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alex ferguson charged

It appears that the Football Association intends to make an example of  Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson following his remarks about referee Alan Wiley after the 2-2 draw with Sunderland at Old Trafford.

Ferguson has been charged with improper conduct and has until November 3rd to answer the charge. If he is found guilty he could be given a hefty fine or banned from the touchline for a number of games.

While Ferguson was given the opportunity to apologise over his remarks, his half hearted attempt at an apology has simply dug a deeper hole for the 67 year old Scot, who has in the past two seasons been fined and banned from the touchline for his comments about referees.

Alan Leighton, head of the officials’ union Prospect said:

“We think that the attack on Alan Wiley was an attack on his professionalism, struck at the heart of his professionalism and was totally unwarranted. Since then we believe he has broadened out that attack to talk about the fitness of other referees and hasn’t retracted that main allegation that Alan was unfit.

Some people suggest it is us picking on Sir Alex. I’m not interested in previous. If this had gone unchecked, other managers would have felt able to make similar slurs and that fundamentally brings the game into disrepute.”

While the charge is unlikely to cause sleepless nights for Ferguson, the whole sorry affair could easily have been resolved if only he could find it in himself to admit that he was wrong.