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Kick off a media career as an apprentice with Croydon FC
Tony Snow could soon become regarded as Croydon’s answer to Lord Sugar. But in a nice way. Snow, the former communications manager for the FA who has started working with Croydon FC through the club’s tie-up with social media platform … Continue reading
Swedish social media firm is ‘appy to back Croydon FC
Croydon FC are playing with a new sponsor’s logo emblazoned across their shirts this season, after partnering with social media company Sportswik. The deal sees “The Trams” become Sportswik’s non-league ambassador club. The partnership follows a successful trial of the … Continue reading
Croydon Athletic v Croydon FC, Mayfield Road, Aug 28
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Trams can’t mask delight as Campbell keeps them in the cup
NON-LEAGUE ROUND-UP: It’s another FA Cup weekend coming up, at least for three local sides, as GENE GERMAINERS reports Until the Croydon riots in 2011, AC London did not exist as a football club. This weekend, they are playing in … Continue reading
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Tagged AC London, Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, FA Cup
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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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Gill is driving force in FA Vase as Croydon close on Wembley
Croydon FC are four games from Wembley as they set off tomorrow to play Team Solent, the University of Southampton team, in the fourth round of the FA Vase. The club has booked a coach for supporters, which will be … Continue reading
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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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Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Mayfield Stadium, Thornton Heath
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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
Hard-fought draw sets up FA Cup replay at Croydon Arena
BRIAN GRANVILLE, our man in the trenchcoat with a diploma in coversational Italian and a copy of When Saturday Comes tucked into his pocket, reports on the latest FA Cup upset involving one of the borough’s non-league sides Croydon FC … Continue reading
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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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‘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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All to play for in Croydon’s non-league derby clash
BRIAN GRANVILLE, our veteran non-league football correspondent, previews this Saturday’s Mayfield Road fixture where the stakes are high-ish There is still a chance of glory for Croydon FC in yet another very difficult season, with a chance to make 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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