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
Selhurst and West Croydon. There are also hourly train services to London Bridge from West Croydon, and nearby Norwood Junction provides many more services, including the new East London Line. Selhurst Depot is mainly used by the Southern train operating company. London Bus Route 75 and London Bus Route 157 both run the length of Selhurst Road, terminating at Croydon & Lewisham (75) and Morden & Crystal Palace (157). Selhurst is in Zone 4 of the London Transport Network. Selhurst Selhurst is a London suburb in the Borough of Croydon south-south-east of Charing Cross. The area is bounded by South Norwood,