Tributes paid to Hodgson: ‘A superb manager, a superb person’
Roy Hodgson spent the night recovering in a south London hospital after being taken ill while overseeing a Crystal Palace training session on Thursday. After undergoing tests, it has been said that...
View ArticleJohnson takes football director role at non-league club Athletic
Andrew Johnson, the former England and Palace striker, has been appointed as director of football at the non-league club bought by Stormzy and Wilf Zaha last summer. Croydon Athletic made the...
View ArticleHodgson ‘steps aside’ in a Palace farewell tinged with regrets
Crystal Palace go into tonight’s “relegation six-pointer” at Everton with Roy Hodgson no longer the manager of his boyhood club. The Eagles issued a statement this afternoon to confirm that 76-year-old...
View ArticleGlasner the Glazier lays out his footballing philosophy
The transition, from Selhurst Park old boy (in all senses) to continental modern game thinker, was smoother than anyone had expected under the circumstances. But in his first interview since being...
View ArticleHall’s world record goal propels Trams towards two cup finals
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: You wait 15 years, and then two cup finals turn-up at once. ANDREW SINCLAIR on a world record week for Croydon FC, and more progress from local rivals Athletic David Beckham’s done it....
View ArticleHow Stormzy’s football dream is becoming a Mayfield reality
Former Croydon Advertiser reporter and BBC sports correspondent NEIL BENNETT, pictured right, returned to an old stomping ground in Thornton Heath to catch up with the progress of AFC Croydon Athletic...
View ArticleHolloway to return as manager at Selhurst – for a good cause
Goals 4 GOSH, a charity football fixture that has already raised more than £100,000 for a children’s hospital, is returning to Selhurst Park on May 26. Among the celebrities expected to put on their...
View ArticleTrams all set for challenge of two cup finals in just four days
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: As the football season enters ‘the business end’, both local clubs are in the mix for play-off places and even have a chance of winning some silverware, as ANDREW SINCLAIR reports...
View ArticlePlay-off win sets up the biggest match in Athletic’s history
NON-LEAGUE NEWS by ANDREW SINCLAIR Croydon Athletic tonight face the most important match in the phoenix club’s brief history, following the previously most important game which they won in Jersey on...
View ArticleRams storm to promotion to the delight of co-owner Stormzy
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: AFC Croydon Athletic have won promotion from the eighth tier of English football with a thrilling, and very tense, 2-1 play-off final win at Knaphill last night. The game was watched...
View ArticleCrystal Palace for sale as Textor looks to buy into Everton
Crystal Palace Football Club is up for sale. Or, at least, a considerable chunk of the equity in the club is for sale, according to a report in the Financial Times, which states that co-owner John...
View ArticleSeven heavenly seasons’ finishes: but which is your favourite?
Was that the best finish to a Palace season ever? As four Crystal Palace players sign-in for the England training squad ahead of the Euros, life-long Eagles fan JERRY FITZPATRICK looks at how past...
View Article1,000 lost council pitches ‘could crush grassroots football’
Boozepark’s got the beer orders in for the weekend, sales of wide-screen tellies have spiked, and an expectant nation is all set to get behind Harry Kane and his England team, including four Palace...
View ArticleEagles fans cry fowl play as Palace sign betting firm sponsor
INNIS BEEKE on the PR disaster around the unveiling of Crystal Palace’s 2024-2025 season shirt Crystal Palace has been forced to call in lawyers and crisis management specialists after the launch of...
View ArticleFrom Selhurst to Berlin: Southgate on brink of true greatness
His record as England manager speaks for itself. After more than 100 games in charge of the national men’s senior side, Gareth Southgate has achieved more than all his predecessors bar one. And if his...
View ArticleSouthgate stands down: ‘Thank you England – for everything’
Inevitably, perhaps, it all ended in tears. Tears at the final whistle. Tears on the flight home from Berlin. And some tears, no doubt, this morning as Gareth Southgate ended his eight years in charge...
View ArticleBuilders named for Palace’s new stand as costs soar by 50%
The cost of building the new main stand at Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park home ground has soared to £150million – half as much again on previous estimates for the project. That’s confirmed in reports...
View Article‘We’ve a target on our backs’ says Rams boss as season starts
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: The borough’s newly-promoted Isthmian League club has new sponsors and embark on an FA Cup campaign tomorrow with the players refreshed and energised by a summer holiday paid for by...
View ArticleRams’ 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...
View Article58-year-old Palace fan gets England call-up for a special game
In a sumptuous summer of sport, we’ve had the Euros and the Olympic Games, with the Paralympics a week away. But for Selhurst Park season ticket-holder Seth Gillman, the match of his lifetime is still...
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