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Daily Mail
4 hours ago
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- Daily Mail
Crystal Palace appeal Europa League banishment to Court of Arbitration for Sport, as 'expected date of verdict is revealed'
Crystal Palace have submitted an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over their demotion from the Europa League to the Conference League. The Eagles had looked to be participating in the second tier of European competition after beating Manchester City in the FA Cup final in May to win their first-ever major trophy. Their bid to overturn the decision comes two weeks after they were barred from competing in the Europa League due to rules on multi-club ownership, with American businessman John Textor also being the majority owner of Lyon. MORE TO FOLLOW...
Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
Newcastle sign former Manchester United defender Aoife Mannion
Newcastle United Women have completed the signing of former Manchester United defender Aoife Mannion. Mannion, 29, left Manchester United at the end of her contract on June 30 following four years with last season's FA Cup finalists. She follows Jordan Nobbs in dropping down from the Women's Super League to join second tier Newcastle this summer, after the WSL record appearance holder's move to the club was confirmed on Tuesday. 'It feels so good to be part of the club,' Mannion said in an official Newcastle statement. 'It is clear to everybody the direction this club is going in, it's really exciting to be a part of.' The Republic of Ireland international made 55 appearances for United in all competitions after her transfer from Manchester City in 2021. She came on as a substitute in the 2024 FA Cup final to win her and the club's first major trophy, beating Tottenham Hotspur 4-0. Mannion was sidelined for 11 months while at Manchester United after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in February 2022 — the second of her career. She represented England at youth level and received call ups to the senior side without making her full debut, before switching her international allegiance to the Republic of Ireland and making her debut in 2023. She has appeared 16 times for the national side. Newcastle finished fifth in the WSL 2, formerly the Championship, last season, their first campaign in the second tier. This article originally appeared in The Athletic. Newcastle United, Women's Soccer 2025 The Athletic Media Company
BBC News
4 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Former Man Utd defender Mannion joins Newcastle
WSL 2 side Newcastle United have signed Aoife Mannion on a permanent of Ireland defender Mannion, 29, left Manchester United in June following the expiration of her her time with United, Mannion won the Women's FA Cup, coming on as a substitute in the 4-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the 2024 final."I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in and trying to hit the ground running," she said."It is clear to everybody the direction this club is going in, it's really exciting to be a part of."Newcastle United manager Becky Langley said the defender, who has 16 Republic of Ireland caps, "brings a wealth of WSL experience".She added: "She is a defender who loves to be on the ball and will be a leader in the backline. She also has exceptional ability defending in one-v-one situations."Her ambitions match perfectly with ours and we are excited to work with her."
New York Times
4 days ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Newcastle sign former Manchester United defender Aoife Mannion
Newcastle United Women have completed the signing of former Manchester United defender Aoife Mannion. Mannion, 29, left Manchester United at the end of her contract on June 30 following four years with last season's FA Cup finalists. She follows Jordan Nobbs in dropping down from the Women's Super League to join second tier Newcastle this summer, after the WSL record appearance holder's move to the club was confirmed on Tuesday. 'It feels so good to be part of the club,' Mannion said in an official Newcastle statement. 'It is clear to everybody the direction this club is going in, it's really exciting to be a part of.' The Republic of Ireland international made 55 appearances for United in all competitions after her transfer from Manchester City in 2021. She came on as a substitute in the 2024 FA Cup final to win her and the club's first major trophy, beating Tottenham Hotspur 4-0. Mannion was sidelined for 11 months while at Manchester United after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury in February 2022 — the second of her career. Advertisement She represented England at youth level and received call ups to the senior side without making her full debut, before switching her international allegiance to the Republic of Ireland and making her debut in 2023. She has appeared 16 times for the national side. Newcastle finished fifth in the WSL 2, formerly the Championship, last season, their first campaign in the second tier.
