All of this flies directly in the face of the FA's Respect campaign, which was supposed to stamp out abuse towards officials throughout all levels of the game. They seem very reluctant to act on their own policy when the top-flight Premier league teams are involved. Chelsea and Manchester Utd seem to be consistently the principle offenders.
In other news...
Man Utd confirm Nemanja Vidic will miss rest of season
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16079897.stm