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Steve Parish has revealed that plans for a new stadium for Crystal Palace are now moving quickly.

Eagles have been exploring options for a new ground for a number of years, but have found a number of roadblocks in their path.

But fans will not have to wait too much longer for the latest developments on where the club will be playing in the future, with chairman Parish revealing that a "major announcement" will be made before Christmas.

Speaking at Boxpark this evening, where Parish, manager Roy Hodgson and a numerous first team players were attending the official Christmas lights switch on, 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."