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CUT THE CRAP: Surrey Street Market is beating heart of borough
IN THE Advertiser's Cut the Crap campaign, we fight back against lazy stereotypes of Croydon as highlighted by the town's recent entry in a book on Crap Towns. In a series of features on all the things...
View ArticleFirst team to face Hamlet
PALACE will be sending a first-team squad to Champion Hill Stadium to face Dulwich Hamlet in a pre-season friendly on Tuesday next week.The fixture is part of an agreement between both clubs after...
View ArticleHolloway 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...
View ArticleCaution is required in our transfer negotiations
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...
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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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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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U18s stroll to convincing win
CRYSTAL Palace U18s were comfortable 3-0 winners against Ryman League Premier Division side Cray Wanderers on Wednesday night.No first-team players were included with a view to this weekend's trip to...
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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...
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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Woman reports savage dog attack in her own back garden
A WOMAN claims she was attacked by her neighbour's dogs in her own garden.Maisie Barratt called police on July 20 to report being savaged by two Staffordshire terriers who had made their way through...
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Six-year-old hurled to ground as playground swing collapses
A MOTHER has spoken of her terror after her young daughter was flung to the ground when a park swing snapped mid-use.Natasha Ankrah's daughter Kyemecey Mitchell-Ankrah was taken to hospital by...
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Firm gets licence to explore Croydon for fracking sites
CONTROVERSIAL gas extraction technique 'fracking' could be on its way to Croydon after a licence was granted to hunt for potential sites in the borough.Little-known company Northdown Energy Limited has...
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'My penpal is serving life in jail and now he wants to become a woman'
A SOUTH Croydon woman has spoken of her close relationship with a life prisoner who is now having a sex change while in jail.Pamela Stockwell, of Elm Close, has been writing to Alan Baker for the past...
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Croydon's ultimate warrior aims to be 'best in the world'
AN ULTIMATE fighter from Croydon says he will not stop until he is the "very best in the world".Jimi Manuwa, 33, has made serious waves in the mixed martial arts world and is undefeated in 13 fights,...
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