FA chairman Greg Clarke slams David Moyes for 'complete lack of respect' after Sunderland manager threatened to 'slap' female BBC reporter

Daily Mail | April 5, 2017

Sunderland boss David Moyes was reeling from another defeat on a night which ended with a blast from FA chairman Greg Clarke over his ‘slap’ threat to a female TV interviewer.

While Moyes insisted he was ‘surprised’ by the reaction to comments he made last month to the BBC’s Vicki Sparks, which could mean an FA rap, Clarke’s condemnation was strong.

'It was regrettable, it was distasteful,' the Telegraph reported the FA chairman as as saying, 'and I think it showed a complete lack of respect. And in the game we stand for respect.

David Moyes was being interviewed by Vicki Sparks after his side's goalless draw with Burnleyu00a0 — David Moyes was being interviewed by Vicki Sparks after his side's goalless draw with Burnley

David Moyes has been given the full backing of Sunderland after video footage emerged of him threatening to slap a female reporter — Moyes, pictured left, on Monday, has been given the full support of his club Sunderland following the emergence of footage in which he suggested he might slap Sparks

BBC reporter Sparks was told: 'You still might get a slap even though you're a woman'

'I think it's doubly bad to use such a term to a woman because there is a lot of violence against women in society and terms like that aren't just disrespectful, I think they are bad examples.