Category Archives: Goldie

Speculation mounting over future of £70m transfer target Zaha

Posted on July 16, 2018 by insidecroydon

For Crystal Palace fans, that World Cup euphoria could be short-lived, as the optimistic It’s Coming Home theme of the past four weeks has segued into a version of the old Clash number: Should He Stay Or Should He Go? … Continue reading →

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Parish rejects reports of £200m Adams takeover bid for Palace

Posted on August 8, 2017 by insidecroydon

GOLDIE, our tame Eagle, tries to pick out the bones of truth from the latest tabloid reports about takeover bids at Selhurst Park “We don’t comment on speculation.” That was all a spokeswoman for Crystal Palace would say this morning … Continue reading →

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One step forward, two steps back as Allardyce quits Palace

Posted on May 23, 2017 by insidecroydon

GOLDIE, our tame Eagle, reports on the latest exit through the Selhurst Park manager’s revolving door It’s another case of one step forward, two steps back at Selhurst Park today. Sam Allardyce, after rescuing Crystal Palace from the threat of … Continue reading →

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Ten things learned from Palace’s Premier League survival act

Posted on May 16, 2017 by insidecroydon

GOLDIE, our tame Eagle, has paused for breath after the weekend and had time to reflect on what to draw from the safe roost of mid-table at the end of the nail-biting 2016-2017 season In the end, it all looks … Continue reading →

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Five things we’ve learned about Palace this season

Posted on April 22, 2016 by insidecroydon

Ahead of Sunday’s big day out at Wembley for the FA Cup semi-final, GOLDIE offers his insight into five things we have learned about Crystal Palace this season 1 Whatever the question is, Adebayor is not the answer A short-term … Continue reading →

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Rejects and nightmares that Palace’s Pardew must avoid

Posted on July 8, 2015 by insidecroydon

Yesterday, GOLDIE listed the five players who he would like to see Palace sign (or at least not sell), during the summer. Here, he let’s us in on the players he really never wants to see in a Palace shirt … Continue reading →

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Cabaye tops the Palace wish-list: the five to sign this summer

Posted on July 7, 2015 by insidecroydon

As the squad begins pre-season training, our irregular Crystal Palace correspondent, GOLDIE, has hawked to us his football version of “Snog, Marry, Avoid”, identifying the players that he would really like to see signed up to play at Selhurst Park … Continue reading →

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Palace’s League Cup draw revives memories of Cantona

Posted on November 6, 2011 by insidecroydon

From a loftier perch than usual, GOLDIE looks ahead to the end of the month, and Palace’s League Cup quarter-final trip to Old Trafford, offering a flavour of the promised land of the Premiership In 41 matches against Manchester United, … Continue reading →

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Palace begin to believe after the journey to Hull and back

Posted on August 23, 2011 by insidecroydon

GOLDIE’s feathers are ruffled: his eagle eye is not used to seeing Palace immune from travel sickness So it’s finally happened. A Saturday away win for the Palace.  Other than fish, you have to wonder what was in the Humberside … Continue reading →

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Late, late show revives Palace fans’ great expectations

Posted on August 19, 2011 by insidecroydon

GOLDIE wings in after the opening three games suggesting that Palace might just take off this season I left the away terrace at Peterborough after the first game of the new Championship season in complete dismay, supplemented with more than … Continue reading →

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Scannell’s strike helps prolong the madness

Posted on April 14, 2011 by insidecroydon

GOLDIE swoops in with the latest news ahead of Saturday’s relegation showdown at Selhurst Park They say in life there is a thin line between genius and insanity. In football, a manager can be as mad as a ball bag … Continue reading →

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Palace fans prepare themselves for a kick up the Rs

Posted on March 9, 2011 by insidecroydon

Inside Croydon’s tame Eagle, GOLDIE, has got its feathers ruffled: it really doesn’t fancy flying away from its Selhurst Park nest It is not a secret in football that on average, a side will pick up more points at home … Continue reading →

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Points won. Points dropped. Point made

Posted on February 23, 2011 by insidecroydon

GOLDIE has flown home from last night’s tussle on the south coast, unhappy with the Palace performance but knowing that Portsmouth as a club are in far worse shape There is a roof on the away end at Fratton Park … Continue reading →

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Solving the midfield muddle has lifted Palace

Posted on February 11, 2011 by insidecroydon

Palace fan GOLDIE is all aflutter about stadium announcements and the side’s new-found stability in midfield Around 11am today an announcement about a multi-million pound stadium the other side of the Thames that involves two Premier League clubs should make … Continue reading →

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Selhurst Park has massive role to play in Palace’s future

Posted on January 21, 2011 by insidecroydon

GOLDIE, our man in the eerie above Selhurst Park, looks behind the gushing headlines about Palace’s proposed move, and assesses the possibilities of the £90m new nest Crystal Palace never do things the easy way. Only we could just manage … Continue reading →

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Palace boss Freedman faces managerial baptism of fire

Posted on January 13, 2011 by insidecroydon

Inside Croydon’s man perched at the Holmesdale End, GOLDIE, says that Dougie Freedman has his work cut out to be more a Coppell than a Kember As Crystal Palace fans rejoice at the prospect of “one of their own” leading … Continue reading →

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