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propelled the club into the possibility of folding due to this financial crisis now embedded on the club. However, after 4 months of uncertainty the club raised the funds and escaped administration and extinction with many supporters providing loans to the club. On 30 April 2016, it was announced that the departure of the first team management team of Glynn
Stephens and Steve Hurd would take place at the end of the season.. On 19 May 2016 announced that Crystal Palace Academy Scout Network Manager Danny Fox had been appointed as first team manager.
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in 1974 to form
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came from the south coast to face
Dorking. Before the match, players from young local football clubs were there to greet Vaughan with a special plaque. A record midweek floodlit attendance of 2,206 watched the match, in which Vaughan played the first five minutes of the match before being
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Division Two and gained promotion in 2005/ to
Division 1 South of Isthmian League but sadly got relegated in the first season. The following season as a result of the restructuring of non-league football they joined the
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XI. A two-minute silence was observed by the players, officials and supporters, to show their respect and fondness for the former captain before the game, in which 1,201 spectators saw Palace beat
Dorking 5–1.
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