Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Female officials
Mike Newell insists he will not resign in the wake of his outburst against female officials. The FA are looking into Newell's remarks after Luton's 3-2 home defeat by QPR on Saturday.He blasted lineswoman Amy Rayner and declared women should not be allowed to officiate.
Newell has since apologised for his comments but his remorse may come too late to save his job.
The 41-year-old said: "I want to apologise publicly to Amy Rayner and to anyone else I have offended."
The comments I made were ill-timed and out of order."I wanted to apologise privately before I apologised publicly, but I could not get hold of Amy Rayner."
