Nottingham Forest — refereeing decisions
Panel-confirmed errors involving Nottingham Forest · 2023-24 onward
Since the Premier League's independent Key Match Incidents panel began publishing, 13 confirmed refereeing errors have involved Nottingham Forest — 4 in their favour and 9 against them, a net expected-goals swing of -2.73 across 13 matches.
More calls against a club is not evidence of bias — the spread between clubs is close to what chance produces. RefCard publishes the ledger, not an accusation.
By season
| Season | Errors involving them | In their favour | Against them |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-25 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023-24 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Every confirmed error involving Nottingham Forest
- 2026-27 · Liverpool v Nottingham Forest (2026-08-29) — referee Sam Barrott; the decision went in their favour. Panel: The panel felt that the referee's call of a penalty was incorrect on-field, 3:2. The contact from Allison was inevitable as a consequence of his momentum in attempting to save the ball - the contact made was not reckless and below the threshold for a penalty. However, the non- intervention by the VAR was unanimously supported on the basis that it was not a clear and obvious error.
- 2025-26 · Nottingham Forest v Manchester City (2025-12-27) — referee Robert Jones; the decision went against them. Panel: 2025-26 missed second yellow (Ruben Dias, Manchester City). No votes.
- 2025-26 · Manchester United v Nottingham Forest (2026-05-17) — referee Michael Salisbury; the decision went against them. Panel: 2025-26 KMI VAR error (wrong_rejected_overturn): goal_allowed — Manchester United v Nottingham Forest. OF vote 1-4, VAR vote 1-4.
- 2024-25 · Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa (2024-12-14) — referee Sam Barrott; the decision went in their favour. Panel: Anderson grabs hold of Rogers outside of the area but this continues inside. The holding offense is clear.
- 2024-25 · Wolves v Nottingham Forest (2025-01-06) — referee Peter Bankes; the decision went against them. Panel: Handball by Rayan Aït-Nouri not given as a penalty, below clear and obvious threshold for VAR intervention.
- 2024-25 · Everton v Nottingham Forest (2024-12-29) — referee Tony Harrington; the decision went against them. Panel: James Tarkowski should have received a second yellow card resulting in a red card but was not shown the card by the referee.
- 2024-25 · Brighton v Nottingham Forest (2024-09-22) — referee Robert Jones; the decision went against them. Panel: Morgan Gibbs-White was wrongly given a second yellow card, resulting in a red card and sending off.
- 2024-25 · Nottingham Forest v Chelsea (2025-05-25) — referee Anthony Taylor; the decision went in their favour. Panel: Elliot Anderson should have received a second yellow card resulting in a red card but the referee did not issue it.
- 2023-24 · Nottingham Forest v Brentford (2023-10-01) — referee Paul Tierney; the decision went in their favour. Panel: 2023-24 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): penalty_not_awarded (Turner on Wissa) — Nottm Forest 1-1 Brentford, min —. No per-incident vote split published in the season-end source.
- 2023-24 · Nottingham Forest v Newcastle (2024-02-10) — referee Anthony Taylor; the decision went against them. Panel: 2023-24 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): penalty_not_awarded (Dúbravka on Awoniyi) — Nottm Forest 2-3 Newcastle, min 62. No per-incident vote split published in the season-end source.
- 2023-24 · Nottingham Forest v West Ham (2024-02-17) — referee Thomas Bramall; the decision went against them. Panel: 2023-24 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): penalty_not_awarded (Cornet on Williams) — Nottm Forest 2-0 West Ham, min 81. No per-incident vote split published in the season-end source.
- 2023-24 · Everton v Nottingham Forest (2024-04-21) — referee Anthony Taylor; the decision went against them. Panel: 2023-24 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): penalty_not_awarded (Young on Hudson-Odoi) — Everton 2-0 Nottm Forest, min 55. No per-incident vote split published in the season-end source.
- 2023-24 · Brighton v Nottingham Forest (2024-03-10) — referee Michael Salisbury; the decision went against them. Panel: 2023-24 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): red_card_not_shown (Moder on Williams) — Brighton 1-0 Nottm Forest, min 67. No per-incident vote split published in the season-end source.