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Marinakis ban reasons released
On this day in 2024 written reasons reveal details of Evangelos Marinakis’s five-match stadium ban.
Evangelos Marinakis’s five-match stadium ban became one of Forest’s most talked-about off-field controversies after he was found to have spat on the floor as match officials walked past in the City Ground tunnel.
The case came from events after Forest’s 1–0 home defeat to Fulham on 28 September 2024. The Football Association charged Marinakis with misconduct, and an independent regulatory commission imposed a five-match stadium ban.
The written reasons gave the episode more detail than the original disciplinary headline. Marinakis denied wrongdoing and said the incident was connected to a cough, but the commission rejected that explanation and found the behaviour improper.
For supporters, the story landed during a period when the club’s relationship with officials had already drawn attention. It was not about a goal, a save or a league position, but it still became part of the wider noise around Forest’s modern Premier League years.
The appeal was later dismissed, leaving the ban in place. The incident remained a reminder that club history is sometimes shaped by boardroom and tunnel controversies as much as by events on the pitch.
Sources
The FA; Sky Sports; Reuters
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