Red-carded Reid is fined for vile rant at official

STEVEN REID escaped with a £5,000 fine and two-game touchline ban, despite the Nottingham Forest coach’s extraordinary foul-mouthed outburst at a referee.

- John Cross

Incredibly, Reid denied an FA misconduct charge, despite two witnesses backing up referee Paul Tierney, who said he was called a “c***” three times after Liverpool’s controversial late win at the City Ground on March 2.

An independent commission into the case was told Reid said: “It’s the same every week, you c***. I worked with you a f***ing lot every f***ing week last season. It’s the same every f***ing week you c***.” Forest were fined £75,000 for the fury which surrounded Darwin Nunez’s winner in the ninth minute of stoppage time.