ETERNAL FLAME

Glasner: Win Cup and we'll have it forever

- BY NEIL MCLEMAN

OLIVER GLASNER has told his Crystal Palace stars that winning the club's first ever trophy in the FA Cup final today will stay in their hearts and minds forever.

The first Austrian to lead a team to the Wembley showpiece came to the Premier League after lifting the Europa League with Eintracht Frankfurt.

But Glasner's earliest silverware was the 1998 Austrian Cup when his boyhood SV Ried side beat Sturm Graz to win their maiden major trophy.

And the Eagles boss, now 50, said he still remembers the emotions to this day.

"I wasn't nervous, but I was very disappointed because I didn't start," recalled former defender Glasner, who came on after 61 minutes.

"I had appendix surgery three weeks earlier but it was a great game.

"I don't know where the medal is. But I remember the moment when you get the medal and lift the trophy.