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Category Archives: Crystal Palace FC
Crystal Palace for sale as Textor looks to buy into Everton
Crystal Palace Football Club is up for sale. Or, at least, a considerable chunk of the equity in the club is for sale, according to a report in the Financial Times, which states that co-owner John Textor, the American businessman, … Continue reading
Rams storm to promotion to the delight of co-owner Stormzy
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: AFC Croydon Athletic have won promotion from the eighth tier of English football with a thrilling, and very tense, 2-1 play-off final win at Knaphill last night. The game was watched by the club’s new-ish co-owner, rapper Stormzy, … Continue reading
Play-off win sets up the biggest match in Athletic’s history
NON-LEAGUE NEWS by ANDREW SINCLAIR Croydon Athletic tonight face the most important match in the phoenix club’s brief history, following the previously most important game which they won in Jersey on Saturday. Jermaine McGlashan’s side will travel to Knaphill for … Continue reading
Trams all set for challenge of two cup finals in just four days
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: As the football season enters ‘the business end’, both local clubs are in the mix for play-off places and even have a chance of winning some silverware, as ANDREW SINCLAIR reports After 15 years without a cup win, … Continue reading
Holloway to return as manager at Selhurst – for a good cause
Goals 4 GOSH, a charity football fixture that has already raised more than £100,000 for a children’s hospital, is returning to Selhurst Park on May 26. Among the celebrities expected to put on their football boots for this worthy cause … Continue reading
How Stormzy’s football dream is becoming a Mayfield reality
Former Croydon Advertiser reporter and BBC sports correspondent NEIL BENNETT, pictured right, returned to an old stomping ground in Thornton Heath to catch up with the progress of AFC Croydon Athletic under their new celebrity owners, Stormzy and Wilfried Zaha … Continue reading
Hall’s world record goal propels Trams towards two cup finals
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: You wait 15 years, and then two cup finals turn-up at once. ANDREW SINCLAIR on a world record week for Croydon FC, and more progress from local rivals Athletic David Beckham’s done it. Harry Kane did it for … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Balham FC, Croydon FC, Football, Sport, Wilfried Zaha
Tagged 2.31 seconds, AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Guinness Book of Records, Guinness World Records, Jermaine McGlashan, Liam Giles, Mayfield Stadium, Norris McWhirter, Rams, Ryan Hall, Stormzy, Trams, Wilfried Zaha
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Glasner the Glazier lays out his footballing philosophy
The transition, from Selhurst Park old boy (in all senses) to continental modern game thinker, was smoother than anyone had expected under the circumstances. But in his first interview since being appointed successor to Roy Hodgson as manager at Crystal … Continue reading
Hodgson ‘steps aside’ in a Palace farewell tinged with regrets
Crystal Palace go into tonight’s “relegation six-pointer” at Everton with Roy Hodgson no longer the manager of his boyhood club. The Eagles issued a statement this afternoon to confirm that 76-year-old Hodgson, now out of hospital following his collapse at … Continue reading
Johnson takes football director role at non-league club Athletic
Andrew Johnson, the former England and Palace striker, has been appointed as director of football at the non-league club bought by Stormzy and Wilf Zaha last summer. Croydon Athletic made the announcement on Sunday evening, saying that Johnson has “a … Continue reading
Tributes paid to Hodgson: ‘A superb manager, a superb person’
Roy Hodgson spent the night recovering in a south London hospital after being taken ill while overseeing a Crystal Palace training session on Thursday. After undergoing tests, it has been said that Hodgson, the former England manager, 76, was “walking … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Roy Hodgson, Steve Parish
Tagged Crystal Palace FC, Ed Aarons, Henry Winter, Oliver Glasner, Roy Hodgson, Selhurst Park, Steve Parish
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Hodgson’s absence fuels Glasner speculation at Palace
Might the Glaziers be about to get Glasner as their latest manager? Speculation over Roy Hodgson’s future at Crystal Palace cranked up a gear when the veteran manager failed to appear for a scheduled press conference at lunchtime today, with … Continue reading
Lockjaw, honours and pantomimes: Happy New Year from 1924
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: For his first column of the year, DAVID MORGAN has delved into the Minster archive to look at newspaper reports of what was happening in Croydon 100 years ago It is almost as if nothing has really changed. … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, Crystal Palace FC, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Minster, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, David Morgan, FA Cup, Grand Theatre, Grand Theatre and Opera House, Jack Alderson, Jack the Giantkiller, Lockjaw, Mayday Hospital, pantomime
