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Category Archives: Sport
Palace fan to make his England football debut at age of 59
Seth Gillman, whose selection for the England Parkinson’s Walking Football team was reported in Inside Croydon last year, is off on his first overseas tour with the national team. Gillman is part of the 10-strong England squad which flies to … Continue reading
Posted in Football, Health, Sport
Tagged Bromley FC, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Football, Hayes Lane, Seth Gillman, walking football
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The Mighty Toodle and The Pips, Mayfield Clubhouse, Nov 7
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Take the kids to see London City Lionesses for just a quid
London City Lionesses are opening their gates for half-term with a budget-friendly Kids for a Quid offer. London City, in their first season as a Women’s Super League side, will this Sunday, October 19, be in League Cup action against … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Football, Sport
Tagged Bromley, Football, Hayes Lane, London City Lionesses, Women's Super League
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The Mighty Toodle and The Pips, Mayfield Clubhouse, Nov 7
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Sequined sports stars struggle to sparkle in new Strictly series
It’s crunch time for two local sports stars tonight on Strictly Come Dancing, as Chris Robshaw and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey face an elimination vote for the first time in this year’s pro-celebrity dance nonsense. And it’s fair to say after the … Continue reading
‘We have history, we embrace the present, we fly to the future’
During their latest, remarkable victory, this time over champions Liverpool at Selhurst Park on Saturday, Crystal Palace revealed their club poem, put together by local poet Dan Simpson after a year’s work with fans, as part of “A Poem For … Continue reading
Tim Springett LIVE at Mayfield Stadium Clubhouse, Oct 3
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Sprinter Glave’s lifetime best takes him into world semi-finals
Croydon Harrier Romell Glave produced the run of his life yesterday to reach the semi-finals of the 100 metres at the athletics world championships in Tokyo. Glave is drawn alongside one of the favourites, Canada’s Andre de Grasse, in the … Continue reading
Tim Springett LIVE at Mayfield Stadium Clubhouse, Oct 3
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Podcast: Why diversity and inclusion should matter to us all
Our Croydon Insider podcast is exclusive premium content for our paying subscribers. On our panel this month are Anna Arthur, director of The Croydonites Festival, now in its 10th year, Darryl Chamberlain, the Editor of the Greenwich Wire news website, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Athletics, Commissioners, Cricket, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Croydonites Festival, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, CYTO, Debbie Warren, Donna Fraser, Inside Croydon, Sport, Theatre
Tagged Anna Arthur, Commissioners, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydonites Festival, Darryl Chamberlain, DEI, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Donna Fraser, Hammersfield, Labour, Patreon, Podcast, Spotify, The Croydon Insider, The Greenwich Wire, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Yusuf Osman
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Daniel and Kirby help fired-up Rams to make FA Cup history
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: It’s been an impressive start to the season for Croydon Athletic as they eye up promotion, while there’s been more of a mixed bag at Croydon FC. ANDREW SINCLAIR reports Croydon Athletic last season, playing in the lofty … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, AFC Whyteleafe, Andrew Sinclair, Croydon FC, Football, Wilfried Zaha
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Alex White, Amadou Tangara, Andrew Sinclair, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Danny Kedwell, Kadell Daniel, Mayfield Stadium, non-league news, Nya Kirby, Ryan Watts, Stormzy, Wilf Zaha
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Tidy’s Blues Sandwich LIVE at Mayfield Clubhouse, Sep 5
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Striders of Croydon Switchback 5, Lloyd Park, Sun Oct 5
Posted in Athletics, Croydon parks, Lloyd Park, Sport, Striders of Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Lloyd Park, Striders, Striders of Croydon, Switchback 5
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Walcountians to celebrate Clockhouse’s diamond anniversary
One local rugby club will be celebrating a special anniversary next month. Here, OWRFC President STEVE SIMMONDS outlines the plans, recalling the day that a future Lions captain came down to Woodmansterne to help open their clubhouse Wallington County School … Continue reading
