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Selhurst Park is a football stadium in Selhurst, in the London Borough of Croydon, England, which is the home ground of Premier League club Crystal Palace. The stadium was designed by Archibald Leitch and opened in 1924. It has hosted international football, as well as games for the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Selhurst is an area in the London Borough of Croydon, England, 7.8 miles (12.6 km) south-east of Charing Cross. Historically in Surrey , the area is bounded to the west and south by Thornton Heath and Croydon and to the east and south by South Norwood and Woodside .
In 1919, they began the purchase of the land on which they would eventually build Selhurst Park, their current home. [82] The renowned stadium architect Archibald Leitch was employed to draw up plans, and the construction of Selhurst Park was completed in time for the 1924–25 season. The stadium remained relatively unchanged, with only the ...
In the first leg at Ewood Park, the Lancashire club won 3–1, but a 30,000 full capacity at Selhurst Park saw the Eagles triumph 3–0 after extra-time in the second leg to end their eight-year exile from the top flight. Ian Wright, who scored 24 league goals, and 33 in all competitions in the promotion campaign, was voted player of the year ...
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At Selhurst Park, Wimbledon F.C. reported a divisional record low attendance of only 849—including over 200 away fans, around the same number of complimentary tickets, and Wimbledon F.C. youth players and members of the press—for the Tuesday-night game against Rotherham United on 29 October 2002, [2] [174] setting a post-Second World War ...
Arthur Wait stand at Selhurst Park, London SE25 Arthur John Wait (5 April 1910 — 27 June 1981) was an English builder and life president and former chairman of Crystal Palace F.C. Wait was a local builder who joined the board of Crystal Palace F.C. as a director sometime between 1948 and 1950.
The Holmesdale Fanatics is the name given to an organised supporters' group and ultras group associated with English Premier League club Crystal Palace.The group are responsible for vocal support as well as flag and tifo displays.