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Last minute agony for Eagles
Sheffield Wednesday 3 Tudgay 45, Coughlan 73, MacLean 90 Crystal Palace 2 Kuqi 21, Soares 64 Peter Taylor's luck showed no sign of improving at Hillsborough last night after Steven MacLeans's injury time winner made it four defeats in five games
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Monro Junior wants his music to do the talking
Matt Munro Junior wants to make it clear there is more to him than just being the son of a legendary crooner. The 42-year-old has just embarked on a 21-date British tour, where he will be performing some of his father's classics and chatting about memories
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Cauldron of mystery descends on to town
When people think of witches, it is easy to get lost in the stigmas that are readily accepted by the mainstream. As these modern day fables would suggest, witches are old ladies with warts on their noses, covered in saggy green skin and ride brooms into
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Feel the Fury on landmark anniversary tour
In 1983, Britain lost one of its most treasured, iconic, rock and roll stars, while his band lost their valued friend and lead singer. After mourning their loss, the band began to dream of carrying on the legend, recapturing the memories of yesteryear
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King of 80s nights
Non-stop Eighties hits, starring the lead singer of a hit 90s boy band, and the ultimate Christmas party concert show - it's the Magic of the 80s. Among the talented cast of the fast-moving theatre show is Matthew James - formerly the lead singer with
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From Russia with fire, dance and showmen
300 costumes, 40 world-class artistes and 1,000 litres of Vodka can only mean one thing - The Stavropol Russian State Dance Ensemble is coming to town. The Russian showmen will be performing their UK premiere tour of the acclaimed Cossacks Fiery Soul
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Merton 63 Battersea Ironsides 0
Merton continued their sparkling start to the season with a resounding 63-0 home victory over Battersea Ironsides second string. Merton must play with the same intensity on their return to league action against Old Cliftonians this Saturday when Garth
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Westfield 1 Worcester Park 1
Worcester Park needed a penalty 11 minutes from the end to gain a 1-1 draw with visitors Westfield in the Cherry Red Combined Counties Division 1 on Saturday. Park created several half chances, the best of which saw Dean Bird's shot touched on to the
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Dulwich Hamlet 1 Chatham Town 0
Chatham, whose once mighty docks readied the British sea power upon which the Empire was founded, rolled up for the Medway armed with a plan - stop the Hamlet goal machine in its tracks. So close they came to succeeding in their task but Cavaliers won
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Dorking snatch victory in hard-fought cup tie.
Cobham went out of the RFU Senior Vase with a 34-20 defeat at home to Dorking last Saturday. Dorking were welcome visitors to Fairmile Lane. Early-season opposition has so far provided little resistance to a much-improved Cobham first XV, and the opportunity
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Football: Sparrow departs as Rams struggle
Croydon Athletic 0 Horsham YMXCA 2 Brian Sparrow quit as Rams boss following another disappointing defeat at the hands of Horsham YMCA. The club stated the departure was by "mutual consent" and Sparrow leaves the Rams 13th in Ryman Division One South
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Football: Trams cruise to easy league cup win
Croydon FC 3 Greenwich Borough 0 Croydon kept their hopes of qualification from the round robin stage of the Kent Premier Division League Cup alive with a win over Greenwich on Saturday. The Trams now have eight points from five matches and need
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Rugby: Easy for Warlingham in friendly encounter
Warlingham 85 Kingston 11 Warlingham handed out a 12-try thrashing to Kingston in a friendly fixture on Saturday. The hosts senior debut for 17-year-old John Fisher schoolboy James Agate, while kicking machine Mark Kozminski claimed a personal tally
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Rugby: Old Boys battle back to progress in Junior Vase
Farnborough 24 Old Whitgiftians 30 The Old Boys put in a determined performance to take the honours in this fierce encounter. They were losing 17-3 at the half way point of the first half but a battling display earned them a pass to the next round
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Athletics: Harriers’ home comforts
A depleted Croydon Harriers did well to finish fourth over their own course last Saturday in a league fixture. Nick Gould led Harriers home in seventh spot in 31 minutes three seconds, well supported by U20 George Thatcher who took a solid 17th in 33
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Hockey: Worthington strike seals a pint
Croydon Ladies 1 Barnes 1 Croydon Ladies shared the points with Barnes on Saturday. Barnes had the better of the first half taking the lead with a goal scored from a narrow angle. The second half saw Croydon lift their game and net the equaliser
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Roving the land
A Croydon man will be setting off on a round-the-world trip in January - in a £150,000 Land Rover that once belonged to explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes. Daniel Moylan from Addiscombe bought the bomb-proof vehicle from a museum. He said "It was a custom-built
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MPs' expenses top third of a million
Croydon's three MPs claimed more than a third of a million pounds in expenses and allowances last year. Between April 2005 and March 2006, Croydon South MP Richard Ottaway claimed £120,549 - placing him above Croydon North MP Malcolm Wicks and Croydon
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'Bus crash could have been avoided'
A bus crash in Purley which left one man with serious head injuries and several others shocked and bruised could have been avoided, according to public transport workers. Several people called the Croydon Guardian after we told how a number 60 bus crashed
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Freedman admits confidence crisis but backs team-mates
Crystal Palace striker Dougie Freedman says sheer hard work is the key to the Eagles rising up the table. The Scottish striker revealed the confidence within the squad has been "shattered" after a series of disappointing results and need to significantly
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Goal drought is a team problem
To say Crystal Palace's strikers are having trouble scoring at present is an understatement of immense proportions. Seven goals between four strikers in 14 league games is not the best of returns, but the blame should not lie solely with Kuqi, Scowcroft
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Appalling Palace in free fall
Crystal Palace 0 Plymouth Argyle 1 Chadwick 39 Crystal Palace plummeted to new depths on Saturday with a drab display in the defeat against a hard-working Plymouth Argyle side. The Eagles' performance lacked spirit, character and above all, passion
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Bognor Regis Town 0 Sutton United 4
Sutton United recorded their biggest away win for over a year on Saturday when they won 4-0 at Bognor Regis to maintain a remarkable record. They are unbeaten in the last 12 meetings between the two clubs and have kept a clean sheet in the last eight.
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Scrooge cuts
Voluntary groups across Croydon are to receive an unexpected Christmas present this year - thousands of pounds cut from their annual budgets. Croydon Council announced it is slashing 10 per cent from next year's budget for voluntary and community support
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Taylor: We are not good enough
Peter Taylor has pulled no punches in his assessment of his Crystal Palace side by labelling them "not good enough". Last Saturday's 1-0 home defeat to Plymouth Argyle was the Eagles' third straight defeat at Selhurst Park and increased the club's winless
