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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20173195" data-attributes="member: 158020">West Ham qualify for Europa League with Manchester United FA Cup win <img src="http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/omnisport/2a/52/westham-cropped_11sr09zczoq741rjhsih4e473g.jpg?t=-1430842140&w=620&h=430" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Manchester United's FA Cup win has secured a place in the Europa League for West Ham.Jesse Lingard's extra-time strike saw the Red Devils beat Crystal Palace 2-1 at Wembley on Saturday, denying Alan Pardew's men a place in Europe next season.Having finished fifth in the league, United have already booked a spot in the continental competition next season, meaning the Europa League qualification spot up for grabs in Saturday's final drops to the next unqualified team in the English top flight. As a result, Slaven Bilic's Hammers, who finished seventh in the table, will now have a chance to play in the competition as they will feature in the qualifying round next term, while Southampton, who were sixth, are now sure of a place in the group stage of the tournament, having initially booked a spot in the qualifiers.The east London side failed to make it to the group stage this season after they made it to the final qualifying round but crashed out against Astra with a 4-3 aggregate defeat.</blockquote>

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