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Category Archives: Crystal Palace FC
Selhurst Park business workshop on safeguarding, Jul 5
Crystal Palace football club is putting its weight behind a drive to encourage local organisations to keep children and vulnerable adults in Croydon safe from harm or abuse. Teaming up with Croydon’s multi-agency adults’ and children’s safeguarding boards and Croydon … Continue reading
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Get De Boers in: Palace’s future looking bright (if not orange)
Eagles fans probably owe Sam Allardyce a beer. Not just for keeping Crystal Palace in the Premier League, which was a deed worth £100million in TV revenues alone. But Palace supporters owe a vote of thanks to their former boss … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Frank de Boer, Sport, Steve Parish
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Free multi-sport courses on offer for youngsters over half-term
Youngsters aged 5 to 21 in Croydon and Sutton get their chance to enjoy some great action during May half-term, when another programme of multisport and football will be on offer through the popular L&Q One Goal holiday programme of … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Athletics, Broad Green, Crystal Palace FC, Football, New Addington South, Sport
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One step forward, two steps back as Allardyce quits Palace
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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Half-term sports sessions, Broad Green and New Addington
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Ten things learned from Palace’s Premier League survival act
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
Posted in Christian Benteke, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Goldie, Sam Allardyce, Sport, Steve Parish, Wilfried Zaha
Tagged Crystal Palace, Sam Allardyce, Wilfried Zaha
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Palace now facing £100m relegation decider against Hull
Crystal Palace’s showdown next Sunday with Hull City will be the first £100million relegation decider in English football. Yesterday’s results leave Palace at perilous risk of relegation, after they were torn apart by a rampant Manchester City, 5-0 at the … Continue reading
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Music acts announced for Selhurst Park Beer Festival, May 27
Lawrence Hill, a contestant on ITV’s The Voice, has been added to the Selhurst Park Beer Festival line-up, and will perform on Saturday May 27. Hill is busy in the studio and gigging, having recently toured Europe with Kim Wilde, … Continue reading
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One Goal hits the back of the net with record numbers
Record numbers of youngsters attended the L&Q One Goal holiday programme in Croydon and Sutton over Easter. The free programme for young people aged from five to 21, organised by the L&Q housing association which has many properties around both … Continue reading
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Parish the Eagle is set to enter the Dragons’ Den
Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has been recruited as one of the dragons for the next series of BBC’s business reality show, Dragons’ Den. Parish and former banker Jenny Campbell will be the new faces for the show’s 15th series. … Continue reading
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L&Q open the scoring for Easter with One Goal scheme
Youngsters in Croydon and Sutton can look forward to two weeks of free sports-related activities over the upcoming Easter break, brought to them by L&Q One Goal programme. Crystal Palace Football Club will be leading the programme from next Monday, … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Crystal Palace FC, Education, Football, New Addington South, Sport
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Holmesdale Fanatics issue plea to save the soul of the club
Their club might be in a fight for its Premier League survival, but devoted Crystal Palace fans have bigger concerns, issuing an impassioned statement this week against the commercialisation of Selhurst Park which “has ripped the soul from the club”. … Continue reading
Allardyce tipped to take over as Palace sack Pardew
DDLLLLLDLLDWDDLLWL / LLDWWWDLLLLLLWDLL And there you have it: the hard facts which, in the end, saw Alan Pardew sacked today as manager of Crystal Palace. Since Boxing Day 2015, Pardew’s Palace had lost 21 Premier League matches, 11 in the … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Roy Hodgson, Sport
Tagged Alan Pardew, Crystal Palace, Sam Allardyce
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Crystal Palace Foundation offers weight courses for 2017
Crystal Palace FC Foundation has teamed up with Weight Watchers to run “Move It Lose It”, to help women across Croydon, Sutton and Bromley to lose weight and get more active. “Move It Lose It” is funded by the Mayor … Continue reading
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FA Vase tie at Arena offers Palace fans their football fix
With England and Scotland playing their World Cup qualifier on Friday night and a blank weekend for Premier League sides, GENE GERMAINERS has a suggestion for football-loving Palace fans this Saturday There’s an international weekend and Crystal Palace don’t have a … Continue reading
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How Palace’s early football rivals turned to a FA Cup final hero
One of the great sporting heroes of Victorian England was put in charge of a new football club which threatened to eclipse local rivals Crystal Palace. MARK METCALF, the co-author of a new book, explains how Fred Spiksley came to … Continue reading
Council lists just 30 events in Croydon for Black History Month
Singer Faith Child and Crystal Palace footballer Wilfried Zaha are the special guests at tomorrow night’s launch of Black History Month in Croydon, being staged at the council’s office building, Fisher’s Folly. But anyone thinking that the local council in … Continue reading
Ex-Palace striker Johnson strolls to launch of Active Eagles
Former Crystal Palace striker Andrew Johnson, always known for his ability to out-pace defenders, last week helped to launch a scheme which deliberately encourages footballers to stroll their way into the penalty box. Johnson was the star turn at the … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK Croydon, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Health, Louisa Woodley, Sport
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Rainbow laces demonstrate Foundation’s LGBT support
The Crystal Palace Foundation academy teams turned out for matches on Wednesday with a change to their usual kit: they were all wearing rainbow laces. It is part of an initiative with the charity, Stonewall, to show support for lesbian, … Continue reading
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Palace’s summer transfer business shows capital gains
Crystal Palace did better business during the summer transfer window than any other London Premier League club, including rivals West Ham, Arsenal, Spurs and loadsamoney Chelsea, according to an independent power ranking published today. FourFourTwo magazine ranks Palace seventh among … Continue reading
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‘Zaha is going nowhere’ says Palace chairman Parish
Wilfried Zaha’s agent may have just earnt the Palace player the sort of pay rise he was seeking. Steve Parish, the Crystal Palace chairman, last night dismissed the Tottenham transfer offer for the player as “ridiculous”. “We’ve told Spurs that … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Pardew, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Steve Parish, Wilfried Zaha
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Want-away Wilf triggers £15m transfer bid from Tottenham
Wilfried Zaha, the home-grown England international and long-time darling of the Selhurst Park faithful, walked into the Crystal Palace manager’s office at the club’s Beckenham training ground this morning to request a transfer. The 23-year-old winger’s formal request – which … Continue reading
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Palace record signing Benteke is quick to score an own-goal
Next time you see that Premier League star striker on 80 grand a week kissing the badge in some assumed gesture of loyalty to the fans and the club, do try not to vomit. Christian Benteke, Crystal Palace’s new signing, … Continue reading
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Palace close to spending £35m on strikers Benteke and Remy
Crystal Palace fans have been waiting ages for a Premier League-quality striker, and now it seems that two may be coming along together. A bit like the 68 bus… Alan Pardew, the Palace manager, has been coming in for some … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Pardew, Christian Benteke, Crystal Palace, Loic Remy
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AUDIO: Palace boss Pardew regrets ‘a horrible game for us’
A defeat for Crystal Palace in the first game of the new Premier League season and as unhappy fans in their replica shirts trooped back to Inside Croydon Towers, the glum expressions reflected the realisation that the problems of last … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Pardew, Crystal Palace, Yannick Bolasie
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