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Hearts call for greater accountability of officials

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Hearts have called for greater accountability and transparency in Scottish football.

In a move clearly influenced by recent events involving match officials Hearts director Sergejus Fedotovas made the surprise request on the club website before today’s home defeat from Kilmarnock.

Hearts chief Vladimir Romanov has been involved in a long running battle with the Scottish authorities with a number of bizarre statements surfacing from Lithuania.

There was nothing lost in translation over today’s hard hitting announcement.

Fedotovovas said: “In an era where players, managers and clubs are suspended or fined heavily for their actions on the pitch, it will leave a bitter taste in the mouths of every honest employee and supporter of football clubs around the country that match officials could act as deceptively as has been reported.

“It is time that the Scottish FA implements a proper system of accountability otherwise the integrity of our game will be further diluted by future incidents.

“How long might it be before attempts by a referee to verbally engineer a situation to suit his own purposes spills into a referee actively engineering situations through actions rather than words? Only a fool would say ‘That could never happen’.”

Turning to wider issues he added: “When players and managers are interviewed in the minutes after a game, referees should also be given the opportunity to explain decisions to supporters.

“We would also urge the Scottish FA to continue its lobbying in world football for the implementation of video technology. We appreciate this is a wider issue but it has to be adopted in time otherwise the spotlight will remain on the officials as much as the players and managers.

“Until then, honesty amongst our match officials remains paramount to the game. Those officials that fail that basic character trait should realise that the football pitches of Scotland are no place for them. High standards and not double standards – this is what we need to raise the game to a higher level.”

Hearts statement

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