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One ending a 35-year wait to lift the Premier League in front of fans, the other ending a 164-year wait to win a first-ever major trophy.

They now begin the new campaign against one another, the Community Shield on the line, albeit off the back of two respective summers that have paled in contrast.

Three months on from their Wembley miracle, besting Manchester City to win the FA Cup, Palace’s off-season has been plagued by the ongoing battle to keep their subsequent Europa League dream alive.



The club were found to have breached multi-club ownership rules for Uefa competitions, crucially missing the March 1 deadline to demonstrate that then co-owner John Textor, also part-owner at Lyon, had no control or influence over more than one club in the same competition.

Crystal Palace qualified for the Europa League by winning the FA Cup but they have now been demoted by Uefa (Getty Images)

It led to a European demotion for the Eagles, who have been ordered to play in the Conference League, while Nottingham Forest have been the ultimate beneficiary - bumped up to the continent’s second-tier tournament after voicing their own concerns about Palace’s Europa League place.

If we play Conference League it feels like we are punished, but being innocent.

So I think it's all of us, it's the same, and this is how we feel, or how we felt about the Uefa decision."

Oliver Glasner feels the “innocent are being punished” following Palace’s European demotion (The FA via Getty Images)

But before they discover their ultimate fate, Glasner will have to lead his side into battle at the same stomping grounds where history was achieved in May.

If it's the League Cup, FA Cup, let alone [the] Premier League or Champions League, normally you win something in the end of the season.

It should be the lasting memory of the afternoon.

Liverpool fans pay tribute to Diogo Jota outside Anfield (PA)

The game will also bring the biggest congregation of Reds fans since their ill-fated Premier League title parade - a day of celebration that turned into one of terror when a car driven by a 53-year-old Liverpudlian ploughed into his own people.
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