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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Mark Dobson

Nottingham Forest owner Marinakis banned after spitting near officials

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis
The Nottingham Forest owner, Evangelos Marinakis, had argued that the incident was unintentional. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA

Evangelos Marinakis was banned for five matches after the Football Association argued successfully that the Nottingham Forest owner had spat towards match officials in a “flagrant display of disrespectful behaviour”.

Marinakis, who denied the charge, was found guilty of improper conduct by an independent regulatory commission over the flashpoint that occurred after Forest’s 1-0 Premier League defeat against Fulham at the City Ground last month.

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