Jordan attacked referees in a newspaper article

Jordan was charged after criticising referee Brian Curson's performance in Palace's 3-2 defeat at Reading in September in a newspaper article.

He has also been handed a suspended �10,000 fine by the FA and said: "I'm appalled - but not surprised."

Jordan added: "The thing that has inflamed me most is that they have questioned my integrity."

The Palace chairman denied the charge and requested a personal hearing to state his case.

He was unhappy with Curson's decision to deny Palace striker Andrew Johnson a penalty at Reading.

Curson also awarded Reading a controversial spot-kick and sent off Palace boss Iain Dowie.

Jordan said: "They have levied a suspended fine on me - so if I have any criticism I will not be able to voice it.

"Nobody is beyond criticism - not me, not the FA - as long as it is constructive."

A statement from the FA read: "At a disciplinary commission hearing today, a charge of improper conduct against Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan was found to be proven. "He was warned as to his future conduct and fined �10,000, the fine being suspended until 31 December 2006.

"The fine will be payable, in whole or in part, if he is found guilty of a similar offence before that time."

Jordan, who has 14 days to appeal, wrote in his newspaper column: Jordan has 14 days to appeal: "He gave a penalty that wasn't, didn't give one that was and ordered a bizarre retake.

"He gave Andy Johnson nothing because he'd been listening to managers like Steve Bruce calling Johnson a diver, booked Clinton Morrison for being hacked at, then sent Iain Dowie to the stands for making an observation about all of the above."

He also wrote: "Curson is one of those referees who sticks in your mind, eating away at you, making you fidgety. But the key point is that he's just a symptom of the system."

Jordan was told how his article was deemed "derogatory and beyond fair comment" in part