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Met closes ranks as it defends ‘bus stop arrest’ PC Lathwood
The Metropolitan Police has entered a war of words with the police watchdog over the Independent Office for Police Conduct’s persistent pursuit of charges against Croydon-based copper Perry Lathwood. Lathwood, 51, faced possible dismissal over allegations that he breached standards … Continue reading
Lathwood is ‘threat to the public’ says his Sussex neighbour
EXCLUSIVE: Community groups, legal practices, members of the public and even Crystal Palace’s Holmesdale Fanatics have lodged formal complaints about aggressive behaviour by a Croydon-based officer, as ‘institutional racism’ at the Metropolitan Police is raised once more A man who … Continue reading
Palace replace security firm at centre of sniffer dog concerns
EXCLUSIVE: Crystal Palace go into the new season having dispensed with the services of Invicta K9, the security firm which this website exposed as breaking the conditions of its operating licence with dog searches Crystal Palace fans arriving at Selhurst … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged CPISA, Croydon, Crystal Palace FC, Crystal Palace Independent Supporters Association, Football Supporters Association, Holmesdale Stand, Invicta K9, InvictaK9, Metropolitan Police, National Training Inspectorate for Professional Dog Users, Private Security Industry Act 2001, Scotland Yard, Security Industry Authority, Selhurst, Selhurst Park
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‘It seems that certain clubs have unique privilege and power’
Denied their rightful place in the Europa League, Crystal Palace have hit out at the governing body: ‘This growing and unhealthy influence… does not bode well… when rules and sanctions are unevenly applied in the most flagrant way’ After giving … Continue reading
Palace swizzled as Swiss sports court upholds UEFA decision
You win some. You lose some. Less than 24 hours after Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi lifted the Charity Shield as his side beat Liverpool on penalties at Wembley, his club was handed the verdict of a panel of specialist … Continue reading
FA moves to subdue Palace’s Fanatics at Wembley showpiece
The wall of sound and colour from the Palace end at Wembley at the FA Cup final in May, which wowed the world of football, will be missing, or at least much subdued, on Sunday when the cup-winners take on … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Holmesdale Fanatics, Steve Parish
Tagged 2025 FA Cup final, CAS, Charity Shield, Court for Arbitration in Sport, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Europa League, FA, Football Association, Holmesdale Fanatics, Lausanne, Liverpool, Manchester City, Nottingham Forest, South London and Proud, Steve Parish, UEFA, UEFA Conference League, Wembley, Wembley Stadium
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Palace fans urged to get writing to UEFA HQ over Europa ban
One of Crystal Palace’s biggest fanzines is calling upon Eagles fans, and supporters of other clubs with a sense of fair play, to lobby UEFA with emails sent to the football bureaucrats in Switzerland who decided to demote the FA … Continue reading
Palace fury as Forest set to benefit from their UEFA demotion
Club chairman describes football rule-makers’ decision as ‘probably one of the greatest injustices that has ever happened in European football’ Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish was heading for New York for an emergency board meeting to decide whether he would … Continue reading
The curse of Textor strikes as Palace are demoted in Europe
Without a single ball kicked in anger, Crystal Palace have suffered their first “relegation” in more than a decade, as UEFA, football’s European governing body, announced that the FA Cup-winners were being bumped out of its second-tier competition, the Europa … Continue reading
‘Worst experience of my life’ says Palace fan wrongly detained
EXCLUSIVE: Eagles fans looking forward to celebrating the club’s FA Cup final win at Selhurst Park last month were refused entry to the ground despite a search which, according to the Met Police, found ‘no evidence’ A Crystal Palace fan … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace FC, Football Supporters Association, Holmesdale Stand, InvictaK9, Metropolitan Police, National Training Inspectorate for Professional Dog Users, Private Security Industry Act 2001, Scotland Yard, Security Industry Authority, Selhurst, Selhurst Park
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Textor exits Palace with £190m deal that saves Europa dream
Crystal Palace fans who have been holding their breath since the cup final victory last month could be heard emitting a massive sigh of relief today. Or two sighs of relief: for director John Textor appears to have finally exited … Continue reading
Palace fans’ forums express outrage over dodgy dog searches
Eagles fans were shocked by findings in our exclusive investigation into searches conducted by a private security firm outside Selhurst Park Inside Croydon’s exclusive report about potentially unlawful security searches outside Selhurst Park Stadium, using sniffer dogs, received overwhelming support … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace FC, Football Supporters Association, Holmesdale Stand, InvictaK9, Metropolitan Police, National Training Inspectorate for Professional Dog Users, Peter Gillman, Private Security Industry Act 2001, Scotland Yard, Security Industry Authority, Selhurst, Selhurst Park
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Something doesn’t sniff right as security firm breaks the law
EXCLUSIVE: Industry body says it is ‘appalled’ at the search of football fans outside Selhurst Park by staff from a private security company who failed to show their ID and licence, as is required by the law. PETER GILLMAN investigates … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Peter Gillman, Policing
Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace FC, Football Supporters Association, Holmesdale Stand, InvictaK9, Metropolitan Police, National Training Inspectorate for Professional Dog Users, Peter Gillman, Private Security Industry Act 2001, Scotland Yard, Security Industry Authority, Selhurst, Selhurst Park
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After 120-year wait, it was tears of joy at Palace’s parade party
