FA Cup final: How Manchester United's squad cost SIX TIMES as...
On Saturday, Crystal Palace and Manchester United will meet on a level playing field at Wembley – provided the groundsman has had the heavy roller out.But what about the cash splashed by the two clubs?...
View ArticleCrystal Palace's FA Cup victory parade date revealed - now they...
The Advertiser has been given details of Crystal Palace's planned victory parade - if they beat Manchester United in the FA Cup final on Saturday.Sources have told the Advertiser that the Eagles will...
View ArticleMarried teacher jailed for having sex with pupil
A married teacher who had sex with a schoolboy let out a bloodcurdling scream as she was jailed for a year.Lauren Cox, 27, let out a screeching cry as a judge sentenced her to 12 months in prison...
View ArticleThug beat man with learning difficulties unconscious then dumped...
A Polish man has been jailed after beating a man with learning difficulties unconscious and dragging him into the road, leaving him in front of oncoming traffic.Damien Pankiewicz, 37, of no fixed...
View ArticleHeavy traffic after car and van crash in South Norwood
A two-vehicle crash caused heavy traffic in South Norwood this morning. The vehicles, a car and a van, were involved in a collision with a lamppost at 5.45am on the junction of South Norwood Hill and...
View ArticleConnor Wickham's youth coach: 'He scored goals with a smile'
Connor Wickham's childhood coach said as an eight-year-old the player was always scoring goals with an infectious smile on his face.The striker joined the youth academy at Reading FC around the age of...
View ArticleFA Cup final: 18 vaguely interesting things you probably didn't...
While queuing for a pie or a pint (or both) during the FA Cup final tomorrow between Manchester United and Crystal Palace, or waiting for your turn at the bar at your local, try reeling off a few of...
View ArticleCalls grow for Crystal Palace cinema as appeal for church is...
PLANS to turn a former bingo hall into a place of worship have been branded "harmful" to the vitality of the Crystal Palace area.The planning inspectorate has dismissed an appeal by religious charity...
View ArticleCrystal Palace vs Manchester United: FA Cup final TV guide
Not going to the game, and can't get out to the pub? Fear not, here's the Advertiser's handy guide to FA Cup final day on the box.Most importantly, you can follow everything on the Advertiser's live...
View ArticlePurley girl with rare illness holds mum's hand for the first time...
A LITTLE girl who nearly died from a rare illness 18 months ago has held her mum's hand for the first time, thanks to a special machine.Georgia Strudwick, 11, is not able to walk or talk unaided having...
View ArticleGetting a taste of Purley's first food and drink week - and...
A MAD Hatter's tea party, more than 100 types of beer and a blindfolded lemon-catching record attempt will come to Purley for the first ever Food and Drink Week in the town.The event, from May 28 to...
View ArticleTeenager with links to Croydon missing from care home may be at...
POLICE are growing "increasingly concerned" for the safety and welfare of a teenage girl missing from her care home.Katrina Grace, 16, left her care home in Sidcup, in Bexley, and was last seen at...
View ArticleREACTION: Crystal Palace beaten by Manchester United in FA Cup...
Crystal Palace have lost the FA Cup final, beaten 2-1 by ten-man Manchester United after extra-time. Just like in 1990 the 2016 FA Cup final went to extra-time after Crystal Palace and Manchester...
View ArticleCrystal Palace fans take over Covent Garden ahead of FA Cup final...
Crystal Palace supporters took over central London in the build up to the FA Cup final on Saturday afternoon. Eagles chants and red flares were witnessed in Covent Garden, in the capital's West End....
View ArticleCrystal Palace fan, 94, will be 'Glad All Over' if Eagles beat...
One 94-year-old Palace supporter will be feeling Glad All Over if her team wins today.Gladys Botting, from West Dulwich, has supported the Eagles for "many, many" years, according to her grandson Paul...
View ArticleCrystal Palace fans snub big screen and watch FA Cup final in...
Crowds of fans at Selhurst Park watched the FA Cup final on smaller televisions in the corridor for a better view than the big screen. Crystal Palace FC charged members and season ticket holders £5 to...
View ArticlePICTURES: Crystal Palace players and fans heartbroken after FA...
Cryustal Palace supporters were heartbroken after the agonising FA Cup final defeat to Manchester United.Jesse Lingard's extra time winner secured a 12th FA Cup for the Red Devils, who came from behind...
View ArticleBoy, 16, admits raping 12-year-old in Croydon classroom
A schoolboy has admitted to raping another boy in a Croydon classroom.The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to making the boy, aged 12, perform oral sex on him.The...
View ArticleSchoolchildren's winning anti-dog poo posters to be displayed...
Pupil's designs for anti-dog fouling posters will be displayed around Thornton Heath to take a stand against the mess.Isabella Brugnoli, a Year Four pupil from St James the Great Primary School, was...
View ArticleElderly man with dementia missing from Croydon
Police are appealing to find an elderly man suffering with dementia.Officers are growing "increasingly concerned" for the wellbeing of Victor Riches, 79, who was last seen on Friday morning in South...
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