Surely away players should be able to celebrate a last minute winner in a derby game in front of their own fans? It's not like he did a Collymore and stood in front of the opposition fans staring at them with arms outstretched openly goading them.
How about if Gabby had been hit at the Sty after one of his late winners? Or Young and Laursen as they ran past a stand full of Evertonians with hands behind their ears after THAT goal (cue Legion).
As big a twat as Ferdinand is, he could easily have been blinded and to me, it shouldn't just be brushed under the carpet as one of those things that happen at football.