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Category Archives: Steve Parish
‘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
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Roy Hodgson, Steve Parish
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
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Planning, Selhurst, Sport, Steve Parish
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
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Selhurst, Sport, Steve Parish
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
Palace accounts are ready to be published ‘in next few days’
Crystal Palace have dismissed reports that the company which owns the football club is about to be struck off for failing to file its annual report on time. CPFC 2010 Ltd, the company which controls the club, was supposed to … Continue reading
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Planning approval granted for £100m Selhurst Park scheme
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on a planning committee outcome which was never in any doubt This was one fixture in the 2017-2018 season which Crystal Palace Football Club were never going to lose. Croydon Council’s planning committee last … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Planning, Selhurst, Shifa Mustafa, Sport, Steve Parish
Tagged Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Selhurst, Selhurst Park, Steve Parish
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What’s in a name? Palace look to sell Selhurst naming rights
The Bet365 Stadium. The Etihad. The Emirates. The iPro. Bargain Booze Stadium*. The Amex… Modern sports stadiums are often known by the name of whichever amorphous corporate entity has bought up the naming rights to the venue, and Selhurst Park … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Planning, Selhurst, Sport, Steve Parish
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Football Club, Selhurst, Selhurst Park, Steve Parish
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£100m new scheme for Selhurst – but no one’s told Sainsbury’s
Questions have been raised about plans, unveiled today, for a redeveloped Selhurst Park stadium for Crystal Palace Football Club. The club has been considering up-grading Selhurst Park for at least five years. Yet sources at Croydon Town Hall say that … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Property, Selhurst, South Norwood, Sport, Steve Parish
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Selhurst Park, Steve Parish
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Hodgson tipped for Palace job as de Boer sacked after 77 days
The future’s not too bright for Crystal Palace fans, and it is certainly not orange, as the club this morning dismissed manager Frank de Boer after just four league games in charge. It is only 77 days since June 26, … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Frank de Boer, Roy Hodgson, Sport, Steve Parish
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Frank de Boer, Roy Hodgson, Steve Parish
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Parish rejects reports of £200m Adams takeover bid for Palace
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
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Frank de Boer, Goldie, Sport, Steve Parish
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Frank de Boer, Steve Parish, Tony Adams
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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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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
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Goldie, Sam Allardyce, Sport, Steve Parish
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Sam Allardyce, Steve Parish
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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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