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10-12-2007, 07:39 PM
Ferguson admits FA referee charge
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted a Football Association
charge of misconduct.
Ferguson was charged with using abusive and insulting words towards an official
after an exchange with referee Mark Clattenburg at Bolton on 24 November.
United were given until Tuesday to respond to the charge, but Ferguson will
accept his punishment.
The Scot has not requested a personal hearing and a Regulatory Commission will
consider the charge in due course.
Ferguson was sent to the stands by Clattenburg following a half-time rant during
United's 1-0 defeat at the Reebok Stadium.
The Scot said after the match that he had told the referee "exactly what he
thought of him".
He continued: "Some referees don't like it. They don't like the truth. But I just told
him how bad he was in the first-half."
Ferguson was upset with what he felt was a lack of protection for his players
against what he claimed were "over-aggressive" tactics from Gary Megson's side.
And one tackle by Kevin Davies on Patrice Evra prompted an infuriated Ferguson
into a finger-jabbing rant as Clattenburg entered the tunnel at half-time.
Ferguson said he believes refereeing standards are 'slipping' within the English
game.
Though the United boss openly admitted he had missed a pre-season briefing for
managers by referees' chief Keith Hackett, he believes one of the central
components of the discussion has been ignored.
"At the summer conference, Keith Hackett was on about tackling from behind," he
said.
"He made a promise to the managers that tackles with raised feet off the ground
would be a red card and that tackles from the back would be a red card.
"Standards must be slipping because there have been some bad tackles recently,
not just in our games but in quite a few others.
"And what happens then is that if someone gets seriously injured, who gets the
blame? The referee gets the blame."
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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted a Football Association
charge of misconduct.
Ferguson was charged with using abusive and insulting words towards an official
after an exchange with referee Mark Clattenburg at Bolton on 24 November.
United were given until Tuesday to respond to the charge, but Ferguson will
accept his punishment.
The Scot has not requested a personal hearing and a Regulatory Commission will
consider the charge in due course.
Ferguson was sent to the stands by Clattenburg following a half-time rant during
United's 1-0 defeat at the Reebok Stadium.
The Scot said after the match that he had told the referee "exactly what he
thought of him".
He continued: "Some referees don't like it. They don't like the truth. But I just told
him how bad he was in the first-half."
Ferguson was upset with what he felt was a lack of protection for his players
against what he claimed were "over-aggressive" tactics from Gary Megson's side.
And one tackle by Kevin Davies on Patrice Evra prompted an infuriated Ferguson
into a finger-jabbing rant as Clattenburg entered the tunnel at half-time.
Ferguson said he believes refereeing standards are 'slipping' within the English
game.
Though the United boss openly admitted he had missed a pre-season briefing for
managers by referees' chief Keith Hackett, he believes one of the central
components of the discussion has been ignored.
"At the summer conference, Keith Hackett was on about tackling from behind," he
said.
"He made a promise to the managers that tackles with raised feet off the ground
would be a red card and that tackles from the back would be a red card.
"Standards must be slipping because there have been some bad tackles recently,
not just in our games but in quite a few others.
"And what happens then is that if someone gets seriously injured, who gets the
blame? The referee gets the blame."
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