Crystal Palace 1 : 1 Newcastle - Palace rescue point from Magpies

Neither Alan Pardew nor the travelling Newcastle support could boast victory in their reunion battle as Crystal Palace came from behind to seal a 1-1 draw at Selhurst Park.

The Palace boss brought to an end an often-turbulent five-year spell at St James' Park to take over in south London at the turn of the year and their first meeting since then ended in stalemate.

Pardew's Eagles have made a habit out of falling behind but again showed their resilient nature as Fraizer Campbell came off the bench to earn a well-deserved share of the spoils for Palace.

It could have been an even sweeter reunion for Pardew had Brede Hangeland's late header not been tipped behind by Tim Krul, with Newcastle offering very little in the way of their own attempts to win the game.

Papiss Cisse's first goal of 2015 had put John Carver's side in front but the man who worked as Pardew's assistant did not see his team work Julian Speroni on any other occasion and the Magpies still only have one win since Pardew jumped ship.

The 53-year-old waxed lyrical about his Newcastle tenure in his programme notes and urged the travelling fans to remember the "good times" they enjoyed before the relationship soured.

But the away contingent only had unsavoury songs in store for their previous manager - whose misery was compounded when Cisse rose to head his former employers in front before half-time.

The visitors were largely on the back foot and, although Palace often lacked a killer final ball, the introduction of the returning Yannick Bolasie sparked them into life as he provided the cross for Campbell to turn home and level with less than 20 minutes remaining.