Inside Croydon’s PETER GILLMAN followed the team from Wembley to SE25 for yesterday’s outpouring of joy at the Palace victory parade Even now, it seemed unreal. Here we were on a packed Whitehorse Lane yesterday, waiting for the Crystal Palace … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Eberechi Eze, Football, Holmesdale Fanatics, Inside Croydon, Oliver Glasner, Peter Gillman, Steve Parish
Tagged 2025 FA Cup final, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Daniel Munoz, Eberechi Eze, Holmesdale Fanatics, Jean-Philippe Mateta, London, Oliver Glasner, Peter Gillman, South London and Proud, Steve Parish, Wembley, Wembley Stadium
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Council boss denies demanding £200,000 in Palace parade row
EXCLUSIVE: Croydon’s chief exec has issued a plea to the borough’s councillors seeking their help to media manage adverse publicity over Crystal Palace’s truncated FA Cup victory parade. By STEVEN DOWNES Katherine Kerswell, Croydon Council’s chief executive, yesterday issued an … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Eberechi Eze, Football, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Oliver Glasner, Steve Parish
Tagged 2025 FA Cup final, Bromley Council, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, Crystal Palace FC, Cup-winners' victory parade, Eberechi Eze, FA Cup, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Oliver Glasner, Open-top bus parade, Selhurst, Steve Parish, Tory
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Cup-winners Palace snub Perry over Town Hall victory parade
EXCLUSIVE: For Croydon’s Tory Mayor, failing to get a chance to bask in the reflected glory of the football club is another tale of ‘what might have been’. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Mayor Jason Perry has been snubbed by Crystal … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Eberechi Eze, Football, Mayor Jason Perry, Oliver Glasner, Steve Parish
Tagged 2025 FA Cup final, Community Action in Selhurst and Surrounding Areas, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, Crystal Palace FC, Cup-winners' victory parade, Eberechi Eze, FA Cup, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Oliver Glasner, Open-top bus parade, Selhurst, Steve Parish, Tory
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MP Reed shown a yellow card for cosying up to water lobbyists
It appears that Steve Reed OBE, the MP for Streatham (and can’t be arsed with Croydon North), is not as big a football fan as he has tried to make out. Reed, now the environment secretary in Keir Starmer’s Labour … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crystal Palace FC, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water
Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Labour, Northumbrian Water, Selhurst Park, Steve Reed OBE, Thames Water, We Own It
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We’re South London and very, very proud of our FA Cup team
CUP FINAL COMMENTARY: With a chance for another opportunity to reflect on the scale of the achievement of Saturday’s FA Cup final win at Wembley, JERRY FITZPATRICK thanks the Eagles heroes for giving Croydon something to cheer about The most … Continue reading
A dream becomes reality: Wembley shook and it was beautiful
2025 FA CUP FINAL: Inside Croydon’s PETER GILLMAN was among the accredited media at Wembley for a historic day which captured the imagination of the nation and fulfilled the dreams of football romantics around the world Yessss!!! We aced it! … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Eberechi Eze, Football, Holmesdale Fanatics, Inside Croydon, Oliver Glasner, Peter Gillman, Steve Parish
Tagged 2025 FA Cup final, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Daniel Munoz, Eberechi Eze, Holmesdale Fanatics, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Kevin de Bruyne, London, Manchester City, Oliver Glasner, Pep Guardiola, Peter Gillman, South London and Proud, Steve Parish, Wembley, Wembley Stadium
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‘This team feels ready to seize the moment’ says Palace chair
FA CUP FINAL BUILD-UP: ‘We don’t know if we will win but we will show our personality’ – manager and club chairman embrace the south London spirit of Palace’s loud and proud fans Oliver Glasner will be fulfilling a childhood … Continue reading
Palace record-breaker Joel Ward: This is merely ‘See you later’
FA CUP FINAL BUILD-UP: A decision has been made by player and club that a record-breaking career at Selhurst Park must come to an end Joel Ward will depart Crystal Palace as a player when his contract expires at the … Continue reading
Parish’s position in jeopardy as Textor stages a Palace coup
FA CUP FINAL BUILD-UP: After ‘a turbulent few months’ behind the scenes at Selhurst Park, could the man who helped save the club from insolvency be forced out? “We’re going into the build-up before the biggest game in the club’s … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crystal Palace FC, Football, John Textor, Oliver Glasner, Steve Parish
Tagged 2025 FA Cup final, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, David Blitzer, Dougie Freedman, FA Cup, John Textor, Josh Harris, Selhurst Park, Steve Parish, Wembley, Wembley Stadium, Woody Johnson
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‘More buckets than businesses’: readers quiz Labour’s Davis
‘What are you going to do about the Whitgift Centre?’ one of our readers asked Councillor Rowenna Davis, Labour’s recently selected candidate to stand for election as Croydon Mayor in May 2026. ‘At the moment, there’s more buckets than businesses.’ … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025 FA Cup final, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Connie Duxbury, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Community Energy, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Ken Towl, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Neil Bennett, Oumesh Sauba, Rowenna Davis, Tory, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Palace fans asked to avoid Trafalgar Square on Cup final day
‘Let’s do what we do best and finish what we started’, says supporters’ group, as they plan their big match build-up Crystal Palace fans planning to gather in central London on Saturday ahead of the FA Cup final at Wembley … Continue reading
NEW SUBSCRIBER OFFER: Get a free Palace Cup final T-shirt
May 7 UPDATE: This reader offer is now closed. Thank you to all those who have subscribed or upgraded their subscription. The T-shirts are on their way!! To help celebrate Crystal Palace reaching this year’s FA Cup final, Inside Croydon … Continue reading
