In the video below, you can watch Roy Hodgson take charge of a different type of training, as he led Palace for Life Foundation’s Down’s Syndrome Eagles at their weekly session last week, helping players with their shooting skills and refereeing a match.
The Palace manager surprised the delighted young footballers, who range in age from eight to 24, arriving to cheers and high fives at the Monks Hill Sports Centre in south Croydon.
Hodgson, who first met the players back in September at a Foundation event, said: "This group are just fantastic; their enthusiasm, their humanity and their affection, it’s very difficult not to enjoy their company.