Nottingham Forest have been fined £750,000 and warned over their future conduct after posting comments about VAR Stuart Attwell on social media in April.
The club had denied that the comments brought the game into disrepute by implying bias and/or questioning the integrity of match officials.
An independent regulatory commission found the Football Association charge proven.
Three extremely poor decisions – three penalties not given – which we simply cannot accept.
We warned the PGMOL that the VAR is a Luton fan before the game but they didn’t change him. Our patience has been tested multiple times.
NFFC will now consider its options.
— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) April 21, 2024
Forest felt they should have been awarded three penalties during a defeat at Everton last season and after the game, they posted on their official X account: “Three extremely poor decisions – three penalties not given – which we simply cannot accept.
“We warned the PGMOL that the VAR (Attwell) is a Luton fan before the game but they didn’t change him. Our patience has been tested multiple times. NFFC will now consider its options.”
Forest declined to comment on the sanction.
