Football: FA warns Ferguson over conduct

Ferguson was charged with improper conduct for his pre-match comment on match officials.

LONDON: Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was warned by the Football Association (FA) as to his future conduct in relation to recent comments about referee Howard Webb.

Ferguson was charged with improper conduct, relating to his pre-match media comments made about Webb ahead of Manchester United’s key Premier League encounter with Chelsea last on May 8.  “A Regulatory Commission has warned Sir Alex Ferguson as to his future conduct,” said an FA statement.



Published in The Express Tribune, May 18^th, 2011.