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Tag Archives: Selhurst Park
It’s a case of Hodgson’s choice for Palace fans as Roy returns
With an announcement that confirmed that the directors at Crystal Palace had no “Plan B” for the replacement of sacked boss Patrick Vieira, it is a case of Hobson’s, or Hodgson’s, choice as the club set another record with the … Continue reading
‘Precarious’ Palace sack boss Vieira after no wins in 11 games
Eagles were ‘sleepwalking to relegation’ under the former France and Arsenal star, as some suggest veteran ex-manager Hodgson might return in a caretaker role Crystal Palace have sacked manager Patrick Vieira. The move comes less than 48 hours after Vieira … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Patrick Vieira, Sport, Steve Parish
Tagged Crystal Palace FC, John Salako, Patrick Vieira, Roy Hodgson, Selhurst Park, Steve Parish
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Get Work Ready 6-week course, Selhurst Park, from Feb 23
Posted in Activities, Business, Charity, Education
Tagged Crystal Palace FC, Palace for Life Foundation, Selhurst Park
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Kick Off into Construction open evening, Selhurst Park, Feb 15
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GOSH! It’s Cesc! Charity volunteer wins £10,000 for sick kids
A charity volunteer from Croydon received the surprise of his life when he received a call from a World Cup-winner to tell him that his football initiative had won a worldwide competition – and a £10,000 donation to his chosen … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Football, Sport
Tagged #Cheers4Christmas, Arsenal, Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea, Chelsea FC, Como, Goals for GOSH, Jamie Groves, Selhurst, Selhurst Park
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Cold-hearted Perry refuses to open warm banks in Croydon
More than half of local councils in England are planning “warm spaces”, where people can shelter from the cold this winter amid soaring energy costs. But not in Croydon, where the borough’s cold-hearted Mayor, Jason Perry, has decided that the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Age UK Croydon, Business, Charity, Community associations
Tagged Addiscombe East, Ashburton Hall, Better, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, GLL, Mayor Jason Perry, Selhurst Park, Socco Cheta, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, Tory, Waddon, Waddon Leisure Centre, Warm banks, Warm hubs, Warm spaces
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Residents’ groups show red card to Palace’s £100m new stand
Locals living near Selhurst Park have organised to oppose the new stand – despite being frozen out of meetings by their Labour councillors Two residents’ associations in the area around Selhurst Park, together with council tenants whose homes are under … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Christopher Herman, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Louis Carserides, Planning, Property, Selhurst, South Norwood, Sport, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Christopher Herman, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Holmesdale Residents' Association, Holmesdale Road, Labour, Louis Carserides, Pembroke Road Residents' Association, Selhurst Park, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Wooderson Close
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Consultation on Selhurst new stand is extended by two weeks
Politicians moved unusually swiftly to avoid grounds for legal objections after council officials originally allowed only two weeks for the public to view plans for Crystal Palace’s £100m redevelopment Croydon’s neo-con politicians, Progress MP Steve Reed OBE and the Conservative … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Heather Cheesbrough, Louis Carserides, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, South Norwood, Sport, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Bingle, Selhurst Park, Steve Reed OBE, Terrapin Group, Tory, Wooderson Close
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Residents blocked from meeting by football club’s lobbyists
Crystal Palace FC have lodged 40 new files as part of the planning application for their proposed £100m stand. But a meeting promised with affected households has been cancelled and residents told that they are not welcome to attend a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Christopher Herman, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Housing, Louis Carserides, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, South Norwood, Stella Nabukeera, Steve Parish, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Labour, Les Parry, Louis Carserides, Planning, Selhurst Park, South Norwood, Steve Parish, Steve Reed OBE, Terrapin Group, Wooderson Close
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‘Abrasive’ lobbyist smoothing the way for Selhurst’s new stand
Crystal Palace’s £100m new stand at Selhurst Park has the backing of fans (natch), support from councillors and approval from the planning department. Yet the club has gone out and hired a planning lobbyist. STEVEN DOWNES profiles Terrapin’s man hoping … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Christopher Herman, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, Kingston, Louis Carserides, Paul Scully MP, Planning, Property, South Norwood, Sport, Stella Nabukeera, Steve Parish, Stuart King
Tagged Christopher Herman, Crystal Palace FC, Heather Cheesbrough, Kevin Davis, Kingston Council, Louis Carserides, Peter Bingle, Selhurst Park, South Norwood, Stella Nabukeera, STUART KING, Terrapin Group, Wooderson Close
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Lobbyist to meet councillors over Selhurst stadium proposals
