Stadium MK consortium offered this proposition to several Football League clubs, including Luton Town, Crystal Palace, Barnet, Queens Park Rangers, and Wimbledon F.C.. Wimbledon F.C., who had groundshared at Crystal Palace's Selhurst Park ground since 1991, adopted the Milton Keynes plan after the appointment of a new chairman, Charles Koppel, in January 2001. Koppel said that such action was necessary to prevent Wimbledon F.C.'s going out of business. He announced Wimbledon F.C.'s intent to move on 2 August 2001 with a letter to the Football League requesting approval, stating that Wimbledon had already signed an agreement to relocate and "subject to the
History of Crystal Palace F.C. History of Crystal Palace F.C. The history of Crystal Palace Football Club is an article about an English professional association football club based in Selhurst, London. The origins of the club go back to the famous Crystal Palace Exhibition building where they were formed in 1905 and during their early years the club played their home games at the FA Cup Final stadium which was situated inside the historic Palace grounds. This article fully documents the history of the club from its formation all the way through to the present day. As far back as 1854, the famous glass exhibition