Club chairman Steve Parish has penned his first programme notes of the new decade, and took the opportunity to reflect on a remarkable turnaround for the south London club in the last ten years.
The chairman recalls: "What a decade it has been. On 27th January 2010 travelling to Newcastle as a supporter, we heard that the club was bankrupt and had gone into administration for the second time. In the following six months the club narrowly avoided relegation to League One, had no stadium nor training ground."
"Ten years on we are now the 20th equal (of 49) most successful Premier League team since it was formed in 1992, the club owns the stadium and first team training ground and we are building a brand new Academy.