YOUNG GUNS: Palace's under-18 side have been drawn at home to either Colchester United or Barking and East Ham United in the third round of the FA Youth Cup. The match will take place on or before Saturday December 17. Full details of the date and venue for this match will be confirmed in due course.

AWAY DAYS: Tickets for Saturday's clash with Luton are now completely sold out. Any ticket holders wishing to travel to Kenilworth Road via coach should meet at the Holmesdale Road entrance at 11.15am sharp. Prices are as follows: Eagle Gold members £20; season ticket holders and members £22.50; guests £25.

DOUGIE AT THE DOUBLE: Palace's popular striker Dougie Freedman became the seventh player to score 100 goals for the club on Sunday against Brighton, when the Scot's brace took his total to 101 goals in 281 games. Freedman, who first joined the Eagles in September 1995 from Barnet for a fee of £800,000 having scored 32 goals in one-and-a-half seasons at Underhill, joins Peter Simpson, Ted Smith, Ian Wright, Mark Bright, George Clarke and Johnny Byrne in the elite 100-up club. The winner of the 2002 Palace Player of the Year award has notched 90 league, nine League Cup and two play-off goals. Included in his tally are three hat-tricks and 11 penalties.

REICH ON TIME: Iain Dowie expects German winger Marco Reich to sign a long-term contract next week. The 27-year-old midfielder joined in September and has impressed Dowie enough to be offered an extension to his deal which expires in June. Reich, who left Derby at the end of last season, has been a regular for the Eagles scoring four goals. Dowie said: "We hope to have something sorted soon."