As Crystal Palace’s players emerged for their Conference League clash against AEK Larnaca last month, fans in the Holmesdale Road Stand at Selhurst Park unveiled an eye-catching tifo.
The display, which is understood to have cost £20,000, showed the journey from London to Leipzig, the location of the competition’s final this season. It was accompanied by the words: ‘We are the boys who will win your little game’, a reference to the classic British sitcom Dad’s Army, and a thinly-veiled dig at UEFA after Palace’s demotion from the Europa League.