{"id":284466,"date":"2011-02-28T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/28\/fa-will-not-charge-wayne-rooney-over-incident-in-manchester-united-clash-with-wigan\/"},"modified":"2011-02-28T13:02:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T13:02:00","slug":"fa-will-not-charge-wayne-rooney-over-incident-in-manchester-united-clash-with-wigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/fa-will-not-charge-wayne-rooney-over-incident-in-manchester-united-clash-with-wigan\/","title":{"rendered":"FA will not charge Wayne Rooney over incident in Manchester United clash with Wigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Alex Richards<\/h3>\n<h4>28 Feb 2011 13:02:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"50.2505567929\">\n<div readability=\"15.6371308017\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL,Wayne Rooney,Manchester United vs Manchester City(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/04f86249123815_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>EPL,Wayne Rooney,Manchester United vs Manchester City(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"10.2\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> striker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1681\/wayne-rooney\">Wayne Rooney<\/a> will not face action by the FA despite video footage appearing to show the 25-year-old elbowing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/536\/wigan-athletic\">Wigan<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/ireland\/31982\/james-mccarthy\">James McCarthy<\/a> in the head.<\/p>\n<p>However, as referee Mark Clattenburg saw the incident, and gave only a free-kick to the home side, under their own legislation the FA are powerless to punish Rooney.<\/p>\n<p>The governing body were today in contact with the official, who has told the FA that he dealt with the incident in an appropriate manner, much to the anger of Wigan boss Roberto Martinez.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/04f86249123815_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/02\/28\/2372871\/fa-will-not-charge-wayne-rooney-over-incident-in-manchester\" title=\"FA will not charge Wayne Rooney over incident in Manchester United clash with Wigan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FA will not charge Wayne Rooney over incident in Manchester United clash with Wigan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Alex Richards 28 Feb 2011 13:02:00 EPL,Wayne Rooney,Manchester United vs Manchester City(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will not face action by the FA despite video footage appearing to show the 25-year-old elbowing Wigan midfielder James McCarthy in the head. However, as referee Mark Clattenburg saw the incident, and gave only a free-kick to the home side, under their own legislation the FA are powerless to punish Rooney. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FA will not charge Wayne Rooney over incident in Manchester United clash with Wigan - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/fa-will-not-charge-wayne-rooney-over-incident-in-manchester-united-clash-with-wigan\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"FA will not charge Wayne Rooney over incident in Manchester United clash with Wigan - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Alex Richards 28 Feb 2011 13:02:00 EPL,Wayne Rooney,Manchester United vs Manchester City(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will not face action by the FA despite video footage appearing to show the 25-year-old elbowing Wigan midfielder James McCarthy in the head. 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