Extracted from soccernet:
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson maintains he feels
'aggrieved' at the performance of referee Mark Clattenburg at
Bolton Wanderers on Saturday.
As expected, Ferguson has been charged by the Football Association
with 'using abusive and insulting words towards an official'
following his half-time altercation with Clattenburg, which
resulted in his dismissal to the stands for the second-half of
Manchester United's 1-0 defeat.
Ferguson was upset that Clattenburg failed to protect his players
against what he claimed were 'over-aggressive' tactics from Gary
Megson's side, with Kevin Davies in particular irritating the Scot
by meting out some rough treatment on full-back Patrice Evra.
The French defender felt one first-half tackle from Davies should
have resulted in Clattenburg red-carding the striker and Ferguson
waited for the official at half-time to 'tell him exactly what I
thought'.
'Some referees don't like the truth,' added Ferguson after the
game.
The Scot must have known the FA disciplinary chiefs were likely to
take action once they examined Clattenburg's version of events and
he now has until December 11 to respond.
However, while his assessment of the situation was more measured
this afternoon, Ferguson was still clearly annoyed.
'You can expect a team in Bolton's position to play that way,' he
said.
'You expect a team near the bottom to battle, scrap and
fight.
'Obviously they do not have the quality of opponents like
ourselves. That is why they we are in different positions in the
league.
'But the key thing is how the referee controls it. He is the
arbiter in terms of the application of the rules of football. That
is where we feel a bit aggrieved.'
Ironically, earlier this month, Ferguson claimed Clattenburg was
one of the Premier League's best referees, although he has not
brought them much luck this season, taking charge of the defeats at
Manchester City and Bolton.
Although Ferguson has a notoriously short fuse, he rarely falls
foul of referees in such a manner.
He was hit with a two-match touchline ban and a £10,000 fine in
2003 when he launched a stinging attack on Jeff Winter, who was
acting as fourth official during United's encounter with Newcastle
at St James' Park.
Although he could be punished in a similar manner again, touchline
bans have been rare in recent times, so a financial penalty is more
likely if the case against him is proved.
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well, serve him right for trying to act like big mafia of BPL of
trying to influence referee n officials.
2 charges in less than a month, hope FA suspend him wif touchline
bans.