SPFL and Rangers row rumbles on as club insist they will ‘not be bullied into silence’ after dossier claims dismissed
Rangers insist they will ‘not be bullied into silence’ after the Scottish Professional Football League rubbished their corruption claims.
The Ibrox club circulated a dossier to clubs on Thursday citing alleged proof of wrongdoing on the part of the SPFL over the circumstances surrounding the vote to end the lower league season.
Rangers made a series of allegations against SPFL executives – but the league have denied any wrongdoing
Rangers need 32 clubs to back their call for an independent investigation into the league’s handling of the episode, which saw Dundee belatedly change their initial vote against ending the season from a ‘no’ to a ‘yes’.
The vote gives the SPFL the power to cancel the 2019/20 Scottish Premiership season, which they are widely expected to do.
Rangers have called for SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster and legal adviser Rod McKenzie to be suspended after claiming they had received “alarming” evidence from a whistleblower and further alleging clubs were ‘bullied’ into voting yes.
After saying they would release the evidence to clubs ahead of next Tuesday’s general meeting, Rangers presented their case at 10am on Thursday morning.
According to the BBC, Rangers claimed clubs were not informed of a potential £10m liability and ‘substantial problems’ with league reconstruction, alleging crucial information was omitted from the briefing paper sent prior to the vote.
However, Rangers’ claims were quickly met with a strong response from the league.
The SPFL have claimed there is ‘not a single shred of evidence’ to support Rangers’ claims of bullying
An SPFL spokesman said: “It is now a month since Rangers accused the SPFL of bullying and corruption relating to the Dundee FC return.
“At last, Rangers have issued their ‘dossier’ and we will now take time to review it, before responding to all 42 clubs.
“Since Rangers publicly demanded the suspension of the SPFL’s chief executive and legal counsel, everyone in Scottish football has waited patiently for them to present their case.
“However, an initial examination of their ‘dossier’ has failed to identify a single shred of evidence to support Rangers’ vociferous claims of corruption, bullying and coercion by SPFL staff.
“If Rangers have any good reason for Neil Doncaster and Rod McKenzie to be suspended, we have yet to see it.”
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Rangers issued a very brief response to the SPFL statement, declaring on Twitter: “#RangersFC will not be bullied into silence”.
The account also retweeted the release of their own statement from April 11 in which they had called for Doncaster and McKenzie to be suspended and claimed to have received evidence which raised “serious questions concerning the corporate governance of the SPFL”.
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