Palace fans march demanding Uefa reverses Europa demotion

Furious Crystal Palace supporters have demanded that Uefa reverses its decision to demote the FA Cup winners from the Europa League to the Conference League next season as they staged a protest march outside Selhurst Park yesterday evening.

- Ed Aarons

It was confirmed last week that Uefa's club financial control body had concluded Palace breached its multiclub ownership criteria, with the London club expected to appeal to the court of arbitration for sport against a decision that their chair, Steve Parish, described as "probably one of the greatest injustices that has ever happened in European football".

Parish also revealed the New York Jets owner, Woody Johnson, has passed the Premier League's owners and directors test that should enable him to complete his purchase of John Textor's 43% stake in the coming days. However, with Uefa deeming that move came too late to save them, having ruled that Textor's Eagle Football Holdings Ltd had controlling stakes over both the French club Lyon and Palace, a protest organised by the supporters' group the Holmesdale Fanatics was attended by hundreds of fans who marched from Norwood High Street to Palace's stadium.