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‘Palace on the piss in Leipzig’: Fanatics are on the march again
Crystal Palace play in the first European final in the club’s history in Leipzig tonight. But it doesn’t mean that the Holmesdale Fanatics, nor other Eagles fans, are prepared to forgive and forget what the UEFA football bureaucrats did to … Continue reading
Trams unveil ex-Eagles winger Sean Scannell as new director
Former Crystal Palace midfielder Sean Scannell has been appointed as Croydon FC’s new director of football. Croydon-born Scannell, 35, played 130 games for the Eagles between 2007 and 2012, and has continued his playing career until very recently, including spells … Continue reading
Spoons skips the World Cup with refurb at their George pub
It promises to be a summer of bumper business for the borough’s pubs, with licensing hours extended late into the night for football fans to gather to watch World Cup matches from north America. So Wetherspoons, whose pubs make a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Pubs, Sport
Tagged 2026 World Cup, Arsenal, Boozepark, Champions League final, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Dog and Bull, George Street, JD Wetherspoons, Spoons, The Dog and Bull, The George, UEFA Conference League, UEFA Conference League final, Wetherspoons, World Cup
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Touch rugby taster day at Warlingham RFC, Sat Jun 6
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Rugby Union, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Croydon, rugby, Sanderstead, Touch rugby, Warlingham, Warlingham RFC
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Sorry Surrey look in need of a Blast of new energy at The Oval
HOOK’S SHOT: A disappointing start to the four-day season has had members at The Oval poring over their Wisdens to check the ages of their home heroes. MARCUS HOOK previews the quick-fire T20 season This summer’s T20 Blast gets underway … Continue reading
We Run Croydon, meeting Addiscombe, every Wednesday
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Posted in Addiscombe East, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Athletics, Health
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, We Run Croydon
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Part-time Perry’s Leipzig dilemma as Mayor faces fixture clash
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Life-long’ Palace fan is going to have to do some work to earn his £86,000 council salary, as opposition parties refuse to change date of Town Hall’s annual meeting on the night that the Eagles will be making history … Continue reading
Posted in Claire Bonham, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Stuart King
Tagged Cllr Claire Bonham, Cllr Ria Patel, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Green Party, Labour, Leipzig, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Rayo Vallecano, Tory, UEFA, UEFA Conference League
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Stormzy film company to make movie of Ian Wright’s life story
‘There are hard-hitting moments but in the end I want it to give people hope and joy’ says Palace hero as the story of his growing up in south London is to be made into a biopic Two of Croydon’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, Crystal Palace FC, Football
Tagged Arsenal, Biopic, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Ian Wright, Merky Films, Stormzy
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Riddlesdown up for a cup double – and all in ‘bizarre’ 14 hours
Riddlesdown Collegiate’s under-15s might be the best football team of their age in the country – but English schools football bosses have presented them with the daunting task of playing two end-of-season finals within 14 hours later this month. The … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Riddlesdown, Schools
Tagged Arsenal, Bet365 Stadium, Crystal Palace FC, David Ozoh, EA Sports, English Scgools' Football Association, English Schools Cup final, ESFA, Football, Kate Moss, Kieran Gibbs, Nigel Reo-Coker, Riddlesdown, Riddlesdown Collegiate, Stoke, Stoke City, Under-15s, West Ham United
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Touch rugby taster day at Warlingham RFC, Sat Jun 6
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Tagged Croydon, rugby, Sanderstead, Touch rugby, Warlingham, Warlingham RFC
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Glasner’s Palace are one game away from Leipzig final send-off
Twelve months after the biggest game in the club’s history, comes the biggest game in the club’s history, with a European semi-final at Selhurst Park tomorrow night. PETER GILLMAN gets off the Eagles’ fans’ emotional rollercoaster to talk about the … Continue reading
What the Foakes! Surrey keeper ruled out after bowling injury
HOOK’S SHOT: The county side’s pre-season high expectations fell flat on a succession of flat wickets in the opening month, writes MARCUS HOOK PLUS: England women’s T20 World Cup call-up for teenager Corteen-Coleman While Surrey continue to pull in the … Continue reading
Promotion dreams live on this week in crunch play-off clashes
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Croydon’s clubs, the Trams and the Rams, go into play-offs this week knowing they face tough tests, as ANDREW SINCLAIR reports. PLUS: New co-chairs named for South Norwood-based club Croydon Athletic will go into this week’s Isthmian South … Continue reading
Coulsdon’s Marlpit Lane bowls and putting greens now open
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Entry ballot is now open for possible ‘double’ London Marathon
With this year’s gaudy procession of fun runners – it long ago ceased to be a “race” – less than 48 hours away, the ballot for the 2027 London Marathon has opened today. There were more than 1.1million applicants for … Continue reading
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Croydon Bowling Club Open Day, Nottingham Road, Apr 26
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Trams are left rattled after club chairman English stands down
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: A place in the promotion play-offs has been secured by Croydon FC, but fans were surprised by the timing of the resignations of two members of the board with three, possibly four, big games still to come at … Continue reading
Learn to putt like Rory McIlroy: Marlpit Lane bowls and putting
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Newcastle’s Brown puts charity in the picture with Ted Lasso
By NADIA AZIZUDDIN For fans of Ted Lasso, portraiture and charity, artist Davey Brown is hosting a charity art exhibition and auction of his work in Richmond and Crystal Palace this summer. The exhibition is taking place at two of … Continue reading
The day Dr Bookless took the wicket of the great WG Grace
CROYDON CHRONICLES: A long career in medicine based at Croydon General Hospital and on Harley Street followed for a sporting young man who, when a student at Guy’s Hospital, once enjoyed a cricket moment of a lifetime. DAVID MORGAN explains … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Cricket, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Health, History, Mayday Hospital, Purley Hospital
Tagged British Medical Journal, cricket, Croydon, Croydon General Hospital, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Park, David Morgan, Dr John Bookless, Guy's Hospital, London, London County Cricket Club, Mayday Hospital, Purley Hospital, WG Grace
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Rising costs push Frant Road rugby club ‘to brink’ of closure
Streatham and Croydon RFC, one of the oldest rugby clubs in the world, has launched an “emergency appeal” for funds to keep the organisation going. The club has its own ground on Frant Road in Thornton Heath, but is a … Continue reading
At 78, Palace hero Roy becomes Bristol City caretaker boss
At 78, Roy Hodgson, the holder of the Freedom of the Borough of Croydon, is about to embark on his 21st managerial job. The former England manager and twice boss at his hometown club Crystal Palace, has today been announced … Continue reading
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Tagged Bristol City, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Internazionale, Liverpool, Roy Hodgson
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Coulsdon’s Bell promises ding-dong contest in Gladiators final
A 23-year-old rugby player from Coulsdon is in tomorrow night’s final of Gladiators. Emily Bell says that her background in contact sport – as well as playing for rugby league side London Broncos, she took up judo when at Cambridge … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Bradley Walsh, Coulsdon, Emily Bell, Gladiators, London Broncos, rugby, Rugby League
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Surrey’s September title heartbreak has been a real motivator
HOOK’S SHOT: The wickets have been rolled, the stumps varnished and bats oiled with linseed. From his seat in The Oval Long Room, MARCUS HOOK, pictured right, looks ahead to the cricket season Good Friday sees the start of the … Continue reading
Whitgift crowned national schools rugby champions once again
Whitgift School has once again won the national schools’ rugby cup. The under-15s squad triumphed 32-26 last week in a hard-fought final at Ealing against defending champions Northampton School for Boys in the Continental Tyres Schools Cup.
