Crystal Palace FC were formed as a football club 110 years ago today.

Founded by Edmund Goodman in 1905, they were then known as “the Glaziers”, but it would be 85 years before they enjoyed their most successful season.

That came in the 1990-91 campaign, which saw the team finish third in the old First Division.

Current Palace manager Alan Pardew was part of that squad who, after four games, were sitting in second place on 10 points, having won three and drawn one of their first four matches.

Today, the Premier League table brings a sense of deja vu - again Palace lie in second, with three wins to their name, but only nine points, thanks to one loss.

But with Pardew involved again, this time as manager, their fifth match will see them take on the league leaders - Manchester City - for a first v second Premier League clash.

Even though it is the early stages of the season, it is a poignant game for the Eagles - their first ever top-of-the-table clash as one of the two top sides in England, a match-up that did not take place 25 years ago.

"I wasn't part of the staff back then - I'm feeling old as it is," Pardew told the Croydon Guardian.

"But you cannot compare the two squads - it is a different era with different players and a different set of values to the team.

"We also had a strike force that you don't see in the modern game anymore with two strikers - one big one and one little one [Mark Bright and Ian Wright] and you don't see much of that these days.

"Our squad today is different. We have two wide players who attack the flanks and a central striker.

“There is no resemblance between the two sides in that sense, but both sides had great characters in there, great qualities."

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With Palace as high as they have ever been in their history after the first month of top-flight games, Pardew was keen to embrace the wave of optimism and success, even if it is only short-lived ahead of the tough task they face against the visitors, who are yet to concede a goal in the top flight this season.

Pardew said: "I think it's important to ride the wave, I really do. If a big wave is coming your way, get on it - in life you have to do that and this is a great opportunity for us, but I still think there is a reality in my team.

"There is enough experience in the team to know a defeat by Manchester City on Saturday isn't going to kill us, it won’t kill our momentum, as long as we put a performance level in.

"Our fans know this too - they'll want to see us on the front foot against Man City in periods of the game - we can't do it all game of course - but in periods we can be on the front foot and attack and that's what we'll try and do.

"If we come unstuck, if [David] Silva slips the net and unlocks us we'll accept that, but I do expect us to give a good account of ourselves on Saturday, as good as we gave against them last season."