Nottingham Forest handed staggering fine after extraordinary tweet following Everton loss
- Nottingham Forest was fined £750,000 for a social media post criticizing video assistant referee Stuart Attwell after a defeat to Everton last season, confirmed by the English Football Association.
- The post claimed "three extremely poor decisions" regarding penalty calls, which the club argued did not bring the game into disrepute.
- An independent regulatory commission found the charge proven, stating the post caused "stress, distress, fear and embarrassment" to Attwell.
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FA fines Nottingham Forest £75,000 for social media post targeting VAR last season
Nottingham Forest have been fined 750,000 pounds ($979,500) and warned for misconduct in relation to a social media post criticising the referee after their Premier League defeat by Everton last season, the Football Association said on Friday. Forest were angered at being denied three penalty claims in the 2-0 loss and minutes after the game they issued a statement on social media platform X accusing Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Stuart Attwell

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