Nottingham Forest fined £750,000 for 'irresponsible' Stuart Attwell social media post
Nottingham Forest have been fined £750,000 by the Football Association (FA) for April’s social media post that questioned the integrity of official Stuart Attwell after their defeat to Everton. The “ill-chosen and irresponsible” post was deemed to constitute improper conduct by an independent regulatory commission as it implied actual bias against video assistant referee (VAR) Attwell. Forest have appealed the fine. The commission also noted Forest’s lack of “genuine apology” and “genuine remorse” for the post, which has not been taken down by...
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Nottingham Forest have been fined £750,000 by the Football Association (FA) for April’s social media post that questioned the integrity of official Stuart Attwell after their defeat to Everton.
The “ill-chosen and irresponsible” post was deemed to constitute improper conduct by an independent regulatory commission as it implied actual bias against video assistant referee (VAR) Attwell. Forest have appealed the fine.
The commission also noted Forest’s lack of “genuine apology” and “genuine remorse” for the post, which has not been taken down by...
