A new feature at Crystal Palace this season will be the presentation of a bottle of Champagne to the Man of the Match courtesy of our friends at Moet et Chandon. The first bottle was presented on September 14th 2010 to James Vaughan (who had just joined the club on loan from Everton). James scored a brilliant hat-trick on his home debut at Selhurst Park, against Portsmouth. This was the first hat trick by a player making his debut at Selhurst Park since Peter Simpson in September 1929 against Norwich. Football was different in those days and Mr Simpson was probably lucky to celebrate with a bottle of brown ale.
