Nottingham Forest fined £750,000 for anti-VAR social media post

October 11, 2024Ligue 1

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Nottingham Forest have been fined £750,000 for a post they published on social media criticising PGMOL and VAR.

Last season saw the Tricky Trees post a statement on Twitter (now X) following a 2-0 defeat to Everton.

The two teams were embroiled in a relegation battle at the time, and although both eventually stayed up, there was an expectation that the Toffees’ 2-0 win could send Forest back to the Championship.

Nottingham Forest handed hefty fine for anti-VAR post

Despite the magnitude of the fixture, the game was marred by several controversial refereeing decisions.

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Forest believed they were entitled to three penalty decisions but Stuart Attwell, the man in charge of the game, waved all three claims away prompting a furious social media post.

“Three extremely poor decisions — three penalties not given — which we simply cannot accept,” Forest said on their official account.