Sir Alex Ferguson was given a four-match touchline ban for improper conduct by the Football Association (FA) on Thursday following an outspoken attack on referee Alan Wiley.
The Manchester United manager, who admitted an FA charge of improper conduct, publicly labelled Wiley as “unfit” after his Premier League champions were held to a 2-2 draw by Sunderland at Old Trafford on October 3.
But on Thursday he was banned for four games, of which two are suspended until the end of the 2010/11 season, fined 20,000 pounds (33,148 dollars) and warned as to his future conduct following his “grossly improper and wholly inappropriate” comments about Wiley.
