Source: Team_Talk
Fine and warning for Latics boss
The FA has fined Roberto Martinez and warned the Wigan boss as to his future conduct after finding him guilty of improper conduct.[LNB] The punishment follows comments made by Martinez after the match against Manchester City last season.[LNB]Martinez had been furious at referee Stuart Attwell for the second half dismissal of defender Gary Caldwell for a tackle on Carlos Tevez during the Latics' 3-0 defeat at Eastlands on March 29.[LNB]At a personal hearing on Wednesday, the charge was proven and, taking into account Martinez's previous exemplary record, the Independent Regulatory Commission warned him as to his future conduct and fined him £2,250.[LNB]Caldwell's red card for a challenge on Tevez that Attwell described as being with "excessive force" proved pivotal as the Argentina striker proceeded to score a 13-minute hat-trick.[LNB]Immediately after the game Martinez said: "We are all human beings and we all make mistakes, but to give a decision after something you don't see, that is lying. You are making it up.[LNB]"He (the referee) said he saw Gary Caldwell with both feet off the ground. That's why he gave the red card.[LNB]"But Gary Caldwell only went with one foot. That is a real injustice."'
