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Crystal Palace charged over fans’ lurid banner targeting Nottingham Forest owner Marinakis

Crystal Palace charged over fans' lurid banner targeting Nottingham Forest owner Marinakis | iNFOnews.ca
FILE -Olympiacos president Evangelos Marinakis is on the field before the Conference League Final soccer match between Olympiacos FC and ACF Fiorentina at OPAP Arena in Athens, Greece, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

LONDON (AP) — Crystal Palace was charged by the English soccer federation Wednesday over a provocative fan banner targeting Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis.

The banner, making lurid unproven allegations about Marinakis’s business career, was displayed at the Palace-Forest game in the Premier League on Aug. 24.

“It’s alleged that the club failed to ensure its spectators and/or supporters … didn’t behave in an improper, offensive, abusive, insulting and/or provocative way,” the Football Association said.

Palace fans have blamed Marinakis for fueling a UEFA investigation into their club’s ownership structure that saw the 2025 FA Cup winner demoted to the third-tier Europa Conference League this season and Forest elevated into the second-tier Europa League.

Palace has been charged with misconduct and given until Tuesday to respond for the disciplinary investigation.

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