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Arena clubhouse suffers ransacking on two successive nights
For Croydon’s longest established non-league football club, their battle for survival just got a whole lot tougher It’s time to support your local team. Croydon Football Club’s clubhouse at Croydon Arena in South Norwood has been the target of break-ins, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon FC, Crystal Palace FC, Football, South Norwood, Sport, Tony Newman, Whyteleafe FC, Woodside
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Arena, Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, South Norwood, Woodside
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Fans fear that Saturday’s derby could be last Croydon Clasico
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: A spokesperson for Croydon FC this morning denied the rumour that Jose Mourinho, having been sacked by Manchester United, is to be brought in as manager at Croydon Arena. “Not even Mourinho could save them now,” they might … Continue reading
Trams get their season on track with first league victory
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: You win one, you lose some. Well, that’s the way it’s been this week for Croydon, who on Saturday finally ended one of the worst starts to the season by any side in English football, having lost their … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Football, Sport, Whyteleafe FC
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Kevin Rayner
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Trams go into Trophy game with several scores to settle
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Crisis club Croydon FC suffered its second 5-0 drubbing in succession on Tuesday. The prospect of a trip to Tolworth to take on Corinthian Casuals, a side from the Isthmian League who had already given their strikers shooting … Continue reading
Crisis at the Arena as the Trams suffer 10th league defeat
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Chris Brown, Croydon FC’s caretaker manager, could only offer apologies after his side lost 5-0 to Fisher at Croydon Arena last night. The Trams remain anchored, without a point, rock bottom of the Southern Counties East Football League … Continue reading
Whytleleafe lose their FA appeal and are kicked out of the cup
The Football Association has confirmed its decision to kick Whyteleafe out of this year’s FA Cup for fielding a banned player. The club had an appeal hearing at FA headquarters at Wembley yesterday afternoon over the case of Adekunle Odutolu, … Continue reading
Whyteleafe head to appeal with FA Cup future at stake
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: It has been a week of turmoil off the pitch, with Whyteleafe being kicked out of the FA Cup for fielding a banned player – a matter which has been subject to an appeal hearing on Friday morning … Continue reading
Whyteleafe kicked out of FA Cup for fielding banned player
Less than 24 hours before they were due to play one of the biggest games in the club’s history, Whyteleafe last night announced that they had been kicked out of the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player in an … Continue reading
Whyteleafe in disciplinary shock as FA postpones cup tie
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Whyteleafe’s history-making game in the FA Cup second qualifying round, due to be played at St Albans City tomorrow, was sensationally postponed this afternoon, as the Football Association stepped in over a questionable player registration. The postponement marks … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Football, Sport, Whyteleafe FC
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Craig Davies, Croydon FC, Harry Hudson, Kevin Rayner, Whyteleafe FC
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Rock-bottom Croydon ready for the rough stuff with Bearsted
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Croydon Athletic’s FA Cup adventure is over for another year, while Whyteleafe came through a tough replay and are flying in their Isthmian league. But its tough times for Croydon FC. Here’s this week’s round-up of news from … Continue reading
Leafe flying high as Athletic make history in the FA Cup
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Two of Croydon’s clubs are in FA Cup action tomorrow, while the other will be seeking an elusive first league win of the season. Here’s this week’s round-up of news from the managers of the area’s three biggest … Continue reading
Athletic face FA Cup replay test as they hold league position
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Mixed fortunes for our local non-league sides over the past week, with busy fixture lists in the coming seven days too. Here, in the latest of our new exclusive feature, the managers of the area’s three biggest non-league … Continue reading
Classico win sets up Athletic for latest FA Cup challenge
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Athletic won last night’s Croydon Classico at the Arena, beating Croydon FC 4-1 after having gone behind after 15 minutes to Royce Greenidge’s effort. Goals from Liam Harwood, Nahum Green, Emmanuel Oloyede and Junior Kaffo secured Athletic’s third … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Football, Sport, Whyteleafe FC
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Craig Davies, Croydon FC, Harry Hudson, Kevin Rayner, Whyteleafe FC
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Croydon FC rocked as Whyteleafe poach manager Hudson
MARCUS TYLER reports on an unexpected development at the Trams Officials at Croydon FC were called into hurriedly arranged meetings this morning after news broke that first-team coach Harry Hudson and his assistant Callum McFarlane have left the club to … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Harry Hudson, Whyteleafe FC
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Youthful energy from Kinetic is driving Croydon upwards
MARCUS TYLER wraps up the local non-league football season, and reports on how significant re-organisation will affect local clubs Croydon FC have undergone a transitional, and transformational, year, as a new broom swept through the club in the guise of … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Football, Sport, Whyteleafe FC
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Dulwich Hamlet, Whyteleafe FC
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Rams look like they’re the real Deal after latest league victory
GENE GERMAINERS rounds up the non-league football action for September, which has seen local sides thriving Two away wins in four days have propelled Croydon FC to fourth place in the Southern Counties East League Premier Division, just in time … Continue reading
Trams can’t mask delight as Campbell keeps them in the cup
NON-LEAGUE ROUND-UP: It’s another FA Cup weekend coming up, at least for three local sides, as GENE GERMAINERS reports Until the Croydon riots in 2011, AC London did not exist as a football club. This weekend, they are playing in … Continue reading
Posted in AC London, AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Football, Sport, Whyteleafe FC
Tagged AC London, Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, FA Cup
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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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Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC
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Rams are heading back home after their FA Vase showdown
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Croydon Athletic face Chessington in the FA Vase tonight in what could be one of their last “home” games that has to be played away. BRIAN GRANVILLE reports As we enter the third month of the season, one … Continue reading
Multi-tasker Gill is dreaming of FA Cup giant-killing at Arena
BRIAN GRANVILLE, our non-league football reporter, is up for the cup today NON-LEAGUE NEWS: South Norwood’s Croydon Arena is hosting what will likely be Croydon FC‘s biggest game of the season this afternoon. It is the first qualifying round of … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Football, Sport, Whyteleafe FC
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, FA Cup, Whyteleafe FC
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Athletic’s return delayed, but they clinch important baaa-cking
Fifty years on from the first Match of the Day, and both of Croydon’s non-league clubs still await their debut appearance on the BBC programme. And as BRIAN GRANVILLE reports after the teams’ FA Cup exploits last weekend, one club … Continue reading
Whyteleafe pitch in with plastic as Farleigh wait on the FA
Doyen of football reporters, BRIAN GRANVILLE hails the new season and forecasts the fortunes for what used to be grassroots clubs NON-LEAGUE NEWS: The countdown on satellite television tells you that the Premier League will begin in just a week. … Continue reading
