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ic, the club started to move forwards The management intend that the Club be overcome. The Club was currently company.
once again under new Chairman Mar- should live within its means, not chas- barred from the Croydon Arena by the Two first team home fixtures last season
tin Burr. But his was only to be a short ing fool’s gold with unsustainable big bankrupt local authority who racked were played at Glebe and the Crystal
reign and having tidied things up, he budgets without the income to sustain up massive debts with little sign of how Palace NRC but the club is now back on
stepped down. such goals. to clear them – or pay the management home turf for 2021-22.
Advances of Whyteleafe There is a connection with the Ki-
A fifth place finish augured well for the netic organisation and the club’s youth
following campaign but then in May, team comes from there. They played in
manager Harry Hudson succumbed to the Isthmian Youth League in 2018-19
the advances of Whyteleafe who appar- and won their division last time out and Upcoming UPCOMING
ently made him “an offer he couldn’t re- were runners-up in the Champions of fixtures FIXTURES
fuse” and he disappeared with virtually Champions Cup.
all of the first team putting the club back However, the senior teams relegation 2021/22 SEASON
to square one. meant that they were deemed no longer CHESSINGTON & HOOK UTD
His initial replacement for 2018-19 suitable for the Isthmian and now com- vs FAVERSHAM STRIKE FORCE
was Craig Davies who had his work cut pete in the Combined Counties Youth Saturday 21st August
out but the challenge appeared insur- competition. And despite that, they Kick-Off 3pm
mountable and after seven league de- reached the Third Round proper of the
feats on the spin had left the club adrift FA Youth Cup in 2019 where they suc- CHESSINGTON & HOOK UTD
of the pack, he fell on his sword. cumbed to Wigan Athletic. vs SNODLAND TOWN
Chris Brown took on the mantle and Croydon Women’s FC Saturday 28th August
Kick-Off 3pm
whilst he achieved two league wins, Reintroduced during the summer of
the annus horribilis showed no sign of 2019 was Croydon Women’s FC af- AUGUST
coming to an end. Miracle worker John ter the hostile takeover by Charlton in
Cumberbatch, who took over when Gill 2000 which was aided by having a tro-
left two years ago had a short spell back jan horse within the camp. They played
in charge before Liam and Trevor Giles the first year in the Surrey Women’s and
aided by John Gladwin took over with a Girls League under 18 division and last
damage limitation exercise and a man- season in the Greater London Wom-
date to complete the season and prepare en’s League. But there’s no real chance
for the future. of them emulating their predecessors
Clubhouse was twice burgled due to the megabucks being paid by the
And just when you thought things top level Premier League clubs. It will,
couldn’t get any worse, the clubhouse however, help regain the community in-
was twice burgled and a lot of needless volvement which had been lost over the
damaged caused including the week be- past eighteen years.
fore the season and a painting weekend Covid had its effect as it did with
saw a further raid with more senseless many other organisations in and out of
damage caused. the game but it’s just another hurdle to