Ferguson to learn fate over comments

03 March 2011 08:30
The Football Association have requested a copy of Sir Alex Ferguson's post-match interview with MUTV from Tuesday's encounter with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Ferguson will learn by 4pm tomorrow whether he will be charged with improper conduct for his attack on referee Martin Atkinson. Although the United manager's comments on Sky Sports were critical of the official, it is the ones to his club's own in-house station where the FA believe he may have crossed the line by raising a question about Atkinson's integrity. The FA have no power to order MUTV to hand over a copy of the interview but feel it would be in Ferguson's best interests as it can often bring comments into context that look harsh on the printed page. It does, however, raise the prospect of Ferguson ending up getting a touchline ban thanks to evidence provided by his own club.

Source: PA