This question doesn’t arise (yet) after six games in the Premier League for Crystal Palace’s “The Eagles”, but what happened after the club's first ever title win unfolded on October 2, 2025. The English cup winners were forced by UEFA to compete in the Conference League following a relegation.
"We accepted UEFA's decision, even though we still don't understand it," said Crystal Palace's Austrian coach Oliver Glasner after his biggest Premier League success with the Londoners – a 2-1 win over FC Liverpool on September 27, 2025 – in an interview with Kicker sports magazine.
"We are travelling with great anticipation," added the FA Cup-winning coach, "and heading for the European adventure in Lublin. Even if our feelings are somewhat mixed due to the political situation."
Following UEFA’s demotion to the Conference League in early July for "Multiple Club Ownership", the team from South London had no choice but to start the new group stage at Dynamo Kyiv’s temporary home venue in Lublin, Poland.
And we asked ourselves – what will the football authorities come up with next against the underdogs from Britain’s capital if they go on to win another title…
Crystal Palace vs FC Liverpool on September 27, 2025: Eddie Nketiah celebrates. FA Cup winners from London hand Liverpool their first defeat of the season. Photo: Imago Images / Propaganda Photo
Football Trips Crystal Palace: Manageable Opponents in the Conference League
Because: After a 2-0 opening win against Dynamo Kyiv – with home games against AEK Larnaca from Cyprus, AZ Alkmaar and Kuopion PS from Finland – Crystal Palace are definitely considered favourites in the Europa Conference League.
The UEFA club competition, only introduced in 2021, has been a stronghold for Premier League clubs. In 2023, West Ham United won it (2-1 over Fiorentina in Prague), followed by Chelsea FC in 2025 (4-1 over Real Betis in the final in Wrocław).
So why not Crystal Palace too?
Across competitions and seasons, Glasner’s side is unbeaten in 19 competitive matches – and claimed their next title in early August 2025 by winning the English Super Cup (Community Shield) in a penalty shootout against Liverpool.
This match at the football temple of Wembley was our first “Match of the Week” at event-breaks.com in this still young season.
Crystal Palace vs FC Liverpool (2:1) in the Premier League wasn’t that – but still earned a rightful spot in our Premier League Offside coverage.
In 2025, Crystal Palace became the first club to beat co-record champions FC Liverpool twice in the same year.
Since 1994, Chelsea, Liverpool and Man United never lost on the same day…
For the first time in 31 years, Manchester United, Chelsea FC and Liverpool FC – all three belonging to the “Big Guns” of English top-flight football – lost a Premier League match on the same day.
That last happened to the “Reds”, the “Red Devils” and the “Blues” from South West London on April 16, 1994. Back then, Chelsea lost the London derby at Arsenal FC (0-1), Manchester United suffered the same result at Wimbledon, and Liverpool lost 0-2 at home to Newcastle United.
No, I wasn’t a Premier League editor back then, but I’ve known the atmosphere at Selhurst Park Stadium in South London – easily reachable every 30 minutes by train from Victoria Station, Clapham Junction, and London Bridge – since 1990.
Ever since an unforgettable school graduation trip – of course not without football – but that’s another story... maybe I’ll write it down for you in October, for the 35th anniversary…
This time, it was Edward Nketiah who made it happen.
The London-born striker beat Liverpool’s Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson Becker in the seventh minute of stoppage time to make it 2-1 for Palace.
Crystal Palace Coach: Oliver Glasner the Realist
A goal that sealed Liverpool’s first league defeat after a disappointing performance – and made the club from Selhurst Park the second-placed chaser of the “Reds” after Arsenal FC.
Crystal Palace have taken 12 points from their first six matches and sit three behind Liverpool.
Yet, Oliver Glasner didn’t want to indulge in any Champions League dreams. “We’re not thinking about final league positions at the moment,” said the 2022 Europa League-winning coach (with Eintracht Frankfurt) to Kicker, “I’m very grounded and haven’t forgotten that we had the worst ever Premier League start in club history last season – which ended with a club record in points.”
If Palace surpasses that record in 2025/26 – or even pulls off a shocker in the Conference League – we’ll be curious to see what comes fluttering toward the “Eagles” next…
Der Autor: Carsten Germann berichtet seit 2002 aus erster Hand über den englischen Fußball, u. a. für DIE WELT, BILD am SONNTAG und seit April 2021 auch als leitender Redakteur beim Portal Fussballdaten.de. Zudem gab er mit den Büchern Football’s home (2007) und Absolute Dynamite! (2010) zwei Sammelbände mit seinen Fußball-Reiseerlebnissen aus Großbritannien heraus. Für DIE FUSSBALLREISE schreibt er regelmäßig über den Insel-Kick.