Premier League club fined £750,000 over tweet
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Yasmine Green
Dailysports's expert
Translated by the editors
A seemingly harmless tweet has turned into major trouble for a club, all for expressing disagreement over certain refereeing decisions.
Following a 0-2 loss to Everton in April 2024, Nottingham Forest criticized the appointment of Stuart Attwell as VAR for the match, noting that he is a Luton fan. At the time, all three clubs were fighting for Premier League survival, and Forest perceived this as a conflict of interest, expressing their concerns in a post on their account on X (formerly Twitter):
Though it took the FA six months, they ultimately deemed the tweet “inappropriate conduct” and fined Nottingham Forest £750,000. The club, however, maintains that the post was not meant to be offensive.
