PHIL Parkinson has been hit with an FA fine for comments made about match officials in the 2-0 defeat to QPR last month.

The Wanderers boss had branded the performance of referee Scott Duncan and his assistants at Loftus Road as “weak” and implied they had been influenced by Hoops boss Ian Holloway during a half-time confrontation.

Defender Mark Little was sent off during the second half in West London for a touchline challenge, which earned him a three-match suspension.

Parkinson said at the time: “Mark’s left the ground and he’s given the ref a decision to make.

“Away from home, when you’ve got the weak officials we had today, it was always going to end up in a red.

“I can see why he’s given that one, but I thought the all-round performance of all four officials was very poor.

“Loftus Road is a tight ground, the crowd are on top of you and Ian Holloway’s jumping up and down appealing for everything and having a go at the ref at half-time.

“At half-time, Ian was waiting for the ref. I said to the ref: ‘Don’t get influenced by that’ and I thought he was.

“You need strong officials and we didn’t have them today. I think if that had been a QPR player it would have been a yellow card.

“Sometimes you say a ref’s a ‘homer’ and every decision goes for the home team. It certainly was that today.”

Details of the charge – which was accepted by Parkinson – and the fine will be released on the FA’s official website later today.

It is understood the comments were in breach of FA rule E3 regarding bringing the game into disrepute.