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title: "Crystal Palace: Fans rave over former player Dean Gordon"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/crystal-palace-fans-rave-over-former-player-dean-gordon/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Luke Seychell"
section: "Crystal Palace"
published: "2020-04-29T19:20:57Z"
modified: "2020-04-29T19:20:57Z"
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# Crystal Palace: Fans rave over former player Dean Gordon

**A lot of Crystal Palace fans are discussing former player Dean Gordan, after a post on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/WhyteleafeEagle/status/1255188967110180865?s=20) discussed the defender’s time at the club.**

The left-back played for the club from 1991-1998, making 218 appearances, via [Soccerbase](https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=2964), and even managed to score 23 goals along the way, including a hat-trick in the first half of a game away at West Bromwich Albion. He claimed the match ball back in December 1995, in a 3-2 victory two days before Christmas, via [redandbluearmy](https://redandbluearmy.co.uk/articles/23-12-16-back-day-december-23rd-dean-gordon-scores-hat-trick-left-back).

The first was a penalty and he would double his tally, again from the penalty spot. The third resulted from a corner which Gordan managed to head in over the defender on the line. When recalling the fantastic game, he said it was a “a magic moment for him”, via [redandbluearmy](https://redandbluearmy.co.uk/articles/23-12-16-back-day-december-23rd-dean-gordon-scores-hat-trick-left-back).

Defenders scoring hat tricks is very rare, but the Palace faithful have seen it more recently, as Danny Butterfield scored a perfect hat-trick, (a goal with his head, his left foot and his right foot), against Wolves in the FA Cup in February 2010, via [thesefootballtimes](https://thesefootballtimes.co/2018/08/09/danny-butterfield-and-the-least-likely-hat-trick-in-english-football-history/).

Here is what fans had to say about the player following the post, with one describing him as “fantastic”:

https://twitter.com/WhyteleafeEagle/status/1255188967110180865?s=20

> If this was one of your daily questions would defo be a 👍🏾… he deserved to go onto bigger things and potentially the int’l stage!
>
> — Andrew Samms 👊🏾 (@sammsy) [April 28, 2020](https://twitter.com/sammsy/status/1255195734170898438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> He’s one of my all time fav players. Gave it everything, and as you say; boy could he hit a ball !
>
> — Clinton Davey (@ClintonDavey) [April 28, 2020](https://twitter.com/ClintonDavey/status/1255189880419815425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Absolute fav as a kid. Remember chasing him round selhurst on a open day trying to get his autograph. That hat-rick was insane. Definitely a hero
>
> — Benjamin Vincent (@awesomecactus) [April 28, 2020](https://twitter.com/awesomecactus/status/1255193896805642244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Absolute Hero! Rock of a player, and can always remember him nearly scoring from the halfway line again Vila! Cup game I think, with Bosnich pulling a mad one to keep it out.
>
> — Anthony M (@TonyCpfc) [April 28, 2020](https://twitter.com/TonyCpfc/status/1255201820017860609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> 💎 was Deano, still got my copy of “we all follow the Palace” that he signed when he dropped in the railway telegraph back in that era 👍🏻❤️💙
>
> — Paul Beardall (@paul\_beardall) [April 28, 2020](https://twitter.com/paul_beardall/status/1255216185370718213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Fantastic player home grown and quality
>
> — Andy davis (@Ukhilal1957) [April 28, 2020](https://twitter.com/Ukhilal1957/status/1255220572625272833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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