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Maxwell under fire from top clubs as third yellow card for Morelos against Celtic is questioned

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The SFA have come under fire from leading clubs over their disciplinary procedures with the third yellow card issued to Alfredo Morelos in the December Glasgow derby raised as a concern.

Chief Executive Ian Maxwell met with top flight clubs on Monday where the role of the Compliance Officer was top of the menu amid widespread concern at apparent random actions.

Celtic were unhappy at Ryan Christie being cited then found guilty of ‘an act of brutality’ by the Compliance Officer while a number of more serious incidents went unpunished.

According to the Daily Record a dossier of inconsistencies was presented to the SFA but regardless Christie was found guilty with a two match suspension with the additional points taking him over the threshold for another suspension.

Stephen McGowan of the Daily Mail reports:

The reluctance of the compliance officer to disclose a third yellow card administered to Ibrox top scorer Morelos for a gesture for 19 days — thereby inviting further criticism — has seen confidence in the SFA’s compliance officer eroded further.

It had been expected that Morelos would be cited by the Compliance Officer for his cut-throat gesture but almost three weeks after the match The Sun reported that he had been given a third yellow card in the dressing room after the final whistle.

Despite the intensive coverage of the match it wasn’t until January 16 that a report emerged in The Sun that a third yelloe card had been issued in the dressing room after the final whistle.

The report in the Daily Mail revealed that the current disciplinary process was set up at the start of the 2018/19 season after consultation with the clubs.

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