The negative press? It's a constant battle. To let these kids [in Croydon] know even if it wasn't football, any other industry that you try to go into, you have to deal with all those situations ...

"You would never expect to experience what we did, not in football, especially not in the non-league game." Smith was just a fan of Croydon Athletic ... organised open trials unearthed enough ...

The Croydon Eagles also play competitively in the South London Grassroots Football League, set up in 2010 by NHS Mental ... the parents are very grateful and the kids enjoy it, that’s what it’s all ...