BOMB SHELL RILES GERS

Rangers vent fury as SFA fine club over Brown's 'corrupt' comment

- By Andy Newport

RANGERS have warned the Scottish FA the decision to fine the club over John Brown’s Easter Road outburst threatens the credibility of the Hampden rulebook.

The raging Ibrox outfit have been fined £3000 for comments made by the Gers legend as he co-commented for the club’s official TV channel during last month’s final-day draw with Hibs.

The retired defender lashed out at the decision by referee Nick Walsh and hisVAR assistants not to award Nico Raskin’s Leith “ghost goal”, branding the incident “corrupt”.

That was enough for the SFA to charge Gers with a breach of Disciplinary Rule 38, which prohibits clubs publishing material that “indicates bias or incompetence on the part of such match official".

But furious Ibrox chiefs have been left stunned after the charge was upheld by an SFA judicial panel. And they are now demanding an explanation on why other clubs have not been punished for similar incidents.

As part of their defence, the Light Blues' lawyers provided examples of rival commentary teams seemingly stepping out of line during live games.