The Football Association will not challenge the decision by disciplinary chiefs to take no action against Sir Alex Ferguson and Carlos Queiroz.The United duo initially got in hot water for their outbursts against officials after their FA Cup exit last season.
And the FA insist the remarks by Ferguson and Queiroz, who had been charged with improper conduct, about referees chief Keith Hackett and match official Martin Atkinson were "inappropriate".
Last month an independent regulatory commission found the charges not proven and the FA had until Friday to appeal but have decided not to do so.
An FA spokesman said: "After careful consideration, including external legal advice, we have decided that an appeal would be unlikely to succeed given the limited basis on which appeals are allowed. An appeal would therefore not be the right course of action.
"We remain surprised and disappointed at the original decision and we want to reiterate our support for Keith Hackett, Martin Atkinson and referees collectively.
"Keith Hackett has an important job to do in managing the select group of referees and we fully support his work. Martin Atkinson and the other select group referees also have our full backing for the excellent job they do.
"We remain firmly of the view that the comments made by Sir Alex Ferguson and Carlos Queiroz were inappropriate. We wish to discourage such comments being made as they are not in the best interests of football.
"In light of the commission's decision, we will review the process by which we address inappropriate media comments made about match officials by participants in the game."
The reason for the FA's decision is that the only grounds for an appeal is for them to demonstrate that the original decision was one that "no reasonable body could have come to".
Ferguson blasted Hackett after he felt his side had been denied a blatant penalty against Portsmouth.
"It's absolutely ridiculous," Ferguson said. "He (Hackett) is not doing his job properly and he needs to be assessed.
Queiroz had said Hackett was "a disgrace" and had deserved to be "given a red card".
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Don't blame Sir Alex he did not get his own way the FA messed up. Infact the Referee on the day should have been suspended for one game as there was a few decisions against both teams he missed or gave incorrectly, including the penalty to Portsmouth and the not the one to United. Referees should be assessed and I think they should comment on decisions at the end of the game as Managers do, then we will see what the reason for the decisions are and then comment. So get over it, it is dead and buried. The Premeirship will not be as good when he retires.
If he got his own way he wouldn't complain... so the fact he IS complaining tells you something, no, idiot??
YEAH! "the premiership will be a better place without him". Better for Chelsea, Arse-nil & Liverpool maybe Terry my friend!!!
You are so sour... poor boy... "Fergie gets his own way again" what are you... a chelsea fan? sounds like... get over it... besides had somebody else said what he said, you probably would have supported the statements, considering chelsea didn't get the ususal favourable treatment this season. Whats wrong with saying that ref's should be assessed... they should... everybody else is... why not them. Its a job, they're paid, and if they do not perform, then it should be looked at.
Ferguson gets his own way again
The sooner he goes the better
the premiership will be a bettetr place without him
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