Nottingham Forest appoint ex-ref Mark Clattenburg into distinctive new analyst position

Nottingham Forest have employed former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg in a bid to get on the suitable facet of key selections.

Forest have been on the centre of a number of refereeing controversies this season and have written to PGMOL to precise their frustration over calls which have gone in opposition to them. In a bid to achieve a greater understanding of how guidelines are utilized within the top-flight, Forest have created the place of referees’ analyst, which has been stuffed by Clattenburg, studies The Telegraph.

Now the top referee on the reboot of Gladiators, the 48-year-old spent a decade refereeing within the Premier League. Clattenburg was at City Ground for Forest’s 2-0 win over West Ham, who had Kalvin Phillips despatched off after selecting up two bookings in fast succession.

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He hung out with Reds proprietor Evangelos Marinakis. The Premier League’s chief soccer officer, Tony Scholes, was additionally on the recreation.

Last month, Forest wrote to the match officers’ governing physique, in addition to the Premier League, after Brentford’s Ivan Toney scored when he moved the ball from the spot designated in vanishing spray by referee Darren England. The striker even moved among the spray to the brand new spot.

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That is certainly one of three incidents Forest have formally complained to PGMOL about this season. Another was following the 3-2 defeat at Manchester United in August when Stuart Attwell gave defender Joe Worrell a straight pink card for denying a transparent goalscoring alternative regardless of there showing to be a overlaying defender.

Forest additionally complained to the referees’ physique about Willy Boly’s pink card in opposition to Bournemouth in December, with head of referees Howard Webb issuing an apology.

Webb shouldn’t be fielding any Forest complaints after their win over West Ham, secured by objectives from Taiwo Awoniyi and Callum Hudson-Odoi on the finish of each halves.