Manchester United

[muddym2002]

I caught a bit of the sunday supplement and they talked about Halsey's autobiography and said that Ferguson texts the referees during the week just to check up on them etc. The journos just laughed it off?!! Surely the refs should have no contact with the cunt. Conflict of interest perhaps?!

[Chris]

Wonder if Halsey will reveal how much he got for his "display" at Anfield last season v them.

[Chazza]

See Ronaldo has signed a new 5 year deal with Madrid no chance of him going 'home' then.

[Assassin]

See Ronaldo has signed a new 5 year deal with Madrid no chance of him going 'home' then.

Who would gome "home" to Gollum. I still can't understand why they chose him. But I am loving it

[Exiled_red]

See Ronaldo has signed a new 5 year deal with Madrid no chance of him going 'home' then.

Maybe he has just signed the contract so that Madrid get a 'fair' fee for him

[RedAndWhite]

gollum reckons ferguson has told him that the champions league draw is one of the hardest they have ever had getting his excuses in then

But we all knew that by just looking at the current manager.

[Chazza]

[Shaggy]

Haha. Bit by bit. Bit by bit.

[Shaggy]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/mark-halsey-alex-ferguson-text-2276667

Premier League referees to be warned amid Mark Halsey text row

15 Sep 2013 22:30

The PGMOL have admitted that Sir Alex Ferguson's text conversations with referee Halsey broke protocol

Premier League referees are to be warned against talking to managers after Mark Halsey’s claim he was on texting terms with Sir Alex Ferguson.

The Hertfordshire official retired at the end of last season, the same time as Sir Alex stood down at Manchester United.

Halsey has also confirmed the Mirror’s exclusive from last year that Chelsea midfielder Jon Obi Mikel screamed: “I’ll break your legs” at referee Mark Clattenburg on October 28 last year.

It is Halsey’s texting claim , however, that has caused controversy.

He has revealed that while Ferguson was in charge at Old Trafford he asked the Scot to defend fellow ref Mark Clattenburg over claims that Mikel had been called “a monkey” in Chelsea’s defeat to United

Speaking in his book Added Time, Halsey said: “’I took matters in my own hands and rang Sir Alex asking him to speak out.

“He agreed and used his Friday press conference to say he could not conceive of Mark saying such things. It helped the situation a great deal.”

Halsey added: “It took time to gain Sir Alex Ferguson’s respect but in the end we had a very good relationship.”

He broke protocol by directly making contact to a manager but defended his actions by saying in his book: “One thing should be made clear about my relationship with Sir Alex. I may have spoken to him a lot and shared texts but he knew when I crossed that white line there were no favours.

“Players and managers would not respect you if you gave decisions based on friendship.”

Halsey’s comments have stunned football fans fearful that relationships between referees and managers could result in influencing results.

A spokesman for the Professional Game and Match Officials Ltd, the body that appoint officials for Premier League games, *reiterated the organisation’s position last night.

He said: “Our protocol prohibits referees from making direct contact with managers.”

Referees contravening the guideline would be subject to disciplinary action if any case against them were proved.

[Chazza]

Hit me on my beeper

A ****ing joke but nothing we should be surprised about.

[Arn]

Not surprised at all.

No favours eh, what about an invitation to a certain charity dinner..........

This stinks big time.

Halsey should never be allowed to ref a game again.

[Chazza]

Halsey has retired so....

[ChesterDave]

I know it is not the point of the article but I really dislike the word 'texted'

[ChesterDave]

Halsey has retired so....

[Rigadon]

Haha. Bit by bit. Bit by bit.

It'll all come out, eventually (and WE are going to love it ).