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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
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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
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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
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
More turmoil as Davies quits as manager at troubled Trams
BRIAN GRANVILLE, our veteran non-league football correspondent, on the latest blow at Croydon Arena They have no chairman, no points and now they have no manager: things can surely only get better for Croydon FC. With the season barely a … Continue reading
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Tagged Craig Davies, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC
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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
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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
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Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Craig Davies, Croydon FC, Harry Hudson, Kevin Rayner, Whyteleafe FC
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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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Croydon FC give youth a chance with appointment of Davies
NON-LEAGUE NEWS by Marcus Tyler Croydon FC have reacted swiftly to the loss of their head coach and his assistant by moving to appoint one of the youngest managers in the South East Counties League. Craig Davies is 29, but … Continue reading
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
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Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Dulwich Hamlet, Whyteleafe FC
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Sutton United are seeking a Wembley date with destiny
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Sutton United face a date with destiny this afternoon, just one game away from a Wembley play-off final and the chance of entering the Football League for the first time in the club’s 120-year history. A capacity crowd … 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
#WelcometoCroydon: Trams channel their inner Tevez
Croydon’s longest established non-league football club is running a recruitment drive. And they’ve borrowed an advertising trope from billionaires club Manchester City to encourage crowds of football fans to Croydon Arena. The Trams’ latest promotional poster is “Welcome to Croydon”: … Continue reading
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Win a trip to Wembley with schools football reporting test
The build-up to Non-League Day on Saturday, October 7, continues apace, with Croydon FC appealing to football-loving youngsters who fancy having a go at being a sports reporter for the day. The best entry in a sports journalism competition, filing … Continue reading
