CRYSTAL PALACE fans chanted “f**k Uefa” during a furious protest led by their ultras following their Europa League demotion.
Angry supporters marched towards Selhurst Park and held a banner which read: “UEFA: Morally bankrupt. Revoke the ruling now”.
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PASupporters gathered outside Selhurst Park to let their voices be heard[/caption]
Uefa have listed Nottingham Forest as Palace’s official replacements
It comes after the FA Cup winners dropped into the Conference League.
They look set to be replaced by Nottingham Forest, whose owner Evangelos Marinakis was targeted by Palace supporters during the protests.
Holmesdale Fanatics have a “delegation of lads” travelling to Uefa’s headquarters in Nyon to continue protesting.
Hundreds of fans gathered outside the club’s home stadium to let their voices be heard.
Fans could be seen climbing on top of walls as anti Uefa chants were sung and flares were let off.
Walls outside of Selhurst Park were also left with graffiti reading “UEFA mafia”.
Palace bosses are appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in a bid to get their demotion overturned.
Selhurst Park chiefs will argue that there is no question of former Lyon owner John Textor, who has now sold his entire 44.9 per cent stake in the Eagles, having “decisive” control over Palace.
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Chairman Steve Parish urged Uefa President Aleksander Ceferin to intervene and prevent his club from suffering “the biggest injustice in the history of football”.
When Uefa announced the decision of its Club Financial Control Body on Friday there was no confirmation that Forest, who finished seventh in the Prem, would be elevated in place of the FA Cup winners.
PAA fan urged a ‘boycott’ of Uefa[/caption]
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It was explained that a formal confirmation would not come until after the outcome of Palace’s CAS appeal was known.
But Uefa’s official website list of entrants for the Europa League now has Forest’s name alongside Aston Villa as England’s representatives – with Chelsea not taking up their place as Conference League winners because of their qualification for the Champions League.
While it might have been explained as a glitch, the official list contains a number of other domestic cup winners who Palace expected to be joining in the competition.
They include Coppa Italia winners Bologna, German Pokal winners Stuttgart and Dutch side Go Ahead Eagles.
Parish and Palace were left heartbroken by the Uefa decision, which came despite the FA contacting Euro bosses on their behalf and urging leniency.
Hopes that Palace could persuade the Lausanne-based CAS that Uefa’s decision to bring the multi club ownership disengagement deadline forward from June to March 1 was unfair were hit by a ruling from the Court on Monday.
CAS dismissed a similar argument from Slovakian side DAC 1904 after they were booted out of the Conference League because they are under the same ownership umbrella as Hungarian club Gyori.
DAC claimed Uefa’s change to the “relevant assessment date” was “invalid and not enforceable”.
However, the CAS judges unanimously ruled: “The change of the assessment date was in accordance with the procedures established by the Uefa Statutes.”
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