The Government has provided an explanation as to why a petition to get Nottingham Forest's Championship play-off final against Huddersfield Town replayed has been rejected.
Forest won promotion to the Premier League after a 1-0 win over Huddersfield Town at Wembley in the play-off final on May 29. Steve Cooper's side booked their place in the top-flight for the first time in 23 years thanks to Levi Colwill's own-goal right before half-time.
The game was not without controversy, however, as referee Jon Moss - in his final game as an official before retiring - waved away two penalty calls from the Yorkshire side.
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First Harry Toffolo was booked for simulation when he went down under pressure from Forest defender Jack Colback. Moss' decision was reviewed by VAR but not over-ruled. Moments later, Lewis O'Brien fell to the ground from a tackle by Max Lowe. This incident was not reviewed by VAR as Forest escaped punishment.
The pair of incidents left Huddersfield Town fans infuriated as they felt they had been denied two clear-cut penalties.
A petition submitted to the Government on May 31 was rejected. Explaining why the petition was rejected, the Parliament UK website said: "It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for. We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
"Decisions about sporting events are a matter for their organisers, not the UK Government or Parliament. We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards."
Terriers boss Corberan refused to blast referee Jon Moss and the VAR officials and instead gave a classy response to questions about the decisions. He said: "I haven't watched them yet but the players who were fouled were saying if they hadn't been fouled, they would have finished the opportunities. You have the VAR and the referee and if they understand there is no foul, I cannot say anything. The only thing I can do is to accept (it).
"When you only have one referee it's complicated but when you have the support of the VAR, the possibility to make a fair decision increases. So if they think they weren't penalties, maybe they weren't penalties. I have had a season without VAR and there are times where I don't know the process well. I don't know if the referee needs to ask for a review, I don't know if the VAR can do something when they see but if you have VAR and a referee and they understand it was no penalty, I can only accept that it was not a penalty."
This is what some Forest fans said about the rejected petition...
@MarkShaw_Design: Wow they are getting desperate now. You can’t win a game if you don’t have a shot on target or try to attack
@NFFCfanatic: Seriously????
@jamessbeckk: This is actually hilarious
@NFFC1310: Hahahaha Huddersfield fans really think they deserved to win u lot were awful
@NFFC_Woodz: That really is embarrassing
@_harrylj: Democracy ! In ! Action !
@ben_f_1: they gonna be crying even more now
@TheyCallHimR: Who was stupid enough to even start this petition ?
@COYR26: Someone actually put a petition to Parliament on this
