Players who played for Birmingham City and Crystal Palace

Which footballers have played for both Birmingham City and Crystal Palace? It's exactly the kind of link that wins rounds of The Connection, our football trivia game. Every player below has been checked against his career record, including loan spells.

Quick quiz: how many can you name before you look? There are 8 in our list.

Show all 8 players

Player	Country	Birmingham City	Crystal Palace
Andy Johnson	England	1998–2002	2002–2006
Clinton Morrison	England / Republic of Ireland	2002–2005	1998–2002 & 2005–2008
Lee Bradbury	England	1999 loan	1998–1999
Marcus Bent	England	2008–2011	1998–1999
Matthew Upson	England	2003–2007	2001 loan
Stern John	Trinidad and Tobago	2002–2004	2009–2010
Kevin Phillips	England	2008–2011	2013 & 2013–2014 loan
Andros Townsend	England	2012 loan	2016–2021

Quick facts

8 players in our verified list have played for both Birmingham City and Crystal Palace.
The most common countries are England (7), Trinidad and Tobago (1).
The earliest in our list is Andy Johnson; the most recent is Andros Townsend.
4 players made the link through a loan spell, including Lee Bradbury.

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