Football: Blues boss Moyes to fight FA charges.Byline: By IAN IAN Interactive Affiliate Network IAN i am nothing IAN Instrumentation & Automation News IAN Ianuarius (Latin: January) IAN Instituto Agronomico Nacional (Paraguay) IAN Incident Area Network DOYLE DAVID MOYES David William Moyes (b. April 25, 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Everton F.C.. He has twice been named, in 2003 and 2005, as the 'League Managers' Association manager of the year', and is one of the younger will have the chance to air his grievances over Merseyside derby The Merseyside Derby is the name of the football match played between the Everton and Liverpool football clubs, the two most successful clubs from the Merseyside area of England. referee Mark Clattenburg Mark Clattenburg (born March 13 1975[1]) is an English football referee, who operates in the Football League and the Premier League, and for FIFA. He is based in Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He trained as an electrician and is of part-Canadian ancestry. to the FA after yesterday denying a charge of improper conduct. The Everton manager has requested a personal hearing to defend comments made in the aftermath of the controversial defeat to Liverpool at Goodison on October 20. The FA allege Moyes called into question Clattenburg's integrity and/or implied the referee was motivated by bias following the tempestuous tem·pes·tu·ous adj. 1. Of, relating to, or resembling a tempest: tempestuous gales. 2. Tumultuous; stormy: a tempestuous relationship. fixture, which Liverpool won 2-1. Moyes was incensed by the refusal to award a late penalty when Jamie Carragher tangled with Joleon Lescott in the box, and similarly upset that Dirk Kuyt - who scored both Liverpool goals - was not red-carded for an ugly two-footed lunge at Neville. No date has yet been set by the FA for the hearing, but Moyes will relish the opportunity to argue his case. In the week following the derby defeat, he said: "We knew the injustice the minute we came off the field and it didn't take us to see any videos, we knew immediately how bad it was. "I've since seen it a few times but I know the real story and what's really gone on from the referee and his comments to me - so if the FA really want to hear the real comments than I can explain them. "It was also witnessed by (PFA Senior Executive) John Bramhall so we know exactly what was said and what the referee's thoughts were because I got a chance to speak to him 30 minutes after the game." Meanwhile, Moyes believes Everton supporters' are playing their part in increasing the profile of the club. The Goodison outfit's 1-0 win over Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg on Wednesday night ensured further European travels for the fans for the first time since 1985. And Moyes said: "I think we are getting better, stronger and getting noticed as a club - and a big factor in that is the fan-base. "We were in the hotel before the game in Nuremberg and I was trying to conduct my pre-match team-talk, but you could barely hear yourself speak because of the level of noise coming from the fans on the street. "We went through the tactics and then I said 'do you want to hear more from me, or do you want to listen to the people out there?'. "That was a great moment and showed what a big club this is. You fans are so important and if you go away it is not as big a club. "So keep coming in your droves and if you do that it makes my job easier and the players have no excuses if they are playing in front of a full house every week." CAPTION(S): Goodison boss David Moyes; Everton boss David Moyes |
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