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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
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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
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Croydon Arena football pitch savaged as ‘danger’ to players
The borough’s longest established non-league football club is threatening to withhold its hire fees from Croydon Council over the poor state of the pitch at Croydon Arena. Officials from opposition clubs who have played Croydon FC in the opening week … Continue reading
Davies kicks off his Cup quest with home tie against Tunbridge
Croydon FC’s long road to Wembley will start next month with a tie against Tunbridge Wells, after the FA Cup draw was announced this week. Croydon, under new management, play their first pre-season friendly this afternoon against Chipstead, as the … Continue reading
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Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, FA Cup
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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
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Croydon FC ready to kick off their 65th birthday party
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Croydon FC is marking its 65th anniversary tomorrow with a reunion for all past players and officials at Croydon Arena, when the club hosts Cray Valley. The celebration includes Croydon Women’s FC who were once a force to … Continue reading
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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
Kinetic energy is driving non-league side towards FA Cup
Football’s back. For Croydon’s non-League football, that means it’s already time to dream of Wembley, even before last season’s FA Cup finalists have kicked off there again in this season’s Charity Shield. Both Croydon’s clubs face tough FA Cup away … Continue reading
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Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Martin Burr, Mayfield Road, Paul Smith
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Croydon score three in injury time in nine-goal derby thriller
Extraordinary scenes at the Mayfield Stadium this week. Well, probably, as the latest derby in the Southern Counties East Premier Division between Croydon Athletic and Croydon FC served up a six-goal thriller in 90 minutes – and then another three … Continue reading
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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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Croydon FC v Croydon Athletic, Croydon Arena, Oct 5
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Rams and Trams top the table after impressive season start
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Stranger things have happened, but as our football correspondent BRIAN GRANVILLE reports, there can rarely have been a time when the two local sides were enjoying such a buoyant start to the season Speak it softly and savour … Continue reading
Doughlin’s on the spot to secure cup run for Croydon
Croydon FC’s luck in cup competitions, and maybe even their form, too, seems to have followed the club into the new season. The club is £1,500 the richer in prize money for the 2-1 win over Uckfield Town on the … Continue reading
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Early start means that Trams and Rams not yet up for the cup
Our chief football correspondent, BRIAN GRANVILLE, reports on the busy pre-season for Croydon’s non-league clubs It is just a few weeks since Crystal Palace played in front of 90,000 fans in the Wembley final, but Croydon’s non-league sides are already … Continue reading
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Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Dickson Gill
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‘Shall we sing a song for you?’ Derby day’s chorus of approval
The Rams took on the Trams last Saturday. And SHASHA KHAN led the fans’ slightly confusing chorus of “Croydon!” If any further proof was needed that Croydon Athletic is one of the sides best in the division, then take a … Continue reading
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Relegation battle puts the fight into Boxing Day derby
Dickson Gill, Croydon FC’s vice-chairman and coach, returns to the dugout at Croydon Arena this afternoon from a two match touchline ban just in time for the derby clash with AFC Croydon Athletic. The Rams – that’s Athletic – will … Continue reading
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Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Dickson Gill
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Lots to prove in tonight’s el Croydon Clásico non-league clash
So, the day has arrived. The day of el Croydon Clásico: AFC Croydon Athletic v Croydon FC, at Mayfield Road tonight. Croydon FC will be keen to show that they are still worthy of being called one of Croydon’s top … Continue reading
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Vase provides another chance of football escapism for Trams
Croydon FC get a second chance to taste cup glory on Saturday when they host the high-flying Horsham YMCA in the FA Vase second qualifying round. Given the non-league team’s dreadful performances in the league so far – P8 W1 … Continue reading
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Derby day can offer chance for local bragging rights
BRIAN GRANVILLE, the doyen of non-league football writers, looks forward to a crunch clash at Mayfield Road, when both sets of fans will be chanting “Croydon” There’s more than a hint that someone in what passes for a “boardroom” or … Continue reading
Before and after: But Newman still avoids the F word
If a Croydon politician tells you that they don’t read Inside Croydon, it is entirely possible that they’re being economical with the actualité. As evidence, please see the Twitter profile summary of the leader of the council, Tony Newman, at … Continue reading
Trams and Rams face friendly summer start to their cup runs
Wimbledon tennis is barely half-done. The Ashes cricket Tests don’t start until next week. Yet football’s about to get underway again, marked with yesterday’s draw for the preliminary rounds of the FA Cup… AFC Croydon Athletic, the phoenix club, returned … Continue reading
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