South Norwood councillors will next week be meeting with a representative of a lobbying firm working for Crystal Palace Football Club to discuss issues around the stalled development of a new £100million stand at Selhurst Park. According to a spokesperson … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, Louis Carserides, Planning, South Norwood, Sport, Stella Nabukeera
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Heather Cheesbrough, Kevin Davis, Louis Carserides, Peter Bingle, Selhurst Park, South Norwood, Terrapin Group, Wooderson Close
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Planning permission lapsed for £100m new stand at Selhurst
The planning permission for Crystal Palace to redevelop their main stand in a £100million project at Selhurst Park has lapsed – leaving the club to go through a costly re-application process, or to continue to play their games in one … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, Selhurst, Sport, Steve Parish
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, London Borough of Croydon, Planning, Selhurst, Selhurst Park, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Wooderson Close
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All ale and hearty – a welcome return to beer festival season
The beer festival season is back. After covid cancellations, this year feels like it’s back to business for these jamborees of brewing, and BILL LACEY went along to Selhurst Park at the weekend to experience one of the very best … Continue reading
£20,000 reward offered to solve 33-year Lee Boxell mystery
Crimestoppers have today offered a £20,000 reward for information which could finally solve a missing person’s case that goes back 33 years. Lee Boxell was 15 years old when he disappeared from near his home in Cheam in 1988, never … Continue reading
Nothing to see here: police back down over Palace banner
As the old saying goes, tweet in haste, repent at your leisure. Croydon’s police are certainly repenting that tweet they sent out on Saturday evening after Crystal Palace’s match against Saudi-owned Newcastle United, following a backlash from fans who reminded … Continue reading
Met Police score spectacular own goal over Saudi banner
Palace fans’ group accuses the Premier League of choosing ‘money over morals’ on £300m Newcastle takeover deal and doing ‘business with one of the world’s most bloody and repressive regimes’ Croydon’s police invited scorn and ridicule on Saturday, when they … Continue reading
France star Vieira now in the frame for Palace manager’s job
Pizza delivery riders in the Selhurst Park area had better get ready: Patrick Vieira could be coming to town. Now, given the disappointments, twists and turns in previous news reports about the appointment of a manager to replace Roy Hodgson … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Patrick Vieira
Tagged Crystal Palace FC, Patrick Vieira, Selhurst Park, Steve Parish
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Parish gets his man as Palace agree three-year deal with Favre
What could possibly go wrong? Crystal Palace have agreed a three-year appointment for their new manager, and just need the government to issue a work permit… There was palpable excitement among Eagles fans last night when the news emerged that … Continue reading
Selhurst Park charity match scores big for children’s hospital
A charity football match in aid of Great Ormond Street children’s hospital featuring Jimmy Bullard and Anton Ferdinand has already scored a major goal by beating its fund-raising target more than a week before kick-off at Selhurst Park. The Goals … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Football
Tagged Anton Ferdinand, Goals for GOSH, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Jimmy Bullard, Selhurst Park
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Palace confirm Hodgson to retire after last games of season
Roy Hodgson’s final home game as Crystal Palace manager will be tomorrow night at Selhurst Park. At least Eagles fans will be able to give their veteran manager a proper send-off, as some spectators will be allowed in for the … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Roy Hodgson, Steve Parish
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Roy Hodgson, Selhurst Park
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After 27,000 meals for charities, Palace Kitchen is still cooking
The Palace Kitchen project is being extended into February so that thousands of local people in need can continue to receive nutritious food. Palace Kitchen, based at Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park stadium and backed by the Palace for Life Foundation … Continue reading
Norbury comedian scores a winner with first football book
ELLA HOPKINS on how a son’s post-match reproach helped inspire Kevin Day to fulfil a lifetime’s ambition Kevin Day has always enjoyed reading. He dreamed of writing a book of his own one day. His dad taught him to read … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Crystal Palace, Have I Got News For You, Kevin Day, Match of the Day, Norbury, Selhurst Park
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Palace in £1m agreement with council for Selhurst scheme
Crystal Palace FC’s long-delayed development plans to upgrade their Selhurst Park home could be about to get underway after Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, rubber-stamped a community levy deal that could be worth up to £1million to the local … Continue reading
NHS offering drive-in flu jab clinics at Ikea and Selhurst Park
The NHS is opening drive-through flu vaccination clinics at Ikea off the Purley Way and Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park stadium, offering more people than ever a free vaccine. “This year it is particularly important for those most at risk to … Continue reading
Chef Kerridge’s cinema tour brings comedy to Selhurst Park
There’s a big night of comedy coming up at Selhurst Park [cue gratuitous Wayne Hennessy-related gag here]… only this time it will be provided by television stand-up Mark Watson and what is promised as “a line-up of some of the … Continue reading