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BBC News
4 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Notts will 'support and protect' Macari
Notts County will "support and protect" Lewis Macari after the defender was charged with breaching betting rules, says Magpies boss Martin 23-year-old is alleged to have placed 354 bets on matches between 25 February 2020 and 4 December 2022 and has had until Friday to started Notts' match against fourth division German club Stuttgarter Kickers on their pre-season trip despite being charged by the Football Association earlier this week."Whatever happens is out of our control and is with the governing bodies," Paterson told BBC East Midlands Today."My stance on Lewis is one of support and one of protection. We will just support the boy in terms of him getting help if he needs it." The charges against the Scottish defender, who is the grandson of former Manchester United midfielder and Stoke City boss Lou Macari, pre-date his time with the League Two was a youth player on the books at Stoke in the near three-year timeframe covered by the alleged also had a loan spell with League or Ireland side Dundalk in that time."It's an historical thing that happened many years ago and I'm not saying it's right or wrong at all, I wouldn't do that, but my job is to support the players good and bad," Paterson said."It's a role I take responsibility for and I take it with pride to make sure he is supporter"He will take it on the chin and he will be a bigger and better man for it because we all make mistakes."
The Independent
21-05-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
West Ham and Nottingham Forest charged by FA after melee at London Stadium
Defender Murillo and Edson Alvarez clashed in the 13th minute of time added on of Forest's 2-1 win at the London Stadium. That sparked a mass confrontation which ended with Forest pair Murillo and Felipe Morata and Hammers duo Alvarez and Carlos Soler going into the book. An FA statement read: "West Ham and Nottingham Forest have been charged in relation to the mass confrontation at their Premier League game on Sunday, May 18. "It's alleged that both clubs failed to ensure their players didn't behave in an improper and/or provocative way around the 103rd minute. "West Ham and Nottingham Forest have to provide their responses by Friday, May 23." It is the latest in a long raft of FA disciplinary charges for Forest since their return to the Premier League in 2022. PA
