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Croydon cricket fans face 40% price hike for T20 match

Posted on May 30, 2011 by insidecroydon

Cricket fans in Croydon are outraged at being charged up to 40 per cent more than standard prices for Surrey’s Twenty20 fixture to be staged at Whitgift School next month. The match between Surrey and Sussex on the evening of … Continue reading →

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Praise for sporty Whitgift School – from the Daily Mail

Posted on May 10, 2011 by insidecroydon

Interesting. South Croydon‘s Whitgift School is being held up as a paragon of sporting, and educational, excellence in the Daily Mail. The reporter is Martin Samuel, four times the Sports Writer of the Year, who the Mail indulges once a … Continue reading →

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Croydon businessman in court over Pakistan cricket scam

Posted on March 17, 2011 by insidecroydon

Croydon businessman Mazhar Majeed will appear before City of Westminster magistrates today in connection with the cricket spot-fixing inquiry, along with the three Pakistani Test players under suspicion, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir. As well as working as … Continue reading →

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Kevin Pietersen could play for Surrey at The Oval tomorrow

Posted on August 31, 2010 by insidecroydon

Kevin Pietersen, the former England captain and one of the highest paid cricketers in the world, is to join Surrey. Pietersen Tweeted the move this afternoon, in a soon-deleted message that revealed that he has been dropped from the England … Continue reading →

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Croydon Athletic FC owner is named in Pakistan cricket sting

Posted on August 29, 2010 by insidecroydon

The man at the centre of allegations of the latest spot betting scandal to shock international cricket is Mazhar Majeed, the millionaire owner of Croydon Athletic Football Club. The newspaper’s investigation will have ramifications for football, since Majeed boasted to … Continue reading →

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Croydon-born Carberry speeds up his Ashes hopes

Posted on August 22, 2010 by insidecroydon

Ahead of this week’s final Test match of the summer, there’s much speculation about England’s touring party for the winter’s Ashes tour to Australia. One prime candidate is the Thornton Heath-born Michael Carberry, who tells us how winter running training … Continue reading →

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