Wolves chairman Steve Morgan apologises over referee confrontation

Wolves chairman Steve Morgan has apologised for his angry confrontation with referee Mike Jones at Molineux.

Morgan left his seat in the directors' box and appeared on the touchline to remonstrate with Jones after two controversial red cards for Wolves players in Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth.

He issued a statement late last night, saying: "I would like to apologise personally to Mike Jones. I was extremely angry and frustrated at many of his refereeing decisions, and I still am.

"However, I should not have gone pitch side to vent my frustrations."

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The club was today set to appeal the dismissals of Rajiv van La Parra and Matt Doherty, with head coach Kenny Jackett convinced their red cards will be overturned. Dutchman van La Parra and defender Doherty both saw red in the second half, prompting a furious Morgan to confront Jones near the players' tunnel at the final whistle.

The FA confirmed they will decide whether to take action against Morgan after reading Cheshire-based Jones's match report, which was due to be received by officials at Wembley today.

Boss Jackett said: "I didn't see what happened with Steve, but I'm sure he wanted an explanation and wanted to talk about the incidents that happened and affected the game."

Jones adjudged van La Parra to have intentionally elbowed Cherries Steve Cook, while Doherty was dismissed for a stoppage-time tackle on Brett Pitman. Both face three-match bans for violent conduct but Jackett said: "We will certainly appeal on both fronts. I do think that we have a case. The information I've got from the officials is that van La Parra led with his elbow and because of that it was a red card. I didn't think that at the time and upon seeing it again after the game I felt it was head to head.

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"Perhaps it was a booking but I didn't think it was a red card. The second sending-off I felt was equally harsh. Matt Doherty won the ball."

Jones had been relegated from the Premier League to the Championship after wrongly booking Man City star Sergio Aguero for diving.