Relegation-threatened Crystal Palace are just three weeks away from 'meltdown' - manager Paul Hart is poised to quit the financially stricken Championship club to join Tottenham's coaching staff, first-team coach John Pemberton is off to Sheffield United, while the Croydon side's ground, Selhurst Park, is at risk from developers.
Interesting! Now, what do Palace and ourselves have in common? Claret and Blue shirts of course. Major financial problems of course. Manager on the move shortly of course. But most importantly, a stadium ripe for redevelopment.
Coincidence that!
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The problem with palace is that it s easily the hardest london ground to get to or park anywhere near. Hope they pull through the mess they are in though
I used to live around the corner from it. Whole area could do with being knocked down and redeveloped - makes Streatham seems like Mayfair!
Oh dear, please get facts right before posting articles. Selhurst Park can't be developed on. Croydon Council have an act that says unless palace have a brand new stadium in the area to move to, it can't be built on
Stats! Who needs them when they spoil a good story?
1) The information comes from the BBC wedsite.
2) If Palace cease to trade, are Croydon Council going to leave the stadium as a dilapidated white elephant?
3) If true, maybe that's why G&S considered buying West Ham as the better option!
the "BBC Wedsite" got it wrong. The club wont fold. Steve Parish will buy the club to save it from folding as a last resort, and then sell it on at a later date just to keep it alive
b and d, they are not even close to each other on the keyboard!
How about this for a scenario? Steve Parish approaches CBC and says, the club is folding, I will save it IF I am allowed to redevelop the ground. The club can ground share with either Millwall or Charlton. Transport links to both those stadia are better than to Selhurst Park, traffic and parking problems are eased in Thornton Heath, Norbury etcetera, the quality of life for local residents will improve, and the club survives. It is that or the club folds and the ground rots until redevelopment is approved.
Check your post then. And how are the transport links better? There are 3 mainline stations within .5 of a mile of selhurst park, all serving London mainline stations every 10/15 minutes.
And one of the main reasons that Croydon council don't want the ground being built on is that the football club brings so much to the local area
no stats are spoiling a bad story here
I hope Palace survive. There are interested parties apparently. Having lived in Totton Road. Thornton Heath, I can confirm how bad the transport links are and the nuisance caused to local residents on match days. My company car was vandalised by Leeds fans as an example.
Its rubbish to say the transport links are bad. Used to drive and never had a problem parking - always found somewhere within 10 minute walk. Have for the past few seasons changed over to the train and have to say its actually one of the easiest grounds to get to.
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