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Trams’ most peculiar season comes to fitting end in Peckham
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: For Croydon clubs, their interrupted and curtailed covid season ended with a whimper rather than a bang at the weekend. ANDREW SINCLAIR reports. Match photos: PAUL DAVIS Croydon FC had the opportunity on Saturday to end a disjointed … Continue reading
Posted in Balham FC, Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Balham FC, Croydon FC, Liam Giles
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Non-league clubs left to count costs of season-that-never-was
The borough’s grassroots football clubs have had a second season abandoned because of coronavirus, reports ANDREW SINCLAIR It was seemingly inevitable, but last night the Football Association declared the non-league season below the National League null and void. It is … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Balham FC, Croydon FC, Football, Paul Smith, Sport, Whyteleafe FC
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Andrew Sinclair, Croydon FC, Liam Giles, Paul Smith, Whyteleafe FC
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Mayfield Stadium takes special measures for return of fans
NON-LEAGUE NEWS by ANDREW SINCLAIR Football fans can return to stadiums to watch their favourite non-league sides, it was announced last week. If only Croydon FC had a stadium that was open and operating where they might be able to … Continue reading
‘Promotion is the minimum. But I want to win that league’
As one football season ends, so preparations are well underway for the start of a new non-league term, and Croydon FC’s manager cannot wait. ANDREW SINCLAIR reports More than four months since their last competitive game in a covid-19 curtailed … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Balham FC, Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Balham FC, Croydon Arena, Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Liam Giles, Mayfield Stadium
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Season’s abrupt end leaves clubs uncertain over promotion
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: It was inevitable, but when the end of the season was announced, abruptly, on Tuesday, there was dismay and some shock among our local clubs, as ANDREW SINCLAIR, right, reports The decision was announced on Tuesday, with all … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Andrew Sinclair, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Liam Giles, Paul Smith
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‘It’s just terrible’: local football club rocked by fourth break-in
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: On the pitch, things had been running smoothly for Liam Giles’s Croydon FC. And then vandals and thieves broke into the clubhouse once again. ANDREW SINCLAIR reports For the fourth time in 10 months, the Croydon FC clubhouse … Continue reading
Prize money and pride from a cup run could transform Croydon
Last week, ANDREW SINCLAIR recalled Croydon FC’s best FA Cup run 40 years ago. This week, he examines the reasons that the club did not manage to build on that precious success For many non-league football clubs, the experience, success … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Liam Giles
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Goal-scorer Smith slots in quickly as Trams sign three players
NON-LEAGUE NEWS by ANDREW SINCLAIR They must have considered installing revolving doors at the dressing room entrance at Croydon Arena by the end of last month, as while two players left Croydon FC during October, manager Liam Giles was signing … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, Liam Giles
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Newly confident Trams are up for the FA Cup this Saturday
NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL: Forget transfer deadline day, for the area’s amateur clubs, this weekend is one of the biggest of their season. By ANDREW SINCLAIR There’s a wave of fresh optimism down at Croydon Arena this week, as Croydon FC, the … Continue reading
Down, but not out? Relegated Croydon plan for uncertain future
Our venerable football correspondent, BRIAN GRANVILLE, reports on the latest set-back suffered by the borough’s oldest non-league club Despite having had five managers in less than 12 months, Croydon FC have still only managed to collect eight league points all … Continue reading
