Nottingham Forest fined £750k for social media post criticising match official

The fine is for an "attack on the integrity of a match official on an unparalleled scale" following a social media post last season.

Forest claimed video assistant referee (VAR) Stuart Attwell was a fan of Luton Town.

Luton Town were also battling relegation at the time, when Forest complained on social media platform X about three penalty decisions that went against them during a 2-0 defeat by relegation rivals Everton.

The club denied they had questioned the integrity of officials.

A commission ruled against them, adding that it noted Attwell was the clear "victim" of the "ill-chosen and irresponsible" post.

Nottingham Forest said they would appeal against the hefty fine.