Sydenham Town Forum

Hill Dweller: Re the point about the area being established to accommodate large crowds. Sorry, but it was. Crystal Palace used to host the FA Cup final. Attendances varied between 60,000 and, would you believe, 120,000. Of course the park was established for large crowds. That's why Upper Norwood i...

The bar pitch and the hockey pitch are one and the same, I think. Our group varies between 10 and 16 players, so we typically use the hockey goals and use space markers to divide the pitch in half. Any more than 12 on the indoor pitch and it's too busy, so the bar pitch is the one. More than happy t...

I've organised five-a-side at Crystal Palace since 1999 (we're the group 'Monday Fives' on Facebook) and I can confirm there's a decent (indoor) five-a-side pitch there. It has the same rubber crumb astroturf as Goals, but a much bigger area (we've no problem running six against six on it). If you k...

Is one match every week and a half "regular"? They'd doubtless use it for other fixtures and concerts, of course, but that's still unlikely to average more than one event a week.

The entire infrastructure of Crystal Palace Park was designed around regular attendances for large events at the original Palace. With the exception of the station that used to be on Crystal Palace Parade, it's all still there – Crystal Palace station, Penge West, Penge East, the bus terminus. In fa...