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Category Archives: AFC Croydon Athletic
Stormzy’s changing the game by opening his #MerkyFC HQ
Stormzy’s fusion of music and football made another massive stride today with the announcement that, backed by global sports brand Adidas, he has taken over the sports pitches at what was Selhurst Sports Arena to launch #Merky FC HQ, a … Continue reading
Posted in #MerkyFC HQ, Activities, AFC Croydon Athletic, Art, Charity, Education, Football, Music, Selhurst, Sport
Tagged #MerkyFC, Adidas, Communities First Foundation, Croydon, EA Sports, Football, Selhurst, Selhurst Sports Arena, Stormzy
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Trophy-winning manager Giles decides its time to leave club
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: An emotional end-of-season announcement for the Trams, while the Rams are heading into Europe (sort of) Liam Giles has resigned as manager of the borough’s oldest non-league club, Croydon FC. Giles made the announcement last night, just a … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Football
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon, Croydon FC, Jermaine McGlashan, Liam Giles, Stormzy, Wilfried Zaha
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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
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, Andrew Sinclair, 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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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
Stormzy’s football club’s ground on council’s ‘For Sale’ list
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The council’s ‘asset disposals’ programme is making desperately slow progress, as it adds tennis clubs, community centres, scout huts and a rugby ground to its list of available properties. But few, if any, existing tenants have been … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Business, Charity, Colonnades, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Football, Golf, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington South, Old Coulsdon, Property, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Scouts and Guides, Thornton Heath
Tagged Addington Court Golf Club, Conservative, Coombe Wood, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Court Golf Club, Coulsdon Manor, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Purley-John Fisher, Shirley, Shirley Park Golf Club, South End, Stormzy, Thornton Heath, Tory, West Thornton, Wilfried Zaha
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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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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
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
Stormzy and Zaha team up to buy their hometown football club
Thornton Heath superstars offer AFC Croydon Athletic fans the hope of having their ‘Wrexham moment’ Croydon Athletic, the phoenix club based in Thornton Heath which has battled through tough times over the past decade, this morning announced that it has … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Football, Sport, Wilfried Zaha
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Mayfield Stadium, Stormzy, Wilfried Zaha
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Lika’s goals give real boost to Athletic’s stop-start season
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: With an Easter Monday derby at the Mayfield Stadium and a late revival in form for the Trams, ANDREW SINCLAIR looks at what the remainder of the season holds in store Croydon’s non-league clubs enter the final weeks … Continue reading
Cup run would be fitting tribute to ‘club legend’ Hillburn
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: The borough’s sides had a quiet-ish December due to postponements, but as ANDREW SINCLAIR reports, both Rams and Trams need a run of wins to drag themselves away from risk of relegation Croydon FC entered the new year … Continue reading
Whyteleafe banking on bumper World Cup crowd for derby
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Can the Trams’ returning manager maintain the momentum into a crunch game tomorrow? ANDREW SINCLAIR previews derby day and what the December fixture list holds for Croydon Athletic Football fans, perhaps fired up by tonight’s England World Cup … Continue reading
Trams on track but all change at Athletic after their rough start
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: One side has been leaking too many goals while another has been scoring too few. Ahead of tomorrow night’s ‘derby’ at the Arena, ANDREW SINCLAIR reports on the local clubs’ opening games to the season As football stadiums … Continue reading
New boss, new squad, new hope as Trams approach kick-off
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: It’s been all-change for most of the area’s part-time players over the summer. ANDREW SINCLAIR gets you up to date with the latest news before the start of the season tomorrow Club officials are hopeful that Croydon Arena … Continue reading
Trams look to turn over new Leafe with updated league
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: The season may be over for the borough’s part-timers, but as ANDREW SINCLAIR reports, there’s still plenty going on behind the scenes with derby dates to arrange for a renewed local rivalry Croydon FC will have a local … Continue reading
‘Home form at Arena cost us’ says departing Trams boss Giles
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: End of an era at Croydon Arena, as the manager who helped pull the club together after crisis-hit years has announced he is stepping down. ANDREW SINCLAIR with a round-up on another tough season for the Trams, Rams, … Continue reading
‘Bitter pill’ for Trams as they are cruelly denied semi-final place
On the eve of ‘Non-League Day’, when the country’s smaller clubs ask fans from Premier League sides to pay them a visit, ANDREW SINCLAIR rounds up the latest news from Croydon FC and Croydon Athletic Robbed of a shot at … Continue reading
As the pressure mounts, Trams are taking it one game at a time
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: As the football season enters its vital last few weeks, ANDREW SINCLAIR catches up with the local sides’ managers One win and just six points from 10 games from October and mid-January reads like the form of a … Continue reading
