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title: "Crystal Palace: Fans react to Joel Ward statistic"
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author: "Charlie Smith"
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published: "2021-09-30T11:10:55Z"
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# Crystal Palace: Fans react to Joel Ward statistic

**Crystal Palace right-back Joel Ward is unbeaten in nine appearances against Brighton, as stated by the Eagles’ [official Twitter channel](https://twitter.com/CPFC/status/1443219917222735873) on Wednesday.**

Unsurprisingly, a number of Palace supporters have taken to social media to praise the defender following the tweet.

The 31-year-old made his [280th](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joel-ward/leistungsdaten/spieler/92572) Palace appearance in the [1-1](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58620544) draw with Brighton on Monday evening, keeping up his record of featuring in [every minute](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joel-ward/leistungsdaten/spieler/92572) of Premier League action under Patrick Vieira. Unfortunately, Ward and his defensive partners couldn’t hold on to the lead heading into injury time, with Neal Maupay [equalising](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58620544) for the visitors with seconds remaining.

However, the draw means that Ward is still yet to lose to the Seagulls in nine meetings as a Palace player, the club [confirmed](https://twitter.com/CPFC/status/1443219917222735873).

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### Palace fans react

[@CPFCtransfersHQ](https://twitter.com/CPFCtransfersHQ/status/1443169887896096768) shared a post on Ward, with Palace posting a similar tweet on their [official](https://twitter.com/CPFC/status/1443219917222735873) account a few hours later.

Here is what these Eagles fans had to say in reply, with many praising Ward. One labelled it a ‘great stat’ and another called the defender ‘immense’.

**“Build him a statue with his testimonial.”**

[Credit: @alex\_westry](https://twitter.com/alex_westry/status/1443195789157679109)

**“Record is fantastic. 4-5-0. 17 points from 27.”**

[Credit: @jonnyjkyle](https://twitter.com/jonnyjkyle/status/1443336267341643783)

**“Great stat and Wardy continues to perform consistently well for us.”**

[Credit: @NSymonds2012](https://twitter.com/NSymonds2012/status/1443337650493087750)

**“unsung hero imho. immense Monday night. how he controlled the ball in 2nd half by the main stand effectively sitting on it was pure skill or luck. but the tenacity”**

[Credit: @collisonmre](https://twitter.com/collisonmre/status/1443192490979381255)

**“Best value player for Palace ever. Period.”**

[Credit: @SidViscous9](https://twitter.com/SidViscous9/status/1443382838896824320)

**“Very underrated player \~ all the mugs that call for Clyne instead of him are just dumb”**

[Credit: @garyspencerr](https://twitter.com/garyspencerr/status/1443259941326819335)

***In other news: [‘Wanted this to happen for so long’ – Many CPFC fans buzzing as news emerges on £25k-p/w ace.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/crystal-palace-transfer-rumours/crystal-palace-fans-react-to-tom-davies-links/)***