Holloway in abuse drama
EAGLES boss Ian Holloway was a victim of abuse from the chairman of the Crawley Town Supporters Alliance Club throughout last Saturday's pre-season friendly in West Sussex.Hours later, Paul Prendergast...
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IAN HOLLOWAY said that last week had been one of the toughest of his career – one in which his side huffed and puffed against a rampant Crawley Town side and in which transfer targets and potential...
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Garvan fights to get fit for the Italian job
PALACE midfielder Owen Garvan is targeting a return to first-team action against Lazio next Saturday at Selhurst Park.The midfielder sustained a knee injury in the first pre-season fixture at Dagenham...
View ArticleMillen runs the rule on injured list
PALACE assistant boss Keith Millen says club captain Paddy McCarthy, Jonathan Parr and Kagisho Dikgacoi might play a part in Saturday's pre-season friendly at Waterford United.McCarthy has not kicked a...
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Perrin wants a stadium to be proud of
SINCE Palace won promotion to the Premier League on May 27, plans to renovate Selhurst Park have been in full swing and supporters are set for a pleasant surprise come Sunday, August 18.Head groundsman...
View ArticleHolloway: No position for Nuhiu
IAN HOLLOWAY says he would not have had trialist striker Atdhe Nuhiu in his 25-man Premier League squad after watching the Austrian join Championship outfit Sheffield Wednesday on a three-year deal...
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Wright wins appeal to walk in Moscow
BRITISH race walker Alex Wright, from Norbury, has won his appeal to be selected for the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia.Wright was initially not named in the selection and appealed through...
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Junior side get new sponsor
THE largest expanding falafel restaurant group in the world, Just Falafel, arrived in Croydon last weekend, offering locals a range of fresh, delicious and highly nutritious falafel wraps, soups,...
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Mids secure draw in last-ball drama
A LAST-BALL run-out earned Trinity Mid-Whitgiftian a valuable winning draw against struggling Pyrford in an otherwise undistinguished match at Lime Meadow on Saturday.Having lost the toss and been...
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Swimmers record relay PB at nationals
SOUTH Croydon Swimming Club's 4 x 100 Relay Team took part in the British Age Group Nationals competition last month, with many of the boys taking part for the first time.Head Coach John Mills...
View ArticleStiddard ton sparks Whits
A MAIDEN century from Matt Stiddard and a fine all-round display from David Burton ensured Old Whitgiftians secured a convincing win away at Dulwich.The home side won the toss and put the OWs into bat,...
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Millen says injured Palace trio could return in Irish friendly
PALACE assistant boss Keith Millen says club captain Paddy McCarthy, Jonathan Parr and Kagisho Dikgacoi might play a part in Saturday's pre-season friendly at Waterford United.McCarthy has not kicked a...
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Frenchman sets up Holloway reunion on one-year deal
CRYSTAL Palace have announced the signing of free agent Elliot Grandin this morning. The Frenchman arrives at Selhurst Park on a one-year deal having spent a number of weeks training with the club and...
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Crystal Palace could rise from the ashes
A REPLICA of the Crystal Palace could be built by a Chinese billionaire as part of Crystal Palace Park's regeneration scheme.It has been reported that Ni Zhaoxing and his developers ZhongRong Holdings...
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Crash, bang, wallop! Cars wiped out by dodgy drivers
TWO identikit crashes within 24 hours in which the drivers fled the scene have left residents counting the cost of the damage.In what the police have called an "extremely unusual coincidence", the...
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Privatisation of Croydon libraries rubber-stamped
THE contract which sees the running of Croydon's libraries handed over to a private company for the next eight years has been signed.The new arrangements with John Laing Integrated Services (JLIS),...
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Would-be murderer to get sex change while serving life sentence
IN ONE life sentence for attempted murder, a Croydon criminal has escaped jail, fathered a child, and is now beginning a sex change. Alan Baker, from Thornton Heath, was just 19 when he was given a...
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Family of ducks bring traffic to a halt
A MOTHER duck and her nine ducklings caused traffic chaos near Purley as buses and cars ground to a halt to avoid their stately waddle for a whole mile down a busy road."It was the sweetest thing I...
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Crystal Palace Foundation set to coach in Ireland following Waterford friendly
AFTER Ian Holloway's Crystal Palace squad face Waterford United in the south of Ireland today in the final stages of their pre-season campaign, the Crystal Palace FC Foundation will be delivering...
View ArticleCampaign to force u-turn over Riesco sale persists
FRESH attempts are being made to force Croydon council into a rethink of its decision to sell off part of its Riesco collection of Chinese ceramics.Labour councillors were furious when they were told...
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