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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Crystal Palace seek increased security for volatile meeting with Nottingham Forest

Crystal Palace fans during a protest march outside Selhurst Park in July
Crystal Palace supporters are likely to protest against their Europa League demotion when they host Nottingham Forest. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Crystal Palace are in talks with Nottingham Forest, and the Metropolitan police, over the provision of increased security for the Premier League match between the teams at Selhurst Park on Sunday.

Palace supporters are understood to be planning a protest at the fixture over Forest’s perceived role in getting them demoted to the Conference League, with Nuno Espírito Santo’s side replacing Palace in the Europa League after they were found by Uefa’s club financial control body to have broken multiclub ownership rules due to their former shareholder John Textor’s ownership of the French club Lyon, who also qualified for the latter competition.

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