A local lad, Puncheon also stated that he felt it was always his destiny to play for Palace, spending six happy seasons before departing in 2019 to play in Cyprus, where he remains today as manager of Akritas Chlorakas.
Speaking exclusively to the special-edition matchday programme for Saturday's game with Millwall, which you can read in full below, Puncheon reflected on his time at Selhurst Park and – amongst other memories – picked out his first season as a highlight, where Palace recovered from a difficult start to stay in the Premier League.
"I think that first year in the Premier League remains the standout," explained Puncheon. "To say in the league the way we did, it was a massive, massive achievement.
"People always say to me the FA Cup in 2016 [reaching the final] but I think my biggest achievement was in that first season.
"I don’t think it gets the credit it should, because without that season we wouldn’t have been able to go and get the calibre of players we got down the line."
You can read more from our interview with Puncheon by picking up Saturday's matchday programme, where the former Palace midfielder also discusses his loan spell with Millwall, which infamously featured scoring a hat-trick against the Eagles.
Plus, this new edition has regular columns from Oliver Glasner, captain Marc Guéhi and Steve Parish, as well as the full lowdown on opponents Millwall.