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Tag Archives: Andrew Sinclair
Football’s coming home for Croydon’s non-league sides
Local non-league sides kick-off the new season on Saturday with a home-coming and hopes that, at the very least, they will be able to complete their fixtures this time round, as ANDREW SINCLAIR reports Having been left to count the … Continue reading
From Montserrat to Norwood Junction: a goalkeeper’s journey
ANDREW SINCLAIR charts one of the more remarkable pieces of summer transfer business conducted in the Southern Counties East League Div 1 On June 2 this year, Nic Taylor kept a clean sheet for Montserrat in a 4-0 victory over … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon FC, Football, South Norwood, Sport
Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Croydon Arena, Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Liam Giles, Montserrat, Nic Taylor
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All change for the Rams as local leagues get FA shake-up
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: A reshuffle of non-league divisions across the country by the FA looks to have dealt Croydon FC a tough hand. ANDREW SINCLAIR reports The chances of an el Croydon Clásico derby between the borough’s leading non-league sides have … Continue reading
Trams’ most peculiar season comes to fitting end in Peckham
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: For Croydon clubs, their interrupted and curtailed covid season ended with a whimper rather than a bang at the weekend. ANDREW SINCLAIR reports. Match photos: PAUL DAVIS Croydon FC had the opportunity on Saturday to end a disjointed … Continue reading
Posted in Balham FC, Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Balham FC, Croydon FC, Liam Giles
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Non-League club Sutton set to make the biggest leap
Semi-pro club Sutton United are closing in on a historic achievement, and after 123 years could soon be following the footsteps of the likes of Wimbledon, Crawley and Stevenage by winning Football League status. ANDREW SINCLAIR reports Although a late … Continue reading
Posted in Football, Sport, Sutton Unitd
Tagged Andrew Sinclair, FA Cup, Gander Green Lane, Matt Gray, National League, Sutton United, The Football League
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Non-league clubs left to count costs of season-that-never-was
The borough’s grassroots football clubs have had a second season abandoned because of coronavirus, reports ANDREW SINCLAIR It was seemingly inevitable, but last night the Football Association declared the non-league season below the National League null and void. It is … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Balham FC, Croydon FC, Football, Paul Smith, Sport, Whyteleafe FC
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Andrew Sinclair, Croydon FC, Liam Giles, Paul Smith, Whyteleafe FC
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Trams mark arrival at Crystal Palace with memorable comeback
After 10 months without a home game, the borough’s oldest non-league club enjoyed a homecoming with a difference on Saturday, with the most rousing of comeback wins, as ANDREW SINCLAIR reports For the first time in almost 10 months, thanks … Continue reading
No panic says Rams boss after 13-game win-less streak
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Tough times at the Mayfield, while Croydon FC are enjoying their games on the road, as ANDREW SINCLAIR reports Croydon Athletic have certainly picked up where they left off in the covid-abandoned 2019-2020 season, their 2-0 home defeat … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Balham FC, Croydon FC, Football, Sport, Whyteleafe FC
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Andrew Sinclair, Balham FC, Croydon, Croydon FC, Whyteleafe FC
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Croydon Women ready to kick off in search of old glories
Training in a public park, wearing borrowed kit and unable to use their traditional home ground, but still with dreams… ANDREW SINCLAIR reports on how a once great football club is slowly rebuilding itself Two decades after being disbanded, Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Croydon Women's FC, Hope Powell
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‘Promotion is the minimum. But I want to win that league’
As one football season ends, so preparations are well underway for the start of a new non-league term, and Croydon FC’s manager cannot wait. ANDREW SINCLAIR reports More than four months since their last competitive game in a covid-19 curtailed … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Balham FC, Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Balham FC, Croydon Arena, Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Liam Giles, Mayfield Stadium
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Vandals ‘trash’ South Norwood clubhouse for fifth time
ANDREW SINCLAIR on another bitter set-back for a local sports club Croydon Football Club’s premises at Croydon Arena in Albert Road, South Norwood was broken into on Friday – the fifth break-in at the non-league team’s clubhouse in a year. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon FC, Football, South Norwood, Sport
Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC
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Season’s abrupt end leaves clubs uncertain over promotion
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: It was inevitable, but when the end of the season was announced, abruptly, on Tuesday, there was dismay and some shock among our local clubs, as ANDREW SINCLAIR, right, reports The decision was announced on Tuesday, with all … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Andrew Sinclair, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Liam Giles, Paul Smith
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Trams have 10 games left to salvage their promotion push
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Fixture congestion, cup knock-outs, floodlight failures, losing streaks, ANDREW SINCLAIR reports on a tough February for the local clubs. Croydon FC pictures: PAUL DAVIS Croydon’s non-league clubs have had a tough month, as one saw their promotion hopes … Continue reading
‘It’s just terrible’: local football club rocked by fourth break-in
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: On the pitch, things had been running smoothly for Liam Giles’s Croydon FC. And then vandals and thieves broke into the clubhouse once again. ANDREW SINCLAIR reports For the fourth time in 10 months, the Croydon FC clubhouse … Continue reading
Athletic waiting for FA judgement over racist abuse claims
The former borough councillor who chairs Croydon Athletic says no further action will be taken by the club against their player accused of racist abuse. Exclusive by ANDREW SINCLAIR Croydon Athletic will be taking no further action against the player … Continue reading
Prize money and pride from a cup run could transform Croydon
Last week, ANDREW SINCLAIR recalled Croydon FC’s best FA Cup run 40 years ago. This week, he examines the reasons that the club did not manage to build on that precious success For many non-league football clubs, the experience, success … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Liam Giles
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The FA Cup run 40 years ago when Croydon lived the dream
ANDREW SINCLAIR recounts the footballing events of this week in 1979 when the local non-league club came within a game of being in the FA Cup third-round draw alongside the Manchester Uniteds, Liverpools and Tottenhams Forty years ago this week, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC
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Whyteleafe striker given trial chance with Championship club
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: One of the local clubs’ outstanding players has been offered a trial with a Championship side, while there’s a massive opportunity for a cup giant-killing for another club’s youth team, as ANDREW SINCLAIR reports Whyteleafe’s Ronald Sobowale is … Continue reading
Goal-scorer Smith slots in quickly as Trams sign three players
NON-LEAGUE NEWS by ANDREW SINCLAIR They must have considered installing revolving doors at the dressing room entrance at Croydon Arena by the end of last month, as while two players left Croydon FC during October, manager Liam Giles was signing … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Liam Giles
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Bad-tempered derby sees Athletic end six-match losing streak
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: The 2019 el Croydon Clásico between Croydon Athletic and Croydon FC at Mayfield Road on Tuesday night turned out to be less-than-a-classic, and ended with accusations surrounding a deliberate dive to get a rival player sent off. ANDREW … Continue reading
Whyteleafe handed chance to make piece of FA Cup history
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: A former Palace manager is set for a return to south London, while Harry Hudson’s side is making amends for last year’s desperate disappointment, as ANDREW SINCLAIR reports Whyteleafe are just 90 minutes away from becoming the first … Continue reading
Bumper crowds see Somo’s goals keep Croydon on the up
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Personal tragedies for players, three-goal leads squandered, the return of women’s football and continuing encouraging turn-outs at Croydon Arena, as ANDREW SINCLAIR reports Goals galore for the both Croydon clubs and a personal tragedy at Whyteleafe – it … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Football, Sport, Whyteleafe FC
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Andrew Sinclair, Croydon FC, Whyteleafe FC
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Holmesdale defeat showed how much Trams miss Somo
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Bumper Bank Holiday crowds and a bit of a cup run – the local teams have got through the first month of the season in reasonable shape, as ANDREW SINCLAIR reports Photographs by CLARE BARNETT Croydon FC drew … Continue reading
Newly confident Trams are up for the FA Cup this Saturday
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: Forget transfer deadline day, for the area’s amateur clubs, this weekend is one of the biggest of their season. By ANDREW SINCLAIR There’s a wave of fresh optimism down at Croydon Arena this week, as Croydon FC, the … Continue reading
