Post by Natty on Nov 18, 2008 19:21:33 GMT -1
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been handed a two-match touchline ban and fined £10,000 after admitting a charge of improper conduct.
Ferguson, 66, came on to the pitch to remonstrate with referee Mike Dean after United beat Hull on 1 November.
The ban starts on 2 December and covers the Carling Cup game with Blackburn and the league match against Sunderland.
Ferguson's admission of the charge and previous disciplinary record were considered by the Football Association.
The Scot had claimed the FA was "dying" to send him a letter after he was charged.
"I have no reaction because I have not read the charge yet," he said on 7 November. "I am a bit surprised. But this is the FA. They were probably dying to send me a letter."
He was thought to be upset that Dean, having already booked Michael Turner, did not send the Hull defender off when he up-ended Michael Carrick in the second half.
United were 4-1 up at the time and, to compound Ferguson's frustration, Dean then awarded Hull a penalty for Rio Ferdinand's challenge on Bernard Mendy.
Manchester United's players became increasingly irritated and Wayne Rooney escaped a sending off when heavy challenges on George Boateng and Andy Dawson resulted in only one booking.
haha ;D
Ferguson, 66, came on to the pitch to remonstrate with referee Mike Dean after United beat Hull on 1 November.
The ban starts on 2 December and covers the Carling Cup game with Blackburn and the league match against Sunderland.
Ferguson's admission of the charge and previous disciplinary record were considered by the Football Association.
The Scot had claimed the FA was "dying" to send him a letter after he was charged.
"I have no reaction because I have not read the charge yet," he said on 7 November. "I am a bit surprised. But this is the FA. They were probably dying to send me a letter."
He was thought to be upset that Dean, having already booked Michael Turner, did not send the Hull defender off when he up-ended Michael Carrick in the second half.
United were 4-1 up at the time and, to compound Ferguson's frustration, Dean then awarded Hull a penalty for Rio Ferdinand's challenge on Bernard Mendy.
Manchester United's players became increasingly irritated and Wayne Rooney escaped a sending off when heavy challenges on George Boateng and Andy Dawson resulted in only one booking.
haha ;D