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Guehi and Ward show off Palace players’ Christmas spirit
Children being treated at Croydon’s largest hospital were delighted by a display of seasonal goodwill thanks to a Christmas visit by players from Crystal Palace Football Club. The visitors included members of the under-23 squad, the women’s team and first-team … Continue reading
Tory Minister Philp ‘forgot’ to declare £6,000 football freebies
Chris Philp, the hapless stooge for the Conservative Government and MP for Croydon South, has managed to score another spectacular own goal, as he finds himself at the centre of a freebies row today after he – or a minion … Continue reading
Holmesdale fans condemn council as ‘shame of our borough’
Palace fans agree that Croydon Council is crap. There, in two-foot high letters on the Holmesdale End at Selhurst Park before the Everton game on Saturday was a clear message of contempt to the powers-that-be at the Town Hall: “Croydon … Continue reading
McGlashan takes over to conduct Stormzy’s Athletic project
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: They might need a revolving door at the Mayfield Stadium soon, such has been the pace of the comings and goings at Wilf Zaha and Stormzy’s football club. ANDREW SINCLAIR, pictured right, keeps tabs on who’s in and … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, AFC Whyteleafe, Balham FC, Croydon FC, Football, Sport, Wilfried Zaha
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Andrew Sinclair, Balham FC, Combined Counties League, Croydon FC, Danny Young, Football, Jermaine McGlashan, Liam Giles, Nahum Green, SCEFL, Southern Counties East Football League, Stormzy, Whyteleafe, Wilf Zaha
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Development costs for Selhurst Park’s new stand soar by 50%
Building works on the main stand at Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park stadium could begin next summer, but the club is facing soaring costs. The new stand could now cost Palace at least £150million – up by 50% on the initial … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Football, John Textor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, Selhurst, South Norwood, Sport, Steve Parish
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Crystal Palace Football Club, John Textor, Selhurst Main Stand, Selhurst Park, Steve Parish
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Respected Rayner leaves Rams: ‘Change was going to come’
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: In his first interview since parting company with Croydon Athletic this week, former manager Kevin Rayner tells ANDREW SINCLAIR that he saw the changes coming, and reveals a further exit from the club Despite their team playing well, … Continue reading
Stormzy’s football club parts with 2 managers after 5 games
Even Ken Bates or “Deadly” Doug Ellis, old-school football club owners notorious for sacking their managers with alacrity, never got rid of two at the same time. But that’s what international grime star Stormzy did this week, less than three … Continue reading
Mayor Perry accepted hundreds of pounds of gifts in first year
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Recently published declarations of interest from the borough’s elected Mayor show someone who enjoys a free lunch and just doesn’t know when to say ‘No’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES There’s hardly an official opening or a charity … Continue reading
Football club’s new owner Stormzy is up for the FA Cup
Croydon Athletic’s first game under new ownership drew almost nine times their typical crowd from last season – and the 542nd person through the gate at the Mayfield Stadium for yesterday’s FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round was none other than … Continue reading
Athletic hoping their new season will go down a real Stormzy
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: The (not-so) big kick-off is less than 24 hours away… Here, ANDREW SINCLAIR, right, the go-to-expert for BBC 5 Live and BBC Radio London, looks ahead to what’s in store at Croydon Arena and the Mayfield Stadium The … Continue reading
Zaha transfer saga reaches sad end as player flies off to Turkey
So, farewell then, Wilf Zaha, Crystal Palace’s “G.O.A.T.” – Greatest Of All Time – who is to join Turkish champions Galatasaray on a free transfer with a three-year contract expected to be finalised in Istanbul today.
Palace confirm Hodgson as manager for one more season
Crystal Palace have confirmed that Roy Hodgson, who will be 76 when the new Premier League season kicks off next month, will be the club’s manager for 2023-2024. The one-year extension of Hodgson’s second spell in charge of the club … Continue reading
