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Richard Forrester

Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson to avoid FA charge over referee comments after Rotherham win

Nigel Pearson won't face any retrospective action from the FA following his comments made regarding the standard of officials in the wake of the victory over Rotherham United on Saturday.

The Bristol City manager was strong in his opinion regarding the PGMOL (Professional Game Match Officials Limited) declaring their lack of accountability, confusion, and mixed messages were "very irritating, inconsistent, not good enough and ruining the game.”

Pearson also questioned the levels of leadership following Howard Webb's promotion to the Chief Refereeing Officer in November, adding: "The leadership within their group is... wow. Everybody thought Howard Webb would come in and have a positive impact but even in the Premier League, it’s getting things wrong even with VAR.

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