At a time when financialisation is chipping away at identities, Crystal Palace’s ultras are protecting the club’s values (Getty Images) "Managers, players will all come and go but fans are the ...

The HF is an ultras-style group ... from scaffold poles in the Lower Holmesdale Stand was removed by Crystal Palace FC to comply with health and safety regulations, following discussions with ...

It was late on Friday evening that the Holmesdale Fanatics, Crystal Palace’s ultras group, uploaded a picture to their X feed. It showed the group, clad in their usual black shirts but with ...

The tifo depicted a family celebrating Palace's League Cup quarter-final win over Man Utd in 2011 When Crystal Palace supporters unveiled a giant tifo during the club's historic FA Cup final win ...

Ben Verbrugge is a freelance sportswriter with a journalism degree from CSU Dominguez Hills. He is a member of the Los Angeles media and spends most of his time covering the NBA, NFL, and MLB.

But with a shift in English fan culture now feeling imminent, Crystal Palace - and Holmesdale Fanatics - have shown how to do ultras right.