Sheffield United manager Wilder fined for sandwich rant

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has been fined £11,500 ($14,537) for remarks he made towards match officials following his team's Premier League defeat against Crystal Palace last month.

Wilder was upset by decisions made in the 3-2 defeat and his post-match comments suggested officials were more likely to make decisions against the Yorkshire club.

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He also accused a referee's assistant of being disrespectful by continuing to eat a sandwich while Wilder attempted to speak to referee Tony Harrington after the match.

Wilder was charged with a breach of Rule E3.1 in relation to his post-match comments which the FA said constituted “inappropriate conduct in that they implied bias/or attacked the integrity of the referee, or referees in general and/or brought the match back. in discredit. »

An FA statement said Wilder accepted his charge and an independent regulatory commission imposed the fine.

Wilder's anger was sparked after his goalkeeper Ivo Grbic was forced to retire with concussion after a collision with Palace's Jean-Philippe Mateta who did not receive a yellow card.

“This is yet another ridiculous performance from the referee. A Premier League referee told me, who is as honest as the day is long: 'Get ready, because every close decision will go against you, every 50-50 will go against you.' '” Wilder said in his post-match press conference.

“Every close decision goes against us. I don't look back at the last 10 games, it's over a longer period of time, before I got here as well. Maybe the thought process is, 'They don't We won't be in this division for long. And I might referee the other team next year, so I don't want to upset too many people.'”

Sheffield United are bottom of the league table with 13 points from 25 matches.