Fan Zhiyi red Crystal Palace no.5 home jersey, season 1998-99, Adidas, long-sleeved with NATIONWIDE FOOTBALL LEAGUE sleeved badges, club crest and sp

Fan Zhiyi red Crystal Palace no.5 home jersey, season 1998-99, Adidas, long-sleeved with NATIONWIDE FOOTBALL LEAGUE sleeved badges, club crest and sponsor logo, reverse numbered 5 History was made on October 17th 1998 with Chinese footballers Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai at Crystal Palace as the pair both started an English Football League game for the first time. It would arguably prove a turning point in the popularity of English football in China and the beginning of the reported viewing figures that have driven clubs to expand into China over the years since. Crystal Palace taking on Norwich City at Selhurst Park in the English second tier saw 18,100 inside the ground but was said to be watched by 300 million people in China.