Crystal Palace to make 'major' stadium announcement before Christmas, Steve Parish confirms

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has told fans they can expect a 'major announcement' regarding stadium developments before Christmas.

In January 2011, Parish targeted the National Sports Centre - just over two miles from Selhurst Park - as a development site for a new 40,000-seat stadium, but those plans are yet to come to fruition.

Speaking at Boxpark, where he was joined by manager Roy Hodgson and a number of senior players, Parish did not let on as to whether or not the announcement would involve relocation or redevelopment of Selhurst Park.

According to the Croydon Advertiser, Parish said: "We've been working very hard for a long time, to try and get the right idea and we think we've now got it, so this side of Christmas there will be a major announcement.

"When I came into this thing, the aim was to bring something for all of us to be proud of on the pitch and very importantly off the pitch.

"We want to give everybody in Croydon a south London stadium that we can all be proud of and not lose our atmosphere and uniqueness.

"That's a dream for me, a lifelong dream and one that hopefully everybody will share when they see what we've put together.

"It's fantastically exciting times for us to look forward to."