The Sun
5 days ago
- Sport
- The Sun
The little club has been pushed aside again in favour of one with more money, fumes Palace legend after Europa League KO
GEOFF THOMAS knows exactly how Crystal Palace fans are feeling after Uefa booted them out of the Europa League. That is because the former England midfielder was their captain when Uefa denied them what should have been a European spot in 1991. 13 13 And he blasted: 'It feels like the little club has been pushed aside again in favour of somebody with more money.' Palace finished a club-record third while second-placed Liverpool were banned from Europe following the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985. But in April 1991, with only a few games left, Uefa announced they were allowing Liverpool back in. And it felt like deja vu for Palace legend Thomas when Uefa stated they were relegating his ex-club to the less glamorous Conference League because they had fallen foul of multi-ownership rules. John Textor, who has a controlling stake in Lyon, owned 43 per cent of Palace before he agreed to sell it last month. And Uefa have opted to boot FA Cup-winners Palace out at the expense of the French team who finished sixth in Ligue 1. Nottingham Forest have been told they will take the Eagles' English spot. This is despite the Eagles winning the FA Cup by stunning Manchester City in May's final at Wembley. Thomas, who is currently raising money for Care Leukaemia by riding at his SEVENTH Tour de France, told SunSport: 'It's as though Uefa have found a loophole not to let Palace into a competition which they rightly qualified for after winning the FA Cup. 'The little club has been pushed aside again in favour of somebody with more money.' The injustice of 1991 was the goal-posts for European qualification being moved with only a few games left — when it had been believed all season, if Liverpool finished in the top two, third place would secure a UEFA Cup spot. 13 13 13 13 Thomas said: 'It felt like a pipe dream for a club like Palace to get into Europe but with us sitting third during an incredible season everyone thought we were going to do it. 'Then all of a sudden when we qualified for Europe the ban was lifted on a great side. There's no getting away from that. We were devastated. 'Everyone wanted Liverpool to be in Europe — but they were banned for crowd trouble.' It had a devastating effect on Palace's fortunes which eventually saw them relegated two years later. Thomas, who made 195 appearances for the Eagles, said: 'We went on to lose key players like Ian Wright, Mark Bright and Andy Gray. 'We had a good nucleus of a side with players like Nigel Martyn and John Salako. 'Had we got into Europe that would obviously have allowed us to increase our player power in the transfer market. 13 13 13 'And it would have helped get Selhurst Park up to some sort of order. It would've given us the perfect opportunity to redevelop the ground.' Thomas believes it was a watershed moment for the club - and added: 'We had just narrowly missed out on winning the FA Cup in our first season in the top flight in 1990 and then we finished third. 'It just felt like we were a team that was really gelling and building. We were a group of guys who probably, in some ways, had a last chance to make a name for ourselves. 'And collectively, we were doing that. We were such a tight bunch and so similar. 'I can see many similarities to our present-day squad in terms of the characters and skills.' Thomas believes the 1991 team could have gone on made a name for themselves on the continent. 13 He said: 'It's always hard to say once an opportunity is gone — but we had the abilities in that squad to really upset some of the bigger European clubs at that time. 'So we'll never know exactly what would've happened and that's why it was so frustrating. And the same can be said with this present team.' Chairman Steve Parish is appealing the decision by taking it to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Yet in a worst-case scenario Palace will at least compete in the Europa Conference League, which Chelsea and West Ham have won. But Thomas rapped: 'Yes but it feels you must go very deep into that competition, probably the semi-finals, before you can get any sort of atmosphere or excitement. 'The earlier games just feel like another match and more trauma on the pockets of fans. 'Palace supporters deserve better than this. They've been a real force behind this team's success, building a huge reputation for being the most vocal and should be looking forward to playing some of Europe's top teams.' Geoff's incredible Tour de France triumph 13 GEOFF THOMAS will cycle into Paris on Sunday completing a staggering SEVENTH Tour de France spanning 2,074 miles. The 60-year-old former Crystal Palace star was marking the 20th anniversary of his first appearance at the event just months after he miraculously beat blood cancer. Thomas is raising funds for Cure Leukaemia, founded by Prof Charlie Craddock, who helped save his life. Thomas was initially given THREE MONTHS to live in 2003 but Craddock put him on chemotherapy treatment that took his life expectancy back to three years — before performing a stem cell transplant from his sister Kay that put him in remission in 2005. Yet having competed in six Tours, his last one four years ago, he feared his cycling days were over when he got grade four arthritis in his knees. Thomas said: 'Premier League medical advisor Mark Gillett told me about a hydrogel injection called Arthrosamid that he could give me through a company called Regener8 Healthcare. 'It gave me instant relief in January and after a couple of weeks I was back on my bike training for this. 13 13 'I've not been able to train as much as the other guys but wanted to be involved as it's not only 20 years ago I went into remission and rode this event but have reached the grand old age of 60. 'My dad died at 60 just a few weeks after being diagnosed with lung cancer so it was all very poignant. 'He smoked 80 cigarettes a day. I thought he lived happily throughout his life, maybe naively, but having reached 60 myself there is so much more to look forward to. So this was a little nod to him.' Thomas has enjoyed cycling down the years and has raised millions of pounds for Care Leukaemia. And he tells a great story about the time his ex-Palace team-mate Ian Wright joined him and John Salako in a charity ride from London to Paris. He said: 'It put him off cycling. Wrighty is always a bundle of fun — but when he was on a bike he wasn't! 'He wasn't very good. He had his good mate Mitchell Thomas trying to look after him — but just kept falling off his bike. On one occasion he went headlong into a bush! 'Wrighty has since retired from cycling!'
