Crystal Palace inks new partnership with Temporal

English football club Crystal Palace has announced a new multi-year partnership with open-source software platform Temporal who will join the club as their new Front-of-Shirt Partner starting from the 2026/27 season. The partnership will see Temporal branding present on the Crystal Palace men’s and Academy team’s kits. Temporal will also support community initiatives and will work with the club to deliver computer science and AI workshops for young people across South London, creating new opportunities and pathways into technology.

Barry Webber, Chief Commercial Officer, Crystal Palace, commented,

“Crystal Palace has always aligned itself with innovative, ambitious partners, and our new front of shirt collaboration with Temporal is a perfect fit for that vision. Their world class platform will power some of the most exciting technology in football, and we’re thrilled that this journey will start with Palace and our supporters in South London and across the globe. As we look ahead to another exciting chapter for the Club on and off the pitch, partnering with a category leading technology business like Temporal underlines our commitment to building a progressive, forward-thinking future for Crystal Palace.”

Samar Abbas, CEO and Co-Founder of Temporal, added,

“Crystal Palace has been held in the hearts of its community for 164 years. That kind of bond between an organization and the people who believe in it is exactly what Temporal is building with the developers and businesses who run on our platform every day. We are proud to stand behind a club that understands what it means to be someone’s reliable foundation.”