Furious Ally McCoist faces touchline ban
The under pressure Ibrox boss reacted furiously to the decision criticising the panel members and claiming that compliance officer Vincent Lunny wasn’t qualified for his job.
Dunfermline boss Jim McIntyre has accepted a two match ban for his comments criticising referee Steve Conroy with McCoist’s anger and accusations certain to bring a charge from the SFA.
Following the Aluko appeal McCoist told the Rangers website: “The meeting was chaired by a former referee and I have to say his decision making hasn’t improved any since he stopped refereeing.
“The three gentlemen on the panel have effectively called my player a cheat and a liar, neither of which he is.
“What they’ve effectively done is they have said the player has cheated to get the penalty.
“It’s an absolutely incredible decision given that the referee is literally five yards from the incident.
“He has a better view than anybody in the stadium and they have gone not only against the referee but the player as well.
“The thing that stuns me is that the panel agreed there was contact so for them to uphold the decision and go against their own referee, who had a particularly good game, is ridiculous.
The rookie Rangers boss added: “The other thing I would like to point out is the compliance officer is a thoroughly nice man but he is a lawyer, he comes from a legal background not a football one.
“So effectively we’ve got someone who hasn’t played professional football telling me my player is a cheat.
“It’s staggering, absolutely staggering and to say I’m angry would be a massive understatement.”
If the SFA follow the McIntyre example McCoist will be hit with a two match touchline ban that will see him forced to sit in the stand for the upcoming matches at home to Inverness Caley Thistle and away to St Mirren.
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