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Evangelos Marinakis: Nottingham Forest owner suing Crystal Palace for defamation after banner at Selhurst Park | Football News
11 August 2026 Off

Evangelos Marinakis: Nottingham Forest owner suing Crystal Palace for defamation after banner at Selhurst Park | Football News

By Total Football News

Evangelos Marinakis is suing Crystal Palace for defamation, after a banner was unfurled at Selhurst Park last season showing the Nottingham Forest owner holding a gun to the head of Morgan Gibbs-White.

The flag was displayed last August, shortly after Gibbs-White’s failed move to Tottenham, which resulted in him instead signing a contract extension at the City Ground.

The banner also made lurid and unsubstantiated references to the Greek billionaire’s

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Crystal Palace charged by FA after fans’ Evangelos Marinakis gun banner
8 November 2025 Off

Crystal Palace charged by FA after fans’ Evangelos Marinakis gun banner

By Total Football News

The Football Association has charged Crystal Palace with misconduct after supporters held a banner depicting Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis holding a gun to midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White’s head.

The banner, unfurled during the 1-1 Premier League draw at Selhurst Park in August, read: “Mr Marinakis is not involved in blackmail, match-fixing, drug trafficking or corruption.”

Marinakis has consistently denied any wrongdoing in relation to such allegations.

The FA has charged

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Coventry City: ‘Banner Man’ revisits the club’s relegation from the Premier League
9 May 2025 Off

Coventry City: ‘Banner Man’ revisits the club’s relegation from the Premier League

By Total Football News

On his decision to create the banner, Mullaney told BBC Radio CWR: “[It was] completely impromptu, my friend Rod was 15 minutes late picking us up to go out of the train station and I was sitting and hanging around nervously.

“Then, something created a little brainwave in my head that I thought it would be a good idea to write ‘We’ll be back’ on something.”

He added: “I was

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Sheffield United fans raise thousands for George Baldock banner
15 October 2024 Off

Sheffield United fans raise thousands for George Baldock banner

By Total Football News

The banner was the idea of fan Nigel Brooke and was set up by Klaire Heap, of supporters’ group We Are True Blades.

The group said donations above the £4,000 target would be donated to charity.

“The banner will be a tribute to George,” Ms Heap said.

“We decided that any extra raised will go back to local causes George was involved with, supporting the older generation through the Blades

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Manchester City: Pep Guardiola offers to pay for banner made by fans asking him to stay at club
4 October 2024 Off

Manchester City: Pep Guardiola offers to pay for banner made by fans asking him to stay at club

By Total Football News

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola joked he would reimburse fans after hearing they are set to display a new banner asking him to stay at the club.

The 1894 Group, who organise displays of flags and banners at Etihad stadium, raised more than £1,000 in just 24 hours to create a banner.

It is due to be displayed in the South Stand on Saturday, when Fulham visit at 15:00 BST,

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