Rangers are set to contest the charges levelled against them by the SFA as the controversy involving referee Willie Collum is taken to the next level by officials, according to the Daily Record.
The newspaper claim on their website that with the governing body of Scottish football choosing to officially accuse the club of a number of wrongs, including bringing the game into disrepute and failing to act in the best interest of the game, the Light Blues will fight back to defend themselves, a spokesperson quoted as saying: “We will contest this vigorously.”
It is stated that the decision makers at Ibrox will launch a serious inquiry to the SFA’s compliance officer Clare Whyte as to why they are being punished so severely when others in the division have been let off in the past, with the claim that they failed to keep confidential information under wraps a particular point which has angered the club.
Opinion
While Rangers might be fighting against the top brass of Scottish football, the SFA might well have realised they are involved in a battle which is not going to end well any which way. Every turn they take results in the hole of controversy becoming deeper and Rangers will have numerous points to bring up which will help defend their case. There can be no defending the referee’s position now. They were given the chance to explain his decision but instead chose to try and come up with further excuses to try and defend him, none of which are going to convince fans – not only of Rangers but across Scotland – that he made the right call. This could be a watershed moment for Scottish football as a club goes head-to-head with the officials and while one might expect the might of the latter to rise above in the end, they will not come out unscathed. This has been something of an embarrassment for them and the Gers will not lie down until they have justice.