Nottingham Forest have been fined £75,000 after failing to manipulate players and group of workers following the last whistle of their slim Premier League defeat to Liverpool on two March.
Forest train Steven Reid, who was once shown a crimson card after the recreation had finished for abusive language toward a fit official, has been fined £5,000 and issued a two-game touchline ban.The recreation finished in controversial trend when Darwin Nunez scored the only goal in the ninth minute of stoppage time, beyond the preliminary eight indicated by using the officials. Forest were incensed when possession used to be lower back to Liverpool after a pause for a head injury, just moments before the decisive aim went in. Forest had the ball prior to the game being stopped.
The membership accepted the FA charge regarding the behaviour of players and staff, with unbiased regulatory commission settling on a £75,000 first-class primarily based on a records of seven similar incidents between 2017 and 2023. Fines have been multiplied every time from an initial £5,000.Reid, section of Nuno Espirito Santo’s backroom staff, admitted that his language towards referee Paul Tierney used to be abusive and insulting and the motive for his pink card. He denied that he continued to act in an wrong manner and/or use abusive language endured afterwards. However, the impartial regulatory fee observed that cost to be proven.Tierney gave his model of occasions in an incident report.
“Following the remaining whistle I was once surrounded by members of Nottingham Forrest’s substitutes and backroom personnel on the discipline of play,” the legitimate explained.
“One of those who approached me was Steven Reid (a teach of Nottingham Forest) who used to be now not listed on the teamsheet. He asked me about a choice and I said to him that I will talk to him inside and now not outdoor on the field of play.
“He then continued to query me and I repeated that I would speak to him inside. He then said, ‘it’s the same each and every week, you c***.’ I showed him the purple card and then he stated ‘I labored with you f***ing lot each f***ing week closing season. It’s the equal each f***ing week you c***’. He then persevered to use the word f*** and known as me a c*** on at least one more event (making that a minimal of three in total) as we have been making our way off the discipline of play.”
In response, Reid had said in his own witness statement, “I did no longer repeat those phrases as we had been making our way from the field of play
