Selhurst Park is a football stadium in south London, in the London Borough of Croydon, designed by the Scottish architect Archibald Leitch, who also designed many of England's leading grounds. It was built for Crystal Palace, who moved there after leaving their earlier ground at the Crystal Palace site, and it opened with a match against Sheffield Wednesday. During the 1980s and 1990s it was also used by other teams, including Charlton Athletic and Wimbledon, which shared it for some years. The stadium has been expanded and modernized in stages, including a new main stand in the 2010s. It is known for the loud support of the Crystal Palace crowd, especially in the Holmesdale Road stand.
Before and after
- 12 June 1924Birth of George H. W. Bush
- 24 June 1924Founding of Hungarian National Bank
- July 1924Founding of Adidas AG
- 20 July 1924Founding of FIDE
- August 1924Construction of Selhurst Park
- 1 August 1924Birth of Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
- 23 August 1924Founding of AS Monaco FC
- 12 September 1924Construction of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
- 16 September 1924Birth of Lauren Bacall
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