Ask any Eagle and they’ll be able to tell you straight away the person that kickstarted their love for Crystal Palace.
For the General Manager of Crystal Palace [Women], Paula Johnson, it’s her Palace-supporting husband and her former Academy-attending daughter.
Three years ago, Paula would’ve laughed off any suggestion she’d now be so heavily invested in football, but today, it consumes every working hour.
When Paula’s daughter got accepted at U13s into Crystal Palace, she would be there on the touchline, week in, week out, like any supportive parent would. But never would she have believed that come the end of that first season cheering her daughter on from the sidelines, she would end the campaign as Club Secretary.