QPR director of football Les Ferdinand has been charged with misconduct after allegedly insulting a match official . The charge relates to Ferdinand 's behaviour 'in or around the tunnel ' after QPR 's 2-1 defeat at home to Tottenham in the Barclays Premier League on Saturday . Ferdinand has until 6pm on Friday to respond to the charge . Queens Park Rangers director of football Les Ferdinand has been charged by the FA for misconduct . Ferdinand allegedly insulted a match official in the Loftus Road tunnel . The incident occurred at the end of QPR 's 2-1 home defeat by Tottenham last Saturday . Ferdinand watches from the stands next to England manager Roy Hodgson as QPR lost to Southampton . The former QPR and Tottenham striker has been director of football at the club since early February . An FA statement read : 'It is alleged that Ferdinand , director of football at QPR , used abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour towards a Match Official in or around the tunnel area after the end of the fixture . 'He has until 6pm on 13 March 2015 to respond to the charge . ' QPR were denied two penalties against Tottenham , as Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris brought down Mauricio Isla , and Nabil Bentaleb appeared to block Charlie Austin 's shot with his hands late on . The defeat leaves Rangers 18th in the table and three points adrift of safety with 10 matches remaining .
2 were beaten QPR-1 by Tottenham at Loftus Road on Saturday . Les Ferdinand allegedly insulted a match official after the match . Director of football has been charged with misconduct by the FA . Ferdinand has until 6pm on Friday to respond to the charge .