Why Crystal Palace have been kicked out of the Europa League

On today's FSD, Niall and Marley discuss the mess that is the ongoing dispute between Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest and UEFA around next season's Europa League place. Palace won the right to play in the competition through their FA Cup triumph, but part-owner John Textor's involvement with French side Lyon caused a breach of the rules regarding ownership, and Forest have been bumped into the Europa League, with Palace relegated into the Conference League. Is it a fair punishment for Palace to be turfed out of the competition they qualified for fair and square? Or is it a case of rules being rules and followed to the last detail? Evangelos Marinakis avoided a similar situation by putting his ownership of Forest into a 'blind trust' in order to comply with UEFA's rules, which seems like a convenient outcome. The lads go through the ins and outs of a sticky situation on today's podcast!

Keep up to date with us on our socials here:Twitter: https://twitter.com/FSDPodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@footballsocialdailyTelegram Group: https://t.me/FootballSocial
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is Football Social Daily.
We are an award-winning Premier League podcast bringing you all the latest news, views and opinions from the EPL.
We tackle all the juicy top flight talking points, speaking with fans and of course big interviews with former and current Premier League footballers.
Hit follow so you never miss a show and don't forget to get involved with us on social media.

Twitter: @FSDPod
TikTok: @footballsocialdaily
Telegram Group: https://t.me/FootballSocial

Find us on the Sport Social website:
https://podcast.sport-social.co.uk/podcast/football-social-daily/

• No. of episodes: 1,844
• Latest episode: 2025-08-11
• Sports News Sports News Soccer

Where can you listen?