22 goals \[[Soccerbase](https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=7497)\].

Now in the heady heights of being England manager, he successfully lead the Three Lions to their first major international tournament final since [1966](https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/england-last-final-when-1966-world-cup-won-where-team-squad-now-1094976), although could not see the job through against the Italians at Wembley.

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Facing criticism from fans up and down the country, his choice of penalty takers in the final has been [called into question](https://7news.com.au/sport/soccer/you-fool-calls-to-sack-england-manager-over-crucial-mistake-c-3377266), to say the least.

After Crystal Palace posted a message of support on [social media](https://twitter.com/CPFC/status/1414344580409872391) reading “You did the nation proud”, many Eagles supporters took to Twitter to voice their disagreement with that sentiment.

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### CPFC fans react:

Replying to the club’s official [Twitter](https://twitter.com/CPFC/status/1414344580409872391) account, here is how some supporters reacted to the message to Southgate:

**“He didn’t.”**

Credit: [@elliotcpfc](https://twitter.com/elliotcpfc/status/1414344619203104774)

**“Did feel like watching Palace after 20 minutes”**

Credit: [@eaglemmoomin](https://twitter.com/eaglemmoomin/status/1414351961101570062)

**“Choosing inexperienced players to take pens is a ridiculous idea. They’d lost before they kicked the ball. Manager at fault I’m afraid.”**

Credit: [@SuggsLola](https://twitter.com/SuggsLola/status/1414348151335440389)

**“Not really. Yet another disappointment. Wouldn’t have him at Palace. Didn’t turn up tonight :(“**

Credit: [@ldnstu](https://twitter.com/ldnstu/status/1414387213073321987)

**“Hardly, shocking manager throughout this whole thing, shocking lineup decisions and dismal effort from his players”**

Credit: [@damag3\_inc](https://twitter.com/damag3_inc/status/1414346046629728258)

**“Terrible”**

Credit: [@Vinceeagled](https://twitter.com/Vinceeagled/status/1414472347365560320)

***In other news, many Crystal Palace fans react to links with a [pacey winger](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/crystal-palace-transfer-rumours/crystal-palace-fans-react-to-ismaila-sarr-links/).***