Crystal Palace fans cause £40,000 damages to one of team's own buses

Crystal Palace fans accidentally vandalised their own team bus before Saturday's vital 1-0 Premier League win over Middlesbrough.

The vandals caused an estimated £40,000 in damages by painting Crystal Palace FC in red, white and blue graffiti along one side of the coach.

They are believed to have thought it was Middlesbrough's team bus, when it had been loaned to the club by Palace after Aitor Karanka's squad flew down to London on Friday.

The coach was vandalised while parked at a hotel near Palace's Selhurst Park home.

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A Crystal Palace spokesman told The Sun: "The team bus was covered in graffiti with the words "Crystal Palace" overnight on Friday ahead of the game on Saturday. Police have been informed."

Palace went on to claim three valuable points and move out of the bottom three thanks to a single goal from January signing Patrick van Aanholt.

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