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Category Archives: Steve Parish
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
Veteran boss Hodgson set to stay on for one more season
Roy Hodgson is expected to accept a proposal to stay on as head coach at Crystal Palace for another season. The former England boss will celebrate his 76th birthday just days before the new season kicks off on August 12 … Continue reading
Ex-Brighton boss tipped to become new Palace manager
Graham Potter, who was sacked as Chelsea manager last month after the lowest points-per-game return of any coach at the club in the Premier League era, is reportedly being considered to become the new boss at Crystal Palace. As poor … Continue reading
Palace fans prepare to bid farewell to all-time great Zaha
How a £200,000 per week contract offer, the Premier League’s oldest manager and a hamstring injury could all be inter-woven into the future plans of one of the greatest players ever to strut his stuff on the Selhurst Park turf … Continue reading
It’s a case of Hodgson’s choice for Palace fans as Roy returns
With an announcement that confirmed that the directors at Crystal Palace had no “Plan B” for the replacement of sacked boss Patrick Vieira, it is a case of Hobson’s, or Hodgson’s, choice as the club set another record with the … Continue reading
‘Precarious’ Palace sack boss Vieira after no wins in 11 games
Eagles were ‘sleepwalking to relegation’ under the former France and Arsenal star, as some suggest veteran ex-manager Hodgson might return in a caretaker role Crystal Palace have sacked manager Patrick Vieira. The move comes less than 48 hours after Vieira … Continue reading
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Tagged Crystal Palace FC, John Salako, Patrick Vieira, Roy Hodgson, Selhurst Park, Steve Parish
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Palace granted permission (again) for £100m stand at Selhurst
Back of the net! The result of last night’s planning committee meeting was never in doubt. But now Crystal Palace and their chairman Steve Parish have to seal a deal with Sainsbury’s. By our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE It … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Christopher Herman, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Leila Ben-Hassel, Planning, Selhurst, South Norwood, Steve Parish
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Labour, Planning, South Norwood, Steve Parish, Wooderson Close
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Residents blocked from meeting by football club’s lobbyists
Crystal Palace FC have lodged 40 new files as part of the planning application for their proposed £100m stand. But a meeting promised with affected households has been cancelled and residents told that they are not welcome to attend a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Christopher Herman, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Housing, Louis Carserides, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, South Norwood, Stella Nabukeera, Steve Parish, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Labour, Les Parry, Louis Carserides, Planning, Selhurst Park, South Norwood, Steve Parish, Steve Reed OBE, Terrapin Group, Wooderson Close
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‘Abrasive’ lobbyist smoothing the way for Selhurst’s new stand
Crystal Palace’s £100m new stand at Selhurst Park has the backing of fans (natch), support from councillors and approval from the planning department. Yet the club has gone out and hired a planning lobbyist. STEVEN DOWNES profiles Terrapin’s man hoping … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Christopher Herman, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, Kingston, Louis Carserides, Paul Scully MP, Planning, Property, South Norwood, Sport, Stella Nabukeera, Steve Parish, Stuart King
Tagged Christopher Herman, Crystal Palace FC, Heather Cheesbrough, Kevin Davis, Kingston Council, Louis Carserides, Peter Bingle, Selhurst Park, South Norwood, Stella Nabukeera, STUART KING, Terrapin Group, Wooderson Close
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Planning permission lapsed for £100m new stand at Selhurst
The planning permission for Crystal Palace to redevelop their main stand in a £100million project at Selhurst Park has lapsed – leaving the club to go through a costly re-application process, or to continue to play their games in one … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, Selhurst, Sport, Steve Parish
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, London Borough of Croydon, Planning, Selhurst, Selhurst Park, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Wooderson Close
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Favre’s 11th-hour U-turn leaves Palace fans with questions
Even by Crystal Palace standards, the excitement and anticipation over the news that Lucien Favre was set to sign a three-year contract to manage the football club was extremely short-lived. Little more than 24 hours after reports that the former … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Lucien Favre, Roy Hodgson, Sport, Steve Parish
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Lucien Favre, Steve Parish
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Parish gets his man as Palace agree three-year deal with Favre
