Nottingham Forest fined £750,000 after FA sought £1m sanction over VAR post

The Football Association sought a fine in excess of £1million for Nottingham Forest over the club’s “egregious, direct and public attack” on VAR Stuart Attwell in a social media post.

It was confirmed on Friday that Forest had been fined £750,000 for the post published in April, which followed a match against Everton where the midlands club felt they were denied three penalties.

The FA’s submission was that the fine should be over, or at least equal to, £1million given that it in its view it attacked the integrity of an official and the game of football as a whole “on an unparalleled scale”.

However, Forest released a statement describing the fine issued by the panel as “disproportionate” and said they would appeal.

The club were also warned by the panel over their conduct.