Clubs: Greenock Morton, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Leeds United, Bradford City, Crystal Palace, Greenock Morton

International honours: Scotland
Caps while at Palace: 2

David Hopkin starred on the Eagles' right-flank for two seasons in the mid 1990s making an important contribution to Palace's progress.

Strong running and possessing a prodigious long throw-in, David was a huge asset to the club's cause and had a flair for scoring spectacular goals. This talent was never better demonstrated than in the 1997 play-offs. For the second year in a row Palace only needed a win at Wembley to win promotion to the Premiership and David produced a fantastic moment in Palace history that supporters will always remember him for.

With the match against Sheffield United scoreless and with only a minute to go until full-time Palace won a corner that was headed clear to David 20 yards from goal. He controlled the ball with his left foot before curling an unstoppable shot past Simon Tracey in the Blades goal much to the delight of the 30,000 or so Eagles fans present.

David was awarded full international honours for Scotland in 1997 but to the disappointment of everybody at Selhurst Park he moved to Leeds United for a sizable fee. David returned to the club in 2001 and his form was one of the major factors in the club avoiding relegation to the Second Division that season.

Statistics

Player of the Year: 1997

	Games	Goals
1995/1996	47	12
1996/1997	49	17
2000/2001	9	1
2001/2002	22	3
Total	127	33

Source: The Men who Made Crystal Palace, Rev. Nigel Sands (Tempus 2004)