What could possibly go wrong? Crystal Palace have agreed a three-year appointment for their new manager, and just need the government to issue a work permit… There was palpable excitement among Eagles fans last night when the news emerged that … Continue reading
Palace confirm Hodgson to retire after last games of season
Roy Hodgson’s final home game as Crystal Palace manager will be tomorrow night at Selhurst Park. At least Eagles fans will be able to give their veteran manager a proper send-off, as some spectators will be allowed in for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Roy Hodgson, Selhurst Park
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Veteran Palace boss Hodgson heading towards his final game
It seems a foregone conclusion: after nearly four years of steady, mid-table safety, and 162 games in charge, Roy Hodgson’s last match as manager at Crystal Palace will come on the final day of the season at Liverpool, one of … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Roy Hodgson, Sport, Steve Parish, Wilfried Zaha
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Roy Hodgson
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Crystal Palace give stadium over to NHS for vaccination centre
Sports centres in South Norwood are being turned into emergency coronavirus medical facilities. A hospitality suite at Crystal Palace FC’s Selhurst Park stadium has been adapted into one of London’s biggest covid-19 vaccination venues, playing a pivotal role in vaccinating … Continue reading
Palace in £1m agreement with council for Selhurst scheme
Crystal Palace FC’s long-delayed development plans to upgrade their Selhurst Park home could be about to get underway after Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, rubber-stamped a community levy deal that could be worth up to £1million to the local … Continue reading
Two years on and Palace have not signed planning agreement
Two years since Croydon Council gave a green light to Crystal Palace for a £100million new main stand at Selhurst Park, the club has still to sign off on the Section 106 agreement laid out in the planning permission. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Selhurst, Selhurst Park, Steve Parish
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Palace will sell Zaha when the price is right, says Parish
Wilfried Zaha will leave Crystal Palace in the next transfer window – provided the money is right. That’s the stark conclusion from an interview given by Palace chairman Steve Parish. Zaha handed in a transfer request just before the English … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Steve Parish, Wilfried Zaha
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Steve Parish, Wilfried Zaha
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The A to Zaha of Palace’s problems for new football season
A Croydon councillor has called for Wilfried Zaha to “knuckle down” and honour his recently signed five-year contract with Crystal Palace. As well as being a councillor for Fairfield ward, Chris Clark also happens to be a trades union workplace … Continue reading
Trams appeal to Stormzy for help after third break-in at club
For the third time in less than six months, Croydon Football Club are having to dust themselves down and pick themselves up again after vandals broke into their clubhouse and trashed it, causing thousands of pounds of damage. The unexpected … Continue reading
MPs warn Palace of ‘racism and violence’ of Lads Alliance
In an extraordinary demonstration of cross-party action (for Croydon, at any rate), all three of the borough’s MPs, plus the council leader and councillors, have written to Crystal Palace Football Club to ask them to distance themselves publicly from the … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Clark, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Crystal Palace FC, Fairfield, Football, Sarah Jones MP, Sport, Steve Parish, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Anne-Marie Waters, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Democratic Football Lads Alliance, DFLA, English Defence League, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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Puck off: Palace’s American owners look to sell stake in club
On the eve of the club’s “A23 derby” lunchtime kick-off against Brighton at Selhurst Park today, a Wall Street news agency is reporting that Crystal Palace’s American owners are looking to sell their stake in the club. According to Bloomberg … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace FC, David Blitzer, Josh Harris, Steve Parish
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Holmesdale end? Fanatics’ support could be ‘lost forever’
With one win from four Premier League matches, you might think that Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace side needs all the support it can get at the moment. But the club has risked alienating a significant section of some of its … Continue reading
Palace hit TV jackpot as they report record £143m revenues
Crystal Palace’s long delayed financial accounts showed that the club is cashing in successfully on the TV riches from being in the Premier League, with a £11.8million profit on the 2016-2017 year. According to Deloitte’s Money League, based on these … Continue reading
