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Category Archives: Crystal Palace FC
Tim Springett LIVE at Mayfield Stadium Clubhouse, Oct 3
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Tim Springett LIVE at Mayfield Stadium Clubhouse, Oct 3
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Daniel and Kirby help fired-up Rams to make FA Cup history
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: It’s been an impressive start to the season for Croydon Athletic as they eye up promotion, while there’s been more of a mixed bag at Croydon FC. ANDREW SINCLAIR reports Croydon Athletic last season, playing in the lofty … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, AFC Whyteleafe, Andrew Sinclair, Croydon FC, Football, Wilfried Zaha
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Alex White, Amadou Tangara, Andrew Sinclair, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Danny Kedwell, Kadell Daniel, Mayfield Stadium, non-league news, Nya Kirby, Ryan Watts, Stormzy, Wilf Zaha
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Tidy’s Blues Sandwich LIVE at Mayfield Clubhouse, Sep 5
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Palace replace security firm at centre of sniffer dog concerns
EXCLUSIVE: Crystal Palace go into the new season having dispensed with the services of Invicta K9, the security firm which this website exposed as breaking the conditions of its operating licence with dog searches Crystal Palace fans arriving at Selhurst … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged CPISA, Croydon, Crystal Palace FC, Crystal Palace Independent Supporters Association, Football Supporters Association, Holmesdale Stand, Invicta K9, InvictaK9, Metropolitan Police, National Training Inspectorate for Professional Dog Users, Private Security Industry Act 2001, Scotland Yard, Security Industry Authority, Selhurst, Selhurst Park
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‘It seems that certain clubs have unique privilege and power’
Denied their rightful place in the Europa League, Crystal Palace have hit out at the governing body: ‘This growing and unhealthy influence… does not bode well… when rules and sanctions are unevenly applied in the most flagrant way’ After giving … Continue reading
Palace swizzled as Swiss sports court upholds UEFA decision
You win some. You lose some. Less than 24 hours after Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi lifted the Charity Shield as his side beat Liverpool on penalties at Wembley, his club was handed the verdict of a panel of specialist … Continue reading
FA moves to subdue Palace’s Fanatics at Wembley showpiece
The wall of sound and colour from the Palace end at Wembley at the FA Cup final in May, which wowed the world of football, will be missing, or at least much subdued, on Sunday when the cup-winners take on … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Holmesdale Fanatics, Steve Parish
Tagged 2025 FA Cup final, CAS, Charity Shield, Court for Arbitration in Sport, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Europa League, FA, Football Association, Holmesdale Fanatics, Lausanne, Liverpool, Manchester City, Nottingham Forest, South London and Proud, Steve Parish, UEFA, UEFA Conference League, Wembley, Wembley Stadium
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Podcast: Kevin Day talks UEFA, Simon Jordan and Uncle Reg
Comedian, scriptwriter, author and all-round good bloke Kevin Day, pictured left, returns to our Under The Flyover podcast to explain and discuss the clear miscarriage that his club, Crystal Palace, has suffered at the hands of UEFA, and what they … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Inside Croydon, John Textor, Sport, Steve Parish, Under The Flyover, Woody Johnson
Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace, Europa League, Kevin Day, Podcast, Simon Jordan, Spike Milligan, Steve Parish, UEFA, UEFA Conference League, UEFA Europa League, Under The Flyover
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Palace fans urged to get writing to UEFA HQ over Europa ban
One of Crystal Palace’s biggest fanzines is calling upon Eagles fans, and supporters of other clubs with a sense of fair play, to lobby UEFA with emails sent to the football bureaucrats in Switzerland who decided to demote the FA … Continue reading
Palace fury as Forest set to benefit from their UEFA demotion
Club chairman describes football rule-makers’ decision as ‘probably one of the greatest injustices that has ever happened in European football’ Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish was heading for New York for an emergency board meeting to decide whether he would … Continue reading
The curse of Textor strikes as Palace are demoted in Europe
Without a single ball kicked in anger, Crystal Palace have suffered their first “relegation” in more than a decade, as UEFA, football’s European governing body, announced that the FA Cup-winners were being bumped out of its second-tier competition, the Europa … Continue reading
‘Worst experience of my life’ says Palace fan wrongly detained
EXCLUSIVE: Eagles fans looking forward to celebrating the club’s FA Cup final win at Selhurst Park last month were refused entry to the ground despite a search which, according to the Met Police, found ‘no evidence’ A Crystal Palace fan … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace FC, Football Supporters Association, Holmesdale Stand, InvictaK9, Metropolitan Police, National Training Inspectorate for Professional Dog Users, Private Security Industry Act 2001, Scotland Yard, Security Industry Authority, Selhurst, Selhurst Park
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Textor exits Palace with £190m deal that saves Europa dream
Crystal Palace fans who have been holding their breath since the cup final victory last month could be heard emitting a massive sigh of relief today. Or two sighs of relief: for director John Textor appears to have finally exited … Continue reading
Palace fans’ forums express outrage over dodgy dog searches
Eagles fans were shocked by findings in our exclusive investigation into searches conducted by a private security firm outside Selhurst Park Inside Croydon’s exclusive report about potentially unlawful security searches outside Selhurst Park Stadium, using sniffer dogs, received overwhelming support … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace FC, Football Supporters Association, Holmesdale Stand, InvictaK9, Metropolitan Police, National Training Inspectorate for Professional Dog Users, Peter Gillman, Private Security Industry Act 2001, Scotland Yard, Security Industry Authority, Selhurst, Selhurst Park
