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Premier League referee barred from officiating club over controversial past
- Attwell has been kept away from Nottingham Forest games after a 2024 incident at Goodison Park, with no Forest involvement since then.
- Forest were fined £750,000 by the FA and received a misconduct warning over social media comments linked to the case.
- The Athletic reported that PGMO sources confirmed the link between the absence and the 2024 incident, though the exact decision-maker remains unclear.
- Attwell last officiated Forest in April 2024, when the team faced a potential relegation scenario in a match against Everton.
- Forest were involved in a high-stakes clash that could have relegated them, prompting post-match controversy and criticism from pundits.
- The club issued a controversial statement on X (formerly Twitter) after the match, which was later deleted.
- Former pundit Gary Neville criticized the Forest statement as bringing the club's history into disrepute.
- Darren England replaced Attwell for the FA Cup third-round tie at Wrexham.
- The Football Association fined Forest and issued a misconduct warning following comments posted on social media.
- There is uncertainty about who initiated the decision to restrict Attwell from Forest games.
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