by The followers of Crystal Palace took to the streets on Tuesday evening to protest against Uefa’s decision to exclude the club from the Europa League.
Under the direction of Holmesdale Fanatics (HF) of the fan group, hundreds of Norwood Clocktower marched to Selhurst Park and expressed their dissatisfaction with Uefas decision.
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Banner, including a parody logo “Corruption League” and a heart “UEFA: Morally bankruptcy, carried demonstrators. “Uefa Maffia” graffiti also appeared near Selhurst Park.
A HF spokesman stood on the walls outside the stadium to turn to the assembled demonstrators, who then triggered the pyrotechnics below it.
He called for “collective actions” against “Uefas corruption” and added that the management committee “would bend the rules for clubs like Manchester City”.
(Image: Pa) The former game of the day, host Gary Lineker and Palace’s FA Cup-drawn captain Joel Ward, has contributed to spreading the word on their social media accounts.
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The protest comes for a month after the fans celebrated the Historical Fa Cup triumph of the palace on the same streets -the situations offer a pretty contrast.
How did we get here?
The protest was triggered by the decision by UEFA to degrade the FA Cupal Palace to the Conference League because he had violated the regulations for the property of multi-clubs.
Eagle Football Holdings, led by the American businessman John Textor, has a 43% participation in Crystal Palace together with a majority share of the French club Lyon.
With both clubs that qualify for the Europa League, the UEFA rules have determined that clubs of the same person or the same company cannot take part in the same European competition.
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As a result, the Palace will now take part in the qualifying rounds of the Conference League instead of participating in the Europa League phase. Nottingham Forest, who took 7th place in the Premier League, took her place.
The supporters of the palace on their march made their feelings clear to the textor and forest owner Evangelos Marinakis and sang:
Textor is currently completing the sale of his participation to Crystal Palace to New York Jets owner Woody Johnson.
Where next?
The HF states that the protest is the first of numerous with a “delegation of the boys” plans to the UEFA headquarters in Nyon.
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The group also collects donations for a display before the first home game of the season against Crystal Palace against Nottingham Forest next month.
A petition for re -hiring Crystal Palace in the Europa League has received almost 3,000 signatures since the start on Friday.
Palace examines legal options, including an appeal procedure at the arbitral tribunal for sport, but hope that high -ranking UEFA officers will rethink the decision before the matter reaches this phase.
Uefa declined a statement.
