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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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Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Football
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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
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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Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Football, The Rams, The Trams
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Rams are heading back home after their FA Vase showdown
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Croydon Athletic face Chessington in the FA Vase tonight in what could be one of their last “home” games that has to be played away. BRIAN GRANVILLE reports As we enter the third month of the season, one … Continue reading
Multi-tasker Gill is dreaming of FA Cup giant-killing at Arena
BRIAN GRANVILLE, our non-league football reporter, is up for the cup today NON-LEAGUE NEWS: South Norwood’s Croydon Arena is hosting what will likely be Croydon FC‘s biggest game of the season this afternoon. It is the first qualifying round of … Continue reading
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Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, FA Cup, Whyteleafe FC
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Athletic’s return delayed, but they clinch important baaa-cking
Fifty years on from the first Match of the Day, and both of Croydon’s non-league clubs still await their debut appearance on the BBC programme. And as BRIAN GRANVILLE reports after the teams’ FA Cup exploits last weekend, one club … Continue reading
Whyteleafe pitch in with plastic as Farleigh wait on the FA
Doyen of football reporters, BRIAN GRANVILLE hails the new season and forecasts the fortunes for what used to be grassroots clubs NON-LEAGUE NEWS: The countdown on satellite television tells you that the Premier League will begin in just a week. … Continue reading
FA Cup draw sees early return to Croydon for ex-boss Fowler
The FA Cup throws up some intriguing draws. This Saturday’s preliminary qualifying round sees an early return to Croydon Arena for John Fowler, who until his abrupt departure in the summer had been the manager of Croydon FC. On Saturday, … Continue reading
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Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon, Croydon FC, FA Cup, South Norwood, Tram, Whyteleafe
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Croydon FC rocked as whole squad joins another club
As Crystal Palace try to come to terms with their best player of last season going off to play for one of their new rivals in the Premier League, consider the plight of non-leaguers Croydon FC who are just a … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon FC, Crystal Palace F.C., Isle of Wight, Premier League, South Norwood, Whyteleafe
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Croydon clubs are not quite up for the FA Cup
It’s 30 degrees outside and Andy Murray’s in the Wimbledon final, but for Croydon’s non-league football clubs, their attention is firmly on the upcoming football season – the draws for the FA Cup and the FA Vase are out. Both … Continue reading
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Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Caterham Valley, Croydon, Croydon FC, FA Cup, FA Vase, London
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Trams appoint Smith as new manager after Fowler quits
Croydon FC has appointed Aaron Smith as the club’s new manager, following the shock resignation late on Tuesday of John Fowler. The club directors hope that Smith’s role as a director of his own football academy will further boost a … Continue reading
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Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Buckinghamshire, Croydon, Croydon FC, Hampshire, London, Surrey, Whyteleafe FC
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Phoenix club fighting for promotion in their first season
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Both of the borough’s non-league sides are in midweek action this week, provided Croydon FC‘s opposition don’t manage to try to plough up their pitch half an hour before the game. Tonight in the Combined Counties League Premier … Continue reading
Islanders’ visit should prove taxing for Croydon FC
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Croydon FC expect their biggest gate of the season on Wednesday night as Guernsey, the team most likely to gain promotion to the Ryman League, visit Croydon Arena. Guernsey were allowed into mainland football after being permitted to … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon FC, England, FA Vase, Guernsey, London, London Borough of Croydon, Matthew Le Tissier
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Phoenix club hoping for an end to enforced winter break
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Sometimes football people argue for a winter break, but AFC Croydon Athletic will welcome their journey to Chalky Lane in Chessington for their game with Epsom: if Saturday’s match gets the go-ahead it will be Epsom’s first competitive … Continue reading
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Tagged Camberley, Croydon, Croydon FC, East Croydon station, England, Kent League, London, Recreation and Sports
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Gutted! But Athletic look for quick return to Mayfield Road
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: AFC Croydon Athletic could return to its Mayfield Road home ground by the start of next season in August, in spite of the fire which completely gutted the clubhouse at the Keith Tuckey Stadium last week. References to … Continue reading
Goals by Covers keep Croydon on schedule in cup tie
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: The part-time players of AFC Croydon Athletic will be able to enjoy their Christmas lunches, as their festive fixtures finish tomorrow with a game at Mole Valley’s delightfully named Leg of Mutton Field. Croydon FC and Whyteleafe’s squads … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon FC, England, Harris Academy, London, London Senior Cup, South Norwood, Surrey
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Cardona’s late strike lands shock cup win for Athletic
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Croydon Athletic pulled off a surprise victory over high-flyers Badshot Lea in the EL Records Premier Cup third round at the Arena in midweek. The 3-2 victory was secured over a side flying high in a league above … Continue reading
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Tagged Badshot Lea, Croydon, Croydon FC, Croydon North, England, Kent League, London, Winston McKenzie
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16-2: Croydon’s non-league sides enjoy a cup goal glut
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Crystal Palace might be flying high in the Championship, but even they couldn’t match Croydon’s non-league clubs, Croydon FC and AFC Croydon Athletic, who on Saturday between them managed to score 16 goals. Croydon FC – The Trams … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon FC, FA Vase, Kent League, London, London Borough of Croydon, Newbury, Tram
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Taylor Smith’s goals tailor-made for Croydon’s Vase run
Croydon FC hope to bring their away form home to the Arena tomorrow, when the Trams will need to reproduce the sort of performance that saw them win 6-2 at Epsom on Tuesday to carry them past Newbury Town in … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon FC, FA Vase, London, Newbury FC, South London, Taylor Smith
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After eight? Croydon’s football team have work cut out
In case you hadn’t noticed, there’s a bit of sport on this weekend in London. Contributing Editor ANDREW PELLING chose to go to Guernsey for Croydon FC‘s first match of the new season They do play rugby at Footes Lane. … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon, Croydon FC, Footes Lane, Guernsey, London, Ruskin Square
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Local derby marks football’s return to Croydon Arena
The romance of football is very much on show in the lower levels of the English game that Croydon FC and AFC Croydon Athletic compete in. Rising from the ashes left by the involvement of the club’s owner, Mazhar Majeed, … Continue reading
Croydon to battle Westfield. In the Combined Counties League
You couldn’t make it up. With Westfield, the multi-billion pound property developers, looking to move in on a large chunk of central Croydon with massive redevelopment of the Whitgift Centre, when AFC Croydon Athletic got their fixtures through for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon FC, London, Sheerwater FC, South Norwood, Westfield, Westfield FC, Whitgift Centre
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Beaten 4-1, but Croydon Athletic are back in the game
Did somebody mention Lazarus? As phoenix football clubs go, if Croydon Athletic ever manages to regain its former position, even in the non-league pyramid, it will make even the comeback achievements of AFC Wimbledon seem modest. Having played an unwitting … Continue reading
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Tagged AFC Wimbledon, Beckenham Town FC, Croydon, Croydon FC, Fisher FC, Kent League, London
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