Tag Archives: Roy Hodgson

‘Sir Roy of Croydon’ handed the Freedom of the Borough

Posted on May 16, 2018 by insidecroydon

Roy Hodgson, who came out of enforced retirement last September to salvage Crystal Palace’s Premier League status, has been nominated for a Freedom of the Borough. The council press release states that Hodgson, “has been recommended for the honour in … Continue reading →

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Palace’s relegation battle won, now fight starts to keep Zaha

Posted on April 30, 2018 by insidecroydon

It was the side’s finest performance of the entire Premier League season, rattling five goals past the recent past champions. Even Christian Benteke – renamed for the day Pen-teke – managed to score at Selhurst Park. With two games of … Continue reading →

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Injury-hit Palace will need someone to halt Alexis goal threat

Posted on March 5, 2018 by insidecroydon

Ten matches to go, and Palace are back where they were after the first seven games of the Premier League season: in the bottom three. Which all adds a little more peril to the visit tonight of Jose Mourinho’s Manchester … Continue reading →

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Up for the Cup: How Sheila Hodgson got Roy back into football

Posted on January 8, 2018 by insidecroydon

Crystal Palace play Brighton tonight in a televised FA Cup third-round A23 derby tie – ahhh, jumpers for goal posts, steamy beakers of Bovril, the magic of the… Palace are guaranteed of being in the fourth-round draw (it takes place … Continue reading →

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Hodgson tipped for Palace job as de Boer sacked after 77 days

Posted on September 11, 2017 by insidecroydon

The future’s not too bright for Crystal Palace fans, and it is certainly not orange, as the club this morning dismissed manager Frank de Boer after just four league games in charge. It is only 77 days since June 26, … Continue reading →

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AUDIO: Palace under pressure with eight games to go

Posted on March 20, 2016 by insidecroydon

Roy Hodgson, one of Croydon’s own, was at Selhurst Park yesterday. But the England manager wasn’t there checking on the form of Wilfried Zaha or Scott Dann. Hodgson was there to watch Leicester players Jamie Vardy and Danny Drinkwater. Palace, … Continue reading →

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Palace fan Daly has already had enough of ITV Sport

Posted on June 7, 2014 by insidecroydon

It hasn’t even started yet, but some football fans are already recoiling from the horrifying prospect of a month of wall-to-wall World Cup television fronted by Adrian Chiles, Lee Dixon and… yes, it has to be confronted… Roy Keane. The … Continue reading →

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Council’s “secret” consultation over plans to erase our history

Posted on January 10, 2013 by insidecroydon

Another flaw in the omnishambles of Croydon’s library privatisation process emerges, with a £105,000 cut to the budget of the borough’s local studies and archives service proposed by the culture-free-zone that is our council. The proposal is, in effect, a … Continue reading →

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Roy Hodgson, Croydon and the “impossible job”

Posted on May 2, 2012 by insidecroydon

A former Crystal Palace youth player appointed as England manager? ED AARONS delves back more than 40 years to outline Roy Hodgson’s childhood in Selsdon Roy Hodgson, England manager. It’s a sentence that even the 64-year-old son of a Croydon … Continue reading →

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