The Forest fan that got stabbed on the Huntingdon train... Nottingham Forest have donated £10,000 to Stephen Crean’s Just Giving Page at the request of club owner Evangelos Marinakis. The club have given Stephen a complimentary season ticket for next season. They have invited him to fly with the squad on a private jet to a Europa League game, to stay at the team hotel and watch the game in the directors box.
****ing vid won't link properly... Just saw this video... did we really get that much for Clucas?! (16.3m euros was quoted)
Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has gone on trial in Athens accused of instigating football violence and supporting a criminal organisation. The 58-year-old, who owns Greek side Olympiacos, is accused, along with four other board members of two misdemeanour counts - instigating violence with statements against authorities and of supporting a criminal group between 2019 to 2024. Marinakis, who was represented by his lawyer Vassilis Dimakopoulos in court, and the other Olympiacos board members have dismissed misdemeanour charges as groundless. "The accusations are totally baseless," Marinakis' lawyer, told BBC Sport earlier today. In total, 142 fans face charges of being members of a criminal organisation and causing life-threatening explosions at sporting events. Seven of them for running the criminal organisation. They have all denied wrongdoing. The charges stem from the fatal injury suffered by 31-year-old riot police officer George Lyngeridis, who was killed outside a women's volleyball match between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos in 2023. Lyngeridis was hit by a flare during the clashes and died from his injuries weeks later. The trial is expected to last several months, with more than 200 people expected to testify in the trial.
