As a distraction from the Brighton game... And this is a genuine question.
Do you associate Palace more with London or Croydon (Surrey)? Sounds like a silly question but for me, as a 48 year old supporter who lived in London, I associate Palace with Croydon more than London.
When I was going to Palace every week (80s and 90s) I would go to Croydon before the game and there afterwards. Maybe that is influencing my view?
However, when the Crystal Palace was erected on Penge Common where Crystal Palace Park now exists it wasn't in the old County of London (which existed from 1889 to 1965), it was outside. Furthermore, every Palace ground including Selhurst Park has been outside of London until Greater London was formed in 1965, the same can be said for for Tottenham.
So historically Palace isn't a London club, we just became absorbed into London.
Why is this relevant? Sooner or later we'll have to move grounds to grow and we can't afford to get a new site inside the London postal area so moving out into Surrey is probably the best we can do. As we were founded and have been a Surrey club maybe taking that identity is the way forward?
Surrey's only league club inside a London borough (Croydon)?
Do you associate Palace more with London or Croydon (Surrey)? Sounds like a silly question but for me, as a 48 year old supporter who lived in London, I associate Palace with Croydon more than London.
When I was going to Palace every week (80s and 90s) I would go to Croydon before the game and there afterwards. Maybe that is influencing my view?
However, when the Crystal Palace was erected on Penge Common where Crystal Palace Park now exists it wasn't in the old County of London (which existed from 1889 to 1965), it was outside. Furthermore, every Palace ground including Selhurst Park has been outside of London until Greater London was formed in 1965, the same can be said for for Tottenham.
So historically Palace isn't a London club, we just became absorbed into London.
Why is this relevant? Sooner or later we'll have to move grounds to grow and we can't afford to get a new site inside the London postal area so moving out into Surrey is probably the best we can do. As we were founded and have been a Surrey club maybe taking that identity is the way forward?
Surrey's only league club inside a London borough (Croydon)?
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