chelsea did not accuse clattenburg of anything; they merely reported a serious complaint - which they had no way of ascertaining its veracity -- made to them by their player(s) to the relevant governing body.
it turned out, there was no substance to it -- so the players who made the allegation should be sanctioned and made to apologise. Chelsea as a club/employer did what they were obligated to do![]()
This wasn't a he said/ she said it was a "me no speaky english" and the club and players (though not the few intelligent ones) jumping the bandwagon. Okay then, if the chavs have a care of duty to protect hysterical and libellous scum bags at the expense of an obviously innocent guy they can now apply that same standard to throwing the book at the ****s, can't they? Otherwise care of duty just means see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Für eure Sicherheit
So it took chelsea 3 days to formalize a complaint to send to the FA. And?
As I said in a previous post, I think amidst the hulabaloo (the players spouting off post match) Chelsea were right in formally announcing that they were taking such a complaint seriously especially considering that the stench of the terry saga was still lingering about.
I believe I have made this pont already --- that the players who made such a serious allegation deserve to be sanctioned if it is deemed to be of malicious intent. This is specifically the onus of the FA. Following which CFC should take a sufficiently serious disciplinary action against the players who made the allegation.