Most read

Here's a quick update on the most-read stories on our website.

Of course you can see the daily top five on the homepage, but it's interesting to see how it pans out over a longer period sometimes.

So, without further ado, these are the most popular stories on thisiscroydontoday.co.uk since the start of the year:

1) Teen stabbed in Whitgift Centre
2) Freedman set for Leeds switch
3) Boy, 14, had sex with member of his own family
4) The Warnock curse strikes Liverpool again
5) Is this Croydon's worst home?
6) Notorious Croydon gangster deported
7) Passengers cheat death in bus crash
8) Football thugs jailed for nightclub brawl
9) Club blames smoking ban for closure
10) Victim of fatal crash named.

Conclusions: Anything with sex in the headline will do well, no matter how grubby the tale; Palace stories will always score highly, particularly if they involve Neil Warnock have a pop at over-sentimental Scousers; crime is as popular online as in print.

On the subject of Palace, things were looking so bleak earlier in the year that our sports editor booked a holiday timed to coincide with the play-offs, confident there was more chance of Peter Taylor sprouting a second head than guiding the Eagles into the top six.

Now, though, it looks like he'll be heading overseas at the same time Palace are - hopefully - heading to Wembley. How things change.