The FA has charged both Dennis Wise and referee, Danny McDermid, for swearing at each other during a game between Leeds and Gillingham back in September.
We can imagine Wise spitting and snarling expletives from around knee height like a psychotic Scrappy Doo – who was fined £5,000 and received a three-match touchline ban for having a go at McDermid at half-time.
But, it was more surprising that the referee bit back with some choice words of his own at the end of the game. Has McDermid let himself down or should referees be allowed to answer back in the language they’re being attacked with – it’s a man’s game after all?
