After the 2-2 draw against Sunderland on Saturday, Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson claimed that the referee (Alan Wiley) was unfit. That has led to one trade union chief saying that Fergie should be banned from football.

The national secretary of Professionals’ trade union of Prospect, Alan Leghton, told BBC Radio 5 Live:

"So I think there has to be some recognition that this is a serious allegation that needs to be properly dealt with and punished severely. 

"There are issues around suspension from the job that would be new territory that hasn't happened before, but I think the FA has to grab the nettle on this one. 

"There has to be some punishment that is going to stop people from doing this or otherwise we are going to see more and more of it.

"We have to talk about punishments that are going to really lead to a change in behaviour." 

Leighton added: "I think the FA has to act on this. There is no future with the Respect campaign if the FA don't act.

"I see the FA have asked him to explain his comments. I'm not really sure what requires explanation. 

 

"I would like to see the FA act quickly to restore Alan's reputation and ensure referees get some protection from what seems to be a growing approach that managers feel they can abuse them." 

I don’t agree with what Sir Alex said but come on. You cannot ban him from football for saying something like that. Much worse things have happened in football and managers have said worse comments and they haven’t been banned.

I don’t think Fergie will be worrying one bit about this, if it happens there would be a massive uproar and I think the FA are too scared. You cannot ban a manager from football just for saying that the ref was unfit. Commentators say players are unfit all the time, especially when they come back from injury, why not ban the commentators aswell?