English Football Association charge Sir Alex Ferguson over anti-referee comments
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been charged by the English Football Association (FA) for improper conduct.
Fergie has been given time until 4 pm, March 8th, to reply to the charges. The charges come after he made comments over the refereeing during the Manchester United-Chelsea match that the Blues won. United were beaten 2-1 and Ferguson expressed displeasure
over some of referee Martin Atkinson’s decisions.
After the game, Sir Alex was outraged and pointed out to the incident where Chelsea defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Luiz-c10542 should have been sent off when he tackled Wayne Rooney. The Brazilian had already been booked for a foul on Javier Hernandez and according to Ferguson
he had no right to be on the field after he brought down http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 in an ugly tackle.
If that was not enough to get the Scott going, Atkinson awarded a penalty to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yuri-Zhirkov-c37683 didn’t deserve it.
Ferguson made these comments while talking to a British broadcast network. However, the FA took action on his other comments that he made while talking to ManU TV.
Ferguson said, “You want a fair referee, or a strong referee anyway – and we didn't get that. I must say, when I saw who the referee was I feared it. I feared the worst.”
The FA asked MUTV for the footage of the interview and analysed Fergie’s comments.
FA gave the footage a thorough examination and made sure they understood the context of his criticism in the post-defeat situation. The Football Association decided that there was enough malice in Ferguson’s words to charge him. The FA added that no one
was allowed to make such comments about the FA’s referees and Ferguson was no exception.
Sir Alex decided not to have a pre-match press conference ahead of the all important game against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809. The ManU manager is in a tough spot now. He will be asked to justify his words and if he could not convince the FA of his innocence, he may be looking
at some good time away from his team for the next few games.
Sir Ferguson has still not served two matches from a four-match dug out ban that was handed to him last season. The United boss said referee Alan Wiley was not fit enough to officiate a Premier League game.
If Ferguson is not able to come up with a good enough explanation, he may be sitting in the stands for United’s big FA Cup quarter final against Arsenal on 12th March. That will be followed by the Premier League game against Bolton.
The charge against Ferguson poses more problems for Manchester United as they are already troubled by the number of injuries in the squad. If they do not have the manager by the sidelines in big games leading to the climax of the season, it could all still
go wrong for them.
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