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Cup final captain Thomas gets back on his bike to fight cancer
Geoff Thomas, the former Crystal Palace captain, is setting off to ride the Tour de France route next month, 20 years since he first completed the arduous test of cycling endurance. Former England midfielder Thomas will once again will be … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Cycling, Football, Health, Sport
Tagged 1990 FA Cup final, Crystal Palace, Cure Leukaemia, Cycling, Geoff Thomas, Leukaemia, Leukaemia Care, Tour de France
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Something doesn’t sniff right as security firm breaks the law
EXCLUSIVE: Industry body says it is ‘appalled’ at the search of football fans outside Selhurst Park by staff from a private security company who failed to show their ID and licence, as is required by the law. PETER GILLMAN investigates … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Peter Gillman, Policing
Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace FC, Football Supporters Association, Holmesdale Stand, InvictaK9, Metropolitan Police, National Training Inspectorate for Professional Dog Users, Peter Gillman, Private Security Industry Act 2001, Scotland Yard, Security Industry Authority, Selhurst, Selhurst Park
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After 120-year wait, it was tears of joy at Palace’s parade party
Inside Croydon’s PETER GILLMAN followed the team from Wembley to SE25 for yesterday’s outpouring of joy at the Palace victory parade Even now, it seemed unreal. Here we were on a packed Whitehorse Lane yesterday, waiting for the Crystal Palace … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Eberechi Eze, Football, Holmesdale Fanatics, Inside Croydon, Oliver Glasner, Peter Gillman, Steve Parish
Tagged 2025 FA Cup final, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Daniel Munoz, Eberechi Eze, Holmesdale Fanatics, Jean-Philippe Mateta, London, Oliver Glasner, Peter Gillman, South London and Proud, Steve Parish, Wembley, Wembley Stadium
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Council boss denies demanding £200,000 in Palace parade row
EXCLUSIVE: Croydon’s chief exec has issued a plea to the borough’s councillors seeking their help to media manage adverse publicity over Crystal Palace’s truncated FA Cup victory parade. By STEVEN DOWNES Katherine Kerswell, Croydon Council’s chief executive, yesterday issued an … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Eberechi Eze, Football, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Oliver Glasner, Steve Parish
Tagged 2025 FA Cup final, Bromley Council, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, Crystal Palace FC, Cup-winners' victory parade, Eberechi Eze, FA Cup, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Oliver Glasner, Open-top bus parade, Selhurst, Steve Parish, Tory
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Cup-winners Palace snub Perry over Town Hall victory parade
EXCLUSIVE: For Croydon’s Tory Mayor, failing to get a chance to bask in the reflected glory of the football club is another tale of ‘what might have been’. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Mayor Jason Perry has been snubbed by Crystal … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Eberechi Eze, Football, Mayor Jason Perry, Oliver Glasner, Steve Parish
Tagged 2025 FA Cup final, Community Action in Selhurst and Surrounding Areas, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, Crystal Palace FC, Cup-winners' victory parade, Eberechi Eze, FA Cup, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Oliver Glasner, Open-top bus parade, Selhurst, Steve Parish, Tory
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MP Reed shown a yellow card for cosying up to water lobbyists
It appears that Steve Reed OBE, the MP for Streatham (and can’t be arsed with Croydon North), is not as big a football fan as he has tried to make out. Reed, now the environment secretary in Keir Starmer’s Labour … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crystal Palace FC, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water
Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Labour, Northumbrian Water, Selhurst Park, Steve Reed OBE, Thames Water, We Own It
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We’re South London and very, very proud of our FA Cup team
CUP FINAL COMMENTARY: With a chance for another opportunity to reflect on the scale of the achievement of Saturday’s FA Cup final win at Wembley, JERRY FITZPATRICK thanks the Eagles heroes for giving Croydon something to cheer about The most … Continue reading
A dream becomes reality: Wembley shook and it was beautiful
2025 FA CUP FINAL: Inside Croydon’s PETER GILLMAN was among the accredited media at Wembley for a historic day which captured the imagination of the nation and fulfilled the dreams of football romantics around the world Yessss!!! We aced it! … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Eberechi Eze, Football, Holmesdale Fanatics, Inside Croydon, Oliver Glasner, Peter Gillman, Steve Parish
Tagged 2025 FA Cup final, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Daniel Munoz, Eberechi Eze, Holmesdale Fanatics, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Kevin de Bruyne, London, Manchester City, Oliver Glasner, Pep Guardiola, Peter Gillman, South London and Proud, Steve Parish, Wembley, Wembley Stadium
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‘This team feels ready to seize the moment’ says Palace chair
FA CUP FINAL BUILD-UP: ‘We don’t know if we will win but we will show our personality’ – manager and club chairman embrace the south London spirit of Palace’s loud and proud fans Oliver Glasner will be fulfilling a childhood … Continue reading
Palace record-breaker Joel Ward: This is merely ‘See you later’
FA CUP FINAL BUILD-UP: A decision has been made by player and club that a record-breaking career at Selhurst Park must come to an end Joel Ward will depart Crystal Palace as a player when his contract expires at the … Continue reading
