LUTON fans brilliantly mocked Nottingham Forest’s issues with Stuart Attwell on a cheeky banner.
Forest alleged that Attwell, who was the VAR for their 2-0 defeat to Everton, is a Hatters fan and complained about his involvement in not giving them three penalties.
The Premier League relegation strugglers hit out at the PGMOL, suggesting that they had alerted ref chiefs before the game – a point which has since been disputed.
And the Luton faithful have waded into the row ahead of their crunch clash with Wolves this afternoon.
A homemade banner reading “Stuart Attwell he’s one of our own” in white paint on a black background was proudly shown off on X.
One fan commented: “This will push Forest over the edge.
“They are spewing over this whole thing, we’re all sitting there laughing and not caring if we stay up or go down. It’s beautiful.”
A Forest fan clearly enjoyed the joke, adding: “Fair play, this is actually quite funny..”
PGMOL have wisely stashed Attwell on the relatively safe game of Fulham vs Crystal Palace at Craven Cottage.
And Luton boss Rob Edwards has also had his say.
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He said: “I don’t think anyone can question the integrity of our officials, first and foremost.
“I don’t know who supports who and obviously then we have been brought into it so I understand why you’re talking about it.
“I certainly don’t want to be questioning any of the officials’ integrity – they’ve got a difficult enough job.
“Mistakes can happen and people can feel aggrieved and we can maybe stick to that rather than question anything else
“There is so much scrutiny with what is said – everything that I’m saying right now. You’ve always got to be careful with that.”
By Dave Kidd
WHEN Manchester United got lucky in their FA Cup semi-final, Antony’s first instinct was to goad heartbroken opponents Coventry. To rub their noses in the dirt.
Antony seems to be a vile individual but this isn’t really about Antony. Because Antony is merely a symptom of the hideous sickness within England’s top flight.
There is so much wrong.
After our elite clubs persuaded the FA to completely scrap Cup replays — which gave us Ronnie Radford and Ricky Villa and Ryan Giggs — without due recompense or reasoning with the rest of English football.
The previous day, after his Manchester City side had defeated Chelsea in the other FA Cup semi-final, Pep Guardiola whinged about the fixture scheduling of TV companies who effectively pay much of his £20m salary.
Up at Wolves, Guardiola’s friend and rival Mikel Arteta was playing the same sad song about fixture congestion, despite his Arsenal side having played two fewer games this season than Coventry — who don’t have £50m squad players to rotate with.
Chelsea, oh Chelsea. The one-time plaything of a Russian oligarch now owned by financially incontinent venture capitalists who have piddled £1billion on a squad of players who fight like weasels in a sack about who should bask in the personal glory of scoring the penalty that puts them 5-0 up against Everton.
