Nottingham Forest have misplaced their enchantment towards a £750,000 high-quality for a social media submit criticising video assistant referee Stuart Attwell.
They had been fined by the Soccer Affiliation in October for an “assault on the integrity of a match official on an unparalleled scale”.
Forest complained on X about three penalty selections that went towards them throughout a 2-0 Premier League defeat at Everton on 21 April 2024.
Forest’s submit mentioned they’d “warned” referees’ physique Skilled Sport Match Officers Restricted (PGMOL) that Attwell, who was the VAR for the match, was a fan of relegation rivals Luton, however that “they didn’t change him”, including: “Our persistence has been examined a number of occasions.”
In October Forest mentioned the high-quality was “disproportionate”, however on Monday the FA mentioned an enchantment board had upheld the sanction.
“In our view, a heavy penalty was completely merited for this very severe offence,” the board mentioned in its written causes.
