Steve Cooper admitted on Thursday he is ‘mortified’ by his past rants at referees, and vowed to be more constructive and respectful towards officials in future.
The Nottingham Forest manager, whose father Keith was a Premier League, international and EFL referee for 21 years, was fined £3,500 while in charge of Swansea City in 2020 for an outburst following a 1-1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday.
The 43-year-old had said of referee Andy Woolmer: ‘One thing was for sure, that whatever the decision was, it was not going for us.