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Article: Ferguson claims pro-Chelsea bias after Terry wins red card appeal
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 17, 2008
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*FOOTBALL
Sir Alex Ferguson yesterday accused the Premier League's head of
referees Keith Hackett of favouring Chelsea after John Terry's red
card was controversially rescinded to make the defender eligible for
the league match against Manchester United on Sunday. Mark Halsey,
the referee who awarded the card, has been banished to League Two as
punishment.
Ferguson has a history of enmity with Hackett and accused him of
pressurising Halsey into the decision - eventually the red card was
overturned by a Football Association independent commission. "My
information is that Hackett told Mark Halsey to rescind the red card
and he would not do it," said Ferguson. "Now I understand that
Halsey is ...