Premier League send private apology to clubs including Nottingham Forest after criticism

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The Premier League have reached out to Nottingham Forest and Premier League clubs over a change they made that received criticism from fans.

Nottingham Forest find themselves on the naughty step with the FA right now.

Morgan Gibbs-White, Nuno Espirito Santo and Evangelos Marinakis have been given one, three and five-game bans, respectively, for their part in the reaction to Gibbs-White’s sending-off against Brighton.

This has been viewed as slightly harsh by Forest fans who were quick to bring up the fact that Nicolas Jackson got away with no punishment for throwing a slap at Morato last time out.

Regardless, Forest have now made an appeal over Marinakis’ ban and will wait to see what comes of it.

Surprisingly, Nottingham Forest have been apologised to by the Premier League over a separate matter recently.

Premier League send apology to Nottingham Forest over issue they caused

It’s not everyday you get an apology from the Premier League.

The FA and the PGMOL have been the two organisations who have caused Forest pain already this season, but there’s no chance of getting an apology out of either of them.

Interestingly, Sami Mokbel of the Daily Mail shared the news that the Premier League sent a private apology letter to all 20 Premier League clubs over the late confirmation of fixture changes for December and January.

Mokbel states that top-flight chiefs were due to release the latest batch of fixture changes between September 16 and October 14, according to the broadcast schedule.

But the fixtures weren’t confirmed until Tuesday, 24 hours past their own deadline.

The delay was caused by the Premier League receiving the final security sign-off for the Manchester derby, scheduled for Sunday, December 15, at 3:30 p.m.

The Premier League have been criticised by supporters for failing to meet their own provisional deadline to release the revised fixture dates.

What are the Nottingham Forest fixture changes?

You can find them here from Nottingham Forest:

Nottingham Forest’s clash with Manchester City remains the same (Wednesday 4^th December) but will now kick off at an earlier time of 7:30pm after being selected for live Amazon Prime coverage.

Manchester United will face Forest on Saturday 7^th December, with kick-off now at a later time of 5:30pm after being selected for live Sky Sports coverage.

The Aston Villa date also remains unchanged (Saturday 14^th December) but also kicks off at a later time of 5:30pm after being chosen for live Sky Sports coverage.

Forest’s Boxing Day clash against Tottenham Hotspur remains a 3pm kick-off but will now be shown live on Amazon Prime.

In January, the trip to Wolves will now take place two days later, with the game selected for live Sky Sports coverage on Monday 6^th January, kick-off 8pm.

Liverpool coming to town has also been selected for live coverage in the UK, this time on TNT Sports, with the game now set to kick off on Tuesday 14^th January at a later time of 8pm.

Lastly, the visit of Southampton now moved a day later to Sunday 19^th January, kick-off 2pm. This is due to the movement of Manchester United vs Southampton to Thursday 16^th January.