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Play-offs in sight as Trams benefit from sorry Canterbury tale
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: The roller-coaster season endured by Croydon FC fans looks like it could go into extra time, while Stormzy and Wilf Zaha’s club is seeking stability on and off the pitch. And there’s even a chance of a Wembley … Continue reading
When people talk, things happen and they get things done
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Businessman TIM WATES believes that even a small shift in engagement with each other can make a big difference to the borough’s future Across Croydon, many community groups, volunteers and businesses are rolling up their sleeves to make … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Community associations, Croydon Commitment, Crystal Palace FC, Education, Knife crime, Lives Not Knives, Serious About Youth, Tim Wates, Wates Group
Tagged Croydon, Croydon College, Croydon Voluntary Action, Crystal Palace FC, Fairfield Halls, Lives Not Knives, Palace for Life Foundation, Serious About Youth, Tim Wates, Wates, Wates Group
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It’s a Sheikh down: Freedman confirmed as leaving Palace
Crystal Palace fans were today coming to terms with the news that Dougie Freedman is leaving the club. Palace chairman Steve Parish said Freedman, as sporting director, had been “instrumental in everything we have done over the past eight years”, … Continue reading
83-year-old Palace fan shaken by Selhurst security shakedown
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Season ticket-holder PETER GILLMAN had been looking forward to the Ipswich match all week, but in the queue at the gate something happened which left him questioning his club’s approach At the age of 83, a milestone I … Continue reading
Palace are adding a touch of poetry to their beautiful game
It is sometimes said that football, when it’s played properly, at its fluid best, is like a form of physical poetry. Well now, the National Literacy Trust and Arts Council England have launched A Poem for Your Club to try … Continue reading
Manager merry-go-round spins Trams into promotion race
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Both local clubs are onto their fourth managers of the season, which at Mayfield Road has signalled a chance for consolidation, while at Croydon Arena there’s still all to play for in the closing weeks of the season, … Continue reading
Football clubs helping obese men score their weight-loss goals
A health group based at a football club in Sutton helped local men to lose half a ton of unwanted weight during 2024. Sutton’s MAN v FAT Football club, which meets every Wednesday at Goals Sutton on London Road, saw … Continue reading
Posted in Football, Health, Sutton Council, Uncategorized
Tagged Dagnall Park, Football, Goals Sutton, MAN v FAT, obesity, Weight loss
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Saudi-backed group close to sealing £150m Palace share deal
It could soon be a whole new ball game at Selhurst Park, as a consortium headed by a Texas basketball hero moves to buy out John Textor Crystal Palace might yet become the latest Premier League club to undergo a … Continue reading
Croydon Mencap tea bar now open at Croydon FC games
Posted in Charity, Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Croydon Mencap
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Here’s our wish-list for a better Croydon and Sutton in 2025
What do you want for Croydon, and Sutton, in 2025? We approached a wide range of figures, including loyal readers, religious leaders, educators and business people for their thoughts – and hopes – for the New Year Ken Towl Addiscombe … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Andrew Fisher, Claire Bonham, Climate Crisis Commission, Council Tax, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Croydon Insider, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, David Morgan, Environment, Housing, Inside Croydon, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Ken Towl, Knife crime, Lloyd Park, Mayor Jason Perry, Nick Mattey, North End Quarter, Peter Underwood, South Bank Poly, Sutton Council, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover, Waste incinerator
Tagged 2025, Addiscombe, Allders, Andrew Fisher, Anna Arthur, Beddington, Bishop of Croydon, Claire Bonham, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, David Morgan, Deborah Bowen, Donna Fraser, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Green Party, Jerry Fitzpatrick, John Jefkins, Johnny Dobbyn, Ken Towl, Labour, London, London South Bank University, Maureen Levy, Mayor Jason Perry, Nick Mattey, Peter Underwood, Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Tim Coombe, Vanguard Way, Vanguard Way Association, Whitgift Centre
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Turmoil at the Trams after five league losses dent early hopes
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Croydon FC have moved to appoint new joint managers after a series of defeats, and an exodus of first team players There’s turmoil at the Trams, as they head into 2025 under their third, and their fourth, managers … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon FC, Football
Tagged Antonio Gonnella, Croydon FC, Gavin English, South East Counties League, Wayne Bullen
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Work on Selhurst Park’s £150m main stand to start next year
More than six years since Crystal Palace first applied for planning permission, construction work is on course to start at the end of the football season, while south London-based businessmen have been lined up to buy out John Textor as … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Football, John Textor, Planning, Sport, Steve Parish
