[sherer]

the way this works is all down to the FIFA rules, although if you go to the FIFA website and look up the rules of the game this bit isn't meantioned

if the ref deals with an incident or mentions it in his match report, i.e the ref can miss something watch it on TV afterwards and include it in his report, then the FA can't take any action..

not read the full details of both cases but i read for the Shearer one that the ref mentioned the incident in his report