ALAN Pardew has reissued his call for Richard Murray and Simon Jordan to end their feud ahead of tomorrow's derby at The Valley.

Murray and Jordan fell out spectacularly after the Crystal Palace chairman took offence to comments made by his Addicks counterpart after Charlton consigned the Eagles to the drop on the final day of the 2004-05 season.

Relations deteriorated further after Iain Dowie's controversial switch across south London 12 months later and the subsequent court case brought against the former Palace boss by Jordan.

Pardew pleaded with the duo to call a truce before the two sides met earlier in the season at Selhurst, although those calls have so far fell on deaf ears.

Now the Charlton manager is urging both protagonists to bury the hatchet again before what promises to be an electric encounter at Floyd Road tomorrow.

Pardew said: "It is sad and I think the two gentlemen involved could probably do without it.

"Who needs that in your life?

"Life is too short, so nothing would give me more pleasure if they shake hands before the game and it was all water under the bridge.

"Whether that happens is debatable, but it is what I would wish."

Pardew is aware of the historic rivalry which has built up between the two south London clubs, having played for both sides.

The Addicks chief recalls there was no bad feeling from the players during Charlton's wilderness years in SE25, but is the first to admit it hasn't always been the same with the supporters.

He said: "Personally I've never had an issue with it because when Charlton shared the ground when I was at Palace, we knew the Charlton boys and they were good guys.

"I know there were Charlton fans who had an issue about the travelling and the arrangements for the staff at home games when they were at Selhurst Park, but I always had a good relationship with both clubs.

"Both clubs find themselves out of the division they want to be in, so both sets of fans, staff and players are committed to take both clubs back to the Premier League.

"Nothing would give me more pleasure than us both making it, but that's going to be difficult."

Charlton were on the end of a shock result last weekend when they lost 1-0 at struggling Scunthorpe and the manager is looking for an instant response against their main rivals tomorrow.

He explained: "I felt technically we let ourselves down at Scunthorpe. Anyone who was there will know we were committed to the cause.

"They were a very physical side, but we stood up to that and we had enough chances to win the game.

"It is the technical side of our game we've worked on this week and hopefully the commitment and the edge will be just as strong as it was for Stoke and Scunthorpe.

"I think the fans will forgive us for Scunthorpe to a certain degree if we put it right against Palace."

Jerome Thomas and new signing Lee Cook will both miss the Palace game through injury.