Overview

• UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body last Friday demoted Crystal Palace to the Europa Conference League after finding the club failed to restructure John Textor’s multi-club ownership by the March 1 deadline.
• Nottingham Forest now feature as England’s second Europa League entrant on UEFA’s official list despite the outcome of Palace’s appeal remaining undecided.
• Palace has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport arguing that Textor’s influence had been removed; UEFA rejected his post-deadline 43% stake transfer to Woody Johnson.
• Chair Steve Parish denounced the ruling as “the biggest injustice in the history of football” and urged UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin to intervene.
• Holmesdale Fanatics have called for supporters to march from Norwood Clocktower to Selhurst Park on Tuesday evening to protest the demotion.