English referee Stuart Attwell has been absent from matches involving Nottingham Forest for two years now.. The Athletic reports this.

For this information, the decision was praised by the organization PGMOL (Professional Game Match Officials Limited), which represents the recognition of referees in English football. The reason was the resonant situation in the 2024 match against Everton, when Attwell worked on VAR and did not recognize three penalties on the Nottingham Forest score.

After this, the gri club published a strong statement on social media, calling for an arbitrator in possible pre-emption. Zokrema, it was guessed that Attwell was a patient at Luton Town - at that time the team’s direct competitor in the fight for survival. Last year, the English Football Association fined Nottingham Forest ?750,000 for an “unprecedented attack on the integrity of the court”, which set a record for the largest amount of damage caused by social security measures..

After all, Attwell has not refereed Nottingham Forest matches, and has not been assigned to the club as a VAR assistant or fourth referee.. It turns out that his father's day was included in the Suddish brigade for the English Cup match against Wrexham, but was later replaced without explanation.

It is unknown if the referee will work again at matches involving Nottingham Forest. According to Dzherel, such a practice is not unique and has already been established before in English football after terrible judicial scandals.