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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Ed Aarons

Parish blames Nottingham Forest for Crystal Palace’s Europa League demotion

Crystal Palace fans protest outside Selhurst Park on Tuesday against the club’s demotion from the Europa League.
Crystal Palace fans protest outside Selhurst Park on Tuesday against the club’s demotion from the Europa League. Photograph: Tom Dulat/Getty Images

Steve Parish has suggested that Nottingham Forest are to blame for Crystal Palace’s demotion from the Europa League to the Conference League, and confirmed the FA Cup winners will appeal to the court of arbitration for sport over Uefa’s decision.

European football’s governing body ruled last week that Palace had breached its multiclub ownership rules, with Forest expected to be promoted to the Europa League in their place. It was revealed last month that Forest had written to Uefa to raise concerns that Palace could be in breach of regulations that bar clubs with the same owner from competing in the same competition if an individual or ownership group is considered to have a decisive influence over more than one of those teams.

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