Plough Lane Plough Lane Plough Lane was a football stadium in Wimbledon, south west London. For nearly eighty years it was the home ground of Wimbledon Football Club, from September 1912 until May 1991, when the club moved their first team home matches to Selhurst Park as part of a groundshare agreement with Crystal Palace. Both clubs' reserve teams then used Plough Lane as their home ground until 1998, when the site was sold to Safeway. Whilst site redevelopment plans were negotiated, the stadium remained derelict for several years until it was finally demolished in 2002. The site then became a private
Crystal Palace F.C. West Norwood F.C. at Herne Hill Velodrome. Three years later the club moved again to the Nest due to the folding of Croydon Common F.C.. During this period, Palace also won the London Challenge Cup three times in 1913, 1914, and 1921. The club joined the Football League Third Division in the 1920–21 season, finishing as champions and gaining promotion to the Second Division. Palace then moved to the purpose-built stadium Selhurst Park in 1924, which is the ground the club still plays at today. The opening fixture at Selhurst Park was against Sheffield Wednesday, Palace losing 0–1 in front