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  • Kingstonian 3 Hampton & Richmond 2

    Underdogs Kingstonian's best display of the season saw them beat a strong Hampton & Richmond side in the second round of the Westview League Cup at Kingsmeadow on Monday. Ks raced to a three-goal lead before the Beavers responded in the last half-hour

  • Merton 41 Old Rutlishians 10

    Merton retained local bragging rights with an emphatic 41-10 victory over near-neighbours Old Rutlishians at Morden Rec on Saturday when skipper Chuck Sanger led from the front until injury forced him from the field in the closing minutes. Old Ruts

  • Finals success for Colliers Wood

    Colliers Wood enjoyed great success in the Wimbledon & District finals, writes Len Waite. Derek Anderson was champion of champions winner with Bob Pike winning the over-60s event. Sandra Pike and Pat Bullot were ladies' pairs runners-up with Derek

  • New signage sanctioned to stop motorists

    A new large black and yellow sign is set to be installed at a confusing road junction. The sign at the London Road junction with Poplar Walk in West Croydon is being put in place after the Croydon Guardian revealed dozens of motorists were being fined

  • Gosport & Fareham 12 Old Wimbledonians 16

    The opening match of the season saw a long journey to the Solent to be met by a brown pitch not yet recovered from the summer heat, writes Kevin Donovan. Old Wimbledonians, fielding six young newcomers and only five of last season's regulars, showed

  • Truancy patrol hits streets in weeks ahead

    Truancy officers will be patrolling Croydon's streets next month in a bid to catch absent schoolchildren. All young people seen in Croydon during school hours will be questioned by the council's education welfare officers - even if they are with an adult

  • Tube and bus cash fairs soar

    The cash fare for a single zone 1 Tube trip will soar from £3 to £4 next year, while the cash fare for a single bus will rise to £2 - a 33 per cent increase. In a move designed to let people switch from cash to the Oyster smartcard, Oyster fares for

  • UN recognises efforts of ‘peace ambassadors’

    A South Norwood couple have received a prestigious award from a United Nations organisation for their work to help needy children in Africa. Sarai Burke and fiance Darren Campbell have been working with the national charity Hearts to Africa since 2002

  • Croydon Planning Applications

    Addiscombe 21 Blake Road, Croydon: erection of extension to garage and extension of vehicular access. Flat 2, 235 Addiscombe Road, Croydon: internal alterations. Ashburton 7 Ashurst Walk, Croydon: alterations and use of garage as habitable room; erection

  • Godalming Town 0 Kingstonian 1

    Kingstonian, missing unwell striker James Rose, squandered several chances, including a penalty, but a goal from Scott Corbett was enough to give them a 1-0 win at Godalming Town on Saturday - their first away victory of the season. With surging runs

  • Entertaining Angels

    Entertaining Angels is something of a departure for actress Penelope Keith. While it's obviously a comedy, Keith mainly plays it straight as a recently widowed vicar's wife who is coming to terms with her loss. She still delivers comic lines with aplomb

  • Corinthians Casuals 0 Fleet Town 2

    Fleet did just enough to leave with three points but on another day the score could well have ended at four or five each as chances on goal continue to flourish with Casuals style of attacking football. Eddie Smith did the early damage for Fleet as he

  • Eastleigh 1 Sutton United 0

    Sutton suffered more disappointment on Saturday when after conceding a messy goal after just six minutes they did enough to feel that they should have come away with at least a share of the points, but a combination of disappointing finishing, and the