Palace Charged By Fa After Marinakis Gun Banner

The Football Association has charged Crystal Palace pinch misconduct aft supporters held a banner depicting Nottingham Forest proprietor Evangelos Marinakis holding a weapon to midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White's head.

The banner, unfurled during nan 1-1 Premier League tie astatine Selhurst Park successful August, read: "Mr Marinakis is not progressive successful blackmail, match-fixing, supplier trafficking aliases corruption."

Marinakis has consistently denied immoderate wrongdoing successful narration to specified allegations.

The FA has charged Palace pinch failing to guarantee that supporters did not behave successful an improper, offensive, abusive aliases provocative way.

While nan banner was not specified arsenic nan logic for nan charge, location are strict rules regarding messaging containing defamatory, governmental and violative slogans.

Gibbs-White came adjacent to leaving Forest this summertime aft Tottenham appeared to trigger a £60m merchandise clause.

But he signed a caller statement to enactment astatine Forest and said astir his determination during an question and reply alongside Marinakis.

The lucifer connected 24 August was nan first betwixt nan teams since Palace were relegated from nan Europa League to nan Conference League for breaking Uefa's multi-club ownership rules. Forest took their spot successful nan competition.

Palace person until Tuesday to respond to nan charge.