Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis was given a five-match stadium ban for spitting on the ground as match officials walked by in the tunnel, an independent regulatory commission said on Tuesday.

The Greek businessman claimed he was suffering from a hacking cough after the referee and two match officials said he spat at the floor in their direction following Forest's defeat to Fulham last month.

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis spat towards match officials in a “flagrant display of disrespectful behaviour”, the Football Association successfully claimed to a commission. The Greek billionaire was subsequently handed a five-match stadium ban after a KC dismissed evidence that he was disposing of “phlegm” because of a hacking cigar

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has been hit with a five-match stadium ban for 'improper behaviour'

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has been given a five-match stadium ban for spitting on the floor as match officials walked past in the tunnel after a 1-0 defeat to Fulham in September.Earlier this month,

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis was given a five-match stadium ban for spitting on the floor as the referee walked past him.

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis was given a five-match stadium ban for spitting on the ground as match officials walked by in the tunnel, an independent regulatory commission

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has been issued a five-match stadium ban for improper behaviour in a loss to Fulham, while manager Nuno Espirito Santo has been suspended for misconduct in a draw with Brighton & Hove Albion,

Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo was hit with a three-match touchline ban and fined £55,000 ($72,000) on Friday as punishment after being sent off against Brighton.