Posted in History, Old Walcountians, Rugby Union, Schools, Sport
Tagged 60th anniversary, Beddington Park, Clockhouse, Mike Campbell-Lamerton, Old Walcountians, Old Walcountians Association, Old Walcountians RFC, OWRFC, Steve Simmonds, Wallington, Wallington County Grammar School, Woodmansterne
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Sky-high prices force pubs to pull plug on televised football
Pub managers, landlords and landladies across Croydon have been forced to do some hurried new sums, as they face bills of £30,000 per year for a licence to show Premier League football on their bars’ televisions using Sky Sports. And … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Football, Pubs
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton CAMRA, Football, Premier League, pubs, Sky Sports, Sky TV, The Builders Arms, The Spread Eagle, Whelans
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Brighton bans Boxpark founder for wearing Palestine shirt
Roger Wade, the founder of Boxpark, has been banned from Brighton and Hove Albion’s football ground just for wearing a shirt with the word “Palestine” emblazoned across the chest. Wade’s complaint about his treatment – he says he’s been a … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, Football
Tagged AmEx, AmEx Stadium, Boozepark, Boxpark, Brighton, Brighton and Hove Albion, Croydon, Gaza, Palestine, Palestine Action, Roger Wade
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Palace replace security firm at centre of sniffer dog concerns
EXCLUSIVE: Crystal Palace go into the new season having dispensed with the services of Invicta K9, the security firm which this website exposed as breaking the conditions of its operating licence with dog searches Crystal Palace fans arriving at Selhurst … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged CPISA, Croydon, Crystal Palace FC, Crystal Palace Independent Supporters Association, Football Supporters Association, Holmesdale Stand, Invicta K9, InvictaK9, Metropolitan Police, National Training Inspectorate for Professional Dog Users, Private Security Industry Act 2001, Scotland Yard, Security Industry Authority, Selhurst, Selhurst Park
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When ‘Rinkomania’ skated up Park Lane to delight Croydon
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Town centre attractions and installations are nothing new, as DAVID MORGAN demonstrates with a delve into the archives from 150 years ago There was no such thing as Costa Del Croydon for our Victorian predecessors. But they knew … Continue reading
Posted in David Morgan, History, Sport
Tagged Croydon skating rink, David Morgan, Mint Walk, Park Lane, Rinkomania, roller skating
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View from the boundary looking good for our local cricket clubs
The Test summer may have finished prematurely early, making way for the crash and bash of franchise cricket, but as NEIL BENNETT, right, the former BBC Television News sports correspondent, found at the grassroots in south London, the game is … Continue reading
‘It seems that certain clubs have unique privilege and power’
Denied their rightful place in the Europa League, Crystal Palace have hit out at the governing body: ‘This growing and unhealthy influence… does not bode well… when rules and sanctions are unevenly applied in the most flagrant way’ After giving … Continue reading
Palace swizzled as Swiss sports court upholds UEFA decision
You win some. You lose some. Less than 24 hours after Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi lifted the Charity Shield as his side beat Liverpool on penalties at Wembley, his club was handed the verdict of a panel of specialist … Continue reading
HHH Sports Welfare event, at Graveney School, Tooting, Sep 17
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Posted in Activities, Athletics, Herne Hill Harriers, Sport
Tagged Graveney School, Herne Hill Harriers, Tooting
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FA moves to subdue Palace’s Fanatics at Wembley showpiece
The wall of sound and colour from the Palace end at Wembley at the FA Cup final in May, which wowed the world of football, will be missing, or at least much subdued, on Sunday when the cup-winners take on … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Holmesdale Fanatics, Steve Parish
Tagged 2025 FA Cup final, CAS, Charity Shield, Court for Arbitration in Sport, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Europa League, FA, Football Association, Holmesdale Fanatics, Lausanne, Liverpool, Manchester City, Nottingham Forest, South London and Proud, Steve Parish, UEFA, UEFA Conference League, Wembley, Wembley Stadium
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The 2025 Stan Allen Mile, Tooting Bec Track, Wed Sep 3
Posted in Activities, Athletics, Herne Hill Harriers, Sport
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Old Walcountians: Want to play rugby? Then join our club!
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