Sasa Curcic’s time with Aston Villa and Crystal Palace couldn’t have been more contrasted. An unsuccessful, goalless spell with the Villans preceded adulation and cult hero status with the Eagles. But it was off the pitch where Curcic’s involvement in one of recent time’s most disruptive conflicts catches the eye and, before the Eagles face Villa at Selhurst Park, we’ve taken a look back at the Palace man’s protest on the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999.
Marching around Selhurst Park as fans filtered-in under a chilled March sun to watch Palace host Bradford City, Sasa Curcic held aloft a simple message.