Oliver Glasner will fancy his chances of winning the Conference League but the fans have been left disappointed
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he news Steve Parish was dreading arrived less than 24 hours after he basked in the glory of watching Crystal Palace win their second trophy in three months. Parish had been confident that the club’s appeal against their demotion from the Europa League would succeed as he discussed their prospects at Wembley Stadium after beating Liverpool in the Community Shield on Sunday.
“I really am, even more after Friday,” the club chair said. “I don’t understand that we cannot be in the competition. I really can’t. But it’s up to the judges to decide. We trust them and that they listened to everything we said so let’s see.”
Confirmation from the court of arbitration for sport that it had upheld the decision made by Uefa’s club financial control body to punish Palace for breaching its multiclub ownership rules has brought Parish and the team’s fans back to earth.
