The FA will not be appealing against the decision of a Regulatory Commission concerning charges against Sir Alex Ferguson and Carlos Queiroz.
 
An independent Commission hearing on 28 May found that charges of improper conduct against the Manchester United manager and assistant manager were not proved.
 
An FA spokesman said: "After careful consideration, including external legal advice, we have decided that an appeal would be unlikely to succeed given the limited basis on which appeals are allowed. An appeal would therefore not be the right course of action.
 
"We remain surprised and disappointed at the original decision and we want to reiterate our support for Keith Hackett, Martin Atkinson and referees collectively. Keith Hackett has an important job to do in managing the select group of referees and we fully support his work. Martin Atkinson and the other select group referees also have our full backing for the excellent job they do.
 
"We remain firmly of the view that the comments made by Sir Alex Ferguson and Carlos Queiroz were inappropriate. We wish to discourage such comments being made as they are not in the best interests of football. In light of the Commission's decision, we will review the process by which we address inappropriate media comments made about match officials by participants in the game."
 
The right of appeal does not result in a rehearing of the original decision. Therefore disagreement with the original decision is not in itself a basis for appeal. A party has to demonstrate that the original decision was one that no reasonable body could have come to. This limited right of appeal is commonly found in other regulatory processes.