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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Ed Aarons and Nick Ames

‘A terrible injustice’: Parish hits out after Crystal Palace axed from Europa League

Dejected Crystal Palace players
Crystal Palace had expected their FA Cup final win to guarantee entry to the Europa League. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty Images

Crystal Palace have been banned from the Europa League and moved into the Conference League after Uefa concluded the FA Cup ­winners were in breach of its multi-club ownership rules.

The Palace chair Steve Parish described the decision as “probably one of the greatest injustices that has ever happened in European football” and said that the club - who have never played in a major European competition - are likely to appeal to the court of arbitration for sport.

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