Nottingham Forest and Wolves charged by the FA after tensions spilled over in the League Cup

Nottingham Forest and Wolves have been charged by the Football Association with a disciplinary offense following a mass brawl at the end of the Carabao Cup quarter-final last Wednesday.

The incident occurred after Forest won a penalty shootout to secure their way to the last four and a fight broke out between both sets of players, forcing the stewards to rush to the City Ground pitch to intervene.

Morgan Gibbs-White, himself a former Wolves player, and Jack Colback celebrated wildly in front of the visiting winger, which seemed to irritate the visitors.

The Nottingham Forest and Wolves players had to be separated after tensions escalated last week.

Renan Lodi also appeared to stick his tongue out at away fans as the scenes became increasingly fractured following the conclusion of the shooting.

A statement from the FA read: ‘Nottingham Forest FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers FC have been charged with breaching FA rule E2O.1 after their EFL Cup match on Wednesday 11 January 2023.

“It is alleged that both clubs failed to ensure that their players and/or benches behaved in an orderly manner and/or refrained from productive behavior after the final whistle.”

Morgan Gibbs-White, a former Wolves player, celebrated wildly in front of the visiting winger

“Nottingham Forest FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers FC have until Thursday 19 January 2023 to give their answers,” they added.

Steve Cooper, the Nottingham Forest manager, was asked about the incident ahead of his team’s game against Leicester at the weekend.

The Welshman said he was unaware of what happened, making it clear any potential bad feelings had evaporated, revealing that he spoke to some of the visitors’ staff after the game.

‘I haven’t had a chance to evaluate it, to be honest. I’m not too hesitant, I just haven’t (had a chance to assess it), because it’s been a quick turnaround, 12 hours or something, and I’ve been more focused on the Leicester game,’ he said. saying.

Stewards and staff members were forced to intervene when players from both sides clashed.

“To be fair, it was calm in the tunnel afterwards and I meet some of the Wolves staff and we talked about the game, so nothing happened after what happened on the pitch.” I apologize for not giving you something, but I don’t want to say anything because I’m not aware of what happened.

It is the latest in a series of incidents between the two clubs which, surprisingly perhaps, have sought to create an element of tension when they meet.

After Wolves’ beating of Cooper’s side in the autumn, they posted a mock photo of a tree stump with the words ‘Notts Forest’ behind it. That came in response to Forest’s own social media account posting a photo of Emmanuel Dennis playing with wolf pups before the game.

Nottingham Forest tweeted a photo of striker Emmanuel Dennis playing with some wolf pups