Jose Mourinho fined

<div id="headline" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; outline-style: none;"><h1 class="story-header" itemprop="headline" style="font-size: 2.308em; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.2; margin: -2px 0px 18px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 6px;"><img src="http://www.thefa.com/~/media/images/thefaportal/2015/jan/jose-mourinho-charged.ashx" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="font-size: 2.308em; letter-spacing: -0.2px; line-height: 1.2;">Jose Mourinho fined £25,000 for referee 'campaign' comments<a name="more"></a></span></h1></div><div class="bintro" style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.875em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing, Jose Mourinho has been fined £25,000 after he was found to have breached FA Rules in relation to media comments.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.875em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Chelsea manager denied that comments he made after the game against Southampton on 28 December 2014 constituted improper conduct in that they alleged and/or implied bias on the part of a referee or referees, and/or brought the game into disrepute.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.875em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Independent Regulatory Commission found the comments were a breach of FA Rule E3 in that they were improper and brought the game into disrepute. The Commission did not, however, find that the comments implied bias on the part of a referee or referees.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.875em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mr Mourinho, who had requested a non-personal hearing, was also warned as to his future conduct.</div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" itemprop="description" style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.462em; line-height: 1.11; margin-top: 20px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />Thefa.com</span></div><div id="eplayerHolder" style="background-color: white; color: #081f2c; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.960000038147px; height: 349px; line-height: 20.7360000610352px; margin: 0px auto; width: 620px;"><br /></div>

Jose Mourinho fined

Jose Mourinho fined £25,000 for referee 'campaign' comments Following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing, Jose Mourinho ha...

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