Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis was issued a five-match stadium ban after spitting near officials following the club's 1-0 loss to Fulham.
Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis was issued a five-match stadium ban after spitting near officials, the FA's written reasons have revealed. Earlier this month, the FA charged Marinakis with behaving improperly around the City Ground tunnel during Forest's 1-0 defeat to Fulham in September. 'Marinakis denied this charge, but it was found proven by the independent regulatory commission,' the FA said in a statement.
' What was Marinakis' defence?A statement from the independent panel read: 'The basis of Mr Marinakis' denial is that he was suffering from a hacking cough on the day of the fixture and, as the match officials approached, he felt a cough coming and thus coughed on the floor, down and to his right, away from the path the match officials were taking. Whilst he accepts that phlegm or spittle may have been produced this was as a result of coughing.
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