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Everton, John Textor, Selhurst Main Stand, Selhurst Park, Steve Parish
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‘The Trams are here to stay!’ as club signs 25-year Arena lease
Croydon FC has announced that it has signed a 25-year lease with the council for their clubhouse and surrounding area at their home ground at Croydon Arena in South Norwood. “The Trams are here to stay!” they said this afternoon. … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon FC, Football, South Norwood, Sport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Arena, Croydon Council, Croydon FC, Gavin English
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Former Eagles boss takes over as manager at Stormzy’s club
Keith Millen, three times an interim manager at Crystal Palace, has been named as the new boss at Croydon Athletic, the non-league club bought last year by rapper Stormzy and former Eagles hero Wilfried Zaha. Millen’s first game in charge … Continue reading
It’s ‘Wayne’s World’ for Trams after manager Gonnella quits
Croydon FC, after a flying start to the season has put them five points clear of the South East Counties League first division and with a genuine sniff of their first promotion in six years, were rocked last night as … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon FC, Football
Tagged Antonio Gonnella, Croydon FC, Gavin English, South East Counties League, Wayne Bullen
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Gonnella’s table-topping Trams on fast track towards promotion
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: There’s a buzz around Croydon Arena on matchdays that hasn’t been felt for a while, as ANDREW SINCLAIR reports on some positive progress at both local clubs Croydon FC are beginning to dream of a return to Step … Continue reading
Football club delays its kick-off for a hedgehog pitch invader
Last night’s AFC Croydon Athletic under-18s game against Corinthian Casuals at Mayfield Stadium was forced to delay its kick-off – there was a hedgehog on the pitch! The Mayfield at Thornton Heath is surrounded by open ground, havens for wildlife, … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Football, Gardening, Thornton Heath, Wildlife
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Football, Hedgehog, Mayfield Stadium, Stormzy, Wilfried Zaha
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‘I don’t think it’s helpful you ask questions like this’ squirms MP
Pity the poor people of Streatham (and Croydon North), who this morning discovered that they have elected as their MP – effectively given him a job for life – someone who thinks ignorance is some kind of acceptable excuse for … Continue reading
Reed took £1,786 football tickets from water company owners
Croydon’s longest-serving MP, Steve Reed OBE, is the latest cabinet member to be named in the mounting scandal around the new Labour government’s apparent endless capacity for accepting gifts and freebies from big-money donors, industry interests and lobbyists. Reed, now … Continue reading
Stormzy’s football club sacks third manager in less than a year
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Less than six months after delivering promotion to the Isthmian League for Croydon Athletic, coach Jermaine McGlashan has left the Thornton Heath-based club AFC Croydon Athletic, the non-league football club owned by Stormzy and Wilf Zaha, last night … Continue reading
‘I need to deliver league title’ says new Trams boss Gonnella
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: It’s been a helter-skelter start to the season, with the Rams knocked out of the FA Cup and struggling for points in the Isthmian League, while, as ANDREW SINCLAIR reports, neighbours Croydon FC are looking solid For all … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Andrew Sinclair, Croydon FC, Football, Sport, Wilfried Zaha
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Antonio Gonnella, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Crystal Palace, Jermaine McGlashan, Mayfield Stadium, Pape Souare, Rams, South Norwood, Stormzy, Thornton Heath, Trams, Wilf Zaha
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Arena’s stand remains shut – 6 months after Perry’s ‘delight’
Football supporters turning up for Croydon FC’s Bank Holiday Monday fixture at Croydon Arena last weekend exposed another of Mayor Perry’s porkies. The council-owned sports stadium has its main stand and toilets out-of-bounds to the public, almost six months since … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Council, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, Football, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood, Sport, Woodside
Tagged Better, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Arena, Croydon Council, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, Greenwich Leisure, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Perry's porkies, Tory
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Textor sets out his long goodbye from Palace and its fans
Crystal Palace’s multi-millionaire American co-owner John Textor has issued a 1,100-word statement today to confirm that he wants to sell his shares in the club in order to buy a chunk of Premier League rivals Everton. He has made the … Continue reading
“I believe I will be referring to a new club as ‘my club’ soon”
Here, in full, is the statement issued earlier today by Crystal Palace FC co-owner John Textor: “In light of recent reports, which we believe may be well intended, but are still inaccurate or imprecise, we feel compelled to clarify our … Continue reading
