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Crystal Palace are all set to add Sage to their winning recipe
Crystal Palace are expected to confirm Pierre Sage as the club’s new head coach within the next 24 to 36 hours. A deal has been “agreed in principle” with the 47-year-old Frenchman on a contract until the summer of 2029, … Continue reading
Posted in Adan Wharton, Crystal Palace FC, Eberechi Eze, Football, Oliver Glasner, Pierre Sage, Sport, Steve Parish
Tagged AC Milan, Adam Wharton, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Crystal Palace Football Club, Eberechi Eze, FA Cup, Frank Lampard, Lens, Ligue 1, Marc Guehi, Michael Olise, Oliver Glasner, Pierre Sage, RC Lens, Steve Parish, UEFA Conference League
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Glasner’s Palace are one game away from Leipzig final send-off
Twelve months after the biggest game in the club’s history, comes the biggest game in the club’s history, with a European semi-final at Selhurst Park tomorrow night. PETER GILLMAN gets off the Eagles’ fans’ emotional rollercoaster to talk about the … Continue reading
‘Where Eagles despair’: Palace fans respond to Glasner exit
‘It has given the impression that it is a club in crisis.’ Pundits and Palace supporters respond to the news of captain Marc Guehi’s transfer and the departure of the FA Cup-winning manager Could things get any worse for Crystal … Continue reading
Guehi signs for City as Glasner confirms own exit from Palace
‘We will do everything to bring another trophy back to Selhurst Park’ Oliver Glasner said today, after revealing he had told the club chairman in October his intention to leave at the end of his contract If Saturday, May 17 … Continue reading
After 120 years, the Eagles live the dream at Wembley cup final
As we reach the month of May in our review of the biggest and best news stories of the year, there was one report, direct from the National Stadium, that had many Croydon folk walking on air for days afterwards… … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025 FA Cup final, Allders, Allders Parade, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, East Croydon station, FA Cup, FA Cup final, Hammersfield, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Gillman, Purley Pool, Roisha Hughes, Selhurst Park, Sutton Council, Tory, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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April fool! Plus: school goes co-ed, new owners for old pub
As we continue to sweep through the biggest and most important news stories of 2025, the latest part of our annual news review arrives at the month of the annual Council Tax hike APRIL Trinity boys’ school confirms that it … Continue reading
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Tagged #BridgeToNowhere, Allders, Allders Parade, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, East Croydon station, FA Cup, Hammersfield, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Purley Pool, Roisha Hughes, Selhurst Park, Sutton Council, Tory, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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FA Cup is going on public display in Crystal Palace Subway
The FA Cup, Crystal Palace’s first silverware in 120 years, will be going on public display in the Crystal Palace Subway for three days next month. Crystal Palace FC, and arts group calling itself Art Of and Added Time Club … Continue reading
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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‘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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You cannot buy that: Glasner’s Eagles produce display of joy
Crystal Palace are heading to the third FA Cup final in the club’s history, after a magnificent Wembley victory which was a triumph for the Eagles fans as well as their players Moments after referee Anthony Taylor blew the final … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon FC, Crystal Palace FC, Eberechi Eze, Football, Holmesdale Fanatics, Oliver Glasner, Selhurst, South Norwood, Sport
Tagged Aston Villa, Croydon FC, Crystal Palace FC, Dean Henderson, Eagles, Eberechi Eze, FA Cup, FA Cup final, FA Cup semi-final, Geoff Thomas, Ismaila Sarr, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Kieran Rufus, Manchester City, Marc Guehi, Nottingham Forest, Oliver Glasner, Steve Coppell, The Trams, Wayne Rooney, Wembley, Wembley Stadium
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Rams’ football offering ‘alternative vistas’ for Thornton Heath
The football season got off to a perfect start for Croydon Athletic with a 3-1 FA Cup extra-preliminary round win at home on Saturday, to the delight of the club’s fans, their famous owners and their new sponsors. NEIL BENNETT, … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Football, Sport, Thornton Heath, Wilfried Zaha
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Danny Young, FA Cup, Neil Bennett, Stormzy, Thornton Heath, Wilf Zaha, Wing Stop
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Lockjaw, honours and pantomimes: Happy New Year from 1924
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: For his first column of the year, DAVID MORGAN has delved into the Minster archive to look at newspaper reports of what was happening in Croydon 100 years ago It is almost as if nothing has really changed. … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, Crystal Palace FC, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Minster, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, David Morgan, FA Cup, Grand Theatre, Grand Theatre and Opera House, Jack Alderson, Jack the Giantkiller, Lockjaw, Mayday Hospital, pantomime
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Tory Minister Philp ‘forgot’ to declare £6,000 football freebies
Chris Philp, the hapless stooge for the Conservative Government and MP for Croydon South, has managed to score another spectacular own goal, as he finds himself at the centre of a freebies row today after he – or a minion … Continue reading
Football club’s new owner Stormzy is up for the FA Cup
Croydon Athletic’s first game under new ownership drew almost nine times their typical crowd from last season – and the 542nd person through the gate at the Mayfield Stadium for yesterday’s FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round was none other than … Continue reading
New boss, new squad, new hope as Trams approach kick-off
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: It’s been all-change for most of the area’s part-time players over the summer. ANDREW SINCLAIR gets you up to date with the latest news before the start of the season tomorrow Club officials are hopeful that Croydon Arena … Continue reading
Vieira looks to Brentford and Bernabeu for Wembley glory
FA CUP SEMI-FINAL PREVIEW: Even though they are denied arguably their player of the season, Crystal Palace fans are approaching Sunday’s big match with nothing-to-lose optimism Crystal Palace will never have a better chance of beating the world champions and … Continue reading
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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No Cup dreams as Croydon knocked out before a ball is kicked
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Any dreams that Croydon FC might have had of an FA Cup run taking them all the way to Wembley next May, however fanciful, have been cruelly snuffed out before a ball is even kicked in the new … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Balham FC, Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Balham FC, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, FA Cup
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Whytleleafe lose their FA appeal and are kicked out of the cup
The Football Association has confirmed its decision to kick Whyteleafe out of this year’s FA Cup for fielding a banned player. The club had an appeal hearing at FA headquarters at Wembley yesterday afternoon over the case of Adekunle Odutolu, … Continue reading
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
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
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, FA Cup
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