Did anyone else write an e-mail to the FA regarding the Wayne Rooney incident and the favourable treatment towards Manchester United. Here is the reply I received Thank you for contacting The Football Association. The FA are only able to use retrospective action in incidents that are ââ¬Ënot seenââ¬â¢ by referees. In reference to the Wayne Rooney incident this was clarified as having been ââ¬Ëseenââ¬â¢ by the referee - who awarded a free-kick at the time - therefore ruling out the potential use of retrospective action. The guidance for this is issued by the world governing body FIFA. The FA apply this rule consistently across all levels of the game for which we are responsible. The Football Association receives many e-mails and letters from supporters of clubs complaining about what they see as favourable or unfavourable treatment. Football is a game of opinions, but our concern is to be even handed across the board. We are confident that the disciplinary procedures off the pitch as well as the Referees on the pitch uphold the laws of the game without any bias to player, manager or club. The FA strongly refutes any suggestion that Manchester Utd (or any other club for that matter) are treated differently. As evidence of this please see the statistics below, noting the 3 charges against Manchester United, two of which relate to Wayne Rooney (v Bolton 2006) and Rio Ferdinand (v Hull 2010). From the 2004/5 season onwards (the first season the Fast-Track system replaced the previous system) these are the stats relating to individual player charges that were ââ¬Ënot seenââ¬â¢ by the referee. 58 players have been charged, 29 from the PL, including: Man City 5 Newcastle 4 Arsenal 4 Man United 3 Tottenham 2 Birmingham 2 Blackburn 2 Bolton 1 Chelsea 1 Everton 1 Fulham 1 Stoke 1 WBA 1 Wigan 1 Whilst we appreciate that this may not alleviate your concerns we hope that this clarifies the issue. Kind regards
They are sticking to their rules, but need to get a backbone and realise the rule is ****. And also, they say the referee saw it... how are they letting him referee next week?!
Yes Im sure they also said that if a player has not received a card they can still take futher action and review the incident even if the referee did see it.
This referee saw the incident is crap, cos the ref waved play on when Williamson got done for 3 games.
I can see things like this getting to the point the FA wont do anything so players/clubs will start taking it to courts which i think will be bad for the game and open up a whole can of worms. the fa need to grow a pair and start looking at things with logic rather than a broken rule for the sake of the game.
Didn't Webb see the Williamson incident, acknowledge seeing it by waving 'play on' then coming back to speak to Williamson yet they used the tv evidence from a different angle to give Williamson a 3 match ban a lot of referee's I know feel they have been badly let down by Clattenburg and the FA remember Rooney got off from a punishment when he was seen swearing 24 times at Graham Poll
Forgive me if i've misunderstood but... Surely the FA are once again hiding behind a larger governing body by following the "guide lines" set by FIFA about misconduct. Seems like golden balls rooney is being groomed by the FA and Ferguson
They didn't reply to me as I asked them if they can't use retropective action , why did they use it against Williamson when the referee clearly saw it?
The FA don't do FA because they know FA about football. They're just a bunch of suits in it for the cash!
This. How can they allow a referee who saw an elbow and did **** all about it continue to referee the highest standard of football in the country and arguably the world?
