Nottingham Woodland owner Evangelos Marinakis has lost his appeal against a five-match stadium block.
The 57-year-old was found responsible for bad habits by spitting on the ground because fit officials walked the day after Woodland’s 1-0 Premier League defeat to Fulham at Town Garden on September 28.
Publishing its written reasons at the end of the verdict, the commission declared that there was “no excuse” for an “egregious display of disrespectful behaviour” which could “encourage disrespect towards the match officials”.
Marinakis, who has already completed 3 video games on the block, denied the price.
“An appeal board has dismissed an appeal lodged by Nottingham Forest’s Evangelos Marinakis in relation to misconduct at Saturday 28 September’s Premier League match against Fulham,” the Soccer Affiliation said.
“It was alleged that Evangelos Marinakis’ behavior in the tunnel area after full time of that match was inappropriate. He denied this allegation, but an independent regulatory commission found it proven and a five-match stadium/field suspension was imposed. tax.”
The incident occurred when striker Woodland, who is third in the Premier League, lost to Fulham after a penalty awarded by VAR.
Referee Josh Smith, fellow referee James Mainwaring and fourth official Tim Robinson submitted written statements announcing that they saw Marinakis spitting on the floor of their field as they headed to the locker room.
In his defense, Marinakis stated that he had a dry cough because he smokes two or three cigarettes per occasion and that the incident was unintentional.
The prosecution disfavored this defence, pointing to the fact that none of the officers’ statements spoke of coughing and CCTV footage from the tunnel supported that statement.
He stated that he believed Marinakis “deliberately spat in a disrespectful and disgusting display of contempt towards the match officials.”
He concluded that this was a case of serious misconduct warranting vile punishment for acting as a deterrent.
Marinakis argued that one block of the tunnel and locker room fields would be sufficient, but the fee was not agreed upon since it is not needed on those fields in upcoming games.
The punishment came as next boss Nuno Espirito Santo received a three-game touchline ban for his response to Morgan Gibbs-White’s red card at Brighton in October.
The top teacher already had a one-match suspended ban, which was usually activated, for feedback following Woodland’s 2-0 defeat to Everton in April.
