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Can Crystal Palace rise again?
Tomorrow's Championship play-off final could give the latest top flight boost to South London's snakes-and-ladders club Tomorrow I'll be at Wembley to watch the Championship play-off final between Watford and Crystal Palace, the south London club whose fortunes over recent decades amount to one of London football's more vivid and varied stories. Having married into a Palace family, I've taken a heightened historical interest in all those surges, slumps, unequal top flight struggles and spectacular giant killings. Though never securely among the capital's elite, Palace have, nonetheless, at…
26 May » GuardianChampions League: the day London became just a small town in Germany
150,000 descend on the capital to see Munich beat Dortmund in all-German football final at Wembley For one day only, the Wembley Tavern was a sea of garish yellow and black on Saturday as it played host to chanting Borussia Dortmund fans, while Thirsty Eddie's on the High Road was reserved for Bayern Munich supporters. But by the end of the night, it was the red half of Wembley that was celebrating loudly into the night after 90 pulsating minutes of football played to a raucous soundtrack from the stands. Dutch winger Arjen Robben, who missed a penalty in last year's Champions League final,…
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Sporadic fighting in London as German fans await Champions League final
Majority of 100,000 supporters of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund behaving themselves before Wembley match There were isolated street fights as up to 100,000 German fans took to the streets of London in anticipation of Saturday evening's Champions League final. Supporters of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund were drinking and partying throughout the city. Only some have tickets for the first all German final, which is taking place at Wembley. While the vast majority of fans were behaving normally, the few outbreaks of violence were quickly dealt with by police – and equally…
25 May » GuardianGerman football fans bring festive spirit to London - in pictures
Fans of Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich descend on London ahead of the Champions League final at Wembley stadium Josy Forsdike
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