Nottingham Forest followers brutally chanted to returning Brentford striker Ivan Toney about his playing ban on his first recreation again.
Toney made his return following an eight-month playing ban that he was slapped with in May final 12 months. Toney obtained a £50,000 nice and was banned from taking part in soccer till January 16, 2024, after admitting to 232 breaches of the FA’s betting guidelines.
The 27-year-old, who was recognized with a playing habit, made his long-awaited return as he was named within the beginning line-up by Thomas Frank for Brentford’s residence Premier League recreation in opposition to Forest on Saturday. But whereas Brentford followers welcomed their star man again, the travelling followers opted to take a pop at his suspension as a substitute.
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In the opening levels of the sport, Forest followers may very well be heard singing: “Ivan Toney, he should have cashed out,” towards the England international. But Toney soon silenced the away section when he scored a sublime free-kick just 19 minutes into his return to level the scores.
Forest had taken the lead through a brilliant volley from 20-yards by Danilo just three minutes into the game, hushing the atmosphere among the Bees faithful who welcomed Toney back for the first time this season.
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However, their lead didn’t final lengthy as Mikkel Damsgaard was introduced down simply exterior the field by Orel Mangala, and there was solely going to be one man to take it. Toney duly stepped up and curled his effort across the Forest wall and into the underside nook.
On the eve of his return, Toney spoke to the Daily Mail, the place he revealed how he as soon as chased a gaggle of youths in his automotive after they’d poked enjoyable at his betting ban. He stated: “In life, folks wish to deliver up issues to deliver you down. The people who did that within the automotive, I caught up with them within the automotive park.
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“I drove up subsequent to them and stated ‘what did you say?’ they usually **** themselves and sped off. Everyone is all onerous when you do not know who’s saying it however nobody has ever stated something to my face about these items.
“Everyone always says stuff in the background. I am hot-headed sometimes but if someone said that now I would just laugh. I wouldn’t care.”