Paul Tierney reveals what Steven Reid said to the ref in an X-rated rant as Nottingham Forest get fined for the chaos vs Liverpool.
Nottingham Forest and coach Steven Reid have incurred fines from the Football Association due to their involvement in the disorderly incidents that occurred following their loss to Liverpool earlier this month.
Referee Paul Tierney’s error left Forest, who suffered a 1-0 defeat at the City Ground, frustrated, with it escalating into heated confrontations come the end of the game, resulting in Reid receiving a red card for expressing his discontent towards the match officials.
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An independent Regulatory Commission has sanctioned Nottingham Forest and Steven Reid following their Premier League game against Liverpool on Saturday 2 March.
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— FA Spokesperson (@FAspokesperson) March 27, 2024
The FA said in a statement: “An independent Regulatory Commission has sanctioned Nottingham Forest and Steven Reid following their Premier League game against Liverpool on Saturday 2 March.
“The club admitted that it failed to ensure its players and technical area occupants did not behave in an improper way after the final whistle. The independent Regulatory Commission imposed a £75,000 fine following a subsequent hearing.
“The coach admitted that his language towards a match official which led to him being sent off was abusive and insulting. Steven Reid denied that he acted in an improper manner and/or used abusive and/or insulting language towards a match official after being sent off. The independent Regulatory Commission found the second charge to be proven, and it imposed a two-match extended touchline suspension and £5,000 fine following the hearing.
“The independent Regulatory Commission’s written reasons for its decisions can be seen below.
Evidence
10. The FA included the following evidence with the respective Charges:
(1) Report of the Match Referee, Mr Paul Tierney dated 3 March 2024;
(2) Email correspondence between the FA and Mr R West, Assistant Referee dated 4 March 2024;
(3) Email correspondence between the FA and Mr S Ledger, Assistant Referee dated 4 March 2024;
(4) Two video clips of the incidents;
(5) Participant Behaviour Letter – Season 2023/24;
(6) Appendix 1 – Participant Behaviour Letter;
(7) Appendix 2 – Guidance Document for technical area dismissals, touchline suspensions and ground suspensions – Season 2023/24;
(8) Extract from Essential Information for Clubs for Season 2023/24; and
(9) Non-standard Penalties 2023/24
11. The Match Referee Mr Tierney stated, in his Extraordinary Incident Report Form dated 3 March 2024–
Following the final whistle I was surrounded by members of Nottingham Forrest’s substitutes and backroom staff on the field of play. One of those who approached me was Steven Reid (a coach of Nottingham Forest) who was not listed on the teamsheet. He asked me about a decision and I said to him that I will speak to him inside and not outside on the field of play. He then continued to question me and I repeated that I would speak to him inside. He then said, “it’s the same every week, you cunt.” I showed him the red card and then he said “I worked with you fucking lot every fucking week last season. It’s the same every fucking week you cunt”. He then continued to use the word fuck and called me a cunt on at least one more occasion (making that a minimum of 3 in total) as we were making our way off the field of play.
12. The Assistant Referee Mr Ledger stated, in his emails with the FA dated 4 March 2024– After the final whistle while we were leaving the field of play, we were approached by Nottingham Forest coach Steven Reid. Reid made several comments regarding our integrity as a group of officials. Reid made a comment calling Paul a “Cunt” at least three times. Also after being shown the red card he continued to make comments about the PGMOL making reference to the group of referees being against his club”.
13. The Assistant Referee Mr West stated, in his emails with the FA dated 4 March 2024– Following the final whistle of the match between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool, the match officials, which I was one of, were approached by numerous team officials from Nottingham Forest. The majority of the Nottingham Forest personnel expressed their disappointment and moved away. Steven Reid remained in front of us and was shouting at the referee, Paul Tierney. I recall some of the comments made by Reid…I heard him call Paul a “fucking cunt” on a number of occasions. Paul reacted to this by showing Reid a red card. Even after being shown the red card Reid continued to confront Paul to the extent that I stepped in between them to usher Reid away.
Replies to the Charges
14. The Charge was admitted by NFFC. The Club provided written submissions dated 13 March 2024 which the Regulatory Commission considered. The submissions made representations on behalf of both the Club and SR.
15. As to SR, he admitted the first charge but denied that he repeated the language and therefore he denied the second charge. SR provided a witness statement dated 13 March 2024 which detailed that “I did not repeat those words as we were making our way from the field of play”. It follows that Regulatory Commission was required to determine whether the second charge against SR ought to be upheld.
16. The FA provided an extract from SR’s witness statement dated 13 March 2024 to the Match officials for them to make observations.
a. Mr Ledger replied to the FA on 14 March 2024 and said, “I definitely heard SR call Paul a cunt as we were walking off.”
b. Mr West replied to the FA on 14 March 2024 and said, “I have no other observations other than the original email”.
c. Mr Tierney replied to the FA on 14 March 2024 and said “the first time the word cunt was used was at the end of a sentence which finished “you cunt” which is the reason for me showing Mr Reid the red card. He did also call me a cunt again as we were walking from the field of play to the tunnel.”
d. Mr Tierney explained that as soon as he got to the changing room then he made a note of what was said so that he was sure that this was as accurate as possible.
17. The Regulatory Commission reviewed Mr Tierney’s notes taken at the end of the match which detailed that SR had referred to him as “you cunt” whilst walking off the field of play.
You can continue to read the FA’s written reasons by clicking HERE.
Twitter users reacted to what Steven Reid said to the ref in his X-rated rant as Nottingham Forest get fined for chaos vs Liverpool…
@CapitalR: Using the C word correctly, fantastic.
@Martyns5: What was Tierney’s punishment for not being aware of the laws of the game?
@JGNFFC_: what’s paul tierney getting punished with then?
@NottsL1ve: He was right though tbf
@TrickyTreesDave: Hope your fining the Referees for breaking the rules.
@KingBill: He’s not wrong. Tierney failed to give Klopp a red card when he marched onto the pitch and verbally abused him – He showed which club he favours
@MarkWinNFFC: Absolutely ridiculous. Corrupt Premier League. Always protect the 6 teams and fuck the rest.
@CarlosNFFC: Are the Independent Regulatory Commission going sanction the PGMOL for making mistakes that have cost #NFFC points this season?
@JoeCos93: Whether you agree with the decisions or not, it is nice to see them so clearly explained
@TomJ1994_: We all agree with @stevenreid12 ❤️
@adamwiklo: Worth every penny, Steven Reid. Hope he gets a bonus for what he said
@R33JKO: Pretty accurate to be fair
@david_reed: Many many uses of the ‘C’ word in here
@mattwheelerdj: @stevenreid12 isn’t wrong though is he … Paul Tierney is a cunt and a massive one at that along with most of the officials @FA_PGMOL who fail to do their job week in week out
@johnpayne01: Absolute disgrace that Paul Tierney hasn’t been punished. Did he not know the rules or was it something far worse?
@ThorpeyNFFC: Keep punishing us instead of the referee who got a basic refereeing decision wrong 👍🏻👏🏻🙈💩
@warrenallsworth: Can you confirm whether a referee who ignored colleagues advice & disregarded the laws of the game was also sanctioned?
@stekallen: I can’t honestly say he’s wrong, @stevenreid12 speaks for all of us #nffc
@smiggs17: Well said Steven 👍🏻
@patricksweeney5: Reid only spoke the truth but sometimes the truth hurts
@ShaunBrittain5: Rules are broken we have been punished but I have seen no punishment that befits the scale of the error, deliberate or otherwise. If I remember correctly ref put on VAR for his error – CONSISTENCY!!!!!!
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