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Butland: "I felt six inches taller coming through the door at Palace"

Crystal Palace’s No.1 Jack Butland recently spoke with former England 'keeper David James on the Goal Mouth Podcast, discussing his Crystal Palace arrival and time so far at the club.

The 28-year-old England goalkeeper arrived at Selhurst Park in October 2020 from Stoke City, signing a three year deal.

His debut came in the narrow 1-0 FA Cup defeat against Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he made an acrobatic point-blank save against Leander Dendoncker.

Reflecting on his time so far at Palace, he states that “it’s been a new direction and a change that [he] needed” and that he felt “back to [his] best.