Sport 05-10-2004 who: Crystal Palace manager Iain Dowie what: Delighted as Premiership new boys secure first win where: Selhurst Park, LONDON when: Last night snippet: Dowie saw his side climb off the bottom of the Premiership with goals from Andy Johnson and Aki Rihilati in a victory that owed much to the sending off of defender Ian Pearce after just six minutes for a professional foul on Johnson, reckons The Mirror. One win won`t keep them up, writes Darren Lewis, but it gives a "huge injection of belief" to the men who were "in danger of becoming a Premiership laughing stock". [... more]

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