Manchester United<\/a> chief executive David Gill has accused the FA of victimising his club with unfair punishments that would not be handed out to their rivals.<\/span><\/p>\nAn FA board member, Gill has criticised decisions taken by sport’s governing body in the UK, believing the Red Devils get a raw deal.<\/span><\/p>\nHe highlighted manager Sir Alex Ferguson\u2019s five-game touchline ban and the two-game suspension given to striker Wayne Rooney for swearing into a television camera.<\/span><\/p>\nGill said: \u201cI do genuinely believe there have been some poorish decisions that, in my opinion, wouldn’t necessarily have hit other clubs.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThat’s not to say I’m condoning Wayne’s comments, because I don’t think they were correct, or what Sir Alex said, because it wasn’t helpful. But at the same time, the actual punishments were harsh.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cWe’re possibly being caught up in being one of the biggest clubs and the FA’s Respect agenda being there.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cWhat better way to demonstrate the authorities are being tough than by hitting one of the biggest clubs the hardest?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nGill\u2019s comments were in Champ19ns<\/em>, a book about Manchester United\u2019s Premier League-winning campaign last year by Steve Bartram.<\/span><\/p>\nThe five-match touchline ban given to Ferguson meant he was unable to sit in the dugout for United\u2019s 1-0 semi-final loss in the FA Cup to Manchester City, the first ever manager to be unable to do so at Wembley.<\/span><\/p>\nThe chief executive was particularly sceptical of the \u201cdangerous course\u201d the FA took by banning England international Rooney for his verbal misdemeanour.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThe club doesn’t condone it Rooney’s swearing, but Wayne recognised it was wrong and apologised almost immediately,\u201d Gill said.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cWe have various issues with the ban: one being consistency. What’s going to happen now? Is the referee under pressure to send everyone off?<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI think sometimes in celebration people do swear and all that means is that, to my mind, it’s a dangerous course the FA has gone down, because consistent application is what’s required and I’m not sure that’ll necessarily happen. There are certain things you should wait until the start of the season to change.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cBut it’s a lesson to Wayne. He subsequently scored a great goal against Chelsea and smiled \u2013 that’s what we want to see.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThere should be exuberance, but you look at the abuse to which he was subjected by West Ham supporters and I know people say you’ve got to rise above it, but I defy anyone being vilified to that level always to retain your cool.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI don’t think the media helped either, with the constant repetition of footage, with his mouth blurred out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nExcerpt from:
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