- This page is on the former stadium of Croydon Common F. C. and Crystal Palace F. C. For the ex-Norwich City F. C. stadium of the same name see The Nest (football ground). This page is on the former stadium of Norwich City FC For the ex-Crystal Palace F
Croydon Common Athletic Ground, commonly referred to as The Nest, was a football stadium in Selhurst, south London. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Selhurst is a suburban development in the London Borough of Croydon south-south-east of Charing Cross. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The original occupiers of the ground were Croydon Common F.C., the Robins[1], who occupied it from 1908 to 1917. Croydon Common Football Club were an amateur and then professional football club based in Croydon.
It was also the home ground of Crystal Palace F.C. from 1918 until 1924. Crystal Palace FC is an English football club based in South Norwood, London. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Prior to Croydon Common's occupation, the land was owned by the church commissioners, and as a result conditions were entered onto both Croydon Commons and Crystal Palace's leases that no gambling or selling of alcohol could take place on the ground, and that no matches could take place on Christmas day or Good Friday. The 1872 1:10,560 Ordnance Survey Map merely shows the land as being "Selhurst Wood" prior to the ground being formed.
Crystal Palace
The club moved to The Nest in 1918, having spent four years at the Herne Hill Athletics Stadium and gained promotion 1920-21 season by winning the Division Three championship (Later to become known as Division 3 (South)). Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Herne Hill Velodrome is a Velodrome or Track cycling venue in south London. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar There is no connection between the Crystal Palace nickname 'The Eagles' and the name of this former ground - the nickname only coming about in the 1970's via the flamboyant manager Malcolm Allison.
In 1924, the club bought a new state-of-the-art ground, Selhurst Park, which would be their home into the next century. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Selhurst Park is a British football Stadium located in the London suburb of South Norwood in the Borough of Croydon
The site of The Nest is now a train depot for the rail company "Southern". The only remaining trace of this ground is the front wall along Selhurst Road, opposite the railway station.
References
- ^ Twydell, Dave (1991). Football League Grounds For A Change, pp. 121. ISBN 0-9513321-4-7.