0% Villa - Ferguson banned for 5 matches

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Sir Alex Ferguson handed five-match ban for outburst 
By Matt Slater
BBC sports news reporter 


A Football Association tribunal has given Sir Alex Ferguson a five-match touchline ban for his comments about referee Martin Atkinson.

The Manchester United manager was found guilty of improper conduct for criticising Atkinson's display in the loss at Chelsea earlier this month.

"You want a fair referee, or a strong referee anyway - and we didn't get that," Ferguson told MUTV.

The ban starts on 22 March and includes the FA Cup tie against Manchester City.

The Independent Regulatory Commission's sanction is made up of a three-game ban for the Atkinson remarks and the activation of a two-game suspended ban that Ferguson was given last year for suggesting referee Alan Wiley was not "fit enough" to keep up with play.

The three-man panel also fined the 69-year-old manager £30,000.

The reasons for the decision will be sent to Ferguson in the next 24 hours and he then has 48 hours to decide if he wants to appeal. This is why the sanction does not start until after Saturday's home league game against Bolton Wanderers.

Should he accept the punishment, the Old Trafford boss will have to watch the Premier League games against West Ham, Fulham, Everton and Arsenal from the stands, as well as the semi-final against local rivals City at Wembley.

 

[fredm]

Do these bans include the dressing room areas before and during the match or is it just the touchlines during the match?

Seem to remember the Mourinho saga at Chelsea but think that was a UEFA match and maybe the rules are/were different.

[VillaZogmariner]

What's the betting Rooney has a "knock" for the upcoming England games.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

He's bound to go mental, blame the media and say something like
'I'm being persecuted like a war time Polish Jew.'

[olaftab]

Not enough. Should have been 10.

[olaftab]

What's the betting Rooney has a "knock" for the upcoming England games.

This is IRC banning him on referral from FA but being a vengeful bastard he will seek payback.

[Charlie8182]

Blimey, have the FA suddenly grown a backbone?

[eamonn]

Yay, we can all stop moaning now about how the FA would never have the cojones to punish Ol'Whisky'Nose.

[Jotopsy]

I'll be a tad suprised if thats not reduced in the coming days. Might shut him up for a while though

[D.boy]

I'll be a tad suprised if thats not reduced in the coming days. Might shut him up for a while though

The only time he would shut up is if he wandered into an itv post match conference whilst looking for the bar.

[cheltenhamlion]

Good. Fucking arsewipe.

[darren woolley]

About time he got what he deserved.

[The Left Side]

About time he got what he deserved.

Well said

[Salsa Party Animal]

He need to be brought down to earth. There should be 5 match ban for his arse lickers as well.

[WikiVilla]

Mike Phelan - coming to a technical area near you, soon