MAY
Captains courageous: Joel Ward and Marc Guehi, backed by the Palace squad, deserve the thanks of the borough
A dream becomes reality: Wembley shook and it was beautiful
Remember Peter Gillman, the veteran Sunday Times hack who uncovered the scandal of the dodgy doggy checks at Selhurst Park a couple of months earlier? Well, on Saturday May 17, 2025, he became the first journalist from Inside Croydon to file a match report from the press box at Wembley Stadium, as Crystal Palace won the FA Cup, upsetting the odds by beating the previously all-conquering Manchester City.
Nuff said, really.
Click on the headline link above and read, or hopefully re-read, Peter’s first-hand account of that famous day, and for a few minutes on a cold, dark December day, wallow in the joy of it all.
Now, Oliver, about that contract…
Also in May…
More Inside Croydon exclusives:
Cup-winners Palace snub Perry over Town Hall victory parade
Council boss denies demanding £200,000 in Palace parade row
Good business:
Coombe Wood House is providing what Croydon’s long missed
Bad business:
Superdry closure is the latest nail in Whitgift Centre’s coffin
A Croydon success story:
TfL to mark 25th anniversary of Croydon’s trams network
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- If you missed our review of January 2025’s news, take a look at this: That was the year that was: Inside Croydon’s pick of 2025
- For February’s top news stories, have a look at this: Purley Pool, porkie pies and a busted budget
- For the highlights, and council lowlights, from March, click here: Council’s closed doors, Selhurst security, Bridge to Nowhere
- Check out what was making the news Inside Croydon in April by clicking here
- June 2025 was When council boss blocked staff from reading Inside Croydon
- In July, Inside Croydon exposed how Croydon’s cash-strapped council was paying consultant £726 PER HOUR
- Fly-tipped mattresses that the council refused to touch, library books discared all over a street in Broad Green, more buckets than businesses in the Whitgift Centre, and Reform’s dead candidate for mayor. All to be found on Inside Croydon in August 2025
- In September 2025, we were the first to report the latest housing scandal to hit Croydon, and the council
- And in October, we broke the news that Katherine Kerswell had quit as council CEO, and was to received a £50,000 pay-off
- In November and December, we even had cabinet minister Steve Reed retweeting links to Inside Croydon news reports, which included coverage of the spaghetti restaurant named the best in the country
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