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Nottingham Forest lose appeal against £750,000 fine for Stuart Attwell VAR post

Nottingham Forest have lost their appeal against a £750,000 fine for a social media post criticising video assistant referee Stuart Attwell.

They were fined by the Football Association in October for an “attack on the integrity of a match official on an unparalleled scale”.

Forest complained on X about three penalty decisions that went against them during a 2-0 Premier League defeat at Everton on 21 April 2024.

Forest’s post said they had “warned” referees’ body Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) that Attwell, who was the VAR for the match, was a fan of relegation rivals Luton, but that “they did not change him”, adding: “Our patience has been tested multiple times.”

In October Forest said the fine was “disproportionate”, but on Monday the FA said an appeal board had upheld the sanction.

“In our view, a heavy penalty was entirely merited for this very serious offence,” the board said in its written reasons.


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